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November 24, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Philippine authorities should independently investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing of journalist Ronnie Villamor and hold those responsible to account, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. In the afternoon of November 14, Philippine Army soldiers shot and killed Villamor, a contributor to the local independent Dos Kantos Balita weekly tabloid, outside ... <a title="Philippine checkpoint soldiers shoot and kill investigative journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/philippine-checkpoint-soldiers-shoot-and-kill-investigative-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine checkpoint soldiers shoot and kill investigative journalist">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lennart van Maldegem, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University Sponges are the simplest of animals, and they may stand at the root of all complex animal life on Earth, including us humans. Scientists study the evolution of the earliest sponges, hundreds of millions ... <a title="Ancient sponges or just algae? New research overturns chemical evidence for the earliest animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/ancient-sponges-or-just-algae-new-research-overturns-chemical-evidence-for-the-earliest-animals-150635/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient sponges or just algae? New research overturns chemical evidence for the earliest animals">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Cooper, Lecturer at Griffith University, Griffith University US President Donald Trump’s time in the White House is coming to an end. But, as has become obvious over the past few weeks, he is unlikely to deliver a gracious concession speech. Instead, the president has spent much ... <a title="Is Trump’s truculence an attempted coup or the last-ditch efforts of a man whose star is fading?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/is-trumps-truculence-an-attempted-coup-or-the-last-ditch-efforts-of-a-man-whose-star-is-fading-150617/" aria-label="Read more about Is Trump’s truculence an attempted coup or the last-ditch efforts of a man whose star is fading?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Hart, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne COVID-19 has changed the way we live, work and interact with one another. It has also changed the way we move, exercise, shop, prepare food, and eat. During the pandemic, we’ve seen marked increases in reports of mental distress ... <a title="COVID has presented unique challenges for people with eating disorders. They’ll need support beyond the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/covid-has-presented-unique-challenges-for-people-with-eating-disorders-theyll-need-support-beyond-the-pandemic-148903/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has presented unique challenges for people with eating disorders. They’ll need support beyond the pandemic">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne As we come to the end of spring, look up from the footpath or at the park, and you may spot the fiery flowers of the silky oak, Grevillea robusta. You may already be familiar with grevilleas – perhaps ... <a title="Silky oaks are older than dinosaurs and literally drip nectar – but watch out for the cyanide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/silky-oaks-are-older-than-dinosaurs-and-literally-drip-nectar-but-watch-out-for-the-cyanide-148920/" aria-label="Read more about Silky oaks are older than dinosaurs and literally drip nectar – but watch out for the cyanide">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoë Hyde, Epidemiologist, University of Western Australia The role children, and consequently schools, play in the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard to work out, but that puzzle is now finally starting to be solved. The latest research shows infections in children frequently go undetected, and that children ... <a title="Children may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/children-may-transmit-coronavirus-at-the-same-rate-as-adults-what-we-now-know-about-schools-and-covid-19-150523/" aria-label="Read more about Children may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Wallis, Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland The idea of moving to the country has gained momentum through the COVID-19 pandemic. Many workplaces have introduced new policies on working from home that give employees the flexibility needed to make the switch. Lockdowns have shown many just how ... <a title="It seemed like a good idea in lockdown, but is moving to the country right for you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-in-lockdown-but-is-moving-to-the-country-right-for-you-148807/" aria-label="Read more about It seemed like a good idea in lockdown, but is moving to the country right for you?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Freebairn, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne In tax design as in many endeavours, it’s easy to work out how things should be; harder to work out how to get there. In NSW, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet wants to replace the one-off stamp duty on real ... <a title="Axing stamp duty is a great idea, but NSW is going about it the wrong way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/axing-stamp-duty-is-a-great-idea-but-nsw-is-going-about-it-the-wrong-way-150629/" aria-label="Read more about Axing stamp duty is a great idea, but NSW is going about it the wrong way">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Higham, Professor of Tourism, University of Otago Raise your hand if you’ve ever travelled for weeks or months as a backpacker on a limited daily budget. Keep your hand up if you were made welcome in the places you visited on your OE, enjoyed chance encounters ... <a title="5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/5-reasons-why-banishing-backpackers-and-targeting-wealthy-tourists-would-be-a-mistake-for-nz-150639/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Giblin, ARC Future Fellow; Associate Professor; Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, University of Melbourne Many culturally important books by Australian authors are out of print, hard to find as secondhand copies, and confined to the physical shelves of a limited number of libraries. Effectively, ... <a title="10 ‘lost’ Australian literary treasures you should read – and can soon borrow from any library" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/10-lost-australian-literary-treasures-you-should-read-and-can-soon-borrow-from-any-library-150280/" aria-label="Read more about 10 ‘lost’ Australian literary treasures you should read – and can soon borrow from any library">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia’s actions should not be seen just through the lens of the strategic competition between China and the United States, Scott Morrison has said in a speech rejecting “binary choices”. With China casting Australia as an extension of America, disrupting ... <a title="Scott Morrison’s message to China: Don’t pigeonhole us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/scott-morrisons-message-to-china-dont-pigeonhole-us-150663/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison’s message to China: Don’t pigeonhole us">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare insists his government will push on with the temporary suspension of Facebook while lawmakers explore ways to regulate social media. In a statement in Parliament today, a fired-up Sogavare did not hide his government’s desire to suspend Facebook. He said since that the announcement ... <a title="PM defends temporary suspension of Facebook until new law in place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/pm-defends-temporary-suspension-of-facebook-until-new-law-in-place/" aria-label="Read more about PM defends temporary suspension of Facebook until new law in place">Read more</a>
