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September 28, 2020
Heavily armed Indonesian security forces move in to break up student protest at Cenderawasih University, Jayapura. Video: TV WestPapua By RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcibly dispersed hundreds of West Papuan university students holding a demonstration in the provincial capital of Jayapura. The students were peacefully protesting against the extension of special autonomy status in ... <a title="Armed Indonesian police break up Papuan protest at university" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/armed-indonesian-police-break-up-papuan-protest-at-university/" aria-label="Read more about Armed Indonesian police break up Papuan protest at university">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen Ryan, Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Health, Infection and Immunity Theme, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute At the weekend, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews announced all the state’s primary school kids would return to school for Term 4. This is an update from the previously planned staggered return to primary ... <a title="Behind Victoria’s decision to open primary schools to all students: report shows COVID transmission is rare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/behind-victorias-decision-to-open-primary-schools-to-all-students-report-shows-covid-transmission-is-rare-147006/" aria-label="Read more about Behind Victoria’s decision to open primary schools to all students: report shows COVID transmission is rare">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Marshman, Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne The COVID-19 pandemic caused a sudden and very big decline in Australian universities’ revenue as a result of the loss of international student enrolments. Being excluded from the federal government’s JobKeeper ... <a title="As universities face losing 1 in 10 staff, COVID-driven cuts create 4 key risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/as-universities-face-losing-1-in-10-staff-covid-driven-cuts-create-4-key-risks-147007/" aria-label="Read more about As universities face losing 1 in 10 staff, COVID-driven cuts create 4 key risks">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England Among the sacrifices made by firefighters, and those who support fire-affected communities, is precious time spent with family. In California, thousands of firefighters and community support workers or volunteers have missed important moments such as birthdays, school ... <a title="Birthdays, holidays, Christmas without mum or dad: how to support kids with a parent away fighting fires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/birthdays-holidays-christmas-without-mum-or-dad-how-to-support-kids-with-a-parent-away-fighting-fires-146317/" aria-label="Read more about Birthdays, holidays, Christmas without mum or dad: how to support kids with a parent away fighting fires">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University In the mid-1990s New Zealanders adopted electoral rules they hoped would end the tyranny of what Lord Hailsham once called the “elected dictatorship” of single-party majority government. And yet, a quarter century later, we are staring down the barrel of ... <a title="With polls showing Labour could govern alone, is New Zealand returning to the days of ‘elected dictatorship’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/with-polls-showing-labour-could-govern-alone-is-new-zealand-returning-to-the-days-of-elected-dictatorship-146918/" aria-label="Read more about With polls showing Labour could govern alone, is New Zealand returning to the days of ‘elected dictatorship’?">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anil Hargovan, Associate Professor, UNSW Ahead of the budget, the government has announced new rules that will allow small businesses at risk of collapse to continue to work out their problems instead of appointing an administrator. They are needed because of an avalanche of insolvencies awaiting the ... <a title="We’re facing an insolvency tsunami. With luck, these changes will avert the worst of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/were-facing-an-insolvency-tsunami-with-luck-these-changes-will-avert-the-worst-of-it-146833/" aria-label="Read more about We’re facing an insolvency tsunami. With luck, these changes will avert the worst of it">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Childcare will reopen to all Melbourne families this week, as the Australian government’s latest childcare support package comes into effect. Education Minister Dan Tehan has pledged: an additional A$305.6 million for families and childcare providers to deliver hip ... <a title="Not much relief for parents, but new childcare measures will rescue providers (again)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/not-much-relief-for-parents-but-new-childcare-measures-will-rescue-providers-again-146752/" aria-label="Read more about Not much relief for parents, but new childcare measures will rescue providers (again)">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s opposition has called on the government to explain the paralysing martial law type restrictions that has crippled the economy and will take years to return to normal, reports the PNG Post-Courier. Opposition Leader Belden Namah said blaming covid-19 was not good enough and has called for an immediate ... <a title="PNG opposition’s Namah calls for end to ‘martial law-like’ restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/png-oppositions-namah-calls-for-end-to-martial-law-like-restrictions/" aria-label="Read more about PNG opposition’s Namah calls for end to ‘martial law-like’ restrictions">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has reached Tahiti’s prison and infected 20 people. The French High Commission said that after two cases were detected among corrections staff, tests had revealed an initial tally of 13. A second round of testing then found another four cases among staff and three among the ... <a title="Tahiti’s Nuutania prison detects covid-19 outbreak with 20 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/tahitis-nuutania-prison-detects-covid-19-outbreak-with-20-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s Nuutania prison detects covid-19 outbreak with 20 cases">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis McNevin, Professor of Forensic Genetics, University of Technology Sydney Far-right white supremacist ideology is on the rise in Europe, North America and Australia. It appeals to a racist notion whereby many white supremacists see themselves as members of a “pure” race that is at risk of ... <a title="White supremacists believe in genetic ‘purity’. Science shows no such thing exists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/white-supremacists-believe-in-genetic-purity-science-shows-no-such-thing-exists-146763/" aria-label="Read more about White supremacists believe in genetic ‘purity’. Science shows no such thing exists">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Lockdown has been particularly hard in Victoria and some dissent against restrictions is to be expected. While it might be easy to dismiss the anti-lockdown protesters by calling them selfish or deluded, we should ... <a title="Many anti-lockdown protesters believe the government is illegitimate. Their legal arguments don’t stand up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/many-anti-lockdown-protesters-believe-the-government-is-illegitimate-their-legal-arguments-dont-stand-up-146668/" aria-label="Read more about Many anti-lockdown protesters believe the government is illegitimate. Their legal arguments don’t stand up">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne Private health insurance premiums are set to rise on October 1, an increase companies have delayed for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But 2020 has been a year like no other. And some of the reasons ... <a title="Private health insurance premiums are going up this week. But the reasons why just don’t stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/private-health-insurance-premiums-are-going-up-this-week-but-the-reasons-why-just-dont-stack-up-146480/" aria-label="Read more about Private health insurance premiums are going up this week. But the reasons why just don’t stack up">Read more</a>
