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July 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University The global Sustainable Development Report 2020, released this week in New York, ranks Australia third among OECD countries for the effectiveness of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, beaten by only South Korea and Latvia. ... <a title="Global report gives Australia an A for coronavirus response but a D on climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/global-report-gives-australia-an-a-for-coronavirus-response-but-a-d-on-climate-141982/" aria-label="Read more about Global report gives Australia an A for coronavirus response but a D on climate">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology Only 40% of students in China who previously intended to study overseas still plan to, while just under 50% of those who had studied overseas plan to return to their study after the borders ... <a title="Students in China heed their government’s warnings against studying in Australia – less than half plan to come back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/students-in-china-heed-their-governments-warnings-against-studying-in-australia-less-than-half-plan-to-come-back-141871/" aria-label="Read more about Students in China heed their government’s warnings against studying in Australia – less than half plan to come back">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Warren, Emeritus Professor of Taxation, UNSW A major report commissioned by the NSW government has proposed lifting and expanding the goods and services tax and replacing stamp duty with a broad-based land tax. Launched at the National Press Club on July 1 by NSW Treasurer Dominic ... <a title="Memo to Australia’s states: try renovating your tax system before asking for a new one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/memo-to-australias-states-try-renovating-your-tax-system-before-asking-for-a-new-one-141893/" aria-label="Read more about Memo to Australia’s states: try renovating your tax system before asking for a new one">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Baker, Lecturer in Business Strategy, Auckland University of Technology Like the coronavirus itself, joblessness can act as a pestilence on a society. People who would have otherwise gone to their local restaurant, hairdresser, café or bar, taken a holiday in Queenstown or Taupo, or chosen to ... <a title="The market is not our master — only state-led business cooperation will drive real economic recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/the-market-is-not-our-master-only-state-led-business-cooperation-will-drive-real-economic-recovery-141532/" aria-label="Read more about The market is not our master — only state-led business cooperation will drive real economic recovery">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Mailhammer, Associate Dean, Research, Western Sydney University Remember when Australians paid in shillings and pence? New research suggests the words for these coins and other culturally important items and concepts are the result of close contact between the early Germanic people and the Carthaginian Empire more ... <a title="Shillings, gods and runes: clues in language suggest a Semitic superpower in ancient northern Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/shillings-gods-and-runes-clues-in-language-suggest-a-semitic-superpower-in-ancient-northern-europe-139381/" aria-label="Read more about Shillings, gods and runes: clues in language suggest a Semitic superpower in ancient northern Europe">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Days after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Philippines Anti-Terrorism Law, Vice-President Leni Robredo has pushed for safeguards so that the controversial measure would not be abused, reports Rappler. In her weekly radio show with co-host Ely Saludar, Robredo noted that she does not oppose the law itself, but wants assurance that ... <a title="‘Fight not over’, says Robredo pushing for safeguards in anti-terror law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/fight-not-over-says-robredo-pushing-for-safeguards-in-anti-terror-law/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fight not over’, says Robredo pushing for safeguards in anti-terror law">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Developments in Melbourne on Saturday are more important, and certainly of more interest to the public, than what has happened in Eden-Monaro. Anthony Albanese is set to struggle over the line in the Labor seat, courtesy of preferences including from ... <a title="View from The Hill: Eden-Monaro’s status quo result pales next to Victoria’s COVID crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/05/view-from-the-hill-eden-monaros-status-quo-result-pales-next-to-victorias-covid-crisis-142036/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Eden-Monaro’s status quo result pales next to Victoria’s COVID crisis">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Russo, Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University The Victorian government’s decision to “close and contain” nine public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne represents a significant escalation in the fight against COVID-19. Under the stringent new rules, some 3,000 ... <a title="Nine Melbourne tower blocks put into ‘hard lockdown’ – what does it mean, and will it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/05/nine-melbourne-tower-blocks-put-into-hard-lockdown-what-does-it-mean-and-will-it-work-142033/" aria-label="Read more about Nine Melbourne tower blocks put into ‘hard lockdown’ – what does it mean, and will it work?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2020
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby Key findings from the 2016 to 2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey reveals that 56 percent of women aged 15 to 49 in PNG have experienced physical violence around the age of 15. And 28 percent have experienced sexual violence. Also 18 percent of women who have ... <a title="PNG health survey shows 56% of women suffer violence at age 15" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/05/png-health-survey-shows-56-of-women-suffer-violence-at-age-15/" aria-label="Read more about PNG health survey shows 56% of women suffer violence at age 15">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2020
The New Zealand Herald recently published a column which criticises its own record on race. Teuila Fuatai explains why she felt she had to call out the paper that commissioned her. In the column, freelance journalist Teuila Fuatai detailed her concerns about the Herald’s record on race and her efforts to raise those with her editors. ... <a title="RNZ Mediawatch: Forcing the issue of race at the Herald" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/05/rnz-mediawatch-forcing-the-issue-of-race-at-the-herald/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ Mediawatch: Forcing the issue of race at the Herald">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This article was updated July 5. With 77% of enrolled voters counted at Saturday’s Eden-Monaro byelection, Labor’s Kristy McBain currently leads the Liberals’ Fiona Kotvojs by a 50.8-49.2 projected margin in The Poll Bludger’s Eden-Monaro ... <a title="Labor set to win Eden-Monaro; Andrews’s ratings fall in Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/05/labor-set-to-win-eden-monaro-andrewss-ratings-fall-in-victoria-141282/" aria-label="Read more about Labor set to win Eden-Monaro; Andrews’s ratings fall in Victoria">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne At Saturday’s Eden-Monaro byelection, Labor’s Kristy McBain currently leads the Liberals’ Fiona Kotvojs by a 50.7-49.3 projected margin in The Poll Bludger’s Eden-Monaro election page. This page has all the numbers, including booth by booth ... <a title="Labor likely to win Eden-Monaro; Andrews’s ratings fall in Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/05/labor-likely-to-win-eden-monaro-andrewss-ratings-fall-in-victoria-141282/" aria-label="Read more about Labor likely to win Eden-Monaro; Andrews’s ratings fall in Victoria">Read more</a>
