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October 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Golledge, Associate Professor of Glaciology, Victoria University of Wellington 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. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please ... <a title="Climate explained: what each of us can do to reduce our carbon footprint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/climate-explained-what-each-of-us-can-do-to-reduce-our-carbon-footprint-123851/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: what each of us can do to reduce our carbon footprint">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Lecturer in Educational Leadership, University of Wollongong The UK’s Labour Party recently voted in a policy to effectively abolish private schools and integrate them into the state system. This is a courageous move designed to redress social inequity – many of those working in the ... <a title="The UK Labour Party wants to abolish private schools – could we do that in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/the-uk-labour-party-wants-to-abolish-private-schools-could-we-do-that-in-australia-124271/" aria-label="Read more about The UK Labour Party wants to abolish private schools – could we do that in Australia?">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Robertson, Professor, University of Western Australia If you watched China’s impressive military parade marking the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule, you may be wondering how China now compares to the United States in terms of military might. The answer: it’s a lot closer than commonly ... <a title="China’s military might is much closer to the US than you probably think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/chinas-military-might-is-much-closer-to-the-us-than-you-probably-think-124487/" aria-label="Read more about China’s military might is much closer to the US than you probably think">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, Research fellow, La Trobe University Australian Story recently featured a two-part look at Australia’s iconic film and television legend Paul Hogan, documenting Hogan’s rise and fall in Australian culture. Self-described as a “one-hit wonder”, Hogan’s well-loved persona is attributed to his embodiment of the ordinary, ... <a title="Paul Hogan and the myth of the white Aussie bloke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/paul-hogan-and-the-myth-of-the-white-aussie-bloke-124281/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Hogan and the myth of the white Aussie bloke">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. James Cook landing Audrey Young (Herald): British Government set to convey private message about Captain Cook to iwi (paywalled) RNZ: Iwi to receive apology for Māori killed in James ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 02 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-02-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 02 2019">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Anyone who thought that with the Reserve Bank’s cash rate now close to zero, its run of interest rate cuts was over, needs only to read the last sentence of Governor Philip Lowe’s announcement after ... <a title="0.75% is a record low, but don’t think for a second the Reserve Bank has finished cutting the cash rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/01/0-75-is-a-record-low-but-dont-think-for-a-second-the-reserve-bank-has-finished-cutting-the-cash-rate-124499/" aria-label="Read more about 0.75% is a record low, but don’t think for a second the Reserve Bank has finished cutting the cash rate">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The dramatic revelation by the New York Times that Donald Trump pressed Scott Morrison in an early September phone call for help in an exercise of overt presidential politicking does not indicate any Australian government wrongdoing. But it shows how ... <a title="View from The Hill: Another Australian PM finds a phone call with Trump can land you on the sticky paper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/01/view-from-the-hill-another-australian-pm-finds-a-phone-call-with-trump-can-land-you-on-the-sticky-paper-124505/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Another Australian PM finds a phone call with Trump can land you on the sticky paper">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Anyone who thought that with the Reserve Bank’s cash rate now close to zero, its run of interest rate cuts was over, needs only to read the last sentence of Governor Philip Lowe’s announcement after ... <a title="Australian Economy – 0.75% is a a record low, but don’t think for a second the Reserve Bank has finished cutting the cash rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/01/0-75-is-a-a-record-low-but-dont-think-for-a-second-the-reserve-bank-has-finished-cutting-the-cash-rate-124499/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Economy – 0.75% is a a record low, but don’t think for a second the Reserve Bank has finished cutting the cash rate">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clinton Fernandes, Professor, International and Political Studies, UNSW Silicon Valley may now be more popularly associated with software companies such as Google and Facebook but it takes its name from the material most used to make semiconductors. Semiconductors – or computer chips – power everything from mobile ... <a title="What’s at stake in Trump’s war on Huawei: control of the global computer-chip industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/01/whats-at-stake-in-trumps-war-on-huawei-control-of-the-global-computer-chip-industry-124079/" aria-label="Read more about What’s at stake in Trump’s war on Huawei: control of the global computer-chip industry">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University Most of us know somebody who tends to get over involved in certain behaviours, and the saying often goes that they must have an “addictive personality”. But is there such a thing? The idea of an addictive personality ... <a title="Is there such thing as an addictive personality?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/01/is-there-such-thing-as-an-addictive-personality-120988/" aria-label="Read more about Is there such thing as an addictive personality?">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia With the launch of Hannah Brontë’s music-driven The Sweet Suits last Tuesday, online cinematheque Prototype’s first season came to a close. Every Tuesday, a new film was delivered to subscriber emails curated by Lauren Carroll Harris. The ... <a title="Prototype review: experimental Australian films as poetic diary entries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/01/prototype-review-experimental-australian-films-as-poetic-diary-entries-123921/" aria-label="Read more about Prototype review: experimental Australian films as poetic diary entries">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelie Meyer, Research fellow, University of Tasmania Arctic sea ice is already disappearing rapidly but our research shows winter storms are now further accelerating sea ice loss. Read more: Arctic breakdown: what climate change in the far north means for the rest of us The research is ... <a title="Winter storms are speeding up the loss of Arctic sea ice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/01/winter-storms-are-speeding-up-the-loss-of-arctic-sea-ice-121105/" aria-label="Read more about Winter storms are speeding up the loss of Arctic sea ice">Read more</a>