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June 30, 2020
These charts tell a simple story about how the coronavirus pandemic could be a catalyst for the transition to a more sustainable economic future. Looking at Chart 1, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the economy is shown as the combination of yellow and orange. (We note that these charts represent another aspect of pie ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Pandemic as a Catalyst for a New Economic Normal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-pandemic-as-a-catalyst-for-a-new-economic-normal/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Pandemic as a Catalyst for a New Economic Normal">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby The care of duty supposed to be provided to the young Papua New Guinean mother Jenelyn Kennedy killed last week was not properly done and everybody involved failed her, says a leading resarcher and anti-violence advocate. “This includes the police officers at the Family Sexual Violence Unit (FSVU), doctors, ... <a title="Doctors, family, friends ‘failed’ Jenelyn in duty of care, says PNG researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/doctors-family-friends-failed-jenelyn-in-duty-of-care-says-png-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors, family, friends ‘failed’ Jenelyn in duty of care, says PNG researcher">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
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 Greens Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Labour Will Not Win With A Yeah-Nah Strategy Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Taxing weath: a necessary step, or unachievable pipe dream? Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Greens’ wealth tax will appeal to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 30 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-30-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 30 2020">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Smith, Professor and Director, NCI Australia, Australian National University As 2020 began, Australia was stunned by the worst bushfires on record. Six months later we are weathering the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. This year, perhaps more than ever before, decision-makers, emergency services, health providers and ... <a title="How Australia’s supercomputers crunched the numbers to guide our bushfire and pandemic response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/how-australias-supercomputers-crunched-the-numbers-to-guide-our-bushfire-and-pandemic-response-141047/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s supercomputers crunched the numbers to guide our bushfire and pandemic response">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University The death penalty is not uncommon in China. Authorities continue to execute thousands of people each year, more than all other nations combined. However, for Australian Karm Gilespie, convicted for drug-smuggling earlier this month, what is unusual is ... <a title="China has a new way to exert political pressure: weaponising its courts against foreigners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/china-has-a-new-way-to-exert-political-pressure-weaponising-its-courts-against-foreigners-141195/" aria-label="Read more about China has a new way to exert political pressure: weaponising its courts against foreigners">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jody Morgan, Associate Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Last week the federal government’s Office of Drug Control announced changes to the importation of nicotine-containing electronic cigarette fluids that will seriously affect the estimated 227,000 regular e-cigarette users in Australia. From January 1, 2021, users will no longer ... <a title="Why the ban on nicotine vape fluid will do more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/why-the-ban-on-nicotine-vape-fluid-will-do-more-harm-than-good-141365/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ban on nicotine vape fluid will do more harm than good">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Clissold, Researcher, The University of Queensland They contribute only 0.03% of global carbon emissions, but small island developing states, particularly in the Pacific, are at extreme risk to the threats of climate change. Our study, published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, provides the first ... <a title="Their fate isn’t sealed: Pacific nations can survive climate change – if locals take the lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/their-fate-isnt-sealed-pacific-nations-can-survive-climate-change-if-locals-take-the-lead-136709/" aria-label="Read more about Their fate isn’t sealed: Pacific nations can survive climate change – if locals take the lead">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, so too is the road to economic recovery if we don’t get it right. The COVID-19 Recovery (Fast Track Consenting) Bill, currently rushing through the parliamentary process, certainly has ... <a title="Unless we improve the law, history shows rushing shovel-ready projects comes with real risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/unless-we-improve-the-law-history-shows-rushing-shovel-ready-projects-comes-with-real-risk-141530/" aria-label="Read more about Unless we improve the law, history shows rushing shovel-ready projects comes with real risk">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyle Clem, Research Fellow in Climate Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Climate scientists long thought Antarctica’s interior may not be very sensitive to warming, but our research, published today, shows a dramatic change. Over the past 30 years, the South Pole has been ... <a title="New research shows the South Pole is warming faster than the rest of the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/new-research-shows-the-south-pole-is-warming-faster-than-the-rest-of-the-world-141536/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows the South Pole is warming faster than the rest of the world">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW Nearly all of the income tax focus in the context of “working from home” during COVID-19 has been on claiming “running expenses” – things like electricity, heating and internet/broadband fees. These are pretty straightforward. The Australian Tax Office released ... <a title="Be careful what you claim for when working from home. There are capital gains tax risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/be-careful-what-you-claim-for-when-working-from-home-there-are-capital-gains-tax-risks-141364/" aria-label="Read more about Be careful what you claim for when working from home. There are capital gains tax risks">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Ellis, Professor, Curtin University Following a A$2 million funding injection from the federal government, the ABC and SBS have introduced an audio description service for audiences who are blind or vision impaired. Audio description is a voice-over narration describing important visual elements, including facial expressions, actions, ... <a title="Audio description finally comes to ABC and SBS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/audio-description-finally-comes-to-abc-and-sbs-141276/" aria-label="Read more about Audio description finally comes to ABC and SBS">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Developing countries of Asia and the Pacific are experiencing unbalanced tolls of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grim milestones in infections and deaths have left countless devastated. Yet, we must look at the economic ... <a title="Submission – Sustainable tourism and fisheries key to growth in post-COVID Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/submission-sustainable-tourism-and-fisheries-key-to-growth-in-post-covid-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Submission – Sustainable tourism and fisheries key to growth in post-COVID Pacific">Read more</a>
