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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel J Cass, Research Affiliate, Sydney Business School, University of Sydney Australia’s energy market is outdated. It doesn’t encourage competition and that’s holding back the transition to renewable energy. Important reforms to modernise the market are on the way, but big energy companies are seeking to use ... <a title="Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/energy-giants-want-to-thwart-reforms-that-would-help-renewables-and-lower-power-bills-140640/" aria-label="Read more about Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paige Gleeson, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania Scott Morrison says “we shouldn’t be importing” the Black Lives Matter movement. But in the 1800s, Australia imported plantation owners from the American South. Prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, the American south produced almost all of ... <a title="From Louisiana to Queensland: how American slave-owners started again in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/from-louisiana-to-queensland-how-american-slave-owners-started-again-in-australia-140725/" aria-label="Read more about From Louisiana to Queensland: how American slave-owners started again in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona McGaughey, Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law, University of Western Australia In the charged atmosphere of Black Lives Matter demonstrations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently made the mistake of stating there was no slavery in Australia. Morrison later apologised for causing offence. He clarified that ... <a title="Think slavery in Australia was all in the past? Think again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/think-slavery-in-australia-was-all-in-the-past-think-again-140543/" aria-label="Read more about Think slavery in Australia was all in the past? Think again">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Thomas Henry Wright, Associate Professor, Nagoya University Since lockdown, everyone has had to rely heavily on digital technologies: be it Zoom work meetings and lengthy email chains, gaming and streaming services for entertainment, or social media platforms to organise everything from groceries to protests. Human existence ... <a title="Beauty in code – 5 ways digital poetry combines human and computer languages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/beauty-in-code-5-ways-digital-poetry-combines-human-and-computer-languages-140344/" aria-label="Read more about Beauty in code – 5 ways digital poetry combines human and computer languages">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Leary, Professor and Director of Violence Research and Prevention Program, Griffith Criminology Institute and School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University Today is a far cry from what we hoped for and expected from 2020. After Australia’s disastrous summer of bushfires, the unprecedented upheaval ... <a title="Feeling hopeless? There are things you can do to create and maintain hope in a post-coronavirus world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/feeling-hopeless-there-are-things-you-can-do-to-create-and-maintain-hope-in-a-post-coronavirus-world-140330/" aria-label="Read more about Feeling hopeless? There are things you can do to create and maintain hope in a post-coronavirus world">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By Shaun Hendy; Alex James of University of Canterbury; Audrey Lustig of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research; Michael Plank of University of Canterbury; Nicholas Steyn, and Rachelle Binny of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research New Zealand is one of a handful of countries where community transmission of covid-19 has been eliminated. But with two new ... <a title="2 new covid-19 cases in NZ, but elimination target still stands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/2-new-covid-19-cases-in-nz-but-elimination-target-still-stands/" aria-label="Read more about 2 new covid-19 cases in NZ, but elimination target still stands">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Wilkinson, Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney The government’s HomeBuilder scheme allows certain home owners to apply for a tax-free grant of A$25,000 if they are spending between $150,000 and $750,000 renovating a home or building a new home. Eligibility criteria are ... <a title="What adds value to your house? How to decide between renovating and moving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/what-adds-value-to-your-house-how-to-decide-between-renovating-and-moving-140627/" aria-label="Read more about What adds value to your house? How to decide between renovating and moving">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Logan, Lecturer of Civil Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury Roads, cycleways and housing developments are among 11 projects announced this week as the first tranche of infrastructure developments to kickstart New Zealand’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand is investing at ... <a title="‘Shovel-ready’ projects ignore important aspects of community resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/shovel-ready-projects-ignore-important-aspects-of-community-resilience-139850/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shovel-ready’ projects ignore important aspects of community resilience">Read more</a>
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June 17, 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 Health and Disability System Review, hospital stocktake Henry Cooke (Stuff): Health system overhaul would be a gigantic fight. Is the Government up for it? Ben Heather (Stuff): Why we should be sceptical about ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 17 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-17-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 17 2020">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Robinson, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University Victorian Labor, the jewel in the party’s crown, has been thrown into crisis by the allegations of massive branch stacking. A third state Labor minister has now left their position over the scandal that as ... <a title="Labor’s branch stacking scandal is a problem for the whole party. Not just Victoria." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/labors-branch-stacking-scandal-is-a-problem-for-the-whole-party-not-just-victoria-140839/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s branch stacking scandal is a problem for the whole party. Not just Victoria.">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday announced environmental approvals for 15 major infrastructure projects will be fast-tracked to accelerate investment as Australia emerges from the COVID-19 lockdown. Under the current system, proponents must seek both state ... <a title="Mr Morrison, you can cut ‘green tape’ without harming nature – but it’ll take money and gumption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/mr-morrison-you-can-cut-green-tape-without-harming-nature-but-itll-take-money-and-gumption-140732/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Morrison, you can cut ‘green tape’ without harming nature – but it’ll take money and gumption">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erik Malcolm Champion, UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation, Curtin University SpaceX’s recent Falcon 9 rocket launch proves humanity has come leaps and bounds in its effort to reach other worlds. But now there’s a quicker, safer and environmentally friendlier way to travel to the centre ... <a title="Antarctica without windchill, the Louvre without queues: how to travel the world from home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/antarctica-without-windchill-the-louvre-without-queues-how-to-travel-the-world-from-home-140174/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica without windchill, the Louvre without queues: how to travel the world from home">Read more</a>
