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August 21, 2020
By Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby North Fly MP James Donald yesterday made an appearance in Papua New Guinea’s Waigani Committal Court to face cyber crime charges for allegedly publishing defamatory materials against a lawyer and the management team of OK Tedi River Development Foundation. Magistrate Garry Unjo, reading the MP’s charges, said Donald, from ... <a title="PNG parliamentarian faces cyber crime charges over K250m Ok Tedi claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/png-parliamentarian-faces-cyber-crime-charges-over-k250m-ok-tedi-claim/" aria-label="Read more about PNG parliamentarian faces cyber crime charges over K250m Ok Tedi claim">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea has reported its fourth covid-19 death with infection cases now reaching 361, reports NBC News. National Coordination Centre (NCC) Incident Manager Dr Daoni Esorom told a media briefing yesterday of the case of a 72-year old male who had tested positive on August 12 and died two days ... <a title="PNG reports fourth covid-19 death as total infections reach 361" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/png-reports-fourth-covid-19-death-as-total-infections-reach-361/" aria-label="Read more about PNG reports fourth covid-19 death as total infections reach 361">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Willis, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University Human faces are arguably the most important things we see. We are quick to detect them in any scene, and they command our attention. Faces express a wealth of important social information, such as whether another person ... <a title="Ancient faces, familiar feelings: expressions may be recognisable across time and cultures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/ancient-faces-familiar-feelings-expressions-may-be-recognisable-across-time-and-cultures-144729/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient faces, familiar feelings: expressions may be recognisable across time and cultures">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University While the COVID-19 pandemic is dominating domestic politics and will likely feature prominently in the upcoming Queensland election, there are other issues at play in this weekend’s election in the Northern Territory. One of the thorniest issues is ... <a title="NT election: is China’s Belt and Road Initiative the answer to a struggling economy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/nt-election-is-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-the-answer-to-a-struggling-economy-144274/" aria-label="Read more about NT election: is China’s Belt and Road Initiative the answer to a struggling economy?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW In Victoria there are nearly 80 active COVID-19 cases linked to more than 50 disability accommodation sites. At least two people have died. These don’t sound like big numbers in the context of Victoria’s second wave, and particularly when we ... <a title="Let’s heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disability care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/lets-heed-the-warnings-from-aged-care-we-must-act-now-to-avert-a-covid-19-crisis-in-disability-care-144669/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disability care">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellen Corrick, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Between 115,000 and 11,700 years ago, the Earth would have been almost unrecognisable. Massive ice-sheets covered northern Europe and northern Asia, and about half of North America, and global sea-levels were as much as 130 meters lower than today. In ... <a title="We pieced together the most precise records of major climate events from thousands of years ago. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/we-pieced-together-the-most-precise-records-of-major-climate-events-from-thousands-of-years-ago-heres-what-we-found-144575/" aria-label="Read more about We pieced together the most precise records of major climate events from thousands of years ago. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nadine Zacharias, Director, Student Engagement, Swinburne University of Technology Students failing at university is not a problem of “extremes”, as federal Education Minister Dan Tehan would have it. A large proportion of students fail units of study. And, surprisingly, our research found about a third do nothing ... <a title="When students fail, many do nothing about it. Here’s how unis can help them get back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/when-students-fail-many-do-nothing-about-it-heres-how-unis-can-help-them-get-back-on-track-144563/" aria-label="Read more about When students fail, many do nothing about it. Here’s how unis can help them get back on track">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Healey, PhD Student, Curtin University First, a grammar quiz. Which of these sentences do you think begins the Eric Carle classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar? a) A little egg lay on a leaf in the light of the moon. b) On a leaf, in the light ... <a title="4 ways to teach you’re (sic) kids about grammar so they actually care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/4-ways-to-teach-youre-sic-kids-about-grammar-so-they-actually-care-144353/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to teach you’re (sic) kids about grammar so they actually care">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Braid, Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University Meet Otis. He’s eight years old and until recently he didn’t want to read or write. Then his teacher changed the way she taught and things began to improve. After a few weeks, Otis (not ... <a title="Young New Zealanders are turning off reading in record numbers – we need a new approach to teaching literacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/young-new-zealanders-are-turning-off-reading-in-record-numbers-we-need-a-new-approach-to-teaching-literacy-141527/" aria-label="Read more about Young New Zealanders are turning off reading in record numbers – we need a new approach to teaching literacy">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Last week Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe, and his top lieutenants, appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. This time-honoured tradition goes roughly as follows. The governor makes an opening statement that contains nothing not said ... <a title="Vital Signs: the Reserve Bank has done as much as it can. Now it’s up to the government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/vital-signs-the-reserve-bank-has-done-as-much-as-it-can-now-its-up-to-the-government-144667/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the Reserve Bank has done as much as it can. Now it’s up to the government">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University Masks have emerged as unlikely fashion heroes as the COVID-19 pandemic has developed. Every conceivable colour and pattern seems to have become available, from facehuggers to Darth Vader to bejewelled bridal numbers. Many show how brevity and style can combine ... <a title="Friday essay: vizards, face gloves and window hoods – a history of masks in western fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/friday-essay-vizards-face-gloves-and-window-hoods-a-history-of-masks-in-western-fashion-143994/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: vizards, face gloves and window hoods – a history of masks in western fashion">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Most of us are only starting to realise how grim this Christmas is likely to be. Not only will so many people be without jobs, but lots of usual family get-togethers will be stymied because of restricted travel. An overseas ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison hypes vaccine hopes but there is a long road ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/grattan-on-friday-scott-morrison-hypes-vaccine-hopes-but-there-is-a-long-road-ahead-144801/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison hypes vaccine hopes but there is a long road ahead">Read more</a>
