CoveragePost
April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Taylor, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Victoria has some of the most carbon-dense native forests in the world. Advocates for logging these forests often argue that wood products in buildings and furniture become long-term storage for carbon. However, these claims ... <a title="Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/logged-native-forests-mostly-end-up-in-landfill-not-in-buildings-and-furniture-115054/" aria-label="Read more about Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Assistant professor, George Washington University As I mentioned a few days ago, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison recycled three pretty big tax ideas in the 2019 budget, each one originally from the 2018 budget but supercharged, and in one case doubled. The ... <a title="The budget’s dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you’re not meant to know about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/the-budgets-dirty-secret-is-the-hikes-in-tax-rates-youre-not-meant-to-know-about-115457/" aria-label="Read more about The budget’s dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you’re not meant to know about">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Svenja J. Kratz, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Creative Practice, University of Tasmania Eat the Problem, Kirsha Kaechele’s latest MONA-based project, proposes that killing and consuming invasive species offers a more sustainable and ethical option than our current industrial farming practices. In some ways, Kaechele’s work is a welcome ... <a title="MONA’s Eat the Problem is possibly well-meaning but ultimately exquisitely elitist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/monas-eat-the-problem-is-possibly-well-meaning-but-ultimately-exquisitely-elitist-115433/" aria-label="Read more about MONA’s Eat the Problem is possibly well-meaning but ultimately exquisitely elitist">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 22, 2019
Maria Ressa as Time’s Person of the Year in 2018 as a “guardian of the truth” – now she has been named by the magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Image: Time Magazine By Christia Marie Ramos in Manila Philippine journalist, editor and publisher Maria Ressa has been named ... <a title="Maria Ressa on Time’s ‘100 most influential people in world’ list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/22/maria-ressa-on-times-100-most-influential-people-in-world-list/" aria-label="Read more about Maria Ressa on Time’s ‘100 most influential people in world’ list">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 22, 2019
The Yap State Legislature … chiefs’ letter attacks journalist and “fake news” publication. Image: Yap twitter Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Traditional chiefs, members of the Council of Pilung from the four main islands of Yap, have written to the Yap Legislature in a bid to persuade the Federated States of Micronesia Congress to declare a ... <a title="Yap’s traditional chiefs seek to expel, gag probing US journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/22/yaps-traditional-chiefs-seek-to-expel-gag-probing-us-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Yap’s traditional chiefs seek to expel, gag probing US journalist">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Most people have experienced being blocked up from time to time, whether it’s while travelling, after taking painkillers, or when you’ve let your diet go. But some people will experience constipation more often, and for longer ... <a title="Health Check: what causes constipation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/22/health-check-what-causes-constipation-114290/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: what causes constipation?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An Easter weekend in an election campaign might be a bit of a challenge for a pair of leaders who were atheist. But fortunately for Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten, declared believers, it wasn’t a problem. Both attended church services ... <a title="View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull’s home truths on the NEG help Labor in the climate wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/21/view-from-the-hill-malcolm-turnbulls-home-truths-on-the-neg-help-labor-in-the-climate-wars-115795/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull’s home truths on the NEG help Labor in the climate wars">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 21, 2019
Political Roundup: Why the CGT had to be ruled out by Dr Bryce Edwards The soul-searching and blame-game over the surprise demise of the capital gains tax proposals continues to occupy politicos and commentators over the long weekend. Allegations of betrayal continue, while some are also pointing to the inevitable problems with the proposals – ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why the CGT had to be ruled out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-the-cgt-had-to-be-ruled-out/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why the CGT had to be ruled out">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 21, 2019
Political Roundup: Progressives despair over the CGT decision by Dr Bryce Edwards It really was a shock for the political left. The capital gains tax, in some form or another, was accepted as a major part of the battle to create a more equal New Zealand. It had come to symbolise the struggle against much ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Progressives despair over the CGT decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-progressives-despair-over-the-cgt-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Progressives despair over the CGT decision">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 20, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Fiji, New Zealand and Timor-Leste have made significant gains in the latest annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index while the Paris-based global watchdog has warned that totalitarian propaganda, censorship, intimidation and cyber-harassment have been on the rise in the Asia-Pacific region. “A lot of courage is needed nowadays to ... <a title="Pacific ‘bright spots’ amid World Press Freedom Index Asian warnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/20/pacific-bright-spots-amid-world-press-freedom-index-asian-warnings/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘bright spots’ amid World Press Freedom Index Asian warnings">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Cothren, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Chris Lilley was in strife almost from the moment he started filming his new mockumentary series Lunatics, which has begun streaming on Netflix. Last year, leaked photos of the comedic actor in African dress and an afro-wig set off a social ... <a title="Chris Lilley’s Lunatics has deadpan cringe, great dialogue but is more mawkish than outrageous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/19/chris-lilleys-lunatics-has-deadpan-cringe-great-dialogue-but-is-more-mawkish-than-outrageous-115453/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Lilley’s Lunatics has deadpan cringe, great dialogue but is more mawkish than outrageous">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 19, 2019
File photo of a West Papuan rally in Denpasar, Bali, in 2017 … “growing confidence about independence”. Image: The Jakarta Post Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has claimed a successful boycott of the Indonesian election on Wednesday, estimating that about 60 percent of voters have declined to cast ... <a title="West Papuan boycott of Indonesian election successful, says campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/19/west-papuan-boycott-of-indonesian-election-successful-says-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan boycott of Indonesian election successful, says campaign">Read more</a>
