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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon O’Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney US President Donald Trump’s path to re-election requires maximising the support of his oft-mentioned “base” — white voters without college degrees — in the key battleground states where he eked out ... <a title="Who exactly is Trump’s ‘base’? Why white, working-class voters could be key to the US election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/who-exactly-is-trumps-base-why-white-working-class-voters-could-be-key-to-the-us-election-147267/" aria-label="Read more about Who exactly is Trump’s ‘base’? Why white, working-class voters could be key to the US election">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The presidency of Donald Trump has been challenging for New Zealand’s foreign policy. Our commitment to multilateral solutions to global problems has run into a new isolationism in the United States. Infamously, Trump quit both the World Health Organisation ... <a title="A Biden presidency might be better for NZ, but the big foreign policy challenges won’t disappear with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/a-biden-presidency-might-be-better-for-nz-but-the-big-foreign-policy-challenges-wont-disappear-with-trump-148622/" aria-label="Read more about A Biden presidency might be better for NZ, but the big foreign policy challenges won’t disappear with Trump">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ziggi Ivan Santini, Postdoctoral associate, University of Southern Denmark We know having friends is generally good for your happiness and mental well-being. Likewise, keeping socially active and engaging in formal social activities like volunteering has been linked to better mental health. But it is also possible to ... <a title="Social activity can be good for mental health, but whether you benefit depends on how many friends you have" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/social-activity-can-be-good-for-mental-health-but-whether-you-benefit-depends-on-how-many-friends-you-have-148255/" aria-label="Read more about Social activity can be good for mental health, but whether you benefit depends on how many friends you have">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Martin, Asst Professor Population Health, University of Western Australia The Australian government committed more than A$247 million over 2019-22 to continue funding chaplains in Australian schools. The National School Chaplaincy Program aims to “support the well-being of students through pastoral care services and strategies”. Schools are ... <a title="School chaplains may be cheaper than psychologists. But we don’t have enough evidence of their impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/school-chaplains-may-be-cheaper-than-psychologists-but-we-dont-have-enough-evidence-of-their-impact-148521/" aria-label="Read more about School chaplains may be cheaper than psychologists. But we don’t have enough evidence of their impact">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Searle, Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland, University of Sydney The 2020 federal budget forecasts Australia’s population growth will slow to almost zero over several years because of COVID-19 and related restrictions. This leads to the question: will this period allow the big cities ... <a title="Will the population freeze allow our big cities to catch up on infrastructure?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/will-the-population-freeze-allow-our-big-cities-to-catch-up-on-infrastructure-148263/" aria-label="Read more about Will the population freeze allow our big cities to catch up on infrastructure?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Nottage, Professor, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney The death of Brittney Conway, the three-year-old Gold Coast girl killed by swallowing a button battery, has again drawn attention to deaths and injuries caused by consumer goods – and to a longstanding deficiency in Australia’s consumer safety ... <a title="Rather than recalling unsafe products, why not ensure they’re safe in the first place?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/rather-than-recalling-unsafe-products-why-not-ensure-theyre-safe-in-the-first-place-146988/" aria-label="Read more about Rather than recalling unsafe products, why not ensure they’re safe in the first place?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University It’s now beyond dispute that — for new electricity generation — solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy are cheaper than anything else: cheaper than new coal fired power stations, cheaper than new gas-fired stations and cheaper ... <a title="Pumped hydro isn’t our energy future, it’s our past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/pumped-hydro-isnt-our-energy-future-its-our-past-146989/" aria-label="Read more about Pumped hydro isn’t our energy future, it’s our past">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kcasey McLoughlin, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle The Morrison government has made its first appointments to the High Court. In doing so it has gone for continuity, both in terms of geography and gender. The news Justices Jacqueline Gleeson and Simon Steward will be Australia’s ... <a title="Meet Australia’s new High Court judges: a legal scholar’s take on the Morrison government’s appointees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/meet-australias-new-high-court-judges-a-legal-scholars-take-on-the-morrison-governments-appointees-148982/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Australia’s new High Court judges: a legal scholar’s take on the Morrison government’s appointees">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Cothren, PhD Candidate, Flinders University It’s January 20th, 2021. Inauguration day. A triumphant Joe Biden salutes the National Mall crowd (way bigger than the last guy’s) and dedicates his victory to Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat, the satirical mastermind who delivered the knock-out blow to Trumpism. ... <a title="Borat’s wet firecracker of an October surprise won’t hurt Trump but succeeds as feminist satire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/borats-wet-firecracker-of-an-october-surprise-wont-hurt-trump-but-succeeds-as-feminist-satire-148811/" aria-label="Read more about Borat’s wet firecracker of an October surprise won’t hurt Trump but succeeds as feminist satire">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The United Liberation Movement if West Papua (ULMWP) has accused the Indonesian government of imposing martial law on the Melanesian region of West Papua and brutally supressing protests in a crackdown. “Students have been shot with live rounds, tear gassed and beaten with bamboo sticks by police in Jayapura – just ... <a title="ULMWP accuses Jakarta over ‘martial law’ after police fire on students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/ulmwp-accuses-jakarta-over-martial-law-after-police-fire-on-students/" aria-label="Read more about ULMWP accuses Jakarta over ‘martial law’ after police fire on students">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University In some Australian states, kids have been back on slides, swings and monkey bars for months. But in Victoria, many families are only now getting back to playgrounds, ... <a title="Heading back to the playground? 10 tips to keep your family and others COVID-safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/heading-back-to-the-playground-10-tips-to-keep-your-family-and-others-covid-safe-148620/" aria-label="Read more about Heading back to the playground? 10 tips to keep your family and others COVID-safe">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. The Northern Territory court decision this week to commit Police Constable Zachary Rolfe to stand trial for the shooting death of ... <a title="Kumanjayi Walker murder trial will be a first in NT for an Indigenous death in custody. Why has it taken so long?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/kumanjayi-walker-murder-trial-will-be-a-first-in-nt-for-an-indigenous-death-in-custody-why-has-it-taken-so-long-148922/" aria-label="Read more about Kumanjayi Walker murder trial will be a first in NT for an Indigenous death in custody. Why has it taken so long?">Read more</a>
