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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Lukas Coch/AAP A federal Newspoll, conducted March 29 to April 2 from a sample of 1,500, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since ... <a title="Labor and Albanese gain in Newspoll after Aston byelection triumph" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/labor-and-albanese-gain-in-newspoll-after-aston-byelection-triumph-203123/" aria-label="Read more about Labor and Albanese gain in Newspoll after Aston byelection triumph">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Shutterstock Australia has joined a raft of other countries in banning the popular video sharing app TikTok from government devices, as several outlets have today reported. The move comes after a seven month-long review instigated by ... <a title="Why was TikTok banned on government devices? An expert on why the security concerns make sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/why-was-tiktok-banned-on-government-devices-an-expert-on-why-the-security-concerns-make-sense-202339/" aria-label="Read more about Why was TikTok banned on government devices? An expert on why the security concerns make sense">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Leman, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor of Psychology, University of Waikato GettyI mages Rates of child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand remain stubbornly high, despite the issue being the focus of considerable political attention while Jacinda Ardern was prime minister. In 2022, 120,000 children in New Zealand were ... <a title="Children have a basic understanding of poverty – a more equal society means talking to them about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/children-have-a-basic-understanding-of-poverty-a-more-equal-society-means-talking-to-them-about-it-202820/" aria-label="Read more about Children have a basic understanding of poverty – a more equal society means talking to them about it">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Two weeks ago Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was pooh-poohing questions about the need for reform lobbying rules, claiming lobbyists have the same access to MPs as any other member of the public. But yesterday he announced a crackdown on lobbyists, claiming he wanted to end the special access lobbyists have ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Victory for transparency in lobbying reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-victory-for-transparency-in-lobbying-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Victory for transparency in lobbying reforms">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content LOBBYING, OIA, STUART NASH Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Lobbying reforms substance or just ‘something’? (paywalled) RNZ: Government’s proposed crackdown on lobbyists dismissed as too tentative Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Hipkins takes on the ... <a title="Newsletter: April 4 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/newsletter-april-4-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: April 4 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Conrad Jackson, Postdoctoral fellow, Kellogg School of Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Religion is a human universal. For thousands of years, humans have held religious beliefs and participated in religious rituals. Throughout history, every human society has featured some kind of supernatural or ... <a title="Supernatural beliefs have featured in every society throughout history. New research helps explain why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/supernatural-beliefs-have-featured-in-every-society-throughout-history-new-research-helps-explain-why-203041/" aria-label="Read more about Supernatural beliefs have featured in every society throughout history. New research helps explain why">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Recent revelations about the close partnership between the Kremlin and NTC Vulkan, a Russian cybersecurity consultancy with links to the military, provide some rare insights into how the Putin regime weaponises cyberspace. More than 5,000 documents ... <a title="Russia’s shadow war: Vulkan files leak show how Putin’s regime weaponises cyberspace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/russias-shadow-war-vulkan-files-leak-show-how-putins-regime-weaponises-cyberspace-203146/" aria-label="Read more about Russia’s shadow war: Vulkan files leak show how Putin’s regime weaponises cyberspace">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim McCreanor, Professor Race Relations, Health and Wellbeing, Massey University Getty Images The marketing of legal but harmful products – like alcohol and tobacco – has always targeted our emotional desires. But it has now moved to digital and social media, and this creates a heightened threat ... <a title="How digital marketing of legal but harmful products escalates health threats to the most vulnerable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/how-digital-marketing-of-legal-but-harmful-products-escalates-health-threats-to-the-most-vulnerable-201164/" aria-label="Read more about How digital marketing of legal but harmful products escalates health threats to the most vulnerable">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cristyn Davies, Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock In her address to the National Press Club of Australia today, actress, writer and advocate Georgie Stone OAM is sharing her experience as a young trans person growing up ... <a title="Family support protects trans young people – but their families need support too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/family-support-protects-trans-young-people-but-their-families-need-support-too-202743/" aria-label="Read more about Family support protects trans young people – but their families need support too">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tessa Leach, Senior Analyst at Climateworks, Monash University Shutterstock Making steel was responsible for about 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. That’s because steelmakers in countries like China, Japan and South Korea have long relied on fossil fuels like coal to make steel in blast ... <a title="Australia’s main iron ore exports may not work with green steelmaking. Here’s what we must do to prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/australias-main-iron-ore-exports-may-not-work-with-green-steelmaking-heres-what-we-must-do-to-prepare-201469/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s main iron ore exports may not work with green steelmaking. Here’s what we must do to prepare">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The United Nations has just backed a landmark resolution on climate justice. Last week, the UN General Assembly supported a Pacific-led resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide an advisory opinion on a ... <a title="The UN is asking the International Court of Justice for its opinion on states’ climate obligations. What does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/the-un-is-asking-the-international-court-of-justice-for-its-opinion-on-states-climate-obligations-what-does-this-mean-202943/" aria-label="Read more about The UN is asking the International Court of Justice for its opinion on states’ climate obligations. What does this mean?">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Hendriks, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Curtin University Shutterstock Decades of research have shown when relationships and sexuality education is delivered well, it can improve the sexual, social, and emotional health of young people. It can also lead to improved academic outcomes. But research also shows schools ... <a title="Australian parents want schools to teach more sex education topics and teach them from an earlier age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/australian-parents-want-schools-to-teach-more-sex-education-topics-and-teach-them-from-an-earlier-age-202441/" aria-label="Read more about Australian parents want schools to teach more sex education topics and teach them from an earlier age">Read more</a>
