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September 27, 2020
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby Retired and serving police officers in Papua New Guinea are being investigated for alleged offences such as gun-smuggling, fraud and theft, according to Police Minister Bryan Kramer. It includes “massive corruption at the police headquarters in Port Moresby by retired and serving senior police officers”. “Cases now under investigation ... <a title="PNG police minister says officers being probed for gun-smuggling, fraud" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/png-police-minister-says-officers-being-probed-for-gun-smuggling-fraud/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police minister says officers being probed for gun-smuggling, fraud">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Overwhelmingly, Australia’s leading economists want the budget to boost social housing and the JobSeeker unemployment benefit rather than bring forward personal income tax cuts. The 49 eminent economists who responded to Conversation-Economic Society of Australia ... <a title="Top economists back boosts to JobSeeker and social housing over tax cuts in pre-budget poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/top-economists-back-boosts-to-jobseeker-and-social-housing-over-tax-cuts-in-pre-budget-poll-146914/" aria-label="Read more about Top economists back boosts to JobSeeker and social housing over tax cuts in pre-budget poll">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Last week, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg’s “most fervent wish”, revealed by her granddaughter, was that she “not be replaced until a new president ... <a title="What would Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, mean for abortion rights in the US?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/what-would-amy-coney-barrett-trumps-pick-for-the-supreme-court-mean-for-abortion-rights-in-the-us-146931/" aria-label="Read more about What would Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, mean for abortion rights in the US?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Three crew members of an unnamed foreign ship intercepted by a Papua New Guinea Navy vessel near Kavieng, New Ireland, last month have denied violating local laws and withholding information from authorities. In the Kavieng District Court before Magistrate Patrick Baiwan on Wednesday were ship’s captain Shi Kehu from ... <a title="Arrested ship crew deny ‘bunkering’, other marine charges in PNG court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/arrested-ship-crew-deny-bunkering-other-marine-charges-in-png-court/" aria-label="Read more about Arrested ship crew deny ‘bunkering’, other marine charges in PNG court">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Last week, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg’s “most fervent wish”, revealed by her granddaughter, was that she “not be replaced until a new president ... <a title="What would Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s expected pick for the Supreme Court, mean for abortion rights in the US?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/26/what-would-amy-coney-barrett-trumps-expected-pick-for-the-supreme-court-mean-for-abortion-rights-in-the-us-146931/" aria-label="Read more about What would Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s expected pick for the Supreme Court, mean for abortion rights in the US?">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2020
By Katie Todd, RNZ News Reporter Academics who made allegations of racism at the University of Waikato are welcoming the outcome of an independent review. While individual claims have been dismissed as “inaccurate”, “incorrect” and “reflective of differing perspectives”, it is hoped the findings could lead to nationwide action on racism at tertiary institutions. Six ... <a title="University of Waikato launches taskforce to address racism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/26/university-of-waikato-launches-taskforce-to-address-racism/" aria-label="Read more about University of Waikato launches taskforce to address racism">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lea M D Delbridge, Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s easy to forget one of the largest health challenges we face remains the global obesity epidemic. World Health Organisation data shows obesity has nearly tripled in less than 50 years, with about ... <a title="Body fat deep below the surface is a toxic risk, especially for your heart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/26/body-fat-deep-below-the-surface-is-a-toxic-risk-especially-for-your-heart-146307/" aria-label="Read more about Body fat deep below the surface is a toxic risk, especially for your heart">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Staff of the regional University of the South Pacific have condemned the Fiji government’s “dictatorial” action in freezing a $28 million grant, accusing it of holding the governing University Council to ransom and jeopardising the future of students. “Fiji is reneging on its commitment to its people and the region,” say ... <a title="USP staff slam Fiji’s freezing of F$28m grant as holding university to ransom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/26/usp-staff-slam-fijis-freezing-of-f28m-grant-as-holding-university-to-ransom/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff slam Fiji’s freezing of F$28m grant as holding university to ransom">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Testing remains a vital component of Australia’s success in managing COVID-19. We need to diagnose people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as early as possible so they can be isolated ... <a title="The new 15-minute test has potential, but standard tests are still the best way to track COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/the-new-15-minute-test-has-potential-but-standard-tests-are-still-the-best-way-to-track-covid-19-146844/" aria-label="Read more about The new 15-minute test has potential, but standard tests are still the best way to track COVID-19">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne The 2020 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes, held under the strangest of all circumstances, has produced a neat piece of history. In ... <a title="At last, the arts Revolution — Archibald winners flag the end of white male dominance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/at-last-the-arts-revolution-archibald-winners-flag-the-end-of-white-male-dominance-146832/" aria-label="Read more about At last, the arts Revolution — Archibald winners flag the end of white male dominance">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne Violence against animals in video games is ubiquitous. Players can kill or torture animals in various popular games, including Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto ... <a title="You wouldn’t hit a dog, so why kill one in Minecraft? Why violence against virtual animals is an ethical issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/you-wouldnt-hit-a-dog-so-why-kill-one-in-minecraft-why-violence-against-virtual-animals-is-an-ethical-issue-146845/" aria-label="Read more about You wouldn’t hit a dog, so why kill one in Minecraft? Why violence against virtual animals is an ethical issue">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the upcoming 6 October budget, the government’s plans to reform the insolvency ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the upcoming budget, government reform, and the NBN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-upcoming-budget-government-reform-and-the-nbn-146921/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the upcoming budget, government reform, and the NBN">Read more</a>
