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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University On December 10, it finally happened. Instead of demanding an interest payment from the government in return for lending it money, a group of investors offered to pay the government in order to lend it ... <a title="Sure, interest rates are negative, but so are some prices, and when you look around, they’re everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/sure-interest-rates-are-negative-but-so-are-some-prices-and-when-you-look-around-theyre-everywhere-152081/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, interest rates are negative, but so are some prices, and when you look around, they’re everywhere">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe ... <a title="Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/flip-flop-the-un-australian-history-of-the-rubber-thong-150068/" aria-label="Read more about Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
By RNZ Pacific More than 4000 people are still in evacuation centres in Fiji nearly two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck. Relief supplies are getting out to affected areas, but there is growing concern about the risk of disease. Officials said 4035 people were in 84 evacuation centres, most of them in the northern ... <a title="Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/thousands-still-in-evacuation-centres-in-fiji-after-tropical-cyclone-yasa/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
By Irfan Kamil in Jakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) chairperson Abdul Manan says there has been a sharp rise of cases of violence against journalists in Indonesia – a record 84 during 2020 Manan said that what were referred to as violence against journalists were actions which can be categorised as attempts to obstruct ... <a title="AJI slams sharp rise in violence against Indonesian journalists – 84 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/aji-slams-sharp-rise-in-violence-against-indonesian-journalists-84-cases/" aria-label="Read more about AJI slams sharp rise in violence against Indonesian journalists – 84 cases">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Dickson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University For many cultures, the dawn of the new year is marked not only with celebration, but also the opportunity for personal reflection and growth. But as the year progresses, our initial drive for self-betterment can falter. The good ... <a title="9 tips to give yourself the best shot at sticking to new year’s resolutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/9-tips-to-give-yourself-the-best-shot-at-sticking-to-new-years-resolutions-151372/" aria-label="Read more about 9 tips to give yourself the best shot at sticking to new year’s resolutions">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael L. Brown, Director of the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences and Senior Lecturer at the School of Philosophy, Australian National University Throughout the pandemic we have seen a deluge of outright lies, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience from various peddlers of self-interest. But to a philosopher ... <a title="3 fallacies that blighted this year’s COVID commentary — have you fallen foul of any of them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/3-fallacies-that-blighted-this-years-covid-commentary-have-you-fallen-foul-of-any-of-them-148518/" aria-label="Read more about 3 fallacies that blighted this year’s COVID commentary — have you fallen foul of any of them?">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Young, Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, University of Melbourne If there’s one thing everyone seems to agree on, it’s that 2020 was a nightmare of a year. This was the year of political crisis: not just one, but several, one after another. Street artists have ... <a title="Getting to the (street) art of a year like no other" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/getting-to-the-street-art-of-a-year-like-no-other-149923/" aria-label="Read more about Getting to the (street) art of a year like no other">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph M. Cheer, Professor in Sustainable Tourism, Wakayama University The COVID-19 pandemic brought the global tourism industry to a screeching halt in 2020. With vaccines starting to be rolled out, there is hope international travel can resume soon, but exactly when — and how — is the ... <a title="Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return — and will it be forever changed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/vaccines-may-soon-make-travel-possible-again-but-how-quickly-will-it-return-and-will-it-be-forever-changed-150268/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return — and will it be forever changed?">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney It’s the holidays and we’re spending more time outdoors. This means we’re exposed to the more annoying and painful aspects of summer — insect bites and stings. There are plenty of products at the local ... <a title="Bzzz, slap! How to treat insect bites (home remedies included)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/bzzz-slap-how-to-treat-insect-bites-home-remedies-included-148722/" aria-label="Read more about Bzzz, slap! How to treat insect bites (home remedies included)">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Clements, Botanist, CSIRO If you ask someone to imagine an orchid, chances are pots of moth orchids lined up for sale in a hardware store will spring to mind, with their thick shiny leaves and vibrant petals. Orchids like this may be what comes to mind ... <a title="‘Like finding life on Mars’: why the underground orchid is Australia’s strangest, most mysterious flower" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/like-finding-life-on-mars-why-the-underground-orchid-is-australias-strangest-most-mysterious-flower-144727/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Like finding life on Mars’: why the underground orchid is Australia’s strangest, most mysterious flower">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Gildersleeve, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland Summer is the time for holidays and travel. But as we weakly wave goodbye (we hope) to the horrors of 2020, international travel is off the table and even domestic travel is still restricted. A book ... <a title="Hit the road, Jack: 5 epic literary road trips that are not by Kerouac" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/hit-the-road-jack-5-epic-literary-road-trips-that-are-not-by-kerouac-150159/" aria-label="Read more about Hit the road, Jack: 5 epic literary road trips that are not by Kerouac">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
By Harlyne Joku in Port Moresby A huge landslide has buried a long hut with 13 people asleep inside at the foot of the Tolukuma gold mine in Papua New Guinea’s Central province. The community from Saki village, Tolukuma, experienced the massive landslide yesterday morning between 4.30 am and 6 am amid heavy rain. They ... <a title="Landslide claims 13 lives at Tolukuma mine in PNG’s Central province" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/landslide-claims-13-lives-at-tolukuma-mine-in-pngs-central-province/" aria-label="Read more about Landslide claims 13 lives at Tolukuma mine in PNG’s Central province">Read more</a>
