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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Victoria University of Wellington The New Zealand government has allocated a record NZ$1.9 billion to mental health over five years in its first well-being budget. This includes a new frontline service for mental health, with a NZ$455 million programme and a goal of ... <a title="Mental health wins record funding in New Zealand’s first ‘well-being budget’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/mental-health-wins-record-funding-in-new-zealands-first-well-being-budget-118047/" aria-label="Read more about Mental health wins record funding in New Zealand’s first ‘well-being budget’">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Lee Brien, Professor, Creative Industries, CQUniversity Australia Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Two Australian books were published last year about a brutal murder that happened in ... <a title="Inside the story: humanising a cold case victim – writing the life and brutal death of Mollie Dean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/inside-the-story-humanising-a-cold-case-victim-writing-the-life-and-brutal-death-of-mollie-dean-111185/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: humanising a cold case victim – writing the life and brutal death of Mollie Dean">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Synot, Senior Research Assistant, Griffith University Ken Wyatt is the first Indigenous cabinet minister in the history of the Commonwealth government. That he was also the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives when elected in 2010 as the member for Hasluck, WA, and is ... <a title="Ken Wyatt faces challenges – and opportunities – as minister for Indigenous Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/ken-wyatt-faces-challenges-and-opportunities-as-minister-for-indigenous-australians-117896/" aria-label="Read more about Ken Wyatt faces challenges – and opportunities – as minister for Indigenous Australians">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct professor, The University of Queensland When it comes to road transport, Australia is at risk of becoming a climate villain as we lag behind international best practice on fuel efficiency. Road transport is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions and represented ... <a title="Australians could have saved over $1 billion in fuel if car emissions standards were introduced 3 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/australians-could-have-saved-over-1-billion-in-fuel-if-car-emissions-standards-were-introduced-3-years-ago-117190/" aria-label="Read more about Australians could have saved over $1 billion in fuel if car emissions standards were introduced 3 years ago">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
New Zealand Government’s Budget 2019 has been titled the Wellbeing Budget by the Government. It assesses at its core the wellbeing of New Zealanders across the generations and does not rely just on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) outcomes but considers the wellbeing of its citizens. The Live TV Debate includes speakers including the Finance Minister ... <a title="New Zealand Parliament TV Live – Budget 2019 Debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/new-zealand-parliament-tv-live-budget-2019-debate/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand Parliament TV Live – Budget 2019 Debate">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Budget leak Tova O’Brien (Newshub): ‘Human error’ that led to Treasury Budget information access well-known – source Herald: Budget leak ‘not unlawful’, the Treasury’s website exploited: Police RNZ: Budget breach didn’t break the law ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 30 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-30-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 30 2019">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Tarcisius Kabutaulaka Since the late 1980s, the logging industry has dominated the Solomon Islands economy. For nearly three decades, it has accounted for about 50 percent of the country’s foreign exchange revenue. In 2018, round logs account for 70 percent of Solomon Islands total exports. Eighty percent of that is exported to China. ... <a title="Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/tarcisius-kabutaulaka-logging-bonanza-hasnt-helped-solomon-islands-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Wanna, Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration, Australian National University Labor has taken a major gamble by appointing Anthony Albanese unopposed as party leader. His speedy elevation came because he was not tarred with the Bill Shorten-Chris Bowen brush that failed so spectacularly on May ... <a title="Policies, not posturing, will help Albanese shake the ‘left-wing’ tag and restore faith in his party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/policies-not-posturing-will-help-albanese-shake-the-left-wing-tag-and-restore-faith-in-his-party-117817/" aria-label="Read more about Policies, not posturing, will help Albanese shake the ‘left-wing’ tag and restore faith in his party">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct professor, The University of Queensland When it comes to road transport, Australia is at risk of becoming a climate villain as we lag behind international best practice on fuel efficiency. Road transport is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions and represented ... <a title="Australians could have saved over $1 billon in fuel if car emissions standards were introduced 3 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/australians-could-have-saved-over-1-billon-in-fuel-if-car-emissions-standards-were-introduced-3-years-ago-117190/" aria-label="Read more about Australians could have saved over $1 billon in fuel if car emissions standards were introduced 3 years ago">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Parkinson, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology Homelessness has increased greatly in Australian capital cities since 2001. Almost two-thirds of people experiencing homelessness are in these cities, with much of the growth associated with severely crowded dwellings and rough sleeping. Homelessness ... <a title="Homelessness soars in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/homelessness-soars-in-our-biggest-cities-driven-by-rising-inequality-since-2001-117833/" aria-label="Read more about Homelessness soars in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Young, Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, University of Melbourne The news of Courtney Herron’s death has shocked Melburnians. While full details are yet to emerge, both she and the man charged with murdering her have been widely reported as being homeless. It’s revealing how news ... <a title="Carelessly linking crime to being homeless adds to the harmful stigma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/carelessly-linking-crime-to-being-homeless-adds-to-the-harmful-stigma-117834/" aria-label="Read more about Carelessly linking crime to being homeless adds to the harmful stigma">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph-Christopher Bayer, Professor of Economics , University of Adelaide Kogan Australia has grown from a garage to an online retail giant in a little more than a decade. Key to its success have been its discount prices. But apparently not all of those discounts have been legit, ... <a title="The behavioural economics of discounting, and why Kogan would profit from discount deception" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/the-behavioural-economics-of-discounting-and-why-kogan-would-profit-from-discount-deception-117895/" aria-label="Read more about The behavioural economics of discounting, and why Kogan would profit from discount deception">Read more</a>
