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May 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Davis, Associate Professor, Media and Communications, University of Melbourne This is an edited extract of an essay in The New Disruptors, the 64th edition of Griffith Review. Every era is defined by its sustaining myths. Among ours is surely “disruption”. The book that seeded the mythology, ... <a title="Friday essay: networked hatred – new technology and the rise of the right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/friday-essay-networked-hatred-new-technology-and-the-rise-of-the-right-115837/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: networked hatred – new technology and the rise of the right">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martijn Boersma, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney There’s a good chance the device on which you are reading this contains cobalt. It’s an essential metal for batteries in phones and laptops. There’s also a chance the cobalt was mined by slaves. Almost two-thirds of the cobalt mined ... <a title="Blockchain can help break the chains of modern slavery, but it is not a complete solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/blockchain-can-help-break-the-chains-of-modern-slavery-but-it-is-not-a-complete-solution-115358/" aria-label="Read more about Blockchain can help break the chains of modern slavery, but it is not a complete solution">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The head of an Auckland-based Pacific media watchdog says New Zealand “takes media freedom for granted” and could learn a lot from its Pacific neighbours. Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie’s message on World Press Freedom Day. Image: PMC screenshot from Sri Krishnamurthi’s video “For the last few years we ... <a title="NZ should learn from Pacific on media freedom issues, says PMC head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/nz-should-learn-from-pacific-on-media-freedom-issues-says-pmc-head/" aria-label="Read more about NZ should learn from Pacific on media freedom issues, says PMC head">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Turney, Professor of Earth Science and Climate Change, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW On Wednesday night a bipartisan UK Parliament passed an extraordinary measure: a national declaration of an Environment and Climate Emergency. The UK is the first national government to ... <a title="UK becomes first country to declare a ‘climate emergency’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/uk-becomes-first-country-to-declare-a-climate-emergency-116428/" aria-label="Read more about UK becomes first country to declare a ‘climate emergency’">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Feldman, PhD Researcher in Science Communication, Australian National University Today young Australians will hit the streets for the second Climate Strike of 2019. Youths are often brushed off as being politically disengaged, but the Australian Electoral Commission has reported record high numbers of youth enrolment, and ... <a title="Young people won’t accept inaction on climate change, and they’ll be voting in droves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/young-people-wont-accept-inaction-on-climate-change-and-theyll-be-voting-in-droves-116361/" aria-label="Read more about Young people won’t accept inaction on climate change, and they’ll be voting in droves">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Wanna, Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration, Australian National University As head of the United Australia Party, Clive Palmer is no classic right-winger nor crotchety conservative. He is no angel either. He is often wrongly lumped in with Pauline Hanson and One Nation, and maybe ... <a title="Now for the $55 million question: what does Clive Palmer actually want?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/now-for-the-55-million-question-what-does-clive-palmer-actually-want-116350/" aria-label="Read more about Now for the $55 million question: what does Clive Palmer actually want?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 02 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 Drugs Derek Cheng (Herald): Watershed bill described as drug decriminalisation – despite Govt claims to the contrary Collette Devlin (Stuff): Concerns police discretion under ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 02 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-02-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 02 2019">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deb Lee-Talbot, PhD candidate, History, Deakin University When visitors first enter the exhibition Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits at Bendigo Art Gallery, they are greeted with soaring sounds of coronation anthems. These genteel songs entice patrons into an exhibition that is ultimately conservative in both content ... <a title="The exhibition Tudors to Windsors is an uncritical glorification of empire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/the-exhibition-tudors-to-windsors-is-an-uncritical-glorification-of-empire-115908/" aria-label="Read more about The exhibition Tudors to Windsors is an uncritical glorification of empire">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Woodley, PhD candidate, School of History, Australian National University With taxes, health care and climate change emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from agricultural workers’ wages ... <a title="Issues that swung elections: rural voters get a voice and topple a government in 1913" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/issues-that-swung-elections-rural-voters-get-a-voice-and-topple-a-government-in-1913-115154/" aria-label="Read more about Issues that swung elections: rural voters get a voice and topple a government in 1913">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University At the May 18 federal election, voters in every electorate of Australia’s House of Representatives will have a choice of multiple candidates. Preferential voting means that we rank candidates in the order that we prefer ... <a title="Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the House of Representatives?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/explainer-how-does-preferential-voting-work-in-the-house-of-representatives-116348/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the House of Representatives?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University Editor’s note: This is an updated version on an article that was published in 2016 when the new Senate voting rules were first introduced. The voting system for the Australian Senate combines both preferential voting ... <a title="Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the Senate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/explainer-how-does-preferential-voting-work-in-the-senate-116347/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how does preferential voting work in the Senate?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2019
Journalist Sri Krishnamurthi’s media freedom video. Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The theme for the 26th celebration of the World Press Freedom Day this year is “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation”. World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General ... <a title="‘Media for democracy’ – Pacific Media Watch’s 2019 media freedom feature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/02/media-for-democracy-pacific-media-watchs-2019-media-freedom-feature/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Media for democracy’ – Pacific Media Watch’s 2019 media freedom feature">Read more</a>
