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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn Lake, Professorial Fellow in History, University of Melbourne Review: Vida: A Woman for Our Time, published by Penguin (Viking imprint) Australian women were not the first to win the right to vote in national elections. That world-historic distinction belongs to New Zealanders. But they were the ... <a title="Review: new biography shows Vida Goldstein’s political campaigns were courageous, her losses prophetic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/review-new-biography-shows-vida-goldsteins-political-campaigns-were-courageous-her-losses-prophetic-145691/" aria-label="Read more about Review: new biography shows Vida Goldstein’s political campaigns were courageous, her losses prophetic">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
By Yanuarius Weya in Jayapura A pastor has been shot dead at the weekend allegedly by the Indonesian military, sparking protests by church groups and a call for an investigation. The pastor, Rev Yeremia Zanambani, was killed on Saturday in the Hitadipa district of Intan Jaya regency, Papua. He was the former chairperson of the ... <a title="Military accused of shooting dead a Papuan pastor – call for inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/military-accused-of-shooting-dead-a-papuan-pastor-call-for-inquiry/" aria-label="Read more about Military accused of shooting dead a Papuan pastor – call for inquiry">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced no new cases of covid-19 yesterday. It was also revealed that Auckland is set to move to level 2, with eased restrictions on gatherings, at 11.59pm on Wednesday, while the rest of the country will be on alert level 1 from midnight last ... <a title="No new cases of covid-19 as NZ eases restrictions in Auckland, nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/no-new-cases-of-covid-19-as-nz-eases-restrictions-in-auckland-nation/" aria-label="Read more about No new cases of covid-19 as NZ eases restrictions in Auckland, nation">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will tell its refocused clean energy agencies and the clean energy regulator to give priority to investment in five low emissions technologies and report how they are accelerating them. The technologies are clean hydrogen, energy storage, low ... <a title="Morrison government lays down five technologies for its clean energy investment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/morrison-government-lays-down-five-technologies-for-its-clean-energy-investment-146584/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government lays down five technologies for its clean energy investment">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle The Jerusalem District Court has ruled Malka Leifer should be extradited to Australia. The former Melbourne headmistress faces 74 charges of child sexual abuse against three alleged victims. How is this ruling significant? Leifer’s ... <a title="Israeli court rules Malka Leifer should be extradited to Australia, but obstacles remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/21/israeli-court-rules-malka-leifer-should-be-extradited-to-australia-but-obstacles-remain-146549/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli court rules Malka Leifer should be extradited to Australia, but obstacles remain">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex James, Associate professor, University of Canterbury New Zealand’s government today announced that after seven days of no new community cases linked to the Auckland cluster, most of the country will return to almost normal life, at alert level 1, from midnight. But restrictions in Auckland will ... <a title="New Zealand relaxes COVID-19 restrictions, except for Auckland. How much longer will the city have to wait?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/21/new-zealand-relaxes-covid-19-restrictions-except-for-auckland-how-much-longer-will-the-city-have-to-wait-146111/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand relaxes COVID-19 restrictions, except for Auckland. How much longer will the city have to wait?">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Varker, Senior research fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne Can psychoactive drugs be used to treat mental health problems? The idea has been around for years, and recently received some attention in the media. Interest in the potential of drugs such as MDMA (scientific name ... <a title="PTSD and psychoactive drugs: MDMA treatment shows potential, but others lack evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/21/ptsd-and-psychoactive-drugs-mdma-treatment-shows-potential-but-others-lack-evidence-146092/" aria-label="Read more about PTSD and psychoactive drugs: MDMA treatment shows potential, but others lack evidence">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Carter, Professor emeritus, The University of Queensland Culture has long been stratified as “high” or “low”, or perhaps “high” and “popular” to soften the blow. But what about the in-between? The word “middlebrow” emerged into English in the 1920s as an insult. It described works that ... <a title="Jane Austen, Monet and Phantom of the Opera – middlebrow culture today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/21/jane-austen-monet-and-phantom-of-the-opera-middlebrow-culture-today-145176/" aria-label="Read more about Jane Austen, Monet and Phantom of the Opera – middlebrow culture today">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted September 16-19 from a sample of 2,068, gave the Coalition a 51-49 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 43% Coalition ... <a title="Coalition regains Newspoll lead; time running out for Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/21/coalition-regains-newspoll-lead-time-running-out-for-trump-146560/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition regains Newspoll lead; time running out for Trump">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Fels, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne It has been a long time since an Australian government turned its mind to policy concerning the news media — other than the removal of outdated ownership regulations. Now, thanks to the government’s intention to make Google and Facebook pay ... <a title="Funding public interest journalism requires creative solutions. A tax rebate for news media could work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/21/funding-public-interest-journalism-requires-creative-solutions-a-tax-rebate-for-news-media-could-work-146563/" aria-label="Read more about Funding public interest journalism requires creative solutions. A tax rebate for news media could work">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2020
By Moffat Mamu in Honiara Two foreign nationals have lost their lives in the Solomon Islands during a bomb blast last night at their home in Tasahe, West Honiara. Police said the two, an Australian and a British citizen, were working for a Norwegian aid agency conducting a survey on unexploded ordnance, RNZ News reports. ... <a title="Ordnance blast kills two foreign aid workers in Solomon Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/21/ordnance-blast-kills-two-foreign-aid-workers-in-solomon-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Ordnance blast kills two foreign aid workers in Solomon Islands">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Steller, PhD Student, UNSW The recent discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus is exciting, as it may serve as a potential sign of life (among other possible explanations). The researchers, who published their findings in Nature Astronomy, couldn’t really explain how the phosphine got ... <a title="If there is life on Venus, how could it have got there? Origin of life experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/21/if-there-is-life-on-venus-how-could-it-have-got-there-origin-of-life-experts-explain-146407/" aria-label="Read more about If there is life on Venus, how could it have got there? Origin of life experts explain">Read more</a>
