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June 28, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Bates Gill of Macquarie University As China solidifies its new status as superpower and cementing its influence in the Pacific, The Conversation is launching a series looking at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power and how its power might be threatened. Chinese ... <a title="Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/xi-jinpings-grip-on-power-is-absolute-but-new-threats-to-his-chinese-dream/" aria-label="Read more about Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’">Read more</a>
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June 28, 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 Cabinet reshuffle Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern shows ruthless streak in Cabinet reshuffle (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): KiwiBuild: Can Megan Woods do what Phil Twyford could not? Dan Satherley (Newshub): Housing job split despite Bill ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 28 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-28-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 28 2019">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Bannister, Astronomer, CSIRO Astronomers have spent the past dozen years hunting for fast radio bursts (FRBs) – flashes of radio waves that come from outer space and last just milliseconds. And after a dozen years of work we still don’t know exactly what causes them, only ... <a title="How we closed in on the location of a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/how-we-closed-in-on-the-location-of-a-fast-radio-burst-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away-119177/" aria-label="Read more about How we closed in on the location of a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Who decides who is to be prime minister? When Malcom Turnbull was challenged by Peter Dutton in August 2018 for the leadership of the Liberal Party, and ultimately the prime ministership, Turnbull apparently asserted that the governor-general would ... <a title="If Dutton had defeated Turnbull, could the governor-general have stopped him becoming prime minister?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/if-dutton-had-defeated-turnbull-could-the-governor-general-have-stopped-him-becoming-prime-minister-119524/" aria-label="Read more about If Dutton had defeated Turnbull, could the governor-general have stopped him becoming prime minister?">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bates Gill, Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies, Macquarie University As China solidifies its new status as superpower, we’re launching a series looking at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power and how its power might be threatened. ... <a title="Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but there are new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/xi-jinpings-grip-on-power-is-absolute-but-there-are-new-threats-to-his-chinese-dream-118921/" aria-label="Read more about Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but there are new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University Australia is in the bottom third of OECD countries when it comes to working long hours, with 13% of us clocking up 50 hours or more a week in paid work. These long hours are ... <a title="Go home on time! Working long hours increases your chance of having a stroke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/go-home-on-time-working-long-hours-increases-your-chance-of-having-a-stroke-119388/" aria-label="Read more about Go home on time! Working long hours increases your chance of having a stroke">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Bears, wolves, lions and other top predators have a long history of conflict with people – they can threaten our safety and kill livestock. In our ... <a title="Academia can help humans and large carnivores coexist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/academia-can-help-humans-and-large-carnivores-coexist-115467/" aria-label="Read more about Academia can help humans and large carnivores coexist">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Levinson, Professor of Transport, University of Sydney Accessibility – the ease of reaching valued opportunities such as jobs, workers and shops – is the whole reason cities exist. There is no reason to locate anywhere but to be near things, far from things, or to possess ... <a title="Access across Australia: mapping 30-minute cities, how do our capitals compare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/access-across-australia-mapping-30-minute-cities-how-do-our-capitals-compare-117498/" aria-label="Read more about Access across Australia: mapping 30-minute cities, how do our capitals compare?">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirms household wealth has fallen, on the back of falling house prices, in the past year. But it’s not all bad news. There are signs of hope in the portents ... <a title="Australian household wealth has taken its biggest dive since the GFC, but things are looking up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/australian-household-wealth-has-taken-its-biggest-dive-since-the-gfc-but-things-are-looking-up-119001/" aria-label="Read more about Australian household wealth has taken its biggest dive since the GFC, but things are looking up">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Ahead of this weekend’s G20 meeting in Osaka, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave a speech that was pretty accurate in framing the problem facing his nation as trade tensions between the United States and China rise. Read more: Trade war ... <a title="Vital Signs: having a bob each way on US and China is Australia’s own super power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/vital-signs-having-a-bob-each-way-on-us-and-china-is-australias-own-super-power-119510/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: having a bob each way on US and China is Australia’s own super power">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Smith, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University In the 19th century, a range of thinkers attempted to pinpoint exactly what it was that made a woman beautiful. Newly popular women’s magazines began to promote ideas about the right behaviours, attitudes, and daily routines required to ... <a title="Friday essay: how 19th century ideas influenced today’s attitudes to women’s beauty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/friday-essay-how-19th-century-ideas-influenced-todays-attitudes-to-womens-beauty-111529/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: how 19th century ideas influenced today’s attitudes to women’s beauty">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is riding high after his “miracle” win, but that will be just a memory come the next election due in early 2022. It’s what he does from now on that will determine whether the Coalition can secure a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Folau affair shows Morrison heading into religious freedom morass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/grattan-on-friday-folau-affair-shows-morrison-heading-into-religious-freedom-morass-119468/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Folau affair shows Morrison heading into religious freedom morass">Read more</a>
