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March 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong At a time Australia is meant to be reducing its greenhouse emissions, the upward trend in transport sector emissions continues. The latest National Greenhouse Gas Inventory report released last week shows the transport sector emitted 102 million tonnes (Mt) ... <a title="Transport is letting Australia down in the race to cut emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/02/transport-is-letting-australia-down-in-the-race-to-cut-emissions-131905/" aria-label="Read more about Transport is letting Australia down in the race to cut emissions">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2020
By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch Authorities and the media alike knew it was just a matter of time before New Zealand had its first case of the new coronavirus. But panic-buying sparked by the breaking news prompted more headlines this weekend that undermined the message to keep calm and carry on. “Please – if you’re ... <a title="Panic-buying hits headlines after first NZ coronavirus case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/01/panic-buying-hits-headlines-after-first-nz-coronavirus-case/" aria-label="Read more about Panic-buying hits headlines after first NZ coronavirus case">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed today that a suspected case of Covid-19 coronavirus has tested positive in New Zealand. Ardern said the person was in their 60s, and was a citizen of New Zealand who had recently travelled from Iran via Bali. The person had previously tested negative for Covid-19 twice. The ... <a title="New Zealand confirms case of Covid-19 coronavirus – traveller from Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/new-zealand-confirms-case-of-covid-19-coronavirus-traveller-from-iran/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand confirms case of Covid-19 coronavirus – traveller from Iran">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane Thousands of New Zealanders who are denied disability support are hoping Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will take the issue up with her counterpart Scott Morrison when they meet today. Despite paying taxes and the NDIS levy, New Zealanders who have come to Australia since 2001 cannot receive ... <a title="New Zealanders with disability in Australia treated as ‘second class’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/new-zealanders-with-disability-in-australia-treated-as-second-class/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders with disability in Australia treated as ‘second class’">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Jacinda Ardern has paid tribute to the three Fijians who died in last year’s Christchurch mosque shootings. Ardern spoke today at Lautoka Mosque as part of her trip to Fiji to remember Imam Hafiz Musa Patel, Ashraf Ali Razak and Ashraf Ali, who died almost a year ago. She also thanked the ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to Fijians killed in Christchurch attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/pm-jacinda-ardern-pays-tribute-to-fijians-killed-in-christchurch-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to Fijians killed in Christchurch attacks">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15 last year have prompted a significant rise in tip-offs about people expressing extremist views, according to a report by New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS). During the three months following the terrorist ... <a title="A year from the Christchurch terror attacks, NZ intelligence records a surge in reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/a-year-from-the-christchurch-terror-attacks-nz-intelligence-records-a-surge-in-reports-131895/" aria-label="Read more about A year from the Christchurch terror attacks, NZ intelligence records a surge in reports">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni described this year’s annual benefit increases of 3 per cent as “significant”, and “a way of sharing the wealth”. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also heralded them as the biggest increase to benefits in nine years, if National’s 2015 one-off adjustments are excluded. The details of this year’s annual increase in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: “Significant” increases in benefits not necessarily enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-significant-increases-in-benefits-not-necessarily-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: “Significant” increases in benefits not necessarily enough">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won power in 2017 on the basis of statements such as “My goal is to eradicate child poverty in New Zealand”. The Government’s progress on child poverty will be under scrutiny at this year’s general election, but progress is slow, and many are claiming not enough is being done to address this ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is enough being done about child poverty?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-enough-being-done-about-child-poverty/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is enough being done about child poverty?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Dawson, Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne The assumption that retired people have minimal housing costs underpins the settings of our retirement incomes system. But the real state of housing for older Australians today makes it critical for the Retirement Incomes ... <a title="Older and poorer: Australia Retirement Income Review can’t ignore the changing role of home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/older-and-poorer-retirement-income-review-cant-ignore-the-changing-role-of-home-131151/" aria-label="Read more about Older and poorer: Australia Retirement Income Review can’t ignore the changing role of home">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2020
By Will Steffen of the Australian National University Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s announcement on Friday that a Labor government in Australia would adopt a target of net-zero emissions by 2050 was a big step in the right direction. But a bit of simple maths reveals the policy is too little, too late. Perhaps the most ... <a title="ALP’s climate policy too little, too late – we must run faster to win the race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/25/labors-climate-policy-too-little-too-late-we-must-run-faster-to-win-the-race/" aria-label="Read more about ALP’s climate policy too little, too late – we must run faster to win the race">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct professor, University of Western Australia The extradition hearing to decide whether to send Julian Assange to the United States to be tried for publishing classified military documents on Wikileaks is expected to finally begin today in London. Assange is charged with 17 counts under ... <a title="Julian Assange’s extradition case is finally heading to court – here’s what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/julian-assanges-extradition-case-is-finally-heading-to-court-heres-what-to-expect-132089/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange’s extradition case is finally heading to court – here’s what to expect">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jude Ball, Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Otago As New Zealand prepares for a referendum on legalising recreational cannabis, the latest surveys show opposite trends for cannabis use by adults and adolescents. Adult use of cannabis has risen sharply over the last few years, reflecting ... <a title="Teen use of cannabis has dropped in New Zealand, but legalisation could make access easier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/21/teen-use-of-cannabis-has-dropped-in-new-zealand-but-legalisation-could-make-access-easier-132165/" aria-label="Read more about Teen use of cannabis has dropped in New Zealand, but legalisation could make access easier">Read more</a>
