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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Shutterstock Let’s say a new irrigation scheme is proposed and all the land it’ll take up needs to be cleared — trees felled, soil upturned, and habitats destroyed. Water will also have to be allocated. ... <a title="‘Environmental accounting’ could revolutionise nature conservation, but Australia has squandered its potential" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/environmental-accounting-could-revolutionise-nature-conservation-but-australia-has-squandered-its-potential-163661/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Environmental accounting’ could revolutionise nature conservation, but Australia has squandered its potential">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Headline: Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age. – 36th Parallel Assessments Nuclear weapons are in the news again, this time because recent satellite photos reveal that China is constructing large nuclear missile silo “farms” in its Northwestern desert regions. This has occasioned alarm in Western security circles and re-focused attention on the concept of nuclear ... <a title="Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/nuclear-strategy-in-a-post-deterrence-age/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age.">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Burton, PhD researcher, Birkbeck, University of London Shutterstock Since the early days of social media, there has been excitement about how data traces left behind by users can be exploited for the study of human behaviour. Nowadays, reseachers who were once restricted to surveys or experiments ... <a title="Studying social media can give us insight into human behaviour. It can also give us nonsense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/studying-social-media-can-give-us-insight-into-human-behaviour-it-can-also-give-us-nonsense-163000/" aria-label="Read more about Studying social media can give us insight into human behaviour. It can also give us nonsense">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The Government has begun a $3.5m advertising campaign to convince New Zealanders of the need for radical reform of our drinking, storm and wastewater. A consensus appears to be building on the need for change, but there are arguments against the Government’s “Three Waters” reforms. Have they come up with the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Democratic and equity deficits in the Three Waters reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-democratic-and-equity-deficits-in-the-three-waters-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Democratic and equity deficits in the Three Waters reforms">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Joint Op-Ed By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja, and Bambang Susantono If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery, two issues thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic need attention: digitalization and regional cooperation. Ensuring the digital transformation reaches all in Asia Pacific ... <a title="OP-ED: Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/op-ed-combating-covid-19-and-ensuring-no-one-is-left-behind/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Evans, Professor of Governance and Director of Democracy 2025 – strengthening democratic practice at Old Parliament House, University of Canberra David Gray/AAP Public trust is critically important during the pandemic. Without it, the changes to public behaviour that are necessary to contain and ultimately prevent the ... <a title="Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/public-trust-in-the-governments-covid-response-is-slowly-eroding-heres-how-to-get-it-back-on-track-163722/" aria-label="Read more about Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Cockfield, Professor of Government and Economics, and Deputy Dean, University of Southern Queensland Perry Duffin/AAP The return of Barnaby Joyce to the federal National Party’s top job has highlighted tensions within, and dilemmas for, the broader party – particularly on climate change policy and coal. Joyce ... <a title="Are the Nationals now the party for mining, not farming? If so, Barnaby Joyce must tread carefully" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/are-the-nationals-now-the-party-for-mining-not-farming-if-so-barnaby-joyce-must-tread-carefully-163988/" aria-label="Read more about Are the Nationals now the party for mining, not farming? If so, Barnaby Joyce must tread carefully">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Martin McDonald, Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne MIA Studio/Shutterstock At last, the government and the Reserve Bank are singing from the same song sheet. Both say they will keep supporting the economy (the government with big deficits, the Reserve Bank with ultra-low interest rates) until ... <a title="Our estimates suggest we can get Australia’s unemployment down to 3.3%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/our-estimates-suggest-we-can-get-australias-unemployment-down-to-3-3-161900/" aria-label="Read more about Our estimates suggest we can get Australia’s unemployment down to 3.3%">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Macrossan, Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Macall Polay © 2021 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Part of the joy of a musical is that song and dance can occur anywhere and everywhere. Not just on the stage but in ... <a title="Unpacking In The Heights’ choreographic film references, from Busby Berkley to West Side Story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/unpacking-in-the-heights-choreographic-film-references-from-busby-berkley-to-west-side-story-163420/" aria-label="Read more about Unpacking In The Heights’ choreographic film references, from Busby Berkley to West Side Story">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Pavlidis, Researcher in Sociology, Griffith University Neil Hall/EPA/AAP Over the weekend in London, the stars aligned in the most remarkable way. On the 50th anniversary of Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first Wimbledon win, Ashleigh Barty claimed her first Wimbledon title. I just hope I made Evonne proud. ... <a title="‘The stars aligned’: Ash Barty’s Wimbledon win is an historic moment for Indigenous people and women in sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/11/the-stars-aligned-ash-bartys-wimbledon-win-is-an-historic-moment-for-indigenous-people-and-women-in-sport-164305/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The stars aligned’: Ash Barty’s Wimbledon win is an historic moment for Indigenous people and women in sport">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, PhD Candidate, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Four in five primary school students eat a packed lunch every day, costing parents around A$20 a week. That’s almost 10 million lunchboxes across Australia every week. But nine in ten of these ... <a title="Swap shapes for rice crackers, chips for popcorn… parents can improve their kids’ diet with these healthier lunchbox options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/11/swap-shapes-for-rice-crackers-chips-for-popcorn-parents-can-improve-their-kids-diet-with-these-healthier-lunchbox-options-163646/" aria-label="Read more about Swap shapes for rice crackers, chips for popcorn… parents can improve their kids’ diet with these healthier lunchbox options">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Shutterstock Federal, state and territory disability ministers met on Friday to debate a proposal to introduce independent assessments into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). In the face of sustained opposition, the federal government agreed not to make any legislative ... <a title="NDIS independent assessments are off the table for now. That’s a good thing — the evidence wasn’t there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/10/ndis-independent-assessments-are-off-the-table-for-now-thats-a-good-thing-the-evidence-wasnt-there-164163/" aria-label="Read more about NDIS independent assessments are off the table for now. That’s a good thing — the evidence wasn’t there">Read more</a>
