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October 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tilman Ruff, Associate Professor, Education and Learning Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne The Japanese government recently announced plans to release into the sea more than 1 million tonnes of radioactive water from the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi ... <a title="Japan plans to dump a million tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific. But Australia has nuclear waste problems, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/japan-plans-to-dump-a-million-tonnes-of-radioactive-water-into-the-pacific-but-australia-has-nuclear-waste-problems-too-148337/" aria-label="Read more about Japan plans to dump a million tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific. But Australia has nuclear waste problems, too">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW This week the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a lawsuit accusing Google of using “anticompetitive tactics to maintain and extend its monopolies in the markets” for search and advertising. It is the most significant antitrust case since the US ... <a title="Google’s huge market share doesn’t automatically make it a monopoly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/googles-huge-market-share-doesnt-automatically-make-it-a-monopoly-148525/" aria-label="Read more about Google’s huge market share doesn’t automatically make it a monopoly">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide Let’s talk about “city deals”. The Australian government is. Its department of infrastructure website describes them as “a genuine partnership between the three levels of government and the community to work towards a shared vision for productive and ... <a title="A fad, not a solution: ‘city deals’ are pushing universities into high-rise buildings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/a-fad-not-a-solution-city-deals-are-pushing-universities-into-high-rise-buildings-147560/" aria-label="Read more about A fad, not a solution: ‘city deals’ are pushing universities into high-rise buildings">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Douglas, Professor, Flinders University When a young celebrity writes a memoir or has a biography written about them, a common response is: they are too young. This child or adolescent cannot possibly have lived enough of a life, or have a useful perspective. Their story cannot ... <a title="Friday essay: why we need children’s life stories like I Am Greta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/friday-essay-why-we-need-childrens-life-stories-like-i-am-greta-148178/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: why we need children’s life stories like I Am Greta">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is adopting a provisional constitution for a democratic state. The organisation is seeking a referendum in West Papua on independence from Indonesia. The movement’s Legislative Council had been holding its third annual session in Jayapura. It decided that the movement’s bylaws should be ... <a title="West Papuans will not ‘bow down’ to Indonesia over independence wish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/west-papuans-will-not-bow-down-to-indonesia-over-independence-wish/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuans will not ‘bow down’ to Indonesia over independence wish">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government can act super-fast on integrity issues when it wants. On Thursday a Senate estimates committee was told the government-owned Australia Post bought Cartier watches worth $3,000 each for four senior employees as rewards. Scott Morrison said he was ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s promised integrity commission can’t hide behind COVID much longer – can it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/grattan-on-friday-morrisons-promised-integrity-commission-cant-hide-behind-covid-much-longer-can-it-148636/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s promised integrity commission can’t hide behind COVID much longer – can it?">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
By RNZ News Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg is concerned at the level of complacency the public and government is showing towards covid-19 since the country reverted to alert level 1. It comes following the revelations that an unknowingly infectious person visited an Auckland pub on Friday 16 October, as well as the influx of new ... <a title="Skegg warns against ‘complacency, slackness’ over Auckland covid fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/skegg-warns-against-complacency-slackness-over-auckland-covid-fears/" aria-label="Read more about Skegg warns against ‘complacency, slackness’ over Auckland covid fears">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Elms, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology What’s the difference between an independent and non-independent director? This question lies at the heart of the scandal embroiling Crown Resorts, Australia’s largest gaming company, which owns casinos in Melbourne and Perth, and is seeking a licence to run a ... <a title="Gaming the board: Crown Resorts shows you just can’t bet on ‘independent’ directors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/gaming-the-board-crown-resorts-shows-you-just-cant-bet-on-independent-directors-148522/" aria-label="Read more about Gaming the board: Crown Resorts shows you just can’t bet on ‘independent’ directors">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Bartlett, Associate Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney Electronic prescriptions (or e-prescriptions) are being rolled out in stages across Australia after being used in Victoria during the pandemic. E-prescriptions have been common in countries such as the United States and Sweden for more than ten years. ... <a title="E-prescriptions are coming. But what are they? And is this the end of paper ones?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/e-prescriptions-are-coming-but-what-are-they-and-is-this-the-end-of-paper-ones-148526/" aria-label="Read more about E-prescriptions are coming. But what are they? And is this the end of paper ones?">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Vilkins, PhD candidate, Australian National University In April, as the coronavirus pandemic was gathering force around the world, reporters asked Brendan Murphy, then Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, about international case numbers. In his answer, he made an interesting comment: The only numbers I have total faith ... <a title="How do we know statistics can be trusted? We talked to the humans behind the numbers to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/how-do-we-know-statistics-can-be-trusted-we-talked-to-the-humans-behind-the-numbers-to-find-out-148339/" aria-label="Read more about How do we know statistics can be trusted? We talked to the humans behind the numbers to find out">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin D. Butler, Honorary Professor, Australian National University In all the talk of tackling environmental problems such as climate change, the problem of population growth often escapes attention. Politicians don’t like talking about it. By and large, neither do environmentalists – but former Greens leader Bob Brown ... <a title="Bob Brown is right – it’s time environmentalists talked about the population problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/bob-brown-is-right-its-time-environmentalists-talked-about-the-population-problem-148347/" aria-label="Read more about Bob Brown is right – it’s time environmentalists talked about the population problem">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Ngo, Honorary Fellow, Deakin University Footscray Primary School in Victoria decided earlier this year to abolish its long-running Vietnamese bilingual program — where classes are taught in both English and Vietnamese. It will replace it with an Italian bilingual program. Vietnamese will be downgraded to two ... <a title="Housing a sense of self: for migrant communities, bilingual school programs are about more than learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/housing-a-sense-of-self-for-migrant-communities-bilingual-school-programs-are-about-more-than-learning-148099/" aria-label="Read more about Housing a sense of self: for migrant communities, bilingual school programs are about more than learning">Read more</a>
