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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Prime Minister Scott Morrison asserted in a radio interview that “there was no slavery in Australia”. This is a common misunderstanding which often obscures our nation’s history of exploitation of First Nations people and Pacific Islanders. Morrison followed ... <a title="Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/was-there-slavery-in-australia-yes-it-shouldnt-even-be-up-for-debate-140544/" aria-label="Read more about Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Timor-Leste’s Minister of Justice plans to present to the Council of Ministers a proposal to include criminal defamation in the country’s penal code. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Timor-Leste Press Union (TLPU) have protested against the move that would undermine press freedom and public interest journalism, reports ... <a title="Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/media-rights-groups-protest-against-timors-draft-defamation-law/" aria-label="Read more about Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie P. Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University Working from home during COVID-19 appeared to cost us little. Yet employers effectively requisitioned part of those homes. While necessary, it was far from costless to us, and our generosity shouldn’t be taken for granted. Bureau of Statistics ... <a title="About that spare room: employers requisitioned our homes and our time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/about-that-spare-room-employers-requisitioned-our-homes-and-our-time-139854/" aria-label="Read more about About that spare room: employers requisitioned our homes and our time">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology Australians have enjoyed watching Australian stories on the small screen for generations. From Number 96 to Offspring, House Husbands to Mystery Road, Australian television has reflected Australia back to Australian audiences. As the government notes in its ... <a title="TV has changed, so must the way we support local content" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/tv-has-changed-so-must-the-way-we-support-local-content-139674/" aria-label="Read more about TV has changed, so must the way we support local content">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University Three in every four Australians hold a negative view about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, according to stark new research this week. As ANU researcher Siddharth Shirodkar explained, these views can lead to widespread racism. This study presents stark ... <a title="Ten Twitter accounts you should be following if you want to listen to Indigenous Australians and learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/ten-twitter-accounts-you-should-be-following-if-you-want-to-listen-to-indigenous-australians-and-learn-140353/" aria-label="Read more about Ten Twitter accounts you should be following if you want to listen to Indigenous Australians and learn">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abdel K. Halabi, Senior Lecturer in Accounting , Federation University Australia This week the deputy premier of New South Wales, home to most teams in Australia’s National Rugby League, suggested getting football fans back in the stands might be an issue of fundamental rights. If 20,000 people ... <a title="Footy crowds: what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/footy-crowds-what-the-afl-and-nrl-need-to-turn-sport-into-show-business-139471/" aria-label="Read more about Footy crowds: what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shamit Saggar, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Public Policy Institute, University of Western Australia Australia is routinely compared with other rich, developed nations. Its economy, schooling, health care, infrastructure and social values are regularly put up against those of Western Europe and North America, ... <a title="Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/australia-needs-to-confront-its-history-of-white-privilege-to-provide-a-level-playing-field-for-all-139755/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Michael Field in Islands Business Senior academics and staff at the University of the South Pacific in Suva are accused in a special audit report of manipulating allowances to pay themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars they were not entitled to, as several Pacific governments say Fiji is using the COVID-19 emergency as a ... <a title="Secret report reveals widespread salary and allowance rorts at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/secret-report-reveals-widespread-salary-and-allowance-rorts-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Secret report reveals widespread salary and allowance rorts at USP">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Sly, Director, Children’s Health and Environment Program and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Children’s Health and Environment, The University of Queensland Scientists around the world are continuing to test countless vaccines and drugs in the hope of finding effective ways to prevent and treat COVID-19. ... <a title="OM85: could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/om85-could-bacteria-in-a-capsule-protect-us-from-coronavirus-and-other-respiratory-infections-140064/" aria-label="Read more about OM85: could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Smart, Lecturer, Researcher & Course Coordinator (Master of Speech Pathology), School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University Congratulations on your new bundle of joy! Is it joyful? What if your baby cries, fusses and isn’t feeding well? Perhaps you’ve tried breast and ... <a title="My baby has ‘tongue-tie’. Should I be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/my-baby-has-tongue-tie-should-i-be-worried-139561/" aria-label="Read more about My baby has ‘tongue-tie’. Should I be worried?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Soli Wilson in Apia Trouble continues to brew at the University of the South Pacific with the suspension of the vice-chancellor and President, Professor Pal Ahluwahlia, being met with student and staff protests in campuses and criticism from council members. Following months of opposition against the bid by pro-chancellor Winston Thompson to investigate Professor ... <a title="Fiji suspension move against USP chief ‘nonsense’, says Samoan deputy PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/fiji-suspension-move-against-usp-chief-nonsense-says-samoan-deputy-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji suspension move against USP chief ‘nonsense’, says Samoan deputy PM">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Lena Reece in Suva The Fiji government has denied allegations being levelled against it of trying to “nationalise” the 12-nation University of the South Pacific, describing the claims as “baseless”. Fiji Minister of Education Rosy Akbar was responding to accusations made by some Pacific countries and individuals that Fiji was too heavily involved in ... <a title="Fiji denies allegations of takeover at regional USP as criticisms mount" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/fiji-denies-allegations-of-takeover-at-regional-usp-as-criticisms-mount/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji denies allegations of takeover at regional USP as criticisms mount">Read more</a>
