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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate C. Prickett, Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Despite the 2017 Labour-led government taking power with a mandate to fight Aotearoa New Zealand’s abysmally high child poverty rate, only incremental progress ... <a title="COVID-19 is predicted to make child poverty worse. Should NZ’s next government make temporary safety nets permanent?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/covid-19-is-predicted-to-make-child-poverty-worse-should-nzs-next-government-make-temporary-safety-nets-permanent-147177/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 is predicted to make child poverty worse. Should NZ’s next government make temporary safety nets permanent?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Villalba, Service Designer and Researcher (PhD), Queensland University of Technology Diabetes-related vision loss is the leading cause of blindness for working-aged Australians. Yet it’s almost entirely preventable. A recent Australian study found only half of people with diabetes get the recommended annual eye checks. We could ... <a title="We could be doing more to prevent vision loss for people with diabetes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/we-could-be-doing-more-to-prevent-vision-loss-for-people-with-diabetes-132086/" aria-label="Read more about We could be doing more to prevent vision loss for people with diabetes">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With the budget’s expected eye-watering debt and deficit numbers, the question remains whether the huge spending will be enough to fight the coronavirus slump. Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Shadow Minister Katy Gallagher joined the podcast to discuss the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: a budget for a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-a-budget-for-a-pandemic-147739/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: a budget for a pandemic">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will highlight the potential of spending on social housing as a job creator in his Thursday night budget reply. He says if Labor were in government now it would be investing $500 million to fast-track repairs to social ... <a title="$500 million on social housing repairs: Albanese’s alternative budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/500-million-on-social-housing-repairs-albaneses-alternative-budget-147685/" aria-label="Read more about $500 million on social housing repairs: Albanese’s alternative budget">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter A third referendum on independence from France looms in New Caledonia unless talks over the next six months satisfy the aspirations of the Kanak people for more self-rule. On Saturday, the French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu is due in New Caledonia to gauge the positions of local politicians while ... <a title="Opponents scramble to avoid New Caledonia’s third referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/opponents-scramble-to-avoid-new-caledonias-third-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Opponents scramble to avoid New Caledonia’s third referendum">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
By AUT News Television New Zealand Breakfast host John Campbell has highlighted the essential work that translators and interpreters do. Associate Professor Ineke Crezee and Auckland University of Technology (AUT) interpreting graduate Dr Mustafa Derbashi were interviewed on Breakfast on International Translation Day, September 30, to help raise awareness of the profession. “Translators are vital ... <a title="TVNZ Breakfast host talks up ‘diversity’ role of interpreters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/tvnz-breakfast-host-talks-up-diversity-role-of-interpreters/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ Breakfast host talks up ‘diversity’ role of interpreters">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
By AUT Pacific It is Fijian Language Week in Aotearoa New Zealand, and to celebrate, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has launched the Fiji episode in its Pacific language video series – “Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures”. Narrated in Fijian (with English subtitles) by an 18-year-old-girl speaking to her grandparents, the video ... <a title="Fijian Language Week – critical for NZ Pacific grandparents to be looked after" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/fijian-language-week-critical-for-nz-pacific-grandparents-to-be-looked-after/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian Language Week – critical for NZ Pacific grandparents to be looked after">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Simon Wilson (Herald): Election diary: The real reason Judith Collins went to church (paywalled) Ben Thomas (Spinoff): Keen to see Judith Collins jettisoned? Careful what you wish for Thomas Manch (Stuff): A terrible day ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 08 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-08-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 08 2020">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julien Louys, ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University Thinking of Southeast Asia today may conjure up images of dense tropical rainforests teeming with iconic jungle animals such as orangutans, tigers and monkeys. Perhaps less well known, but just as important to these ecosystems, are a host of other ... <a title="It was growing rainforests, not humans, that killed off Southeast Asia’s giant hyenas and other megafauna" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/it-was-growing-rainforests-not-humans-that-killed-off-southeast-asias-giant-hyenas-and-other-megafauna-147656/" aria-label="Read more about It was growing rainforests, not humans, that killed off Southeast Asia’s giant hyenas and other megafauna">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Stoljar, Professor, Australian National University Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of The Conversation’s series on the ... <a title="We might not be able to understand free will with science. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/we-might-not-be-able-to-understand-free-will-with-science-heres-why-132898/" aria-label="Read more about We might not be able to understand free will with science. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Nitrous oxide from agriculture and other sources is accumulating in the atmosphere so quickly it puts Earth on track for a dangerous 3℃ warming this century, our new ... <a title="New research: nitrous oxide emissions 300 times more powerful than CO₂ are jeopardising Earth’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/new-research-nitrous-oxide-emissions-300-times-more-powerful-than-co-are-jeopardising-earths-future-147208/" aria-label="Read more about New research: nitrous oxide emissions 300 times more powerful than CO₂ are jeopardising Earth’s future">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will highlight the potential of spending on social housing as a job creator in his Thursday night budget reply. He says if Labor were in government now it would be investing $500 million to fast-track repairs to social ... <a title="We’d be spending $500 million on social housing repairs: Albanese’s alternative budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/wed-be-spending-500-million-on-social-housing-repairs-albaneses-alternative-budget-147685/" aria-label="Read more about We’d be spending $500 million on social housing repairs: Albanese’s alternative budget">Read more</a>
