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June 7, 2019
By Denis Muller of University of Melbourne In their raids on media organisations, journalists and whistleblowers, the Australian Federal Police have shown themselves to be the tool of a secretive, ruthless and vindictive executive government. Secretive because the extensive web of laws passed under the rubric of national security, on top of the secrecy provisions ... <a title="Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/media-raids-raise-questions-of-police-power-over-journalists-whistleblowers/" aria-label="Read more about Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers">Read more</a>
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June 7, 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 Budget leak Derek Cheng (Herald): GCSB tried to stop Treasury boss Gabriel Makhlouf from saying website, Budget had been ‘hacked’ (paywalled) Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Shocking new GCSB claim – only Herald’s PayWall can ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 07 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-07-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 07 2019">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta Stapleton, Associate Professor in Psychology, Bond University Over half of Australian teachers suffer from anxiety and nearly one-fifth are depressed. These are the findings of our soon-to-be-published study assessing teachers’ well-being. We examined the health and well-being of 166 Australian school teachers, aged 22-65, in an ... <a title="Teachers are more depressed and anxious than the average Australian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/teachers-are-more-depressed-and-anxious-than-the-average-australian-117267/" aria-label="Read more about Teachers are more depressed and anxious than the average Australian">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The facts are not in dispute. Annual GDP growth has fallen to 1.8%. On a per-capita basis we have had three consecutive quarters of negative growth. The last time that happened was during the drought and recession of 1982, almost four ... <a title="Vital Signs. If we fall into a recession (and we might) we’ll have ourselves to blame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/vital-signs-if-we-fall-into-a-recession-and-we-might-well-have-ourselves-to-blame-118387/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. If we fall into a recession (and we might) we’ll have ourselves to blame">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Kinsella, Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University I live in a vegan family situation. I have been a vegan for over 33 years and my partner, poet and novelist Tracy Ryan, has been a vegan for over a quarter of a century; our 16-year-old son ... <a title="Friday essay: on being an ethical vegan for 33 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/friday-essay-on-being-an-ethical-vegan-for-33-years-118049/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: on being an ethical vegan for 33 years">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian and PhD scholar, University of Sydney If you think your dog looks stressed out, it might be your own stress levels that are affecting your pet pooch. A study published on Thursday in Nature’s Scientific Reports shows pet dogs may synchronise their stress levels ... <a title="Man’s stressed friend: how your mental health can affect your dog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/mans-stressed-friend-how-your-mental-health-can-affect-your-dog-118271/" aria-label="Read more about Man’s stressed friend: how your mental health can affect your dog">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Hollett, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University Can a A$12 pill test prevent deaths from ecstasy? Our research, published today, finds pill testing provides no magic answer. We found not everyone acts on the result of a pill test in the same way. It depends on the result, ... <a title="Can a $12 pill test for ecstasy save lives? Well, it’s complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/can-a-12-pill-test-for-ecstasy-save-lives-well-its-complicated-108067/" aria-label="Read more about Can a $12 pill test for ecstasy save lives? Well, it’s complicated">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Loh, Research Scientist, CSIRO This week brought news that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels at the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory in Hawaii have risen steeply for the seventh year in a row, reaching a May 2019 average of 414.7 parts per million (ppm). It was the ... <a title="Why there’s more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/why-theres-more-greenhouse-gas-in-the-atmosphere-than-you-may-have-realised-118336/" aria-label="Read more about Why there’s more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Raynor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transforming Housing Project, University of Melbourne Housing in Australia is broken. Across the country, only 2% of private rentals are affordable for a person on the minimum wage. Less than 1% are affordable for a single person on the pension. There are ... <a title="If it’s voluntary for developers to make affordable housing deals with councils, what can you expect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/if-its-voluntary-for-developers-to-make-affordable-housing-deals-with-councils-what-can-you-expect-116829/" aria-label="Read more about If it’s voluntary for developers to make affordable housing deals with councils, what can you expect?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Voluntary assisted dying becomes a lawful choice for Victorians from June 19. To be eligible, two doctors must assess a person to have an incurable, advanced and progressive medical condition that will ... <a title="We don’t know all the details of how voluntary assisted dying will work yet – but the system is ready" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/we-dont-know-all-the-details-of-how-voluntary-assisted-dying-will-work-yet-but-the-system-is-ready-117827/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t know all the details of how voluntary assisted dying will work yet – but the system is ready">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Baxter, Fellow – Melbourne Law School; Associate – Australian-German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Let me explain how to see through the spin on Australia’s rising greenhouse emissions figures. With the release today of Australia’s emissions data for the December 2018 quarter, federal energy ... <a title="Whichever way you spin it, Australia’s greenhouse emissions have been climbing since 2015" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/whichever-way-you-spin-it-australias-greenhouse-emissions-have-been-climbing-since-2015-118112/" aria-label="Read more about Whichever way you spin it, Australia’s greenhouse emissions have been climbing since 2015">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University Apple says it’s replacing iTunes with three dedicated entertainment applications as part of its new Mac operating system, Catalina, for desktop and laptop computers. A key reason for the change is based around the way we now watch, ... <a title="The end is nigh for Apple’s iTunes as the tech giant targets separate audio and video markets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/the-end-is-nigh-for-apples-itunes-as-the-tech-giant-targets-separate-audio-and-video-markets-118257/" aria-label="Read more about The end is nigh for Apple’s iTunes as the tech giant targets separate audio and video markets">Read more</a>
