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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esther Anatolitis, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University In August, NSW government arts agency Create NSW held a consultation into regional arts funding. Their discussion paper noted the recent drought, bushfire, flood and COVID-19 crises would require “innovative thinking about how to make existing support ... <a title="Defunding Regional Arts NSW won’t ‘make funding stretch further’ – it will only hurt artists and communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/defunding-regional-arts-nsw-wont-make-funding-stretch-further-it-will-only-hurt-artists-and-communities-149354/" aria-label="Read more about Defunding Regional Arts NSW won’t ‘make funding stretch further’ – it will only hurt artists and communities">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato A call to abolish New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission and dismiss it as a “hard left” body forgets the role both sides of politics played in establishing the organisation. And the call comes at a time when, overseas, democracy ... <a title="Talk of scrapping NZ’s Human Rights Commission is a danger to democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/talk-of-scrapping-nzs-human-rights-commission-is-a-danger-to-democracy-149160/" aria-label="Read more about Talk of scrapping NZ’s Human Rights Commission is a danger to democracy">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Media, Queensland University of Technology Twitter over the weekend “tagged” as manipulated a video showing US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden supposedly forgetting which state he’s in, while addressing a crowd. Biden’s “hello Minnesota” greeting contrasts with prominent signage ... <a title="3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/3-2-billion-images-and-720-000-hours-of-video-are-shared-online-daily-can-you-sort-real-from-fake-148630/" aria-label="Read more about 3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amie Hayley, NHMRC Peter Doherty Biomedical Early Career Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Around 25,000 Australians currently use medicinal cannabis products. They may be prescribed to relieve symptoms and pain associated with certain chronic medical conditions, for chemotherapy-induced nausea, or during palliative ... <a title="Medicinal cannabis users in Victoria could soon be allowed to drive with THC in their system. Is it safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/medicinal-cannabis-users-in-victoria-could-soon-be-allowed-to-drive-with-thc-in-their-system-is-it-safe-148345/" aria-label="Read more about Medicinal cannabis users in Victoria could soon be allowed to drive with THC in their system. Is it safe?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato Hashtags are a pervasive feature of social media posts and used widely in search engines. Anything with the intent of attracting a wide audience usually comes with a memorable hashtag — #MeToo, #FreeHongKong, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19 and ... <a title="Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/hashtags-may-not-be-words-grammatically-speaking-but-they-help-spread-a-message-133045/" aria-label="Read more about Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland Two weeks after Labour’s landslide election win, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a ministry that is more diverse than any seen before in New Zealand. Of those inside cabinet, 40% are women, 25% are Māori (two in ... <a title="Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/can-new-zealands-most-diverse-ever-cabinet-improve-representation-of-women-and-minorities-in-general-149273/" aria-label="Read more about Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 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 New Cabinet Tim Watkin (RNZ): Ardern’s new Cabinet in safe hands but ‘nothing flashy’ Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): A Curate’s Egg Cabinet: Much of it is bad, parts of it are excellent Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 03 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-03-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 03 2020">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Denham, Lecturer in Exercise Science, RMIT University The controversial and banned practice of giving horses baking soda “milkshakes” before a race doesn’t work, according to our analysis of the available research. Racing folklore says sodium bicarbonate milkshakes can boost racehorses’ endurance because the alkalinity of the ... <a title="Put the baking soda back in the bottle: banned sodium bicarbonate ‘milkshakes’ don’t make racehorses faster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/put-the-baking-soda-back-in-the-bottle-banned-sodium-bicarbonate-milkshakes-dont-make-racehorses-faster-148907/" aria-label="Read more about Put the baking soda back in the bottle: banned sodium bicarbonate ‘milkshakes’ don’t make racehorses faster">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer S. Hunt, Lecturer, National Security College, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of ... <a title="As US election day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/as-us-election-day-nears-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will-148441/" aria-label="Read more about As US election day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>
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November 3, 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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware this article contains the name of a deceased person. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ... <a title="315 nuclear bombs and ongoing suffering: the shameful history of nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/315-nuclear-bombs-and-ongoing-suffering-the-shameful-history-of-nuclear-testing-in-australia-and-the-pacific-148909/" aria-label="Read more about 315 nuclear bombs and ongoing suffering: the shameful history of nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Flannery, Professorial fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne It is difficult to know what to do when governments fail us. But there’s no need to wait until the next election to deal with the climate crisis, we can act now. An overwhelming majority of ... <a title="Australia, the climate can’t wait for the next federal election. It’s time to take control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/australia-the-climate-cant-wait-for-the-next-federal-election-its-time-to-take-control-148252/" aria-label="Read more about Australia, the climate can’t wait for the next federal election. It’s time to take control">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Ramsay, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Treasurer Josh Frydenberg appears to have backed down. An extraordinarily rushed timetable that would have allowed investors and others just 12 days to comment on draft legislation permitting companies to hold virtual rather than face-to-face annual general meetings ... <a title="A rushed move to virtual AGMs would disempower shareholders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/a-rushed-move-to-virtual-agms-would-disempower-shareholders-149101/" aria-label="Read more about A rushed move to virtual AGMs would disempower shareholders">Read more</a>
