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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Umbers, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Western Sydney University We may not pay invertebrates much thought, but they’re the workhorses of all ecosystems. Insects and other invertebrates do essential jobs such as pollinating plants, improving soils and controlling pests. They’re also food for many larger animals, which ... <a title="Trapped: Australia’s extraordinary alpine insects are being marooned on mountaintops as the world warms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/trapped-australias-extraordinary-alpine-insects-are-being-marooned-on-mountaintops-as-the-world-warms-211104/" aria-label="Read more about Trapped: Australia’s extraordinary alpine insects are being marooned on mountaintops as the world warms">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Santow, Professor & Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Regulation was once a dirty word in tech companies around the world. They argued that if people wanted better smartphones and flying cars, we had to look past dusty old laws dreamed up in ... <a title="Do we need a new law for AI? Sure – but first we could try enforcing the laws we already have" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/do-we-need-a-new-law-for-ai-sure-but-first-we-could-try-enforcing-the-laws-we-already-have-211369/" aria-label="Read more about Do we need a new law for AI? Sure – but first we could try enforcing the laws we already have">Read more</a>
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August 14, 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 LABOUR’S TAX POLICY, FOOD PRICES Marc Daalder (Newsroom): On tax, Labour looks to govern by focus group Luke Malpass (Post): GST off fruit and vege: The idiot cousin ... <a title="Newsletter: August 14 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/newsletter-august-14-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 14 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duane Hamacher, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Content note: this article mentions genocide and acts of colonial violence against Aboriginal people. How long do you think stories can be passed down, generation to generation? Hundreds of years? Thousands? Today, we publish new research in the ... <a title="Rising seas and a great southern star: Aboriginal oral traditions stretch back more than 12,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/rising-seas-and-a-great-southern-star-aboriginal-oral-traditions-stretch-back-more-than-12-000-years-211114/" aria-label="Read more about Rising seas and a great southern star: Aboriginal oral traditions stretch back more than 12,000 years">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marija Taflaga, Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University The Coalition is attempting to claim it supports a legislated Voice to Parliament because it “is important in the way it may close the gap and the way it may improve the lives of ... <a title="Accentuate the negative: why the Liberal Party’s fondness for ‘no’ might ultimately backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/accentuate-the-negative-why-the-liberal-partys-fondness-for-no-might-ultimately-backfire-211106/" aria-label="Read more about Accentuate the negative: why the Liberal Party’s fondness for ‘no’ might ultimately backfire">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Private health insurance is under review, with proposals to overhaul everything from rebates to tax penalty rules. One proposal is for higher-income earners who don’t have private health insurance to pay a larger Medicare Levy Surcharge ... <a title="Private health insurance is set for a shake-up. But asking people to pay more for policies they don’t want isn’t the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/private-health-insurance-is-set-for-a-shake-up-but-asking-people-to-pay-more-for-policies-they-dont-want-isnt-the-answer-210981/" aria-label="Read more about Private health insurance is set for a shake-up. But asking people to pay more for policies they don’t want isn’t the answer">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Asia Pacific Report An Australian West Papuan solidarity group has condemned the reported arrest of 21 activists protesting in Jayapura over a “tragic day in history” and called on Canberra to urge Jakarta to restrain its security forces. The West Papuan National Committee (KNPB) activists were arrested at the weekend because they were handing out ... <a title="West Papuan solidarity group condemns arrest of 21 activists protesting 1962 ‘tragedy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/west-papuan-solidarity-group-condemns-arrest-of-21-activists-protesting-1962-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan solidarity group condemns arrest of 21 activists protesting 1962 ‘tragedy’">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace has welcomed the Greens for being the first party to announce a household solar policy for Aotearoa New Zealand’s election in October, but says the party’s stance in post-election negotiations will make all the difference to addressing the climate crisis. The Green Party announced its Clean Energy Payment policy today which ... <a title="Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/greenpeace-backs-greens-solar-homes-policy-but-warns-over-nz-post-election-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election talks">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s leading economists believe Australia can sustain an unemployment rate as low as 3.75% – much lower than the latest Reserve Bank estimate of 4.25% and the Treasury’s latest estimate of 4.5%. This finding, ... <a title="We can and should keep unemployment below 4%, says our survey of top economists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/we-can-and-should-keep-unemployment-below-4-says-our-survey-of-top-economists-211277/" aria-label="Read more about We can and should keep unemployment below 4%, says our survey of top economists">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced a “new imperialism” in the region during a stop in Vanuatu, warning of a threat to the sovereignty of smaller states. But, earlier, during a two-day stop in France’s colonial ... <a title="Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/macron-warns-of-new-colonialism-in-pacific-but-clings-to-french-colonies/" aria-label="Read more about Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) this week is the final piece in a defence and security puzzle that marks a genuine shift towards more open and public discussion of these crucial policy areas. Together with July’s strategic foreign policy ... <a title="Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public is timely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/out-of-the-shadows-why-making-nzs-security-threat-assessment-public-is-timely/" aria-label="Read more about Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public is timely">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the historic beachside town of Lāhainā on the island of Maui in Hawai’i, continues to rise, with 55 reported dead so far. Images of Lāhainā show a town obliterated by wildfires with homes and cars in ashes. Thousands have lost ... <a title="‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/12/everyone-was-in-panic-mode-lahaina-resident-tells-of-wildfire-escape/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape">Read more</a>
