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December 17, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. National Party policy documents Dominion Post Editorial: Fuel tax or road-user charges – either way, you still pay Liam Hehir (Pundit): Infrastructure Won’t Win It For National (But This Other Thing Might) David Farrar: Silly Andrew ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 17 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-17-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 17 2019">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica McLean, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Macquarie University Digital technologies are often put forward as a solution to environmental dilemmas. The spread of the internet came with claims of a huge reduction in printing, and by replacing paper with bytes, we thought we’d reduce our negative environmental ... <a title="For a greener future, we must accept there’s nothing inherently sustainable about going digital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/for-a-greener-future-we-must-accept-theres-nothing-inherently-sustainable-about-going-digital-128125/" aria-label="Read more about For a greener future, we must accept there’s nothing inherently sustainable about going digital">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Wade, Honorary Lecturer, Australian National University In a year that began with floods and will finish with fire, emergency fundraisers have grown rapidly, increasing by 35% during 2019. Many farmers seeking relief from extended drought conditions have been compelled to turn to crowdfunding. As for the ... <a title="Crowdfunding: when the government fails to act, the public wearily steps up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/crowdfunding-when-the-government-fails-to-act-the-public-wearily-steps-up-128924/" aria-label="Read more about Crowdfunding: when the government fails to act, the public wearily steps up">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmine Probst, Associate professor, University of Wollongong Weight gain can creep up on us. Over the winter months we enjoy foods that create a feeling of comfort and warmth. Many of these foods tend to be higher in calories, usually from fat or added sugars. As we ... <a title="Hoping to get in shape for summer? Ditch the fads in favour of a diet more likely to stick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/hoping-to-get-in-shape-for-summer-ditch-the-fads-in-favour-of-a-diet-more-likely-to-stick-122648/" aria-label="Read more about Hoping to get in shape for summer? Ditch the fads in favour of a diet more likely to stick">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Tanyag, Lecturer, International Relations, Australian National University The COP25 climate meeting in Madrid concluded over the weekend. As in past meetings, the talks failed to make much progress on international climate action. And again, the views and needs of women were largely ignored. Among the aims ... <a title="Climate conferences are male, pale and stale – it’s time to bring in women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/climate-conferences-are-male-pale-and-stale-its-time-to-bring-in-women-128060/" aria-label="Read more about Climate conferences are male, pale and stale – it’s time to bring in women">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Roberts, Associate professor (Curriculum Inquiry / Rural Education), University of Canberra More students from advantaged backgrounds study subjects that will get them a higher ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank) in New South Wales, while students from lower socioeconomic families are over-represented in subjects that contribute less ... <a title="Poorer NSW students study subjects less likely to get them into uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/poorer-nsw-students-study-subjects-less-likely-to-get-them-into-uni-127985/" aria-label="Read more about Poorer NSW students study subjects less likely to get them into uni">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Harris, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, UNSW National, state and city governments aspire to increase prosperity through globally competitive and more liveable cities. Through “world class” infrastructure, buildings and public spaces they aim to increase a city’s competitive advantage in attracting investment and talent. ... <a title="Australian cities pay the price for blocking council input to projects that shape them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/australian-cities-pay-the-price-for-blocking-council-input-to-projects-that-shape-them-127017/" aria-label="Read more about Australian cities pay the price for blocking council input to projects that shape them">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University Western philosophy is a series of footnotes to Plato, the old saying goes. And The Republic (c. 375 BCE), featuring Plato’s teacher Socrates in dialogue with several friends, is unquestionably central to Plato’s thought. There are few subjects that ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Plato’s Republic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/guide-to-the-classics-platos-republic-127724/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Plato’s Republic">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The mid-year budget update has seen the government downgrading its forecast for Australia’s economic growth in 2019-20 by 0.25%, and slashing the projected surplus by A$2.1 billion, to $5 billion. The forecast for wage growth has also been reduced, and ... <a title="Australian Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-mathias-cormann-and-jim-chalmers-on-the-mid-year-budget-update-128931/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberto Musotto, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow, Edith Cowan University Facebook is planning end-to-end encryption on all its messaging services to increase privacy levels. The tech giant started experimenting with this earlier this year. Soon, end-to-end encryption will be standard for every Facebook message. But ... <a title="Facebook’s push for end-to-end encryption is good news for user privacy, as well as terrorists and paedophiles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/facebooks-push-for-end-to-end-encryption-is-good-news-for-user-privacy-as-well-as-terrorists-and-paedophiles-128782/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook’s push for end-to-end encryption is good news for user privacy, as well as terrorists and paedophiles">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute As we come to the end of 2019, you’d be forgiven for being confused about the health of the economy. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg regularly points out that jobs growth is strong, the budget is heading back ... <a title="5 things MYEFO tells us about the economy and the nation’s finances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/5-things-myefo-tells-us-about-the-economy-and-the-nations-finances-128843/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things MYEFO tells us about the economy and the nation’s finances">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Driscoll, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University Feral horse numbers have more than doubled in the past five years in the Australian Alps, according to results just released from the Australian Alps Feral Horse Aerial Survey. In one of the three survey blocks, North Kosciuszko, feral ... <a title="Double trouble as feral horse numbers gallop past 25,000 in the Australian Alps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/double-trouble-as-feral-horse-numbers-gallop-past-25-000-in-the-australian-alps-128852/" aria-label="Read more about Double trouble as feral horse numbers gallop past 25,000 in the Australian Alps">Read more</a>
