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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor of History, Deakin University Who turns out to vote, who stays at home, and who mails or drops in a ballot are all likely to play a significant role in the outcome of the US presidential election. Race and racism are important in ... <a title="Racism has long shaped US presidential elections. Here’s how it might play out in 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/racism-has-long-shaped-us-presidential-elections-heres-how-it-might-play-out-in-2020-147556/" aria-label="Read more about Racism has long shaped US presidential elections. Here’s how it might play out in 2020">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Centaine Snoswell, Research Fellow Health Economics, The University of Queensland The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in rapid changes to the way Australians access health care. We’re now using telehealth more than ever. Last week’s federal budget confirmed a six-month extension of Medicare subsidies for telehealth consultations, worth ... <a title="Video and phone consultations only scratch the surface of what telehealth has to offer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/video-and-phone-consultations-only-scratch-the-surface-of-what-telehealth-has-to-offer-146580/" aria-label="Read more about Video and phone consultations only scratch the surface of what telehealth has to offer">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica C Lai, Associate Professor in Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand has allocated an undisclosed sum, in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars, to access COVID-19 vaccines when they become available. The funding is on top of a ... <a title="How patent law and medicine regulations could affect New Zealand’s access to a COVID-19 vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/how-patent-law-and-medicine-regulations-could-affect-new-zealands-access-to-a-covid-19-vaccine-147653/" aria-label="Read more about How patent law and medicine regulations could affect New Zealand’s access to a COVID-19 vaccine">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandie Shean, Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University The 2020-21 budget has continued funding for the National School Chaplaincy Program that received A$247 million over four years in the 2018-19 budget. According to the program’s website, it: …supports the well-being of students and school communities through ... <a title="Yes, there’s money in the budget for school chaplains. But that doesn’t mean your child will be preached to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/yes-theres-money-in-the-budget-for-school-chaplains-but-that-doesnt-mean-your-child-will-be-preached-to-147845/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, there’s money in the budget for school chaplains. But that doesn’t mean your child will be preached to">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Kaufman, PhD Candidate, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Long-term planning has delivered mass transit systems to cater for high-patronage, hub-and-spoke transport systems. Unfortunately, this has left many city residents without basic access to public transport services. And we could never have planned for the impacts of ... <a title="COVID impacts demand a change of plan: funding a shift from commuting to living locally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/covid-impacts-demand-a-change-of-plan-funding-a-shift-from-commuting-to-living-locally-144802/" aria-label="Read more about COVID impacts demand a change of plan: funding a shift from commuting to living locally">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Liuzzo, Sessional Lecturer, School of Business, School of Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology Treasurer Josh Frydenberg mocked the idea of a “well-being budget” as “laughable” back in February. He’s got less reason to laugh now. According to an Essential Research poll last week, 78% of ... <a title="A question for the treasurer: how do you treat mental health without measuring well-being?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/a-question-for-the-treasurer-how-do-you-treat-mental-health-without-measuring-well-being-147572/" aria-label="Read more about A question for the treasurer: how do you treat mental health without measuring well-being?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Stevens, Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management, University of Melbourne The 2020 federal budget has allocated A$53 million towards Australian screen production. The funding comes attached to policy reforms harmonising incentives across film and television production and removing requirements for films to play in cinemas. Arts ... <a title="$53 million for screen production, but policy reforms could spell the end of the Australian feature film" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/53-million-for-screen-production-but-policy-reforms-could-spell-the-end-of-the-australian-feature-film-147834/" aria-label="Read more about $53 million for screen production, but policy reforms could spell the end of the Australian feature film">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Dash cameras have been installed in Papua New Guinea police vehicles to monitor the activities of drivers and officers using them. Police Minister Bryan Kramer has stressed the importance of using vehicles for work purposes only and not to transport family members or for drinking sprees. “The days of ... <a title="Dash cameras to brush up PNG police ‘transparency’, says minister Kramer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/dash-cameras-to-brush-up-png-police-transparency-says-minister-kramer/" aria-label="Read more about Dash cameras to brush up PNG police ‘transparency’, says minister Kramer">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2020
ANALYSIS: By John Minto Tēna koutou tēna koutou, tēna tātau katoa The topic of this talk is about the lies told about Palestine by the pro-Israeli lobby. That might sound a bit downbeat and negative but I can assure you it is not. I hope tonight you will go away feeling positive, clear headed and ... <a title="John Minto: The truth behind the lies being told about Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/11/john-minto-the-truth-behind-the-lies-being-told-about-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: The truth behind the lies being told about Palestine">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A new Fiji magazine published by a New Zealand-based media collective made its debut this weekend to mark Fiji’s 50th Independence Day anniversary. The first monthly edition of Fiji Dynamics was launched yesterday, 10th October 2020 – Fiji Day. The editorial team is made up of senior Fiji journalists and media ... <a title="Fiji Day – birth of a magazine and reflections for the past 50 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/11/fiji-day-birth-of-a-magazine-and-reflections-for-the-past-50-years/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Day – birth of a magazine and reflections for the past 50 years">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk By officially passing the controversial Omnibus Law on Job Creation this week, Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR), has triggered widespread protests and accusations of “betrayal”, reports CNN Indonesia. The House passed the law in a plenary session on Monday and accelerated the scheduled ratification – which had been planned for Thursday, ... <a title="Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/10/environmental-movement-condemns-indonesias-betrayal-of-the-people/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis At precisely 10am 50 years ago today, Fiji gained its independence from Britain when HRH, the Prince of Wales, handed our founding Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the formal instruments of independence and the Fijian flag. Our noble banner blue – was hoisted for the first time over Suva’s Albert ... <a title="Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/10/graham-davis-happy-50th-independence-day-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji">Read more</a>
