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July 10, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here Frederick B. Mills, Rita Jill Clark-Gollub, Alina Duarte From Washington DC On October 21, 2019, the Organization of American States (OAS) issued a fateful communique on the presidential elections in Bolivia: “The ... <a title="Bolivia`s Struggle to Restore Democracy after OAS Instigated Coup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/bolivias-struggle-to-restore-democracy-after-oas-instigated-coup/" aria-label="Read more about Bolivia`s Struggle to Restore Democracy after OAS Instigated Coup">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie, who sailed on the original Rainbow Warrior to Rongelap and is author of the book Eyes of Fire. Thirty five years ago today the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was bombed in Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour by French secret agents in a blatant act of state terrorism, killing a photojournalist. People’s campaigns ... <a title="From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/from-nuclear-refugees-to-climate-justice-the-rainbow-warrior-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy ">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison summoned his self-restraint and resisted temptation. Invited on Thursday to attack the Victorian government over its disastrous decision to use private security guards to monitor people in hotel quarantine, the prime minister was careful. He hadn’t seen himself ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Does Victoria’s second wave suggest we should debate an elimination strategy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/grattan-on-friday-does-victorias-second-wave-suggest-we-should-debate-an-elimination-strategy-142374/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Does Victoria’s second wave suggest we should debate an elimination strategy?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. New National Party leader Todd Muller has presented his party’s vision for New Zealand as it grapples with the economic cost of the Covid-19 pandemic. But Muller’s vision was unsurprisingly National while surprisingly short on economic detail. And, after a week where sordid privacy breaches plagued the party – leaving Muller ... <a title="UPDATED: Leadership, Vision, and Combating a Machiavellian Culture – Is Todd Muller National’s Solution?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/leadership-vision-and-combating-a-machiavellian-culture-is-todd-muller-nationals-solution/" aria-label="Read more about UPDATED: Leadership, Vision, and Combating a Machiavellian Culture – Is Todd Muller National’s Solution?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Liberal Minister Christopher Pyne attracted critics for his political front. But he always had plenty of friends and networks, enabling him often to be a player, if not always a “fixer”. After his election to the South Australian seat ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Christopher Pyne on being ‘the ultimate insider’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/politics-with-michelle-grattan-christopher-pyne-on-being-the-ultimate-insider-142399/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Christopher Pyne on being ‘the ultimate insider’">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Reilly, Professor, University of Adelaide Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced new visa arrangements to help Hong Kong passport holders stay in Australia. This has the potential to impact thousands of Hong Kong visa holders, either already in Australia or overseas. Read more: Hong Kong activists ... <a title="Asylum or economic opportunity? The mixed messages in Australia’s new Hong Kong visa options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/asylum-or-economic-opportunity-the-mixed-messages-in-australias-new-hong-kong-visa-options-142380/" aria-label="Read more about Asylum or economic opportunity? The mixed messages in Australia’s new Hong Kong visa options">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University The pandemic is prompting some Australian pregnant women to give birth at home without a midwife or registered health provider, according to a survey out this week. Another new survey helps ... <a title="During COVID-19, women are opting for ‘freebirthing’ if homebirths aren’t available. And that’s a worry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/during-covid-19-women-are-opting-for-freebirthing-if-homebirths-arent-available-and-thats-a-worry-142261/" aria-label="Read more about During COVID-19, women are opting for ‘freebirthing’ if homebirths aren’t available. And that’s a worry">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, General practitioner; Clinical Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire are beginning another six weeks of lockdown due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. While this second round of lockdown may bring the case numbers under control, its effects ... <a title="Melbourne’s second lockdown will take a toll on mental health. We need to look out for the vulnerable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/melbournes-second-lockdown-will-take-a-toll-on-mental-health-we-need-to-look-out-for-the-vulnerable-142172/" aria-label="Read more about Melbourne’s second lockdown will take a toll on mental health. We need to look out for the vulnerable">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debbie Bargallie, Postdoctoral Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University The Morrison government has just announced a plan to boost the number of Indigenous Australians in the top ranks of the Australian Public Service. The plan may be well-intentioned, but it is also one in a long line of ... <a title="‘Tokenised, silenced’: new research reveals Indigenous public servants’ experiences of racism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/tokenised-silenced-new-research-reveals-indigenous-public-servants-experiences-of-racism-141372/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Tokenised, silenced’: new research reveals Indigenous public servants’ experiences of racism">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell Dean Christopher Bicknell, Post-doctoral researcher in Palaeobiology , University of New England If you ventured to the New York seaside in summer, you might see a large dome-shaped animal with a spiky tail, slowly moving towards the water. These are horseshoe crabs – the animals time ... <a title="‘Living fossils’: we mapped half a billion years of horseshoe crabs to save them from blood harvests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/living-fossils-we-mapped-half-a-billion-years-of-horseshoe-crabs-to-save-them-from-blood-harvests-141042/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Living fossils’: we mapped half a billion years of horseshoe crabs to save them from blood harvests">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Kamradt-Scott, Associate professor, University of Sydney This week US President Donald Trump made good on his threat to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organisation (WHO) by sending a formal letter of withdrawal to the UN Secretary-General. In so doing, the president has initiated ... <a title="Lives at ‘grave risk’: Trump’s withdrawal from the WHO is a hit to global health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/lives-at-grave-risk-trumps-withdrawal-from-the-who-is-a-hit-to-global-health-142266/" aria-label="Read more about Lives at ‘grave risk’: Trump’s withdrawal from the WHO is a hit to global health">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
COMMENT: By Benny Wenda, chair of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua “autonomy”. Each time, underneath autonomy lies only bullets and killings. As the 2001 Special Autonomy law expires this year, the United Liberation Movement (ULMWP) and all the people of West Papua are ... <a title="Benny Wenda: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, only West Papua solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/benny-wenda-a-referendum-not-autonomy-only-west-papua-solution/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, only West Papua solution">Read more</a>
