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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hemer, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO The rise in sea levels is not the only way climate change will affect the coasts. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, found a warming planet will also alter ocean waves along more than 50% of ... <a title="Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50% of the world’s coastlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/climate-change-may-change-the-way-ocean-waves-impact-50-of-the-worlds-coastlines-121239/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50% of the world’s coastlines">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Owain Emslie, Associate, Grattan Institute Inheritances can have an enormous impact on finances and lives. Yet in Australia we know surprisingly little about who gets them and how big they are. New Grattan Institute research provides some answers. Inheritances are big and growing A sample of estates ... <a title="Rethink inheritances. These days they no longer help the young, they go to the already middle-aged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/rethink-inheritances-these-days-they-no-longer-help-the-young-they-go-to-the-already-middle-aged-122029/" aria-label="Read more about Rethink inheritances. These days they no longer help the young, they go to the already middle-aged">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Pitt, PhD candidate, UNSW In April 2020, Australia will mark 250 years since James Cook sailed into Kamay (later known as Botany Bay) on the Endeavour, kicking off a series of events that resulted in the British arriving and staying uninvited first at Warrane (Sydney Cove) ... <a title="How clay helped shape colonial Sydney" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/how-clay-helped-shape-colonial-sydney-120580/" aria-label="Read more about How clay helped shape colonial Sydney">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Rioting broke out in Manokwari, West Papua, today as local people – mostly university students – protested against racial abuse of Papuan students in East Java, reports The Jakarta Post. The protesters blocked a number of major streets in the city this morning, cutting down trees to be used as barricades. ... <a title="‘Racist’ attack on Papuan students in Surabaya sparks rioting in Manokwari" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/racist-attack-on-papuan-students-in-surabaya-sparks-rioting-in-manokwari/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Racist’ attack on Papuan students in Surabaya sparks rioting in Manokwari">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
By Ben Bilua in Suva Multimedia skills and innovation are key to adapting to the changing media landscape, said US academic Professor Debora Wenger as newsmakers around the world continue to grapple with challenges arising from the transformation of technology and social media. Speaking to journalists at a regional workshop on new media and multimedia ... <a title="Multimedia, innovation vital for Pacific journalism, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/multimedia-innovation-vital-for-pacific-journalism-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Multimedia, innovation vital for Pacific journalism, says academic">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – The election race is on. The nominations process for local government positions has now closed, and the political campaign is officially underway. But does the public care? Will many of us even vote for any of the various mayoral or council candidates? Going on recent experience, we shouldn’t expect ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will more than a third vote in the local government elections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-more-than-a-third-vote-in-the-local-government-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will more than a third vote in the local government elections?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Local government Michael Fallow (Stuff): Your council – what’s its job description? Dileepa Fonseka and Todd Niall (Stuff): Behind-the-scenes of the companies running the country’s local body elections Charlie ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 19 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-19-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 19 2019">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Walvisch, Lecturer, Monash University This morning an Extinction Rebellion protester was arrested after hanging from a rope over the William Jolly Bridge in Brisbane, blocking all lanes to peak hour traffic. And earlier this month in Brisbane, more than 70 climate change protesters were charged with ... <a title="Altruistic or self-serving? Four things judges consider when sentencing politically-motivated crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/altruistic-or-self-serving-four-things-judges-consider-when-sentencing-politically-motivated-crimes-121691/" aria-label="Read more about Altruistic or self-serving? Four things judges consider when sentencing politically-motivated crimes">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Jobson, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Monash University Many of us enjoy writing in a diary, reading autobiographies or nostalgically reflecting with others about past times. Why is remembering our past so important? Are there downsides? And what can we do if dwelling on the past ... <a title="Why do I dwell on the past?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/why-do-i-dwell-on-the-past-121630/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I dwell on the past?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Tuvalu’s Prime Minister has condemned the Australian Prime Minister’s conduct at last week’s Pacific Islands Forum, calling Scott Morrison’s attitude “unfortunate” and “neo-colonial,” and questioning Australia’s future in the 18-member body. In an interview with RNZ on Sunday, Enele Sopoaga also threatened to pull Tuvaluan labour from Australia’s seasonal worker programme in light ... <a title="Australian PM’s attitude ‘neo-colonial’, says Tuvalu PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/australian-pms-attitude-neo-colonial-says-tuvalu-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Australian PM’s attitude ‘neo-colonial’, says Tuvalu PM">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Mills, Hon Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney On the morning of the last Monday in April, 2019, federal election officials opened the doors of more than 500 pre-poll voting centres around Australia, and waited for the voters to turn up. ... <a title="Surge in pre-poll numbers at 2019 federal election changes the relationship between voters and parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/surge-in-pre-poll-numbers-at-2019-federal-election-changes-the-relationship-between-voters-and-parties-121929/" aria-label="Read more about Surge in pre-poll numbers at 2019 federal election changes the relationship between voters and parties">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Hart, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Last week, federal health minister Greg Hunt announced that more than 60,000 Australians will be asked about their mental health and well-being as part of the Intergenerational Health and Mental Health Study. The mental health survey will be run ... <a title="How many people have eating disorders? We don’t really know, and that’s a worry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/how-many-people-have-eating-disorders-we-dont-really-know-and-thats-a-worry-121938/" aria-label="Read more about How many people have eating disorders? We don’t really know, and that’s a worry">Read more</a>
