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Competition for the kerb is rising, and cities are going to have to manage it

June 27, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Sipe, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Queensland In case you missed it, 2018 was designated the Year of the Kerb by Sabrina Sussman, Zipcar’s public partnerships manager. This is because competition for limited kerb space has been increasing over the past few ... <a title="Competition for the kerb is rising, and cities are going to have to manage it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/27/competition-for-the-kerb-is-rising-and-cities-are-going-to-have-to-manage-it-117410/" aria-label="Read more about Competition for the kerb is rising, and cities are going to have to manage it">Read more</a>

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See What You Made Me Do: why it’s time to focus on the perpetrator when tackling domestic violence

June 27, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Review: See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse by Jess Hill. (Black Inc). You will not sleep if you read Jess Hill’s new book. Nobody should. Anybody familiar with Hill’s work as ... <a title="See What You Made Me Do: why it’s time to focus on the perpetrator when tackling domestic violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/27/see-what-you-made-me-do-why-its-time-to-focus-on-the-perpetrator-when-tackling-domestic-violence-119298/" aria-label="Read more about See What You Made Me Do: why it’s time to focus on the perpetrator when tackling domestic violence">Read more</a>

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Media chiefs unite on press freedom, but will it result in any action?

June 26, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colleen Murrell, Associate Professor, Journalism, Swinburne University of Technology In a rare show of unity, the heads of Australia’s biggest news organisations – the ABC, Nine and News Corp – have called for stronger legal protections for press freedom in the wake of this month’s police raids ... <a title="Media chiefs unite on press freedom, but will it result in any action?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/media-chiefs-unite-on-press-freedom-but-will-it-result-in-any-action-119405/" aria-label="Read more about Media chiefs unite on press freedom, but will it result in any action?">Read more</a>

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Is Australia’s electricity grid vulnerable to the kind of cyber attacks taking place between Russia and the US?

June 26, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dowse, Director, Defence Research and Engagement, Edith Cowan University The New York Times reported earlier this month that the United States was increasing its cyber attacks on Russia’s power grid. The attacks are seen as a warning against Russian intrusions into US systems, but one that ... <a title="Is Australia’s electricity grid vulnerable to the kind of cyber attacks taking place between Russia and the US?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/is-australias-electricity-grid-vulnerable-to-the-kind-of-cyber-attacks-taking-place-between-russia-and-the-us-119157/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia’s electricity grid vulnerable to the kind of cyber attacks taking place between Russia and the US?">Read more</a>

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Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice?

June 26, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Turney, Professor of Earth Science and Climate Change, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW Late on Monday night, the City of Sydney became the first state capital in Australia to officially declare a climate emergency. With climate change considered a threat to ... <a title="Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/sydney-declares-a-climate-emergency-what-does-that-mean-in-practice-119387/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice?">Read more</a>

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Inside the story: Coach Fitz and the accidentally comic voice

June 26, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Adelaide, Associate Professor, Creative Practices Group, University of Technology Sydney Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Early in Tom Lee’s debut novel, Coach Fitz, the narrator declares ... <a title="Inside the story: Coach Fitz and the accidentally comic voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/inside-the-story-coach-fitz-and-the-accidentally-comic-voice-117976/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: Coach Fitz and the accidentally comic voice">Read more</a>

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Explainer: could the Australian Christian Lobby be investigated for its Israel Folau fundraiser?

June 26, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renae Barker, Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia This week, the Australian Christian Lobby set up an online fundraising campaign on behalf of Israel Folau to help defray the cost of his legal battle against Rugby Australia over the recent termination of his contract. The campaign ... <a title="Explainer: could the Australian Christian Lobby be investigated for its Israel Folau fundraiser?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/explainer-could-the-australian-christian-lobby-be-investigated-for-its-israel-folau-fundraiser-119457/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: could the Australian Christian Lobby be investigated for its Israel Folau fundraiser?">Read more</a>

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Banning mobile phones in schools: beneficial or risky? Here’s what the evidence says

June 26, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Selwyn, Distinguished Research Professor, Monash University Victorian education minister James Merlino’s announcement mobile phones will be banned for all students at state primary and secondary schools is certainly a bold move. The policy has been justified as a direct response to mounting levels of cyberbullying, concerns ... <a title="Banning mobile phones in schools: beneficial or risky? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/banning-mobile-phones-in-schools-beneficial-or-risky-heres-what-the-evidence-says-119456/" aria-label="Read more about Banning mobile phones in schools: beneficial or risky? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who’s accountable for the KiwiBuild debacle?

June 26, 2019

Will KiwiBuild minister Phil Twyford lose his portfolio in tomorrow’s Cabinet reshuffle? That’s the big question, given that the Government’s flagship housing programme has been so heavily discredited, and the accompanying debate about Twyford’s role in the debacle and whether he’s to blame. It seems unlikely that Twyford will get the sack. Although Prime Minister ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who’s accountable for the KiwiBuild debacle?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whos-accountable-for-the-kiwibuild-debacle/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who’s accountable for the KiwiBuild debacle?">Read more</a>

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Explainer: what are the media companies’ challenges to the AFP raids about?

June 26, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland In the first week of June, the AFP raided the home of News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst and the ABC’s Sydney headquarters. The raids concerned stories published over a year earlier, based on documents ... <a title="Explainer: what are the media companies’ challenges to the AFP raids about?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/explainer-what-are-the-media-companies-challenges-to-the-afp-raids-about-119382/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what are the media companies’ challenges to the AFP raids about?">Read more</a>

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Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’

June 26, 2019

ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call for unlikely partners to work together to avoid climate catastrophe. In particular, their policy paper, Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach appears to call on the national security sector ... <a title="Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/climate-crisis-bold-call-for-security-partners-to-prevent-catastrophe/" aria-label="Read more about Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – First-Past-the-Post in Action: Ontario 2018

June 26, 2019

I was in Ontario for a week in May. The premier of Ontario is Doug Ford, leader of the ‘Progressive Conservative’ party; brother of the late (and somewhat notorious) Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford. Ford is indeed the leading rightwing personality in Canadian politics. The chart shows what we in New Zealand would call the ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – First-Past-the-Post in Action: Ontario 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/keith-rankins-chart-of-the-month-first-past-the-post-in-action-ontario-2018/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – First-Past-the-Post in Action: Ontario 2018">Read more</a>