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June 29, 2020
From RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan New Zealand established its credentials as an independent small nation after the fatal bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in 1985, says an author and academic who spent weeks on the vessel shortly before it was attacked. On 10 July 1985, the Rainbow Warrior was sunk at an ... <a title="NZ gained ‘international creds’ as nuclear-free nation with Rainbow Warrior bombing, says author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/nz-gained-international-creds-as-nuclear-free-nation-with-rainbow-warrior-bombing-says-author/" aria-label="Read more about NZ gained ‘international creds’ as nuclear-free nation with Rainbow Warrior bombing, says author">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Protesters in Papua New Guinea and on social media have launched calls for tougher laws to protect women and girls from gender-based violence and brutality after the torture and death of a 19-year-old mother of two this week. The death of Jenelyn Kennedy on Tuesday after six days of torture, allegedly by ... <a title="PNG women ‘as good as dead’ say protesters calling for tougher laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/28/png-women-as-good-as-dead-say-protesters-calling-for-tougher-laws/" aria-label="Read more about PNG women ‘as good as dead’ say protesters calling for tougher laws">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The picture of economic recovery painted by Prime Minister Scott Morrison is looking like a mirage. The 22 leading economists polled by The Conversation from 16 universities in seven states on average expect historically weak ... <a title="No big bounce: 2020-21 economic survey points to a weak recovery getting weaker, amid declining living standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/28/no-big-bounce-2020-21-economic-survey-points-to-a-weak-recovery-getting-weaker-amid-declining-living-standards-141184/" aria-label="Read more about No big bounce: 2020-21 economic survey points to a weak recovery getting weaker, amid declining living standards">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in The National Jenelyn Kennedy … died this week at 19 in a tragic domestic violence case in Papua New Guinea. Image: EMTV News The battered body of young mother Jenelyn Kennedy lay in a morgue yesterday as relatives told of the repeated beatings she had been receiving in the past five ... <a title="The harrowing picture that tells a thousand words about tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/27/the-harrowing-picture-that-tells-a-thousand-words-about-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about The harrowing picture that tells a thousand words about tragedy">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
By EMTV News Jenelyn Kennedy eloped with her partner at a tender age of 15, bore him his first child at age of 16, and died at age 19 – allegedly at the hands of the very person she thought she loved and would take good care of her. It’s a tragedy no parent would ... <a title="Tragic life and death of Jenelyn – babysitter tells of PNG torture case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/tragic-life-and-death-of-jenelyn-babysitter-tells-of-png-torture-case/" aria-label="Read more about Tragic life and death of Jenelyn – babysitter tells of PNG torture case">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Volodymyr Bilotkach, Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology Qantas’ announcement this week of severe job cuts comes as little surprise. The COVID-19 pandemic and closed borders have brought the global aviation industry to its knees. According to global travel data provider OAG (formerly the Official Airline Guide), ... <a title="Qantas cutbacks signal hard years before airlines recover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/qantas-cutbacks-signal-hard-years-before-airlines-recover-141522/" aria-label="Read more about Qantas cutbacks signal hard years before airlines recover">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Fundamental Magic The fundamentals of existence are difficult to explain, which is why we need to fall back on abstract ‘creators’; ie beings sufficiently abstract that they themselves do not need to be explained. Here is my big three list of origin magics that underpin our existence. One. The origin of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Imagination, Science, and Day-to-Day Magic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/keith-rankin-analysis-imagination-science-and-day-to-day-magic/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Imagination, Science, and Day-to-Day Magic">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Mullins, Adjunct assistant professor, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra One grey morning in October 1970, in a crowded, tizzy-pink courtroom on the corner of Melbourne’s Russell and La Trobe Streets, crown prosecutor Leonard Flanagan began denouncing a novel in terms that were ... <a title="Trials of Portnoy: when Penguin fought for literature and liberty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/trials-of-portnoy-when-penguin-fought-for-literature-and-liberty-141525/" aria-label="Read more about Trials of Portnoy: when Penguin fought for literature and liberty">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kcasey McLoughlin, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle As debate rages about sexual harassment in the legal profession, a key outstanding question is reforming the way judges are appointed. Underscoring the response to these allegations has been the acknowledgement the legal system – created by and ... <a title="No selection criteria, no transparency. Australia must reform the way it appoints judges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/no-selection-criteria-no-transparency-australia-must-reform-the-way-it-appoints-judges-141446/" aria-label="Read more about No selection criteria, no transparency. Australia must reform the way it appoints judges">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Criena Fitzgerald, Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education, University of Western Australia We’ve been reminded about avoiding hugging or kissing, especially among large family groups, in light of the recent Melbourne coronavirus clusters. But alerting the public to the potential for kissing to ... <a title="‘Kissing can be dangerous’: how old advice for TB seems strangely familiar today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/kissing-can-be-dangerous-how-old-advice-for-tb-seems-strangely-familiar-today-140172/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Kissing can be dangerous’: how old advice for TB seems strangely familiar today">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University The Australian Bureau of Statistics this week released a provisional tally of the changes in Australia’s overall death rate amid the coronavirus epidemic. The figures record 33,066 doctor-certified deaths in Australia from January 1 to March 31, 2020 – compared ... <a title="Have there been uncounted coronavirus deaths in Australia? We can’t say for sure, but the latest ABS data holds clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/have-there-been-uncounted-coronavirus-deaths-in-australia-we-cant-say-for-sure-but-the-latest-abs-data-holds-clues-141363/" aria-label="Read more about Have there been uncounted coronavirus deaths in Australia? We can’t say for sure, but the latest ABS data holds clues">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter M Graham, Associate Professor – Architectural Performance, Monash University The federal government’s new HomeBuilder scheme offers eligible Australians money to renovate or build a home. While it’s attracted controversy, HomeBuilder does offer a much-needed opportunity to make old homes more energy-efficient. Research released in March showed ... <a title="Renovation rescue: 6 ways to ensure HomeBuilder helps consumers, the climate and the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/renovation-rescue-6-ways-to-ensure-homebuilder-helps-consumers-the-climate-and-the-economy-140939/" aria-label="Read more about Renovation rescue: 6 ways to ensure HomeBuilder helps consumers, the climate and the economy">Read more</a>
