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September 23, 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 TVNZ leaders debate Tim Watkin (Pundit): A Rabbit-Hole Election Debate: So Do You Want More Avocado Orchards? Steve Braunias (Guardian): First TV debate between Ardern and Collins avoids being a horror show Luke ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 23 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-23-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 23 2020">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Reilly, Professor, University of Adelaide The Morrison government has announced plans to revamp the Australian citizenship test. From November 15, there will be new test questions on “Australian values”. What does this new, “clear focus” on values involve? And what is the best way to assess ... <a title="The new Australian citizenship test: can you really test ‘values’ via multiple choice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/the-new-australian-citizenship-test-can-you-really-test-values-via-multiple-choice-146574/" aria-label="Read more about The new Australian citizenship test: can you really test ‘values’ via multiple choice?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned some of the most dramatic changes to Australian life in recent memory. We’ve had to adapt to a vastly different way of life to curb the spread of the virus, featuring unfamiliar challenges such as ... <a title="5 things the pandemic has revealed about the Australian psyche" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/5-things-the-pandemic-has-revealed-about-the-australian-psyche-146215/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things the pandemic has revealed about the Australian psyche">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Magee, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Newcastle Tropical cyclones are considered one of the most devastating weather events in Australia. But they’re erratic — where, when and how many tropical cyclones form each year is highly variable, which makes them difficult to predict. In our new research ... <a title="Our new model shows Australia can expect 11 tropical cyclones this season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/our-new-model-shows-australia-can-expect-11-tropical-cyclones-this-season-146318/" aria-label="Read more about Our new model shows Australia can expect 11 tropical cyclones this season">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW The Morrison government on Tuesday revealed the five low-emissions technologies it will prioritise for investment. The so called “technology roadmap” offers scant support for renewable energy, for reasons that do not stand up to scrutiny. The technologies at the centre of ... <a title="Angus Taylor’s tech roadmap is fundamentally flawed — renewables are doable almost everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/angus-taylors-tech-roadmap-is-fundamentally-flawed-renewables-are-doable-almost-everywhere-146352/" aria-label="Read more about Angus Taylor’s tech roadmap is fundamentally flawed — renewables are doable almost everywhere">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Rouse, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, Deakin University Students in the first year of school to Year 10 have been learning remotely in Victoria. It’s estimated first-year students (known as prep in Victoria) in areas that have been under lockdown for some time have missed around ... <a title="Coronavirus disrupted my kid’s first year of school. Will that set them back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/coronavirus-disrupted-my-kids-first-year-of-school-will-that-set-them-back-145845/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus disrupted my kid’s first year of school. Will that set them back?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lois Towart, Lecturer in Property Economics, University of Technology Sydney Some operators have predicted manufactured home estates will be the most popular type of retirement living in the near future, surpassing retirement villages. But enthusiastic development of manufactured home estates as retirement communities is creating future problems ... <a title="What are manufactured home estates and why are they so problematic for retirees?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/what-are-manufactured-home-estates-and-why-are-they-so-problematic-for-retirees-145752/" aria-label="Read more about What are manufactured home estates and why are they so problematic for retirees?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Davidson, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW I’m not sure which does the most harm: the cut of A$150 per week in JobSeeker payments due this Friday or the sudden and coincidental volley of media reports about unemployed people refusing jobs, including fruit picking. This narrative is jarring ... <a title="‘If JobSeeker was cut, the unemployed would be picking fruit’? Why that’s not true" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/if-jobseeker-was-cut-the-unemployed-would-be-picking-fruit-why-thats-not-true-145951/" aria-label="Read more about ‘If JobSeeker was cut, the unemployed would be picking fruit’? Why that’s not true">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne Review, Van Gogh Alive, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney. In one of his many letters decrying modern art, Lionel Lindsay, my favourite ... <a title="What does an ‘unforgettable, multi-sensory experience’ have to do with Vincent van Gogh?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/what-does-an-unforgettable-multi-sensory-experience-have-to-do-with-vincent-van-gogh-146559/" aria-label="Read more about What does an ‘unforgettable, multi-sensory experience’ have to do with Vincent van Gogh?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology & Associate Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. ... <a title="Climate explained: humans have dealt with plenty of climate variability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/climate-explained-humans-have-dealt-with-plenty-of-climate-variability-145043/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: humans have dealt with plenty of climate variability">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
By RNZ News The campaign for New Caledonia’s referendum on independence from France is already officially three days old with the critical vote in less than two weeks. Six political formations are registered to campaign for the plebiscite on October 4 when 180,640 voters will be asked whether they want the territory to accede to ... <a title="Count down under way for New Caledonia’s independence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/count-down-under-way-for-new-caledonias-independence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Count down under way for New Caledonia’s independence vote">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University Over the past 16 months journalists have been scouring through more than 2,000 Suspicious Activity Reports originally sent by banks to the United States Treasury, before being leaked to Buzzfeed and then passed along to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The ... <a title="Why do bankers behave so badly? They make too much money to ask questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/why-do-bankers-behave-so-badly-they-make-too-much-money-to-ask-questions-146685/" aria-label="Read more about Why do bankers behave so badly? They make too much money to ask questions">Read more</a>
