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September 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne Friendship is an incomparable, immeasurable boon to me, and a source of life — not metaphorically but literally. -Simone Weil About eight years ago, I went to dinner with a dear friend I had known for ... <a title="Friday essay: on the ending of a friendship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/20/friday-essay-on-the-ending-of-a-friendship-121627/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: on the ending of a friendship">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra John Howard is remembered by his Liberal tribe as a reformer, but his legacy is mixed. The GST has endured but he essentially doomed his government when he let his ideological obsession with industrial relations run away with him. The ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison government solid on industrial relations reform but bootlicks One Nation on family law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/grattan-on-friday-morrison-government-solid-on-industrial-relations-reform-but-bootlicks-one-nation-on-family-law-123880/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison government solid on industrial relations reform but bootlicks One Nation on family law">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Hanna, Honorary Senior Fellow, Australian National University This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Global warming is accelerating, driven by the continuing rise in greenhouse gas emissions. Australia’s climate ... <a title="How rising temperatures affect our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/how-rising-temperatures-affect-our-health-123016/" aria-label="Read more about How rising temperatures affect our health">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University Today, the Sri Lankan family who had resettled in the small town of Biloela in Queensland was given a last-minute reprieve in their fight to stay in Australia. A federal court judge ruled the family had established ... <a title="How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/how-the-biloela-tamil-family-deportation-case-highlights-the-failures-of-our-refugee-system-123685/" aria-label="Read more about How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastien Darchen, Senior Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland The crashing chords of punk echoed through the end of the 70s, heralding the arrival of a diverse bunch of subcultures. In Brisbane, none was more notable than the tribe known as Goth. Just like the punks ... <a title="It’s hot in here: the evolution of Goth subculture in sub-tropical Brisbane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/its-hot-in-here-the-evolution-of-goth-subculture-in-sub-tropical-brisbane-120890/" aria-label="Read more about It’s hot in here: the evolution of Goth subculture in sub-tropical Brisbane">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor, Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies in the Faculty of Education. Latest books with Rosalyn Black include "Imagining Youth Futures: University Students in Post-Truth Times" and "Rethinking Youth Citizenship after the Age of Entitlement", Monash University Senator Jacqui Lambie has proposed establishing a Senate ... <a title="Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/stop-calling-young-people-apathetic-for-many-volunteering-and-activism-go-hand-in-hand-123754/" aria-label="Read more about Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Today on Media Files, a podcast on major themes and issues in the media, we meet Bastian Obermayer, the Pulitizer prize-winning journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into global tax evasion and money laundering. ... <a title="Media Files: investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/media-files-investigative-journalist-bastian-obermayer-who-led-the-panama-papers-tax-expose-122643/" aria-label="Read more about Media Files: investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato After nearly two decades of fighting, the death toll in the war in Afghanistan is staggering. Apart from more than 45,000 Afghani soldiers killed since 2014 and 3,576 western coalition soldiers since the beginning of the conflict in 2001, ... <a title="Operation Burnham: inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/operation-burnham-inquiry-underway-to-determine-any-wrongdoing-by-new-zealand-troops-in-afghanistan-123438/" aria-label="Read more about Operation Burnham: inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Compared to the rest of the world, income inequality is not particularly high in Australia, nor is it getting much worse. The real problem is housing inequality. Rising house prices have increased wealth inequality. Rising housing costs have dramatically ... <a title="Rising inequality in Australia isn’t about incomes: it’s almost all about housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/rising-inequality-in-australia-isnt-about-incomes-its-almost-all-about-housing-119872/" aria-label="Read more about Rising inequality in Australia isn’t about incomes: it’s almost all about housing">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University This week’s strikes on the Abqaiq and Khurais oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia represent the latest in a pattern of actions by the Islamic Republic of Iran to escalate tensions in the Persian Gulf. Unlike ... <a title="How likely is conflict between the US and Iran?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/how-likely-is-conflict-between-the-us-and-iran-123714/" aria-label="Read more about How likely is conflict between the US and Iran?">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
By Wansolwara staff in Suva Twelve leading journalists from 11 Pacific Island countries will converge in Suva, Fiji, this Friday to discuss critical issues affecting the region including climate change and natural disaster relief and recovery and regional security. The one-day “Capstone at The University of the South Pacific” (USP) Laucala Campus marks the culmination of three ... <a title="Pacific journos converge in Suva to discuss ‘critical issues’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/pacific-journos-converge-in-suva-to-discuss-critical-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journos converge in Suva to discuss ‘critical issues’">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Foreign affairs and trade Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Global uncertainty and domestic troubles as Ardern heads to UN Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Ardern acknowledges risk to NZ’s reputation from sex assault ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 19 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-19-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 19 2019">Read more</a>
