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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Kinsella, Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University I live in a vegan family situation. I have been a vegan for over 33 years and my partner, poet and novelist Tracy Ryan, has been a vegan for over a quarter of a century; our 16-year-old son ... <a title="Friday essay: on being an ethical vegan for 33 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/friday-essay-on-being-an-ethical-vegan-for-33-years-118049/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: on being an ethical vegan for 33 years">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian and PhD scholar, University of Sydney If you think your dog looks stressed out, it might be your own stress levels that are affecting your pet pooch. A study published on Thursday in Nature’s Scientific Reports shows pet dogs may synchronise their stress levels ... <a title="Man’s stressed friend: how your mental health can affect your dog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/mans-stressed-friend-how-your-mental-health-can-affect-your-dog-118271/" aria-label="Read more about Man’s stressed friend: how your mental health can affect your dog">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Hollett, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University Can a A$12 pill test prevent deaths from ecstasy? Our research, published today, finds pill testing provides no magic answer. We found not everyone acts on the result of a pill test in the same way. It depends on the result, ... <a title="Can a $12 pill test for ecstasy save lives? Well, it’s complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/can-a-12-pill-test-for-ecstasy-save-lives-well-its-complicated-108067/" aria-label="Read more about Can a $12 pill test for ecstasy save lives? Well, it’s complicated">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Loh, Research Scientist, CSIRO This week brought news that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels at the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory in Hawaii have risen steeply for the seventh year in a row, reaching a May 2019 average of 414.7 parts per million (ppm). It was the ... <a title="Why there’s more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/why-theres-more-greenhouse-gas-in-the-atmosphere-than-you-may-have-realised-118336/" aria-label="Read more about Why there’s more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Raynor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transforming Housing Project, University of Melbourne Housing in Australia is broken. Across the country, only 2% of private rentals are affordable for a person on the minimum wage. Less than 1% are affordable for a single person on the pension. There are ... <a title="If it’s voluntary for developers to make affordable housing deals with councils, what can you expect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/if-its-voluntary-for-developers-to-make-affordable-housing-deals-with-councils-what-can-you-expect-116829/" aria-label="Read more about If it’s voluntary for developers to make affordable housing deals with councils, what can you expect?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Voluntary assisted dying becomes a lawful choice for Victorians from June 19. To be eligible, two doctors must assess a person to have an incurable, advanced and progressive medical condition that will ... <a title="We don’t know all the details of how voluntary assisted dying will work yet – but the system is ready" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/we-dont-know-all-the-details-of-how-voluntary-assisted-dying-will-work-yet-but-the-system-is-ready-117827/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t know all the details of how voluntary assisted dying will work yet – but the system is ready">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
How Al Jazeera reported yesterday’s raid by Australian police on the offices of the national public broadcaster ABC. The raid was over a series of stories from 2017 on killings allegedly carried out by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. Video: Al Jazeera By RNZ News An Australian police raid on public broadcaster ABC risks having ... <a title="ABC raid ‘chilling’ for freedom of press, says editorial chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/abc-raid-chilling-for-freedom-of-press-says-editorial-chief/" aria-label="Read more about ABC raid ‘chilling’ for freedom of press, says editorial chief">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Baxter, Fellow – Melbourne Law School; Associate – Australian-German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Let me explain how to see through the spin on Australia’s rising greenhouse emissions figures. With the release today of Australia’s emissions data for the December 2018 quarter, federal energy ... <a title="Whichever way you spin it, Australia’s greenhouse emissions have been climbing since 2015" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/whichever-way-you-spin-it-australias-greenhouse-emissions-have-been-climbing-since-2015-118112/" aria-label="Read more about Whichever way you spin it, Australia’s greenhouse emissions have been climbing since 2015">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University Apple says it’s replacing iTunes with three dedicated entertainment applications as part of its new Mac operating system, Catalina, for desktop and laptop computers. A key reason for the change is based around the way we now watch, ... <a title="The end is nigh for Apple’s iTunes as the tech giant targets separate audio and video markets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/the-end-is-nigh-for-apples-itunes-as-the-tech-giant-targets-separate-audio-and-video-markets-118257/" aria-label="Read more about The end is nigh for Apple’s iTunes as the tech giant targets separate audio and video markets">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Should we really care about the “Budget hack” that has been consuming a lot of politicians and political commentators over the last week? Is this really, as John Key used to say about scandals involving his own Government, one of “the things that matter”? I made the case yesterday in my column, The Budget ‘hack’ scandal ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who cares about the “Budget hack”?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-who-cares-about-the-budget-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who cares about the “Budget hack”?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 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 Budget, Budget “hack” Press Editorial: Time for truth in the ‘hacking’ saga Eric Crampton (Newsroom): Protecting the privileged Michael Reddell: On Makhlouf and standards in public office Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: The Budget ‘hack’ scandal ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 06 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-06-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 06 2019">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Fastenrath, Research Fellow in Resilient Cities, University of Melbourne It was no April fool’s joke when the Rockefeller Foundation announced it will phase out funding for the 100 Resilient Cities network. The foundation’s message was a surprise for many participating cities, including Melbourne and Sydney, and ... <a title="What next after 100 Resilient Cities funding ends?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/what-next-after-100-resilient-cities-funding-ends-116734/" aria-label="Read more about What next after 100 Resilient Cities funding ends?">Read more</a>
