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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>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum Frogs are one of the most threatened groups of animals on Earth. At least four of Australia’s 240 known frog species are extinct and 36 are nationally threatened. After last summer’s bushfires, we needed rapid information to ... <a title="Australians recorded frog calls on their smartphones after the bushfires – and the results are remarkable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/australians-recorded-frog-calls-on-their-smartphones-after-the-bushfires-and-the-results-are-remarkable-146578/" aria-label="Read more about Australians recorded frog calls on their smartphones after the bushfires – and the results are remarkable">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 Child care will reopen to all Melbourne families this week, as the Australian government’s latest child care support package comes into effect. Education Minister Dan Tehan has pledged: an additional A$305.6 million for families and child-care providers to ... <a title="Not much relief for parents, but new child-care measures will rescue providers (again)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/not-much-relief-for-parents-but-new-child-care-measures-will-rescue-providers-again-146752/" aria-label="Read more about Not much relief for parents, but new child-care measures will rescue providers (again)">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Isaacs, Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney How do filmmakers communicate big ideas on screen? In this video series, film scholar Bruce Isaacs analyses pivotal film scenes in detail. [embedded content] Watching Christopher Nolan’s 2010 film Inception, especially in the cinema, is an overwhelming experience. ... <a title="Close up: Inception’s mindbending Paris scene" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/close-up-inceptions-mindbending-paris-scene-145620/" aria-label="Read more about Close up: Inception’s mindbending Paris scene">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Daniel Andrews’ Sunday announcement of some modest steps out of lockdown will bring both relief and reassurance to many Victorians, but frustration to those who think he should move faster. Certainly the Morrison government wants the state to take bigger ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison government’s message to Daniel Andrews: ‘open faster’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/view-from-the-hill-morrison-governments-message-to-daniel-andrews-open-faster-146997/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison government’s message to Daniel Andrews: ‘open faster’">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra The politician who achieved equal rights legislation for women in Australia, Hon Susan Ryan AO, died unexpectedly yesterday in Sydney aged 77, still fighting for fairness in a country challenged ... <a title="Vale Susan Ryan, pioneer Labor feminist who showed big, difficult policy changes can, and should, be made" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/vale-susan-ryan-pioneer-labor-feminist-who-showed-big-difficult-policy-changes-can-and-should-be-made-146996/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Susan Ryan, pioneer Labor feminist who showed big, difficult policy changes can, and should, be made">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2020
By RNZ News With just under three weeks until the election, Newshub’s new political poll shows the gap is closing between Labour and National, but Labour could still govern alone. The Newshub Reid Research Poll had Labour at 50.1 percent – down 10 percent on the last poll – but well above National at 29.6 ... <a title="Labour support slips in new NZ poll, but could still govern alone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/labour-support-slips-in-new-nz-poll-but-could-still-govern-alone/" aria-label="Read more about Labour support slips in new NZ poll, but could still govern alone">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced an end to the curfew and a COVID-safe return to work for 127,000 Melburnians, as restrictions ease at 11.59pm tonight. He has also flagged a provisional early lifting of many other aspects of the ... <a title="Curfew lifted and COVID-19 roadmap is ‘ahead of schedule’ as Melbourne inches towards end of lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/curfew-lifted-and-covid-19-roadmap-is-ahead-of-schedule-as-melbourne-inches-towards-end-of-lockdown-146987/" aria-label="Read more about Curfew lifted and COVID-19 roadmap is ‘ahead of schedule’ as Melbourne inches towards end of lockdown">Read more</a>
