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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>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Victorian government plans a pilot scheme for up to five days sick and carer’s pay, at the national minimum wage, for casuals or insecure workers in priority industries. Even though the initiative is at a very early stage, with ... <a title="Daniel Andrews plans pilot for casual workers’ sick pay but Morrison government critical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/daniel-andrews-plans-pilot-for-casual-workers-sick-pay-but-morrison-government-critical-150648/" aria-label="Read more about Daniel Andrews plans pilot for casual workers’ sick pay but Morrison government critical">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberto Musotto, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow, Edith Cowan University It’s no secret the trail of data we leave online can reveal intimate details about our lives. And there are myriad people whose job it is to collect and sift through this, often with a ... <a title="Prosecuting within complex criminal networks is hard. Data analysis could save the courts precious time and money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/prosecuting-within-complex-criminal-networks-is-hard-data-analysis-could-save-the-courts-precious-time-and-money-150087/" aria-label="Read more about Prosecuting within complex criminal networks is hard. Data analysis could save the courts precious time and money">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Ganderton, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Many of us might not be as fit as we were before the pandemic hit, and as community sport restarts and gyms reopen across the country amid eased coronavirus restrictions, some people might be at increased ... <a title="Physio, chiro, osteo and myo: what’s the difference and which one should I get?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/physio-chiro-osteo-and-myo-whats-the-difference-and-which-one-should-i-get-149993/" aria-label="Read more about Physio, chiro, osteo and myo: what’s the difference and which one should I get?">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Fiji’s rugby team is set to have another round of covid-19 testing today as they seek to salvage what is left of their Autumn Nations Cup tour of Europe. Over the weekend it was announced the Flying Fijians would have their third consecutive test match cancelled due to a coronavirus outbreak in ... <a title="Fiji tries to salvage Nations Cup rugby tour from covid ruins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/fiji-tries-to-salvage-nations-cup-rugby-tour-from-covid-ruins/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji tries to salvage Nations Cup rugby tour from covid ruins">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Churchill, Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Melbourne The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been so profound, particularly for women, that it threatens to upend the progress on gender equality in recent years. During the lockdown, women were doing more of the unpaid labour ... <a title="No one escaped COVID’s impacts, but big fall in tertiary enrolments was 80% women. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/no-one-escaped-covids-impacts-but-big-fall-in-tertiary-enrolments-was-80-women-why-149994/" aria-label="Read more about No one escaped COVID’s impacts, but big fall in tertiary enrolments was 80% women. Why?">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Dalziell, Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, University of Western Australia In a new series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on page and on screen. Trixie Belden, girl detective, does not rank in the world’s pantheon of cool sleuths. She’s unlikely to appear in a ... <a title="My favourite detective: Trixie Belden, the uncool girl sleuth with a sensitive moral compass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/my-favourite-detective-trixie-belden-the-uncool-girl-sleuth-with-a-sensitive-moral-compass-149624/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: Trixie Belden, the uncool girl sleuth with a sensitive moral compass">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland A Pacific Islands Forum-hosted webinar has called on the United Nations and Indonesia to be “more responsive” to the pleas of West Papuans and take action to resolve human rights issues in the Melanesian region. The Secretary-General of the Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, the secretary-general of Pacific Council of Churches, ... <a title="Take action to save lives in West Papua, activists tell Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/take-action-to-save-lives-in-west-papua-activists-tell-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Take action to save lives in West Papua, activists tell Forum">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A young West Papuan musician, Kris Douw, who has written many powerful protest songs against Indonesia’s illegal military occupation in his homeland, has been beaten up by security forces, allege activists. Douw was atacked about 8am on by Indonesian special forces at the Kodim Complex in Nabire, Papua, according to the ... <a title="Indonesian security forces attack Papuan musician, say activists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/indonesian-security-forces-attack-papuan-musician-say-activists/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian security forces attack Papuan musician, say activists">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Mixed messages in wake of National’s defeat Richard Harman: Goodfellow beats off challenge and calls for unity Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Sir John Key’s speech a chilling glimpse into the future for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 23 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-23-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 23 2020">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Glasziou, Professor of Medicine, Bond University In controlled laboratory situations, face masks appear to do a good job of reducing the spread of coronavirus (at least in hamsters) and other respiratory viruses. However, evidence shows mask-wearing policies seem to have had much less impact on the ... <a title="Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/face-masks-cut-disease-spread-in-the-lab-but-have-less-impact-in-the-community-we-need-to-know-why-147912/" aria-label="Read more about Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why">Read more</a>
