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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Effie Karageorgos, Lecturer, University of Newcastle Wikipedia Recent sustained anti-coal action by Blockade Australia in the Hunter Valley has brought public protest back into the news cycle. Activists have occupied trains, railway lines and machinery in an attempt to obstruct coal production and broadcast their message about ... <a title="Not just a youth movement: history too often forgets older protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/not-just-a-youth-movement-history-too-often-forgets-older-protesters-208472/" aria-label="Read more about Not just a youth movement: history too often forgets older protesters">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Educators involved in curriculum design know one hard truth: you can’t fit in everything. Whatever the finished product, there will always be someone who thinks something important has ... <a title="4 reasons not teaching evolution in schools is immoral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/4-reasons-not-teaching-evolution-in-schools-is-immoral-208653/" aria-label="Read more about 4 reasons not teaching evolution in schools is immoral">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maryanne Macdonald, Lecturer, Indigenous Education, Edith Cowan University GettyImages As Australia prepares for the Voice referendum later this year, some commentators struggle to create a respectful space for all sides of politics. Especially to discuss the proposed constitutional change. Debates with wide-ranging opinions have the potential to ... <a title="How to have informed and respectful conversations about Indigenous issues like the Voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/how-to-have-informed-and-respectful-conversations-about-indigenous-issues-like-the-voice-206093/" aria-label="Read more about How to have informed and respectful conversations about Indigenous issues like the Voice">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Voluntary assisted dying is legal in five Australian states with the sixth, New South Wales, following in November 2023. The territories are now permitted to legalise voluntary assisted ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Victoria, but you may not be able to access it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/voluntary-assisted-dying-is-legal-in-victoria-but-you-may-not-be-able-to-access-it-208282/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Victoria, but you may not be able to access it">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Hewitt, Associate Professor, Law, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Many people, at some stage in their search for a career, have worked for free in return for some much valued experience. But it’s surprisingly hard to find exact numbers. A 2016 national survey of 3,800 Australians found ... <a title="It’s time we stopped exploiting interns and paid them for the hours worked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/its-time-we-stopped-exploiting-interns-and-paid-them-for-the-hours-worked-208025/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time we stopped exploiting interns and paid them for the hours worked">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock The need to cut the emissions driving climate change is urgent, but it’s proving hard to decarbonise road transport in Australia. Its share of the nation’s total greenhouse gas emissions doubled from 8% in 1990 to 16% ... <a title="Too big, too heavy and too slow to change: road transport is way off track for net zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/too-big-too-heavy-and-too-slow-to-change-road-transport-is-way-off-track-for-net-zero-208655/" aria-label="Read more about Too big, too heavy and too slow to change: road transport is way off track for net zero">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Schoone, Senior Lecturer in Education, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images It wasn’t surprising when last week’s Education Review Office (ERO) report found New Zealand’s alternative education (AE) system suffers from inadequate facilities, a lack of qualified teaching personnel and poor long-term outcomes. After all, alternative ... <a title="School of last resort: how to fix NZ’s vital but ignored alternative education system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/school-of-last-resort-how-to-fix-nzs-vital-but-ignored-alternative-education-system-208741/" aria-label="Read more about School of last resort: how to fix NZ’s vital but ignored alternative education system">Read more</a>
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July 3, 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 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GOVT Thomas Coughlan (Herald): A victor abroad, Chris Hipkins is again humiliated at home (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): Chris Hipkins earns China’s praise – but he won’t ... <a title="Newsletter: July 03 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/newsletter-july-03-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: July 03 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowena Christiansen, Lecturer and Topic Coordinator, The University of Melbourne Noah Silliman/Unsplash Why do humans undertake journeys of personal exploration, or subject themselves to challenging conditions for long periods of time? What might we learn from their experiences? British mountaineer George Mallory undertook his fatal attempt to ... <a title="Alone in a dark cave: what can we learn from extreme survival experiments?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/alone-in-a-dark-cave-what-can-we-learn-from-extreme-survival-experiments-208300/" aria-label="Read more about Alone in a dark cave: what can we learn from extreme survival experiments?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney Pixabay, CC BY There’s growing awareness public dental programs are unable to meet the demand for services. Private dental care is increasingly unaffordable, and millions of Australians go without the treatment they need. The ... <a title="Expensive dental care worsens inequality. Is it time for a Medicare-style ‘Denticare’ scheme?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/expensive-dental-care-worsens-inequality-is-it-time-for-a-medicare-style-denticare-scheme-207910/" aria-label="Read more about Expensive dental care worsens inequality. Is it time for a Medicare-style ‘Denticare’ scheme?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide Kate McBride Access to safe, clean water is a basic human right. But water scarcity or barriers to access can cause conflict within and between countries. Fights over water can be expected to intensify as the world ... <a title="The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/the-murray-darling-basin-shows-why-the-social-cost-of-water-concept-wont-work-205571/" aria-label="Read more about The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Pexels/Pavel Danilyuk, CC BY I was a teenager during Australia’s 1990s “recession we had to have”, and remember clearly a friend asking his dad for some money to go to the movies. With equal parts frustration ... <a title="How do I tell my kids we are currently short on money – without freaking them out?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/how-do-i-tell-my-kids-we-are-currently-short-on-money-without-freaking-them-out-208008/" aria-label="Read more about How do I tell my kids we are currently short on money – without freaking them out?">Read more</a>
