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June 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Baxter, PhD Candidate in Law/Criminology, researching human trafficking and modern slavery in Australia, Flinders University Yes, there was slavery in Australia. Yes, there is slavery in Australia now. It occurs as forced labour, sexual exploitation and forced marriage. These situations rarely involve the actual chains and ... <a title="Forced labour, sexual exploitation and forced marriage: modern slavery in Australia hides in plain sight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/forced-labour-sexual-exploitation-and-forced-marriage-modern-slavery-in-australia-hides-in-plain-sight-140838/" aria-label="Read more about Forced labour, sexual exploitation and forced marriage: modern slavery in Australia hides in plain sight">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Professor and Director, Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University, Griffith University Over the past three years, our Making Music Work project has mapped the creative, social, cultural, and economic realities of a music career in Australia. We surveyed nearly 600 musicians to understand their working ... <a title="A long way to the top: Australian musicians balance multiple roles to make their careers work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/a-long-way-to-the-top-australian-musicians-balance-multiple-roles-to-make-their-careers-work-140840/" aria-label="Read more about A long way to the top: Australian musicians balance multiple roles to make their careers work">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta A court in East Kalimantan found seven Papuans guilty of treason in separate trials today for their involvement in antiracism protests in Jayapura, Papua, in 2019, despite calls from human rights defenders for authorities to drop all charges against them. The Balikpapan District Court sentenced Buchtar Tabuni, an executive of pro-Papuan ... <a title="Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/seven-papuan-protesters-jailed-for-treason-amid-drop-charges-call/" aria-label="Read more about Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After its calls for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus, Australia has found itself targeted by China with trade retaliation as well as sharp rhetoric. In this podcast, we talk with two prominent China experts about the superpower’s ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton and Richard McGregor on Australia-China relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/politics-with-michelle-grattan-clive-hamilton-and-richard-mcgregor-on-australia-china-relations-140959/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton and Richard McGregor on Australia-China relations">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By RNZ News An independent review should be held of all the country’s airports and ports to ensure correct protocols are being followed when people are released from managed isolation, a prominent epidemiologist says. Otago University public health physician Professor Sir David Skegg was commenting on the case of two women who had travelled from ... <a title="‘Raise our game’ on NZ border safety says expert after covid test shock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/raise-our-game-on-nz-border-safety-says-expert-after-covid-test-shock/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Raise our game’ on NZ border safety says expert after covid test shock">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By Wansolwara staff Critics have condemned Fiji police harassment and intimidation for summoning two staff members at the University of the South Pacific’s Laucala campus to the Fiji police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Suva yesterday for questioning. According to FBC News, police have launched an investigation into the public gathering of USP staff and ... <a title="Critics accuse Fiji police of harassing USP staff in ‘solidarity’ probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/critics-accuse-fiji-police-of-harassing-usp-staff-in-solidarity-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Critics accuse Fiji police of harassing USP staff in ‘solidarity’ probe">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By L Gordon Flake, CEO, Perth USAsia Centre, University of Western Australia After a period of relative quiet, North Korea again commandeered news headlines with the dramatic, if symbolic, demolition of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in the city of Kaesong, just north of the demilitarised zone. The office ... <a title="Tensions rise on the Korean peninsula – and they are unlikely to recede any time soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/tensions-rise-on-the-korean-peninsula-and-they-are-unlikely-to-recede-any-time-soon-140935/" aria-label="Read more about Tensions rise on the Korean peninsula – and they are unlikely to recede any time soon">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By RNZ Pacific A Paris-based lawyer acting for French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has taken his client’s treatment in the case in Tahiti to France’s High Council for the Judiciary. David Koubbi raised the actions of the prosecutor in Pape’ete against the Fa’aa mayor with the 22-member agency which rules on professional ethics. Two ... <a title="Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru challenges court over French judicial ethics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/tahitis-oscar-temaru-challenges-court-over-french-judicial-ethics/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru challenges court over French judicial ethics">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Deputy Director (Research), Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Sometime on Monday, an Indian army patrol skirmished with Chinese troops in the Galwan River Valley, high in the Himalayas. According to reports, no guns were involved, but the fight left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead ... <a title="China and India’s deadly Himalayan clash is a big test for Modi. And a big concern for the world." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/china-and-indias-deadly-himalayan-clash-is-a-big-test-for-modi-and-a-big-concern-for-the-world-140930/" aria-label="Read more about China and India’s deadly Himalayan clash is a big test for Modi. And a big concern for the world.">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamen Franklen Gussen, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology In one relatively short section of the Australian Constitution, section 92, you will find this phase: […] trade, commerce, and intercourse among the states […] shall be absolutely free. You would think there is not much in ... <a title="South Australia will re-open its borders to some states, but not others. Is that constitutional?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/south-australia-will-re-open-its-borders-to-some-states-but-not-others-is-that-constitutional-140934/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia will re-open its borders to some states, but not others. Is that constitutional?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor | Program Director, Undergraduate Pharmacy, University of Sydney First, we tried the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. Then we tested the antiviral drug remdesivir. But new UK research gives the strongest indication yet we may have found a useful treatment for COVID-19. This time it’s ... <a title="Dexamethasone: the cheap, old and boring drug that’s a potential coronavirus treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/dexamethasone-the-cheap-old-and-boring-drug-thats-a-potential-coronavirus-treatment-140932/" aria-label="Read more about Dexamethasone: the cheap, old and boring drug that’s a potential coronavirus treatment">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Carter, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney In 2016, the mobile game Pokémon Go sent hundreds of millions of players wandering the streets in search of virtual monsters. In the process it helped popularise augmented reality (AR) technology, which overlays computer-generated imagery ... <a title="Pokémon Go wants to make 3D scans of the whole world for ‘planet-scale augmented reality experiences’. Is that good?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/pokemon-go-wants-to-make-3d-scans-of-the-whole-world-for-planet-scale-augmented-reality-experiences-is-that-good-140636/" aria-label="Read more about Pokémon Go wants to make 3D scans of the whole world for ‘planet-scale augmented reality experiences’. Is that good?">Read more</a>
