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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2019

July 3, 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 Environment and conservation Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): The real enemy: Why blaming NGOs for climate inaction is stupid Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): When dogs can’t drink at the creek it’s time to act (paywalled) Joel MacManus ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-03-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2019">Read more</a>

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When it’s easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness

July 3, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graham Meadows, Professor of Adult Psychiatry, Monash University The poorer people are, the higher their chances of contending with domestic violence, crime, social conflict, homelessness and unemployment. All these factors contribute to increased levels of psychological distress, which is associated with common mental disorders such as depression ... <a title="When it’s easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/when-its-easier-to-get-meds-than-therapy-how-poverty-makes-it-hard-to-escape-mental-illness-114505/" aria-label="Read more about When it’s easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness">Read more</a>

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Tory leadership race: it’s Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake

July 3, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University The United Kingdom will have another prime minister by the end of July, when members of the Conservative party choose between Jeremy Hunt (who?) and Boris Johnson (yes, really). Aside from the morbid fascination of watching ... <a title="Tory leadership race: it’s Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/tory-leadership-race-its-jeremy-hunt-who-vs-boris-johnson-yes-really-with-the-future-of-the-uk-at-stake-119234/" aria-label="Read more about Tory leadership race: it’s Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake">Read more</a>

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Time will tell if this is a record summer for Greenland ice melt, but the pattern over the past 20 years is clear

July 3, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nerilie Abram, ARC Future Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences; Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australian National University Greenland has been in the news a bit lately. From Huskies seemingly walking on water, to temperatures soaring to 20℃ above average for ... <a title="Time will tell if this is a record summer for Greenland ice melt, but the pattern over the past 20 years is clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/time-will-tell-if-this-is-a-record-summer-for-greenland-ice-melt-but-the-pattern-over-the-past-20-years-is-clear-119307/" aria-label="Read more about Time will tell if this is a record summer for Greenland ice melt, but the pattern over the past 20 years is clear">Read more</a>

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Youth in, families out: 6 charts on the inner cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne

July 3, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seetu Bajracharya, Graduate student of master of urban and regional planning, The University of Queensland In just ten years, the inner city populations of Australia’s biggest state capitals have boomed. We examined Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census data comparing the population in 2006 and 2016 and ... <a title="Youth in, families out: 6 charts on the inner cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/youth-in-families-out-6-charts-on-the-inner-cities-of-brisbane-sydney-and-melbourne-118759/" aria-label="Read more about Youth in, families out: 6 charts on the inner cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne">Read more</a>

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Ultra-low unemployment is in our grasp. How Philip Lowe became the governor who lifted our ambition

July 3, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Rarely does a Reserve Bank governor get to remake Australia. HC “Nugget” Coombs, the first Reserve Bank governor, did. As director general of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction from 1943, he was instrumental in creating ... <a title="Ultra-low unemployment is in our grasp. How Philip Lowe became the governor who lifted our ambition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/ultra-low-unemployment-is-in-our-grasp-how-philip-lowe-became-the-governor-who-lifted-our-ambition-119754/" aria-label="Read more about Ultra-low unemployment is in our grasp. How Philip Lowe became the governor who lifted our ambition">Read more</a>

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A new exhibition captures the magic and power of tattoos across cultures

July 3, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fareed Kaviani, Doctoral Researcher, Monash University Our Bodies, Our Voices, Our Marks, a suite of exhibitions at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum, offers visitors a chance to engage with tattoo on a level deeper than skin. Here, stories of culture, tradition and migration speak through embedded ink. Without personally ... <a title="A new exhibition captures the magic and power of tattoos across cultures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/a-new-exhibition-captures-the-magic-and-power-of-tattoos-across-cultures-118267/" aria-label="Read more about A new exhibition captures the magic and power of tattoos across cultures">Read more</a>

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Freedom of speech: a history from the forbidden fruit to Facebook

July 3, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University This essay is part of a series of articles on the future of education. Free speech is in the news. Not least because several leading universities have adopted a “model code” to protect it on campus. And then there’s ... <a title="Freedom of speech: a history from the forbidden fruit to Facebook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/freedom-of-speech-a-history-from-the-forbidden-fruit-to-facebook-119597/" aria-label="Read more about Freedom of speech: a history from the forbidden fruit to Facebook">Read more</a>

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Morrison and Albanese to discuss inquiry into press freedom

July 3, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison Anthony Albanese will discuss on Wednesday the government’s plan for an inquiry into the impact of the exercise of law enforcement and intelligence powers on press freedom. The government will have the powerful Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence ... <a title="Morrison and Albanese to discuss inquiry into press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/morrison-and-albanese-to-discuss-inquiry-into-press-freedom-119767/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison and Albanese to discuss inquiry into press freedom">Read more</a>

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Global smart tech, ethics and cyber humanism

July 2, 2019

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Dr Mohamed El-Guindy … time for universities to step up or face an Orwellian future. Image: David Robie/PMC  By DAVID ROBIE in Bangkok A LEADING cyber security expert has called on universities to play a more active role in implementing ethics and legal frameworks for communications ... <a title="Global smart tech, ethics and cyber humanism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/global-smart-tech-ethics-and-cyber-humanism/" aria-label="Read more about Global smart tech, ethics and cyber humanism">Read more</a>

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Canadian cartoonist ‘dumped’ after viral Trump cartoon

July 2, 2019

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The “problem” Michael de Adder cartoon … too close to the truth? By CAFE PACIFIC CANADA’S “most read” cartoonist has been “let go” from all newspapers in New Brunswick, apparently over a Trump and migrants cartoon that went viral. “I’m a proud New Brunswicker. I’ll miss ... <a title="Canadian cartoonist ‘dumped’ after viral Trump cartoon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/canadian-cartoonist-dumped-after-viral-trump-cartoon/" aria-label="Read more about Canadian cartoonist ‘dumped’ after viral Trump cartoon">Read more</a>

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Back-to-back Reserve Bank cuts take interest rates to new low of 1%

July 2, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Reserve Bank has cut the official interest rate by another 0.25 percentage points to a new low of 1%, reflecting continuing concern over the slow economy. Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said the latest cut, which came a month ... <a title="Back-to-back Reserve Bank cuts take interest rates to new low of 1%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/back-to-back-reserve-bank-cuts-take-interest-rates-to-new-low-of-1-119744/" aria-label="Read more about Back-to-back Reserve Bank cuts take interest rates to new low of 1%">Read more</a>