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August 2, 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 TRANSPORT Luke Malpass (Post): Maybe Labour should just rebrand LGWM ‘three transports’ (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Post): Let’s Get Wellington Moving spending rolls on with axe over its neck (paywalled) Andrea ... <a title="Newsletter: August 2 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/newsletter-august-2-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 2 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beatrice Alba, Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University Shutterstock Despite progress towards greater gender equality, many people remain stubbornly attached to old-fashioned gender roles in romantic relationships between women and men. Conventions around heterosexual romance dictate that men should approach women to initiate romantic interactions, ask women ... <a title="Is traditional heterosexual romance sexist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/is-traditional-heterosexual-romance-sexist-210546/" aria-label="Read more about Is traditional heterosexual romance sexist?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ty Ferguson, Research Associate, University of South Australia Shutterstock As we revel in much-cherished festive occasions and weekly get-togethers, Australians are unwittingly bearing an increasingly heavy cost – an expanding waistline. Our new study offers a new perspective on this. We asked 375 adults aged 18 to ... <a title="When Christmas comes so do the kilos. New research tracks Australians’ yo-yo weight gain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/when-christmas-comes-so-do-the-kilos-new-research-tracks-australians-yo-yo-weight-gain-210709/" aria-label="Read more about When Christmas comes so do the kilos. New research tracks Australians’ yo-yo weight gain">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, Teaching Associate, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Last month, the federal government released the annual Closing the Gap data. According to the report, 34.3% of Indigenous preschoolers were starting school developmentally on track, compared to almost 55% of non-Indigenous Australian students as of 2021. ... <a title="‘That is the language they understand’: why Indigenous students need bilingual teaching at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/that-is-the-language-they-understand-why-indigenous-students-need-bilingual-teaching-at-school-210559/" aria-label="Read more about ‘That is the language they understand’: why Indigenous students need bilingual teaching at school">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law. President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics., Griffith University You’ve probably heard that Hollywood writers and actors are striking. One of the main revelations to outside observers is the hard treatment meted out by production companies ... <a title="Is it OK to pirate TV shows and movies from streaming services that exploit artists? An ethicist weighs in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/is-it-ok-to-pirate-tv-shows-and-movies-from-streaming-services-that-exploit-artists-an-ethicist-weighs-in-210379/" aria-label="Read more about Is it OK to pirate TV shows and movies from streaming services that exploit artists? An ethicist weighs in">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Satherley, Honorary Academic in Psychology, University of Auckland Getty Images The closer we come to election day on October 14, the more media focus we’ll see on political polls. Poll results are often used to project the makeup of parliament, despite them being snapshots of the ... <a title="How to read the political polls: 10 things you need to know ahead of the NZ election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/how-to-read-the-political-polls-10-things-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-nz-election-208738/" aria-label="Read more about How to read the political polls: 10 things you need to know ahead of the NZ election">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards Cabinet Minister David Parker recently told The Spinoff he’s reading The Triumph of Injustice – how the wealthy avoid paying tax and how to fix it, by Berkeley economists Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez. The book complains that leftwing politicians throughout the world have forsaken their historic duty to innovate on ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more progressive path?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/bryce-edwards-can-david-parker-push-labour-back-onto-a-more-progressive-path/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more progressive path?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has called on Prime Minister James Marape to spell out “clearly and honestly” his fears about Bougainville obtaining independence from Papua New Guinea. Toroama made this call over the PNG government’s delay of the referendum ratification process, which has been stalled beyond the required period for Parliament to give ... <a title="‘What are you afraid of?’ Toroama asks PNG about independence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/what-are-you-afraid-of-toroama-asks-png-about-independence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What are you afraid of?’ Toroama asks PNG about independence vote">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Professor, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Today is a good day to be Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. UNESCO, the United Nations body expected to vote on whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”, instead deferred the decision for another year. This, an ... <a title="Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/out-of-danger-because-the-un-said-so-hardly-the-barrier-reef-is-still-in-hot-water-210787/" aria-label="Read more about Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melita Jazbec, Research Principal at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, University of Technology Sydney Most Australian food waste ends up in landfill. Rotting in the absence of oxygen produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. While some facilities capture this “landfill gas” to produce ... <a title="Here’s how wastewater facilities could tackle food waste, generate energy and slash emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/heres-how-wastewater-facilities-could-tackle-food-waste-generate-energy-and-slash-emissions-210560/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how wastewater facilities could tackle food waste, generate energy and slash emissions">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Stand by for one of the most important decisions Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the Albanese government will make. That decision is to commit future governments and the Reserve Bank to full employment, and, more ... <a title="Australia is about to set its first full employment target – and it will define people’s lives for decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/australia-is-about-to-set-its-first-full-employment-target-and-it-will-define-peoples-lives-for-decades-210783/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is about to set its first full employment target – and it will define people’s lives for decades">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea Lachsz, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned this article mentions violence towards and death of First Nations people. According to the most recent statistics from 2020–21, 640 children and 42,090 adults were detained each day across Australia. Of ... <a title="Criminalising and prosecuting torture could deter practices such as solitary confinement in detention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/criminalising-and-prosecuting-torture-could-deter-practices-such-as-solitary-confinement-in-detention-206665/" aria-label="Read more about Criminalising and prosecuting torture could deter practices such as solitary confinement in detention">Read more</a>
