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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Senior Lecturer in Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The conservative tax policies proposed by Labour and National ahead of next month’s election are hard to distinguish in substance, with each party offering no more than a gesture towards income tax equity. ... <a title="The major parties’ tax promises are more about ideology and psychology than equity or fairness for New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/the-major-parties-tax-promises-are-more-about-ideology-and-psychology-than-equity-or-fairness-for-new-zealanders-146561/" aria-label="Read more about The major parties’ tax promises are more about ideology and psychology than equity or fairness for New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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September 22, 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 Election Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Ardern v Collins: What to expect from the first leader debate of election 2020 José Barbosa (Spinoff): How to win an election debate: A simple 20-step guide 1News: Jacinda Ardern, ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 22 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-22-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 22 2020">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Wynn, Lead Economist, CSIRO Futures, CSIRO Over the next few years, science and technology will have a vital role in supporting Australia’s economy as it strives to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. At Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, we’ve identified opportunities that can help businesses drive ... <a title="Healthcare, minerals, energy, food: how adopting new tech could drive Australia’s economic recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/healthcare-minerals-energy-food-how-adopting-new-tech-could-drive-australias-economic-recovery-146410/" aria-label="Read more about Healthcare, minerals, energy, food: how adopting new tech could drive Australia’s economic recovery">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yun Jiang, Senior Research Officer, Australian National University Last month, the University of New South Wales came under harsh criticism after its media team deleted an article and tweet in which Elaine Pearson, the Australia director of Human Rights Watch, expressed concern over China’s curtailment of human ... <a title="Pro-China nationalists are using intimidation to silence critics. Can they be countered without stifling free speech?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/pro-china-nationalists-are-using-intimidation-to-silence-critics-can-they-be-countered-without-stifling-free-speech-145241/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-China nationalists are using intimidation to silence critics. Can they be countered without stifling free speech?">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theodore E. (Ted) Zorn, Professor of Organisational Communication and Head of Massey Executive Development, Massey University When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was named the “world’s most eloquent leader” last month it raised the question of just how important eloquence is within a politician’s arsenal. With ... <a title="Ardern versus Collins: ahead of their first TV debate, how much will charisma and eloquence matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/ardern-versus-collins-ahead-of-their-first-tv-debate-how-much-will-charisma-and-eloquence-matter-145840/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern versus Collins: ahead of their first TV debate, how much will charisma and eloquence matter?">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Coffee is regularly in the news for its potential health benefits and drawbacks. A review of the research found drinking a few cups of coffee a day was associated with a lower risk of dying from any ... <a title="Phytonutrients can boost your health. Here are 4 and where to find them (including in your next cup of coffee)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/phytonutrients-can-boost-your-health-here-are-4-and-where-to-find-them-including-in-your-next-cup-of-coffee-132100/" aria-label="Read more about Phytonutrients can boost your health. Here are 4 and where to find them (including in your next cup of coffee)">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryan Fry, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland Funnel webs are considered one of Australia’s most fearsome spiders, but their ability to kill humans is by accident rather than design, our new research shows. In findings published today, we reveal how the highly ... <a title="‘I didn’t mean to hurt you’: new research shows funnel webs don’t set out to kill humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/i-didnt-mean-to-hurt-you-new-research-shows-funnel-webs-dont-set-out-to-kill-humans-146406/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I didn’t mean to hurt you’: new research shows funnel webs don’t set out to kill humans">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Muir, Associate Professor in Mathematics Education, University of Tasmania Parents and carers were responsible for overseeing their children’s learning during the first wave of COVID restrictions in Australia. Many parents in Melbourne and some in regional Victoria will still be doing for some of term four. ... <a title="‘The workload was intense’: what parents told us about remote learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/the-workload-was-intense-what-parents-told-us-about-remote-learning-146297/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The workload was intense’: what parents told us about remote learning">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn Lake, Professorial Fellow in History, University of Melbourne Review: Vida: A Woman for Our Time, published by Penguin (Viking imprint) Australian women were not the first to win the right to vote in national elections. That world-historic distinction belongs to New Zealanders. But they were the ... <a title="Review: new biography shows Vida Goldstein’s political campaigns were courageous, her losses prophetic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/review-new-biography-shows-vida-goldsteins-political-campaigns-were-courageous-her-losses-prophetic-145691/" aria-label="Read more about Review: new biography shows Vida Goldstein’s political campaigns were courageous, her losses prophetic">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
By Yanuarius Weya in Jayapura A pastor has been shot dead at the weekend allegedly by the Indonesian military, sparking protests by church groups and a call for an investigation. The pastor, Rev Yeremia Zanambani, was killed on Saturday in the Hitadipa district of Intan Jaya regency, Papua. He was the former chairperson of the ... <a title="Military accused of shooting dead a Papuan pastor – call for inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/military-accused-of-shooting-dead-a-papuan-pastor-call-for-inquiry/" aria-label="Read more about Military accused of shooting dead a Papuan pastor – call for inquiry">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced no new cases of covid-19 yesterday. It was also revealed that Auckland is set to move to level 2, with eased restrictions on gatherings, at 11.59pm on Wednesday, while the rest of the country will be on alert level 1 from midnight last ... <a title="No new cases of covid-19 as NZ eases restrictions in Auckland, nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/no-new-cases-of-covid-19-as-nz-eases-restrictions-in-auckland-nation/" aria-label="Read more about No new cases of covid-19 as NZ eases restrictions in Auckland, nation">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will tell its refocused clean energy agencies and the clean energy regulator to give priority to investment in five low emissions technologies and report how they are accelerating them. The technologies are clean hydrogen, energy storage, low ... <a title="Morrison government lays down five technologies for its clean energy investment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/morrison-government-lays-down-five-technologies-for-its-clean-energy-investment-146584/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government lays down five technologies for its clean energy investment">Read more</a>
