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January 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Gearing, Journalist, author, broadcaster, Queensland University of Technology As I write this, fires are consuming huge swathes of Australia and conditions are expected to worsen. The situation is attracting global interest, and reporting has been extensive. But it isn’t always easy to find reliable information on ... <a title="How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/03/how-to-monitor-the-bushfires-raging-across-australia-129298/" aria-label="Read more about How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University In October, the Canadian province of British Columbia passed legislation requiring parliament to align its laws with the UN Universal Declaration on the Rights ... <a title="What NZ and Australia can learn from British Columbia’s implementation of Indigenous rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/20/what-nz-and-australia-can-learn-from-british-columbias-implementation-of-indigenous-rights-128221/" aria-label="Read more about What NZ and Australia can learn from British Columbia’s implementation of Indigenous rights">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2019
The Minister of Finance visited his local soup kitchen one night last month, and tweeted “Good to catch up with folk I worked with/helped over the years+remember how important it is to give every helping hand we can”. But are Grant Robertson and his colleagues giving enough of a helping hand to those in poverty? ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the Government doing enough to address poverty?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-the-government-doing-enough-to-address-poverty/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the Government doing enough to address poverty?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
How rotten is New Zealand, given the state of poverty at the end of 2019? And why do politicians and the public allow it? These are the questions that might be asked in the lead up to Christmas this year, given the wealth of information we have on disadvantage and suffering at the moment. Auckland ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How rotten is New Zealand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-how-rotten-is-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How rotten is New Zealand?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon C. Day, PSM, Post-career PhD candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University For some years, Australia has been on notice: the world is watching how we care for the Great Barrier Reef. The iconic natural wonder is the largest living organism ... <a title="Attention United Nations: don’t be fooled by Australia’s latest report on the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/attention-united-nations-dont-be-fooled-by-australias-latest-report-on-the-great-barrier-reef-128304/" aria-label="Read more about Attention United Nations: don’t be fooled by Australia’s latest report on the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The mid-year budget update has seen the government downgrading its forecast for Australia’s economic growth in 2019-20 by 0.25%, and slashing the projected surplus by A$2.1 billion, to $5 billion. The forecast for wage growth has also been reduced, and ... <a title="Australian Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-mathias-cormann-and-jim-chalmers-on-the-mid-year-budget-update-128931/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne The United Nations’ COP25 climate talks concluded on Sunday morning in Madrid, almost 40 hours overtime. After two weeks of protracted talks meant to address the planetary warming emergency, world leaders spectacularly failed to reach any ... <a title="The Madrid climate talks failed spectacularly. Here’s what went down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/the-madrid-climate-talks-failed-spectacularly-heres-what-went-down-128921/" aria-label="Read more about The Madrid climate talks failed spectacularly. Here’s what went down">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
In his big-spending infrastructure announcement yesterday, Grant Robertson reinforced what many political commentators say about him – he’s electorally smart, but way too conservative to be a genuine leftwing minister of finance. Robertson does what is right for winning votes, but not necessarily what is in the interests of the country or even Labour’s own ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Govt’s smart but conservative spending announcement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-govts-smart-but-conservative-spending-announcement/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Govt’s smart but conservative spending announcement">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
The case for a complete relocation of Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour freight port is far from established. Nevertheless, Auckland will grow over the long term, and the freight operations need to move away from the area close to the downtown Ferry Terminal. This area should become like Sydney’s Circular Quay. The question is: where is Auckland’s ... <a title="Keith Rankin Op-Ed: Another Option for Auckland’s Port – Tāmaki Ship Canal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/keith-rankin-op-ed-another-option-for-aucklands-port-tamaki-ship-canal/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Op-Ed: Another Option for Auckland’s Port – Tāmaki Ship Canal">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University The cost of running the 2017 UK general election was estimated at £140 million (A$270 million). It’s likely to be higher this time. In 2017, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats spent nearly £38 million (A$73 ... <a title="As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation’s problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/12/as-weary-britons-head-to-the-polls-again-parties-seem-incapable-of-handling-the-nations-problems-127709/" aria-label="Read more about As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation’s problems">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Op-Ed by Kaveh Zahedi and Van Nguyen “The 2030 Agenda is coming to life”, declared the Secretary General at the opening of the first SDG Summit, a quadrennial event for the follow up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As leaders from Asia – Pacific took the floor, they highlighted country progress ... <a title="Op-Ed: Accelerating Sustainable Development Goals Progress in Asia – Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/op-ed-accelerating-sustainable-development-goals-progress-in-asia-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Accelerating Sustainable Development Goals Progress in Asia – Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elaine Pearson, Adjunct Lecturer in Law, UNSW As we approach the last days of the decade, it’s important to reflect on the fight for human rights, the setbacks and successes over the past year in Australia and around the world. Our list isn’t ranked, and far from ... <a title="5 human rights issues that defined 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/11/5-human-rights-issues-that-defined-2019-126939/" aria-label="Read more about 5 human rights issues that defined 2019">Read more</a>
