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August 9, 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 ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Peter Stahel (Guardian): Most say New Zealand is on the wrong track – can it avoid a drift to populism? Charlotte Graham=McLay (Guardian): Guardian Essential poll ... <a title="Newsletter: August 9 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/newsletter-august-9-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 9 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, and Deputy Director, Allens Hub for Technology, Law & Innovation, UNSW Sydney Worldcoin Millions of people worldwide are lining up to stare into a silver sphere about the size of a bowling ball so their irises can be ... <a title="Worldcoin is scanning eyeballs to build a global ID and finance system. Governments are not impressed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/worldcoin-is-scanning-eyeballs-to-build-a-global-id-and-finance-system-governments-are-not-impressed-210980/" aria-label="Read more about Worldcoin is scanning eyeballs to build a global ID and finance system. Governments are not impressed">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Dawes, Research Fellow in Medico-Legal History, Australian National University Shutterstock Losing weight conveniently, cheaply, safely. That’s been the holy grail of weight-loss ever since 19th century English undertaker and weight-loss celebrity William Banting’s 1863 Letter on Corpulence spruiked his “miraculous” method of slimming down. Since then, ... <a title="Ozempic is in the spotlight but it’s just the latest in a long and strange history of weight-loss drugs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/ozempic-is-in-the-spotlight-but-its-just-the-latest-in-a-long-and-strange-history-of-weight-loss-drugs-209324/" aria-label="Read more about Ozempic is in the spotlight but it’s just the latest in a long and strange history of weight-loss drugs">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Neale, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Protesters rallied at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday, railing against Darwin’s controversial Middle Arm venture which critics say would benefit the gas industry. The project has been thrust into the headlines of late. Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles ... <a title="Darwin’s ‘sustainable’ Middle Arm project reveals Australia’s huge climate policy gamble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/darwins-sustainable-middle-arm-project-reveals-australias-huge-climate-policy-gamble-206000/" aria-label="Read more about Darwin’s ‘sustainable’ Middle Arm project reveals Australia’s huge climate policy gamble">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Moodie, Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto Shutterstock One of the headline ideas floated by the Universities Accord interim report is a second national university. This would be on top of the existing Australian National University in Canberra. The ... <a title="A national university for regional Australia isn’t necessarily a smart idea. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/a-national-university-for-regional-australia-isnt-necessarily-a-smart-idea-heres-why-210909/" aria-label="Read more about A national university for regional Australia isn’t necessarily a smart idea. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Flinders University TikTok The one constant the internet offers us is a continual rotation of trends. Months ago, the trend was people exhibiting “main character energy”. People were imagining themselves as main characters in their own life show: they were the ones ... <a title="People are pretending to be ‘NPCs’ on TikTok and it’s not just weird, it’s also lucrative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/people-are-pretending-to-be-npcs-on-tiktok-and-its-not-just-weird-its-also-lucrative-210795/" aria-label="Read more about People are pretending to be ‘NPCs’ on TikTok and it’s not just weird, it’s also lucrative">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Clelland, Lecturer in Health Education, University of Canterbury Relationship and sexuality education has, yet again, become a political talking point ahead of this year’s election. National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis recently told a public meeting that sex education was a job for her and her ... <a title="Ignore the politics – many parents want to work with schools on sexuality education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/ignore-the-politics-many-parents-want-to-work-with-schools-on-sexuality-education-210968/" aria-label="Read more about Ignore the politics – many parents want to work with schools on sexuality education">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea police have arrested three men and seized a stockpile of unlicensed firearms, ammunition, explosives and other illegal items in a raid in Western Highlands province last week. The arrests identified a further seven men who were alleged to be part of a blackmarket network who move the illegal items from ... <a title="PNG seize big firearms stockpile, arrest 10 in Highlands blackmarket raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/png-seize-big-firearms-stockpile-arrest-10-in-highlands-blackmarket-raid/" aria-label="Read more about PNG seize big firearms stockpile, arrest 10 in Highlands blackmarket raid">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
By Joy Olali and Max Oraka Papua New Guinea’s literacy rate stands at 63.4 percent — the lowest in the Pacific — with the government planning for it to reach 70 percent by 2027, an official says. Career Trackers chief executive Ellenor Lutikoe told the National Content Conference in Port Moresby that according to the ... <a title="PNG’s literacy rate ‘lowest in Pacific’, but government plans boost to 70%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/pngs-literacy-rate-lowest-in-pacific-but-government-plans-boost-to-70/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s literacy rate ‘lowest in Pacific’, but government plans boost to 70%">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Quilty, Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University Shutterstock When it’s hot outside, it’s safer to head for air-conditioned shelter – right? Not always. In northern Australia’s intensely hot climate, air conditioners were once luxury items. Houses were built to catch the breeze, and ... <a title="Could an afternoon nap help us cope with hotter temperatures? It’s worked for Australia’s First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/could-an-afternoon-nap-help-us-cope-with-hotter-temperatures-its-worked-for-australias-first-nations-people-211186/" aria-label="Read more about Could an afternoon nap help us cope with hotter temperatures? It’s worked for Australia’s First Nations people">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Why does Australia provide development assistance to other countries? Is it charity or geostrategic self-interest? Today the government released a new international development policy to answer these questions. The case the new policy makes is a ... <a title="Australia’s new development aid policy provides clear vision and strategic sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/australias-new-development-aid-policy-provides-clear-vision-and-strategic-sense-210976/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new development aid policy provides clear vision and strategic sense">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Quilty, Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University Shutterstock When it’s hot outside, it’s safer to head for air-conditioned shelter – right? Not always. In northern Australia’s intensely hot climate, air conditioners were once luxury items. Houses were built to catch the breeze, and ... <a title="Could an afternoon nap help us cope with hotter temperatures? It’s worked for our First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/could-an-afternoon-nap-help-us-cope-with-hotter-temperatures-its-worked-for-our-first-nations-people-211186/" aria-label="Read more about Could an afternoon nap help us cope with hotter temperatures? It’s worked for our First Nations people">Read more</a>
