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June 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland After a recent foray into the debate over Australia’s so-called “climate election”, I received plenty of critical replies to my argument that Australians should take climate action more seriously. The most common rebuttal was that Australians ... <a title="How to answer the argument that Australia’s emissions are too small to make a difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/how-to-answer-the-argument-that-australias-emissions-are-too-small-to-make-a-difference-118825/" aria-label="Read more about How to answer the argument that Australia’s emissions are too small to make a difference">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sergio Brodsky, Sessional Lecturer, Marketing, RMIT University Noisy, ugly and dirty. Advertising has polluted cities, annoyed consumers, and jeopardised its own existence. Beyond a mass-media cacophony, brand communications’ significant carbon footprint and runaway consumption are certainly contributing to what economists call market failure. Advertising, even when not ... <a title="How advertising can repurpose itself to serve cities in more sustainable ways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/how-advertising-can-repurpose-itself-to-serve-cities-in-more-sustainable-ways-118584/" aria-label="Read more about How advertising can repurpose itself to serve cities in more sustainable ways">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Kirchner, Program Director, Trade and Investment, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney With its official cash rate now expected to fall below 1% to a new extraordinarily low close to zero, all sorts of people are saying that the Reserve Bank is in danger of ... <a title="Below zero is “reverse”. How the Reserve Bank of Australia would make quantitative easing work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/below-zero-is-reverse-how-the-reserve-bank-would-make-quantitative-easing-work-118843/" aria-label="Read more about Below zero is “reverse”. How the Reserve Bank of Australia would make quantitative easing work">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Notre Dame Australia A “top five” list from a major film festival will inevitably annoy many people, because, by necessity, there are many films that one is not able to see, and the scheduling at this year’s Sydney Film ... <a title="Five films not to miss from the 2019 Sydney Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/five-films-not-to-miss-from-the-2019-sydney-film-festival-118775/" aria-label="Read more about Five films not to miss from the 2019 Sydney Film Festival">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne At the May 18 election, the size of the lower house was expanded from 150 to 151 seats. The Coalition parties won 77 seats (up one since the 2016 election), Labor 68 (down one) and ... <a title="Final 2019 election results: education divide explains the Coalition’s upset victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/final-2019-election-results-education-divide-explains-the-coalitions-upset-victory-118601/" aria-label="Read more about Final 2019 election results: education divide explains the Coalition’s upset victory">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese says he has legal advice to back his move to have John Setka expelled from the ALP, warning him against wasting union members’ money on court action. This followed fighting words on Monday from Setka, the Victorian construction ... <a title="Albanese to Setka: forget court action – you won’t win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/albanese-to-setka-forget-court-action-you-wont-win-118932/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese to Setka: forget court action – you won’t win">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dowse, Director, Defence Research and Engagement, Edith Cowan University At a conference last week, Australia’s defence minister Linda Reynolds and Defence Force chief Angus Campbell referred to national security risks using two terms that may not be familiar to many. In her speech, Senator Reynolds said: ... <a title="Explainer: what is ‘hybrid warfare’ and what is meant by the ‘grey zone’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/explainer-what-is-hybrid-warfare-and-what-is-meant-by-the-grey-zone-118841/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is ‘hybrid warfare’ and what is meant by the ‘grey zone’?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
In the weekend, Act leader David Seymour relaunched his party in a way that will polarise the electorate, triggering both hate and respect. At the centre of this latest attempt to reinvent the party is a firm concentration on political freedoms and “freedom of speech” – which aligns Seymour’s party with a variant of rightwing ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Seymour’s anti-woke Act Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-seymours-anti-woke-act-party/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Seymour’s anti-woke Act Party">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
By Tulia Thompson A minister of a Pacific church in Auckland has spoken out against rugby star Israel Folau’s homophobic attack. Samoan Minister Apelu Tielu from the Pacific Island Presbyterian Church has criticised Folau’s misuse of the Bible, saying Folau has used the Bible “as an excuse”. Folau has defended his homophobic stance despite being ... <a title="Israel Folau ‘misuses’ Bible to justify hatred, says Samoan Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/israel-folau-misuses-bible-to-justify-hatred-says-samoan-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Israel Folau ‘misuses’ Bible to justify hatred, says Samoan Minister">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Byrne, Director, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University The latest protests in Hong Kong on Sunday, which organisers said brought some 2 million people to the streets, represented yet another striking show of “people power” in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s efforts to bring ... <a title="Pressure builds with more protests in Hong Kong, but what’s the end game?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/pressure-builds-with-more-protests-in-hong-kong-but-whats-the-end-game-118907/" aria-label="Read more about Pressure builds with more protests in Hong Kong, but what’s the end game?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a week, reports the Cook Islands News. The film, a biography of English pop singer Elton John, was banned in Samoa last week due to its graphic depiction of gay sex. ... <a title="Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/cook-islands-to-follow-samoa-and-ban-rocketman/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Stewart, Professor, Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University As Australians seek to control rising energy costs and tackle the damaging impacts of climate change, rooftop solar has boomed. To manage the variability of rooftop solar – broadly, the “no power at night” problem – we will ... <a title="There’s a looming waste crisis from Australia’s solar energy boom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/theres-a-looming-waste-crisis-from-australias-solar-energy-boom-117421/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a looming waste crisis from Australia’s solar energy boom">Read more</a>
