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January 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilde Tubex, Future Fellow, Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia The latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Prisoners in Australia data provides a surprising change: for the first time in seven years, the national imprisonment rate has not increased. In fact, it has decreased ... <a title="Prisoner numbers in Australia have decreased, but we’re not really sure why yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/prisoner-numbers-in-australia-have-decreased-but-were-not-really-sure-why-yet-129696/" aria-label="Read more about Prisoner numbers in Australia have decreased, but we’re not really sure why yet">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Maund, PhD Candidate, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle A primary school in East Gippsland was burnt down in the current bushfire crisis. While Premier Daniel Andrews immediately committed to rebuilding the school as it was, media reported the local CFA captain didn’t ... <a title="Before we rush to rebuild after fires, we need to think about where and how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/17/before-we-rush-to-rebuild-after-fires-we-need-to-think-about-where-and-how-130049/" aria-label="Read more about Before we rush to rebuild after fires, we need to think about where and how">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Read, Climate Criminologist & Senior Instructor/Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University It’s hard to estimate the eventual economic cost of Australia’s 2019-20 megafires, partly because they are still underway, and partly because it is hard to know the cost to attribute to deaths and the decimation ... <a title="With costs approaching $100 billion, the fires are Australia’s costliest natural disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/17/with-costs-approaching-100-billion-the-fires-are-australias-costliest-natural-disaster-129433/" aria-label="Read more about With costs approaching $100 billion, the fires are Australia’s costliest natural disaster">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Gill, Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney News came from Moscow overnight that the Russian government had resigned, followed by the announcement that the current prime minister Dmitry Medvedev would be replaced by the head of the tax office, Mikhail Mishustin. Why ... <a title="Russian government resignation: what’s just happened and what’s in store for Putin beyond 2024?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/russian-government-resignation-whats-just-happened-and-whats-in-store-for-putin-beyond-2024-130051/" aria-label="Read more about Russian government resignation: what’s just happened and what’s in store for Putin beyond 2024?">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2020
Jacinda Ardern and her colleagues know if they want to “stay in the club” of Western allies – as John Key once put it – they need to tow the line over escalating tensions in the Middle East. To criticise Donald Trump for his provocations in Iran and Iraq, would be to risk our country’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What should NZ do in the escalating crisis in the Middle East?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-what-should-nz-do-in-the-escalating-crisis-in-the-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What should NZ do in the escalating crisis in the Middle East?">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Senior lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University Since the US assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, the immediate crisis appears to have dissipated. However, the wider ramifications pose a worrying precedent for international affairs. For many, the killing was unexpected. But this ... <a title="Political assassinations were once unthinkable. Why the US killing of Soleimani sets a worrying precedent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/14/political-assassinations-were-once-unthinkable-why-the-us-killing-of-soleimani-sets-a-worrying-precedent-129622/" aria-label="Read more about Political assassinations were once unthinkable. Why the US killing of Soleimani sets a worrying precedent">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University How do you support people forever attached to a landscape after an inferno tears through their homelands: decimating native food sources, burning through ancient scarred trees and destroying ancestral and totemic plants and animals? The fact is, ... <a title="Strength from perpetual grief: how Aboriginal people experience the bushfire crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/10/strength-from-perpetual-grief-how-aboriginal-people-experience-the-bushfire-crisis-129448/" aria-label="Read more about Strength from perpetual grief: how Aboriginal people experience the bushfire crisis">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hudson, Researcher on sociomaterial transformations, social movements, Keele University As someone who has studied Australian climate policy and politics closely, this summer’s bushfire crisis have been both heartbreaking and bewildering. The grave warnings politicians ignored for so long have now come to pass. The fires may ... <a title="Watching Australia’s politicians fumble through the bushfire crisis, I’m overwhelmed by déjà vu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/10/watching-our-politicians-fumble-through-the-bushfire-crisis-im-overwhelmed-by-deja-vu-129338/" aria-label="Read more about Watching Australia’s politicians fumble through the bushfire crisis, I’m overwhelmed by déjà vu">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2020
Are our politicians doing a good job? Are they on top of the urgent problems that need fixing? These are some of the big questions that have arisen from reflecting on the last year in politics, especially as we shift into an election year. Yesterday’s Political Roundup looked at the politicians who performed strongly in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Are politicians delivering for New Zealanders?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-are-politicians-delivering-for-new-zealanders/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Are politicians delivering for New Zealanders?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Frank Jotzo, the director of the Centre for Climate and Energy Policy at Australian National University, has some constructive advice for Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a column today for the ABC: do not waste an opportunity ... <a title="Listen to your people Scott Morrison: the bushfires demand a climate policy reboot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/07/listen-to-your-people-scott-morrison-the-bushfires-demand-a-climate-policy-reboot-129348/" aria-label="Read more about Listen to your people Scott Morrison: the bushfires demand a climate policy reboot">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2020
The verdicts are in on how New Zealand’s politicians performed last year. The end-of-year columns evaluating the MPs have been almost unanimous in their praise for Jacinda Ardern, who is seen to have navigated a difficult year superbly. But there are also some surprising verdicts. The Spinoff website has compiled their pundits’ picks for the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Evaluating NZ’s politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-evaluating-nzs-politicians/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Evaluating NZ’s politicians">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neville Nicholls, Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University Public attention on the disastrous bushfire crisis in Australia will rightly continue for weeks to come. But as we direct resources to coping and recovery, we should not forget other weather and climate challenges looming ... <a title="The bushfires are horrendous, but expect cyclones, floods and heatwaves too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/05/the-bushfires-are-horrendous-but-expect-cyclones-floods-and-heatwaves-too-129328/" aria-label="Read more about The bushfires are horrendous, but expect cyclones, floods and heatwaves too">Read more</a>
