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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Frank Brennan, Jesuit priest and member of the expert panel on Religious Freedom set up by Malcolm Turnbull, says the Israel Folau matter is a “simple freedom of contract case regardless of Mr. Folau’s religious views”. “I think the question ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Father Frank Brennan on Israel Folau and religious freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/politics-with-michelle-grattan-father-frank-brennan-on-israel-folau-and-religious-freedom-119821/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Father Frank Brennan on Israel Folau and religious freedom">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Douglas, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland Bob pushed me onto the floor and dragged me into the closet. While I was in the closet he put his hand over my mouth again and pushed on my neck. I started to feel dizzy and was ... <a title="Victoria’s commitment to a non-fatal strangulation offence will make a difference to vulnerable women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/victorias-commitment-to-a-non-fatal-strangulation-offence-will-make-a-difference-to-vulnerable-women-119743/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s commitment to a non-fatal strangulation offence will make a difference to vulnerable women">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
By Tempo Timor in Dili Proposals to make defamation a crime in Timor-Leste have sparked public debate about a controversial law that could see people jailed for their opinions on popular platforms like Facebook. Supporters of criminalising defamation argue that the growing instances of leaders being cursed and abused on Facebook – with more than ... <a title="Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/timor-leste-free-speech-criminal-defamation-and-protecting-maun-boot-big-brother/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Habib, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University Sunday’s trilateral meeting in the Korean Demilitarized Zone between US President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and South Korean President Moon Jae In made for compelling viewing, the latest chapter ... <a title="Trump and Kim are talking (again). But the leaders have yet to find real common ground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/trump-and-kim-are-talking-again-but-the-leaders-have-yet-to-find-real-common-ground-119737/" aria-label="Read more about Trump and Kim are talking (again). But the leaders have yet to find real common ground">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Heron, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University Climate change is the fastest-growing global threat to World Heritage. However, no systematic approach to assess the climate vulnerability of each particular property has existed – until now. Our newly developed tool, the Climate Vulnerability Index, was showcased this week ... <a title="From Shark Bay seagrass to Stone Age Scotland, we can now assess climate risks to World Heritage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/from-shark-bay-seagrass-to-stone-age-scotland-we-can-now-assess-climate-risks-to-world-heritage-119643/" aria-label="Read more about From Shark Bay seagrass to Stone Age Scotland, we can now assess climate risks to World Heritage">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Borroz, PhD candidate in international business and comparative political economy, University of Auckland The UK’s space agency is already planning for spaceflights to Australia, taking just 90 minutes. This week it announced the site of its first “spaceport”. Where exactly a spacecraft might land in Australia ... <a title="To be a rising star in the space economy, Australia should also look to the East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/to-be-a-rising-star-in-the-space-economy-australia-should-also-look-to-the-east-119742/" aria-label="Read more about To be a rising star in the space economy, Australia should also look to the East">Read more</a>
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July 3, 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 Environment and conservation Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): The real enemy: Why blaming NGOs for climate inaction is stupid Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): When dogs can’t drink at the creek it’s time to act (paywalled) Joel MacManus ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-03-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2019">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graham Meadows, Professor of Adult Psychiatry, Monash University The poorer people are, the higher their chances of contending with domestic violence, crime, social conflict, homelessness and unemployment. All these factors contribute to increased levels of psychological distress, which is associated with common mental disorders such as depression ... <a title="When it’s easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/when-its-easier-to-get-meds-than-therapy-how-poverty-makes-it-hard-to-escape-mental-illness-114505/" aria-label="Read more about When it’s easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University The United Kingdom will have another prime minister by the end of July, when members of the Conservative party choose between Jeremy Hunt (who?) and Boris Johnson (yes, really). Aside from the morbid fascination of watching ... <a title="Tory leadership race: it’s Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/tory-leadership-race-its-jeremy-hunt-who-vs-boris-johnson-yes-really-with-the-future-of-the-uk-at-stake-119234/" aria-label="Read more about Tory leadership race: it’s Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nerilie Abram, ARC Future Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences; Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australian National University Greenland has been in the news a bit lately. From Huskies seemingly walking on water, to temperatures soaring to 20℃ above average for ... <a title="Time will tell if this is a record summer for Greenland ice melt, but the pattern over the past 20 years is clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/time-will-tell-if-this-is-a-record-summer-for-greenland-ice-melt-but-the-pattern-over-the-past-20-years-is-clear-119307/" aria-label="Read more about Time will tell if this is a record summer for Greenland ice melt, but the pattern over the past 20 years is clear">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seetu Bajracharya, Graduate student of master of urban and regional planning, The University of Queensland In just ten years, the inner city populations of Australia’s biggest state capitals have boomed. We examined Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census data comparing the population in 2006 and 2016 and ... <a title="Youth in, families out: 6 charts on the inner cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/youth-in-families-out-6-charts-on-the-inner-cities-of-brisbane-sydney-and-melbourne-118759/" aria-label="Read more about Youth in, families out: 6 charts on the inner cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Rarely does a Reserve Bank governor get to remake Australia. HC “Nugget” Coombs, the first Reserve Bank governor, did. As director general of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction from 1943, he was instrumental in creating ... <a title="Ultra-low unemployment is in our grasp. How Philip Lowe became the governor who lifted our ambition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/ultra-low-unemployment-is-in-our-grasp-how-philip-lowe-became-the-governor-who-lifted-our-ambition-119754/" aria-label="Read more about Ultra-low unemployment is in our grasp. How Philip Lowe became the governor who lifted our ambition">Read more</a>
