CoveragePost
November 19, 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. NZ First Matt Shand (Stuff): NZ First Foundation dodging electoral rules? Records suggest breaches Matt Shand (Stuff): Why the NZ First slush fund ‘could breach electoral law’: expert Guyon ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 19 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-19-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 19 2019">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rochelle Einboden, Lecturer, The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney In Victoria, 35 young people aged 12-17 years ended their lives by suicide between 2007 and 2019 – all were entangled in the child protection system. This was the focus of a new ... <a title="The problem with child protection isn’t the money, it’s the system itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/the-problem-with-child-protection-isnt-the-money-its-the-system-itself-127111/" aria-label="Read more about The problem with child protection isn’t the money, it’s the system itself">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Haslam, Professor of Psychology and ARC Laureate Fellow, The University of Queensland The ABC’s Australia Talks project aims to stimulate a conversation on a broad sweep of topics — from job security and sexual habits to national pride and personal finances. The project is based on ... <a title="Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/loneliness-is-a-social-cancer-every-bit-as-alarming-as-cancer-itself-126741/" aria-label="Read more about Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Nitrous oxide (N₂O) (more commonly known as laughing gas) is a powerful contributor to global warming. It is 265 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide ... <a title="Nitrogen fertilisers are incredibly efficient, but they make climate change a lot worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/nitrogen-fertilisers-are-incredibly-efficient-but-they-make-climate-change-a-lot-worse-127103/" aria-label="Read more about Nitrogen fertilisers are incredibly efficient, but they make climate change a lot worse">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilary Hollingsworth, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research Australian teachers are in the thick of producing end-of-year reports. In many schools, the report writing process begins several weeks – or even months – before reports are eventually released. This process has significant costs, including time ... <a title="Report cards’ report card: showing potential, but with room for improvement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/report-cards-report-card-showing-potential-but-with-room-for-improvement-126925/" aria-label="Read more about Report cards’ report card: showing potential, but with room for improvement">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yixia (Sarah) Zhang, Associate Professor of Engineering, Western Sydney University Concrete is the most widely used man-made material, commonly used in buildings, roads, bridges and industrial plants. But producing the Portland cement needed to make concrete accounts for 5-8% of all global greenhouse emissions. There is a ... <a title="Green cement a step closer to being a game-changer for construction emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/green-cement-a-step-closer-to-being-a-game-changer-for-construction-emissions-126033/" aria-label="Read more about Green cement a step closer to being a game-changer for construction emissions">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. (attributed to Danish physicist Niels Bohr) The difficulty of making predictions has long been known, but the rise of the internet means that it is getting harder ... <a title="Please, no more projections. What we need are predictions, and they’re harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/please-no-more-projections-what-we-need-are-predictions-and-theyre-harder-126734/" aria-label="Read more about Please, no more projections. What we need are predictions, and they’re harder">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Smith, Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University The Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory is dotted with around 300 termite mounds, dressed as people. They are reminiscent of giant, ochre coloured “snowmen” in their distinctly human forms of decoration. These ... <a title="What the termite mound ‘snowmen’ of the NT can tell us about human nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/what-the-termite-mound-snowmen-of-the-nt-can-tell-us-about-human-nature-122038/" aria-label="Read more about What the termite mound ‘snowmen’ of the NT can tell us about human nature">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Clarke, Associate Professor, National Security College, Australian National University This past weekend, The New York Times’ China correspondents, Chris Buckley and Austin Ramzy, published an expose of over 400 internal Chinese government documents relating to Beijing’s mass detentions of Uighurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities in ... <a title="Leaked documents on Uighur detention camps in China – an expert explains the key revelations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/18/leaked-documents-on-uighur-detention-camps-in-china-an-expert-explains-the-key-revelations-127221/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked documents on Uighur detention camps in China – an expert explains the key revelations">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Clarke, Associate Professor, National Security College, Australian National University This past weekend, The New York Times’ China correspondents, Chris Buckley and Austin Ramzy, published an expose of over 400 internal Chinese government documents relating to Beijing’s mass detentions of Uighurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities in ... <a title="Leaked documents on China detention camps – a Uighur expert explains the key revelations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/18/leaked-documents-on-china-detention-camps-a-uighur-expert-explains-the-key-revelations-127221/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked documents on China detention camps – a Uighur expert explains the key revelations">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Stanley, Associate professor/Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne It’s hard to comprehend why someone would deliberately light a bushfire. Yet this behaviour regularly occurs in Australia and other countries. We would go a long way to preventing bushfires if we better understood ... <a title="Humans light 85% of bushfires, and we do virtually nothing to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/18/humans-light-85-of-bushfires-and-we-do-virtually-nothing-to-stop-it-126941/" aria-label="Read more about Humans light 85% of bushfires, and we do virtually nothing to stop it">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
November 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former prime minister Paul Keating has launched a scathing attack on the Australian media for its coverage of China, denouncing “the nominally pious belchings of ‘do-gooder’ journalists” who live on leaks from security agencies. Keating told Australian newspaper’s strategic forum ... <a title="Paul Keating attacks media for ‘pious belchings’ over China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/18/paul-keating-attacks-media-for-pious-belchings-over-china-127222/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Keating attacks media for ‘pious belchings’ over China">Read more</a>
