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June 17, 2019
In the weekend, Act leader David Seymour relaunched his party in a way that will polarise the electorate, triggering both hate and respect. At the centre of this latest attempt to reinvent the party is a firm concentration on political freedoms and “freedom of speech” – which aligns Seymour’s party with a variant of rightwing ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Seymour’s anti-woke Act Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-seymours-anti-woke-act-party/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Seymour’s anti-woke Act Party">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Byrne, Director, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University The latest protests in Hong Kong on Sunday, which organisers said brought some 2 million people to the streets, represented yet another striking show of “people power” in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s efforts to bring ... <a title="Pressure builds with more protests in Hong Kong, but what’s the end game?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/pressure-builds-with-more-protests-in-hong-kong-but-whats-the-end-game-118907/" aria-label="Read more about Pressure builds with more protests in Hong Kong, but what’s the end game?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Stewart, Professor, Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University As Australians seek to control rising energy costs and tackle the damaging impacts of climate change, rooftop solar has boomed. To manage the variability of rooftop solar – broadly, the “no power at night” problem – we will ... <a title="There’s a looming waste crisis from Australia’s solar energy boom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/theres-a-looming-waste-crisis-from-australias-solar-energy-boom-117421/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a looming waste crisis from Australia’s solar energy boom">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Lecturer, Languages and Literature of Ancient Israel, Macquarie University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen ... <a title="Curious Kids: who came up with the first letters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/curious-kids-who-came-up-with-the-first-letters-116816/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: who came up with the first letters?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Belgrave, Lecturer in Politics and Citizenship, Massey University In most countries, the question of whether to produce guns or butter is a metaphor for whether a country should put its efforts into defence or well-being. In New Zealand, this debate is much more literal and has ... <a title="With climate change likely to sharpen conflict, NZ balances pacifist traditions with defence spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/with-climate-change-likely-to-sharpen-conflict-nz-balances-pacifist-traditions-with-defence-spending-118783/" aria-label="Read more about With climate change likely to sharpen conflict, NZ balances pacifist traditions with defence spending">Read more</a>
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June 17, 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 Education Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Teacher deadlock proves there’s always money when political stakes are high enough Laura Walters (Newsroom): Collective bargaining shouldn’t rely on old timey warfare Duncan Garner Stuff): Chris Hipkins blinks, then ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 17 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-17-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 17 2019">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will J Grant, Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University In an ideal world, people would look at issues with a clear focus only on the facts. But in the real world, we know that doesn’t happen often. People often ... <a title="We asked people to do climate change maths. Their answers depended on their politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/we-asked-people-to-do-climate-change-maths-their-answers-depended-on-their-politics-117503/" aria-label="Read more about We asked people to do climate change maths. Their answers depended on their politics">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mihiri Silva, Paediatric dentist, Senior Lecturer and Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute If you imagine a teething child, what do you see? An irritable tot with a fever, in pain, and generally unwell? Teething’s a normal developmental process that people have long associated with illness. ... <a title="Beware the teething trap. Many products don’t work, and can even be dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/beware-the-teething-trap-many-products-dont-work-and-can-even-be-dangerous-117673/" aria-label="Read more about Beware the teething trap. Many products don’t work, and can even be dangerous">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Zaphir, Researcher for the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project; and Online Teacher at Education Queensland’s IMPACT Centre, The University of Queensland This essay is part of a series of articles on the future of education. For much of human history, education has served an important ... <a title="What’s the point of education? It’s no longer just about getting a job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/whats-the-point-of-education-its-no-longer-just-about-getting-a-job-117897/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the point of education? It’s no longer just about getting a job">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Enrolments to Australian public universities boomed during the last decade. This was due to a government policy known as “demand driven funding”, which between 2012 and 2017 allowed universities to enrol unlimited numbers of domestic bachelor-degree students. In 2017, ... <a title="More students are going to university than before, but those at risk of dropping out need more help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/more-students-are-going-to-university-than-before-but-those-at-risk-of-dropping-out-need-more-help-118764/" aria-label="Read more about More students are going to university than before, but those at risk of dropping out need more help">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Slonim, Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Do you think you are paying more than you should for energy, banking, insurance, internet and phone services? You are not alone, and you are probably right. Companies offer a growing number of deals that supposedly enable you to ... <a title="Inducing consumer paralysis: how retailers bury customers in an avalanche of choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/inducing-consumer-paralysis-how-retailers-bury-customers-in-an-avalanche-of-choice-116078/" aria-label="Read more about Inducing consumer paralysis: how retailers bury customers in an avalanche of choice">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin T. Jones, Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia When the Australian constitution was written in the 1890s, the authors did not envision an independent nation, but a self-governing dominion of the British empire. As such, the preamble does not contain flowery language about national values. Instead it ... <a title="Young Australians champion ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ in designing constitutional change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/young-australians-champion-democracy-and-freedom-in-designing-constitutional-change-118530/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians champion ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ in designing constitutional change">Read more</a>
