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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Manuel, Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed last month Australia is actively being attacked by hostile foreign governments. An advisory note posted on the government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre website said the attackers were targeting various ... <a title="Our cybersecurity isn’t just under attack from foreign states. There are holes in the government’s approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/our-cybersecurity-isnt-just-under-attack-from-foreign-states-there-are-holes-in-the-governments-approach-137403/" aria-label="Read more about Our cybersecurity isn’t just under attack from foreign states. There are holes in the government’s approach">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Tapsell, Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific., Australian National University The recent police interrogations of six Al Jazeera journalists in Malaysia – five of whom are Australian – was not about shaping international reportage or a ... <a title="Malaysia’s media crackdowns are being driven by an insecure government highly sensitive to criticism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/malaysias-media-crackdowns-are-being-driven-by-an-insecure-government-highly-sensitive-to-criticism-142555/" aria-label="Read more about Malaysia’s media crackdowns are being driven by an insecure government highly sensitive to criticism">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Liam Hehir The detailed reasons for opposition National Party leader Todd Muller’s shock resignation are something we are not yet given to know. At this point, anything other than the statement made by Muller himself is nothing more than speculation. The announcement was a bolt from the blue even for those working closely ... <a title="Muller’s ‘bolt from blue’ resignation leaves election hoardings standing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/mullers-bolt-from-blue-resignation-leaves-election-hoardings-standing/" aria-label="Read more about Muller’s ‘bolt from blue’ resignation leaves election hoardings standing">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University And then there was none. Early this morning the National Party caucus awoke to a nightmare. Todd Muller, their newly minted leader of some 53 days, had resigned his position. This is not just another leadership spill, coup or change. ... <a title="Ahead of the New Zealand election, Todd Muller’s resignation is a National nightmare – and a sign of a toxic political culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/ahead-of-the-new-zealand-election-todd-mullers-resignation-is-a-national-nightmare-and-a-sign-of-a-toxic-political-culture-142634/" aria-label="Read more about Ahead of the New Zealand election, Todd Muller’s resignation is a National nightmare – and a sign of a toxic political culture">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Audrey Courty, PhD candidate, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University Amid claims of social media platforms stifling free speech, a new challenger called Parler is drawing attention for its anti-censorship stance. Last week, Harper’s Magazine published an open letter signed by 150 academics, writers ... <a title="Parler: what you need to know about the ‘free speech’ Twitter alternative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/parler-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-free-speech-twitter-alternative-142268/" aria-label="Read more about Parler: what you need to know about the ‘free speech’ Twitter alternative">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Op-Ed Stansfield SmithFrom Chicago Common Dreams, a liberal-left website, reposted an article by David Smilde of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA): Joe Biden Should Not Try to Out-Hawk Trump on Venezuela. It starts off well with the subtitle: “The first task for a Biden administration would ... <a title="WOLA’s David Smilde Advocates a more Efficient Regime Change Strategy against Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/wolas-david-smilde-advocates-a-more-efficient-regime-change-strategy-against-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about WOLA’s David Smilde Advocates a more Efficient Regime Change Strategy against Venezuela">Read more</a>
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July 14, 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 Todd Muller resigns as National Party leader 1News: Todd Muller resigns as leader of Opposition, National Party in shock announcement Herald: Todd Muller quits as National Party leader for health reasons Jamie Ensor ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 14 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-14-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 14 2020">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Audrey Courty, PhD candidate, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University Amid claims of social media platforms stifling free speech, a new challenger called Parler is drawing attention for its anti-censorship stance. Last week, Harper’s Magazine published an open letter signed by 150 academics, writers ... <a title="Parler: the Twitter ‘alternative’ isn’t the free speech haven it claims to be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/parler-the-twitter-alternative-isnt-the-free-speech-haven-it-claims-to-be-142268/" aria-label="Read more about Parler: the Twitter ‘alternative’ isn’t the free speech haven it claims to be">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University Forty-five years after they were written, hundreds of previously secret letters between the queen and the governor-general of Australia, Sir John Kerr, relating to the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975 will be released in full by the National Archives ... <a title="The big reveal: Jenny Hocking on what the ‘palace letters’ may tell us, finally, about The Dismissal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/the-big-reveal-jenny-hocking-on-what-the-palace-letters-may-tell-us-finally-about-the-dismissal-142473/" aria-label="Read more about The big reveal: Jenny Hocking on what the ‘palace letters’ may tell us, finally, about The Dismissal">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learn & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University The recent lockdown of nine social housing towers in Melbourne’s north to contain the spread of COVID-19 led to widespread concerns for residents’ welfare. Among the concerns was ... <a title="We could have more coronavirus outbreaks in tower blocks. Here’s how lockdown should work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/we-could-have-more-coronavirus-outbreaks-in-tower-blocks-heres-how-lockdown-should-work-142297/" aria-label="Read more about We could have more coronavirus outbreaks in tower blocks. Here’s how lockdown should work">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francesco Paolucci, Associate Professor of Health Economics, University of Bologna, and Professor of Health Economics, University of Newcastle Australia has fared better than most countries in reducing its COVID-19 cases to very low numbers. However, on June 15, new clusters of infection were identified in Victoria. The ... <a title="Is aggressive hotel isolation worth the cost to fight COVID-19? The answer depends on family size" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/is-aggressive-hotel-isolation-worth-the-cost-to-fight-covid-19-the-answer-depends-on-family-size-142283/" aria-label="Read more about Is aggressive hotel isolation worth the cost to fight COVID-19? The answer depends on family size">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Burke, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right? That’s the economic theory. Stated baldly, it’s obvious, but there is perhaps a tiny chance ... <a title="Carbon pricing works: the largest-ever study puts it beyond doubt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/carbon-pricing-works-the-largest-ever-study-puts-it-beyond-doubt-142034/" aria-label="Read more about Carbon pricing works: the largest-ever study puts it beyond doubt">Read more</a>
