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August 1, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Ben McKay (Australian Associated Press): National on track to govern in latest New Zealand poll Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Boom: Roy Morgan Poll: MMP Spectrum Splintering: ... <a title="Newsletter: August 1 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/newsletter-august-1-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 1 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide AAP/EPA/Andy Wong/ Pool During his recent speech at the Solomon Islands National University, Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy said “strategic competition […] is an unavoidable reality for our region”. July has already seen Solomon ... <a title="Australia should offer our ‘Pacific family’ access rather than simply reacting to China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/australia-should-offer-our-pacific-family-access-rather-than-simply-reacting-to-china-210460/" aria-label="Read more about Australia should offer our ‘Pacific family’ access rather than simply reacting to China">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treasure McGuire, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Mater Health SEQ in conjoint appointment as Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Bond University and as Associate Professor (Clinical), The University of Queensland Shutterstock In the depths of winter we are more at risk of succumbing to viral respiratory infections – from ... <a title="Taking an antidepressant? Mixing it with other medicines – including some cold and flu treatments – can be dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/taking-an-antidepressant-mixing-it-with-other-medicines-including-some-cold-and-flu-treatments-can-be-dangerous-208662/" aria-label="Read more about Taking an antidepressant? Mixing it with other medicines – including some cold and flu treatments – can be dangerous">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Shutterstock Gas connections for all new housing and sub-divisions will be banned in Victoria from January 1 next year. The long-term result of the state government’s significant change to planning approvals will be all-electric ... <a title="Cooking (and heating) without gas: what are the impacts of shifting to all-electric homes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/cooking-and-heating-without-gas-what-are-the-impacts-of-shifting-to-all-electric-homes-210649/" aria-label="Read more about Cooking (and heating) without gas: what are the impacts of shifting to all-electric homes?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonia Graham, DECRA Fellow, University of Wollongong It’s impossible to turn on the TV, listen to the radio or scroll social media without hearing about real-world climate impacts. July is the hottest month on record. The United Nations has declared an era of global boiling. Europe and ... <a title="Climate change can drive social tipping points – for better or for worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/climate-change-can-drive-social-tipping-points-for-better-or-for-worse-210641/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change can drive social tipping points – for better or for worse">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Crawford, Senior Lecturer, Management, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Belonging is about feeling accepted, included and valued. If students feel like they belong at their university, research shows it plays a crucial role in their overall wellbeing, self-esteem, and motivation to study. As the Universities Accord interim ... <a title="Help to settle in and friendships beyond class: what makes students feel like they belong at uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/help-to-settle-in-and-friendships-beyond-class-what-makes-students-feel-like-they-belong-at-uni-210632/" aria-label="Read more about Help to settle in and friendships beyond class: what makes students feel like they belong at uni">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bonny Cassidy, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, RMIT University A 6 meter tall Ned Kelly stands on the main street of Glenrowan, Victoria. Shutterstock The Victorian Supreme Court has determined the descendants of Ned Kelly’s family are not a distinctive cultural group with the right to protections ... <a title="Ned Kelly’s descendants claim cultural heritage rights over the site of his last stand. The Supreme Court disagrees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/ned-kellys-descendants-claim-cultural-heritage-rights-over-the-site-of-his-last-stand-the-supreme-court-disagrees-210645/" aria-label="Read more about Ned Kelly’s descendants claim cultural heritage rights over the site of his last stand. The Supreme Court disagrees">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology Lauren Dickason is being tried at the Christchurch High Court. Getty Images Lawyers are fussy about language because it is their job to argue about its implications. The current trial of Lauren Dickason is a case in point, ... <a title="What does ‘infanticide’ mean in NZ law? And what must the jury decide in Lauren Dickason’s trial?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/what-does-infanticide-mean-in-nz-law-and-what-must-the-jury-decide-in-lauren-dickasons-trial-210630/" aria-label="Read more about What does ‘infanticide’ mean in NZ law? And what must the jury decide in Lauren Dickason’s trial?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has accused the Robodebt royal commission of making wrong, unsubstantiated and absurd findings against him, in a detailed statement to parliament. The former prime minister, who was excoriated by the commission, was unrepentant, giving no ground on any ... <a title="Morrison labels Robodebt findings against him unsubstantiated and absurd and accuses government ‘lynching’ campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/morrison-labels-robodebt-findings-against-him-unsubstantiated-and-absurd-and-accuses-government-lynching-campaign-210722/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison labels Robodebt findings against him unsubstantiated and absurd and accuses government ‘lynching’ campaign">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahboobeh Shahbazi, Senior Research Fellow, Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology Hyun-Tak Kim Last week, a group of South Korean physicists made a startling claim. In two papers uploaded to the arXiv preprint server, they say they have created a material that “opens a new era for ... <a title="Viral room-temperature superconductor claims spark excitement – and skepticism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/viral-room-temperature-superconductor-claims-spark-excitement-and-skepticism-210700/" aria-label="Read more about Viral room-temperature superconductor claims spark excitement – and skepticism">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tatiana Bur, Lecturer in Classics, Australian National University Disney/ Wikipedia At the heart of the newest film in the Indiana Jones series lies “an ancient hunk of gears”. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is based around the Antikythera Mechanism: an actual ancient Greek object that ... <a title="What Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny gets right (and very wrong) about the historical Antikythera Mechanism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/what-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-gets-right-and-very-wrong-about-the-historical-antikythera-mechanism-209968/" aria-label="Read more about What Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny gets right (and very wrong) about the historical Antikythera Mechanism">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Mares, Adjunct senior research fellow at Monash University’s School of Media Film and Journalism, Monash University “Providing an opportunity for people to apply for a visa that will probably never come seems both cruel and unnecessary”. This was the view of an expert panel, commissioned by ... <a title="Parents may wait up to 40 years to join family in Australia. Is a visa lottery the answer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/parents-may-wait-up-to-40-years-to-join-family-in-australia-is-a-visa-lottery-the-answer-210631/" aria-label="Read more about Parents may wait up to 40 years to join family in Australia. Is a visa lottery the answer?">Read more</a>
