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August 12, 2019
By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific There was a frenetic energy outside the Sir Tomasi Puapua Convention Centre on Sunday, where the finishing touches were being hurriedly put to the newly-built centre on reclaimed land here on Tuvalu’s main atoll, Funafuti. People were sweeping the freshly-laid pavement, laying out the desks inside, finishing off the ... <a title="Pacific Islands Forum: What to watch out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/pacific-islands-forum-what-to-watch-out-for/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands Forum: What to watch out for">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Williams, Senior Research Fellow & Lecturer, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England Australia has made a global commitment to “sustainable agriculture”, an endeavour seen as increasingly crucial to ending world poverty, halting biodiversity loss, and combating climate change. A recent report from ... <a title="Australia urgently needs real sustainable agriculture policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/australia-urgently-needs-real-sustainable-agriculture-policy-120597/" aria-label="Read more about Australia urgently needs real sustainable agriculture policy">Read more</a>
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August 12, 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. Government John Armstrong (1News): Winston Peters has breached trust in threatening ‘to chuck a spanner’ into abortion reform Audrey Young (Herald): How Winston Peters failed his coalition partner (paywalled) Henry ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 12 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-12-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 12 2019">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, ‘Data as a Source of Market Power’ Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW Australia’s consumer watchdog has recommended major changes to our consumer protection and privacy laws. If these reforms are ... <a title="Here’s how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/heres-how-tech-giants-profit-from-invading-our-privacy-and-how-we-can-start-taking-it-back-120078/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne In light of the ministerial direction issued to the Australian Federal Police by the Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on August 9, it would be a spectacular contradiction in policy if the Australian ... <a title="Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/dutton-directive-gives-journalists-more-breathing-space-but-not-whistleblowers-121730/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney Earlier this year, a new app was launched in China to put the patriotism of Chinese citizens to the test. Named “Study Xi to Strengthen the Nation”, the app quizzes users on all things related ... <a title="Chinese propaganda goes tech-savvy to reach a new generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/chinese-propaganda-goes-tech-savvy-to-reach-a-new-generation-119642/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese propaganda goes tech-savvy to reach a new generation">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in recent days that “TAFE is as good as university”, and in many cases leads to better pay. TAFE plays a vital role, but for most university students, a TAFE course is not going ... <a title="If you have a low ATAR, you could earn more doing a VET course than a uni degree – if you’re a man" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/if-you-have-a-low-atar-you-could-earn-more-doing-a-vet-course-than-a-uni-degree-if-youre-a-man-121624/" aria-label="Read more about If you have a low ATAR, you could earn more doing a VET course than a uni degree – if you’re a man">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Hutchison, Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University The past year has seen wide concern about the safety of medical implants. Some of the worst scandals have involved devices for women, such as textured breast implants with links to cancer, and transvaginal mesh implants, which were the subject ... <a title="Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/why-women-are-more-likely-to-have-dodgy-hip-implants-or-other-medical-devices-121363/" aria-label="Read more about Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Daft, Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University An open letter from 24 scientists published in Nature last month calls on governments to draft a new Geneva Convention dedicated to protecting the environment during armed conflict. This inspired a number of headlines that misleadingly said the scientists ... <a title="Environmental destruction is a war crime, but it’s almost impossible to fall foul of the laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/environmental-destruction-is-a-war-crime-but-its-almost-impossible-to-fall-foul-of-the-laws-121180/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental destruction is a war crime, but it’s almost impossible to fall foul of the laws">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Miller, Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, Deakin University This is the first in a series of articles on a recently released comprehensive evaluation of the Queensland government’s 2016 policy reforms to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence and the implications for alcohol regulation and the night-time economy ... <a title="Lessons from Queensland on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/lessons-from-queensland-on-alcohol-violence-and-the-night-time-economy-121114/" aria-label="Read more about Lessons from Queensland on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Trade minister Simon Birmingham on Sunday weighed into the debate over Andrew Hastie’s warning about China rise. Birmingham said colleagues in future should ask themselves two questions before speaking out on “sensitive foreign policy matters”. These were: “Is the making ... <a title="View from The Hill: It’s not in the ‘national interest’ for the backbench to shut up about China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/11/view-from-the-hill-its-not-in-the-national-interest-for-the-backbench-to-shut-up-about-china-121732/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: It’s not in the ‘national interest’ for the backbench to shut up about China">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk This week marks the 74th anniversary of the United States atomic bombings of Japan, bringing with it the annual renewed debate over the morality of the decision to force the country’s unconditional surrender by unleashing the Allies’ terrible new weapon on two heavily populated cities that were critical to the Japanese ... <a title="Gallery: A peaceful day remembering the horrendous fate of Nagasaki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/11/gallery-a-peaceful-day-remembering-the-horrendous-fate-of-nagasaki/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: A peaceful day remembering the horrendous fate of Nagasaki">Read more</a>
