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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Logan, Lecturer of Civil Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury Roads, cycleways and housing developments are among 11 projects announced this week as the first tranche of infrastructure developments to kickstart New Zealand’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand is investing at ... <a title="‘Shovel-ready’ projects ignore important aspects of community resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/shovel-ready-projects-ignore-important-aspects-of-community-resilience-139850/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shovel-ready’ projects ignore important aspects of community resilience">Read more</a>
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June 17, 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 Health and Disability System Review, hospital stocktake Henry Cooke (Stuff): Health system overhaul would be a gigantic fight. Is the Government up for it? Ben Heather (Stuff): Why we should be sceptical about ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 17 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-17-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 17 2020">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Robinson, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University Victorian Labor, the jewel in the party’s crown, has been thrown into crisis by the allegations of massive branch stacking. A third state Labor minister has now left their position over the scandal that as ... <a title="Labor’s branch stacking scandal is a problem for the whole party. Not just Victoria." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/labors-branch-stacking-scandal-is-a-problem-for-the-whole-party-not-just-victoria-140839/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s branch stacking scandal is a problem for the whole party. Not just Victoria.">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday announced environmental approvals for 15 major infrastructure projects will be fast-tracked to accelerate investment as Australia emerges from the COVID-19 lockdown. Under the current system, proponents must seek both state ... <a title="Mr Morrison, you can cut ‘green tape’ without harming nature – but it’ll take money and gumption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/mr-morrison-you-can-cut-green-tape-without-harming-nature-but-itll-take-money-and-gumption-140732/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Morrison, you can cut ‘green tape’ without harming nature – but it’ll take money and gumption">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erik Malcolm Champion, UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation, Curtin University SpaceX’s recent Falcon 9 rocket launch proves humanity has come leaps and bounds in its effort to reach other worlds. But now there’s a quicker, safer and environmentally friendlier way to travel to the centre ... <a title="Antarctica without windchill, the Louvre without queues: how to travel the world from home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/antarctica-without-windchill-the-louvre-without-queues-how-to-travel-the-world-from-home-140174/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica without windchill, the Louvre without queues: how to travel the world from home">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University In Australia and around the world, junk food companies are targeting children on social media. In our new study, we found most major social media platforms have restrictions on the advertising of tobacco, alcohol and gambling to children. But there are ... <a title="Social media platforms need to do more to stop junk food marketers targeting children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/social-media-platforms-need-to-do-more-to-stop-junk-food-marketers-targeting-children-140772/" aria-label="Read more about Social media platforms need to do more to stop junk food marketers targeting children">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leticia Anderson, Lecturer in Humanities, Southern Cross University As Black Lives Matter protests rage across the world, many of us are motivated to learn more about racism, and talk to our students and children in ways that can facilitate change. Education is a powerful took for creating ... <a title="9 tips teachers can use when talking about racism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/9-tips-teachers-can-use-when-talking-about-racism-140837/" aria-label="Read more about 9 tips teachers can use when talking about racism">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhavna Middha, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Local governments across Australia are mandated to consult their residents on urban development issues. They are increasingly using digital platforms to do this. Early findings from our international research project, Democratic Urban Development in the Digital Age, ... <a title="Councils often ignore residents on social media. How can digital platforms ensure they have a say in planning?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/councils-often-ignore-residents-on-social-media-how-can-digital-platforms-ensure-they-have-a-say-in-planning-138609/" aria-label="Read more about Councils often ignore residents on social media. How can digital platforms ensure they have a say in planning?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Romero Macau, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management and Global Logistics, Edith Cowan University Hand-written letters and posted bills are disappearing, and they were vanishing well before the latest slump. Australia Post says between 2007 and 2019 the volume of personally addressed letters more than halved ... <a title="Australia Post can’t turn back. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/australia-post-cant-turn-back-heres-why-140722/" aria-label="Read more about Australia Post can’t turn back. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Thomas Henry Wright, Associate Professor, Nagoya University Since lockdown, everyone has had to rely heavily on digital technologies: be it Zoom work meetings and lengthy email chains, gaming and streaming services for entertainment, or social media platforms to organise everything from groceries to protests. Human existence ... <a title="Finding beauty in code – 5 ways digital poetry combines human and computer languages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/finding-beauty-in-code-5-ways-digital-poetry-combines-human-and-computer-languages-140344/" aria-label="Read more about Finding beauty in code – 5 ways digital poetry combines human and computer languages">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the up to six years in jail sentence that Philippine journalist Maria Ressa faces on a criminal libel charge in a “shocking judicial masquerade” in Manila yesterday. It called on the country’s justice system to recover a “semblance of credibility” by overturning her conviction on appeal, ... <a title="RSF brands Maria Ressa’s conviction as ‘masquerade’ amid global criticism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/rsf-brands-maria-ressas-conviction-as-masquerade-amid-global-criticism/" aria-label="Read more about RSF brands Maria Ressa’s conviction as ‘masquerade’ amid global criticism">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Foreign Minister Marise Payne has attacked China’s “disinformation” about racism in this country and committed Australia to a more activist role in pressing for reform of multilateral institutions, including the World Health Organisation. In a Tuesday night speech titled “Australia ... <a title="Foreign Minister Payne pledges continued fight against Chinese ‘disinformation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/foreign-minister-payne-pledges-continued-fight-against-chinese-disinformation-140874/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign Minister Payne pledges continued fight against Chinese ‘disinformation’">Read more</a>
