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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roy Green, Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney Three years ago, then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull went to an election spruiking the wonders of innovation. “There has never been a more exciting time to be an Australian,” government advertising had enthused in the ... <a title="It’s the only way to save Australia from a deep hole, but innovation policy is missing in action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/its-the-only-way-to-save-australia-from-a-deep-hole-but-innovation-policy-is-missing-in-action-116966/" aria-label="Read more about It’s the only way to save Australia from a deep hole, but innovation policy is missing in action">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bekessy, Professor, RMIT University Some voters heading to the polls this weekend may be casting their ballot with biodiversity in mind, after a major UN report released last week highlighted the global extinction crisis facing more than a million species. Australia is an extinction hotspot: we ... <a title="How should I vote if I care about preventing the extinction of nature?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/how-should-i-vote-if-i-care-about-preventing-the-extinction-of-nature-117197/" aria-label="Read more about How should I vote if I care about preventing the extinction of nature?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Professor UNSW Canberra Cyber, UNSW US President Donald Trump has raised the stakes in his country’s cyberspace confrontation with China and Russia. On May 15 he signed a new executive order that identifies sabotage (not espionage) as the main threat from foreign states, and declared ... <a title="US ban on Huawei likely following Trump cybersecurity crackdown – and Australia is on board" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/us-ban-on-huawei-likely-following-trump-cybersecurity-crackdown-and-australia-is-on-board-117250/" aria-label="Read more about US ban on Huawei likely following Trump cybersecurity crackdown – and Australia is on board">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerald Burke, Adjunct Professor, Education, Monash University The Coalition has promised to create 80,000 new apprenticeships in areas of skills shortages if it wins the election. Most skilled trades (such as motor mechanics, panel beaters, carpenters, automotive electricians, plumbers, hairdressers) have recently been in shortage. The Coalition ... <a title="Employer incentives may not be the most cost-effective or fair way of boosting apprenticeship numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/employer-incentives-may-not-be-the-most-cost-effective-or-fair-way-of-boosting-apprenticeship-numbers-114986/" aria-label="Read more about Employer incentives may not be the most cost-effective or fair way of boosting apprenticeship numbers">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The UN Secretary General António Guterres has praised Fiji as a strong committed partner in peacekeeping and for taking a leading role in the battle against climate change. Guterres was speaking after formal talks with Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama today. Guterres said it needec to be recognised the battle was not ... <a title="Guterres praises Fiji over leadership in global battle against climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/guterres-praises-fiji-over-leadership-in-global-battle-against-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Guterres praises Fiji over leadership in global battle against climate change">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
The world is changing fast, with digital technological innovation that is both liberating and disturbing. The threats and opportunities this presents requires a massive debate, and intervention, to ensure such changes are as healthy as possible for humanity. The online dimension of the Christchurch terrorist attacks is now provoking a sea change in attitudes towards ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Christchurch Calling: the clampdown on social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-christchurch-calling-the-clampdown-on-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Christchurch Calling: the clampdown on social media">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Laughland-Booy, Research Fellow in Sociology, Australian Catholic University With the election campaign racing to its conclusion, there’s been a lot of talk about the impact younger voters will have on the result. Some political leaders might view the potential voting power of young people with disdain. ... <a title="Young Australians don’t trust politicians. Here’s one reason why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/young-australians-dont-trust-politicians-heres-one-reason-why-116259/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians don’t trust politicians. Here’s one reason why">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Feo Snagovsky, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Australian National University Australia’s major political parties are not popular institutions. Minor parties and independent candidates have been chipping away at their primary vote for decades. While less than 10% of voters cast a ballot for them in the 1950s ... <a title="Are independents part of a ‘green-left’ conspiracy? New research finds they are more the ‘sensible centre’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/are-independents-part-of-a-green-left-conspiracy-new-research-finds-they-are-more-the-sensible-centre-117094/" aria-label="Read more about Are independents part of a ‘green-left’ conspiracy? New research finds they are more the ‘sensible centre’">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Scholar, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University This is the final in a three-part series on the budget tax measures that began with an analysis of the government’s plan to flatten the tax schedule and continued with ... <a title="Shock. More investment isn’t necessarily better. Those instant asset write-offs are bad tax policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/shock-more-investment-isnt-necessarily-better-those-instant-asset-write-offs-are-bad-tax-policy-116509/" aria-label="Read more about Shock. More investment isn’t necessarily better. Those instant asset write-offs are bad tax policy">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Oldfield, Associate Professor in Architecture, UNSW Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based ... <a title="Curious Kids: what’s the tallest skyscraper it’s possible to build?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/curious-kids-whats-the-tallest-skyscraper-its-possible-to-build-116817/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what’s the tallest skyscraper it’s possible to build?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 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 Paris social media summit Henry Cooke (Stuff): Christchurch Call: Tech companies, 17 governments sign New Zealand-led pledge – but not the US Henry Cooke (Stuff): US snubs Christchurch Call tech pledge, but says ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 16 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-16-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 16 2019">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Young, Professor, University of Melbourne News Corp must have been startled to find itself becoming one of the major issues in this election campaign. But this is just another sign that, in recent years, the company’s ability to read the public mood has gone wildly off-kilter. ... <a title="The secret history of News Corp: a media empire built on spreading propaganda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/the-secret-history-of-news-corp-a-media-empire-built-on-spreading-propaganda-116992/" aria-label="Read more about The secret history of News Corp: a media empire built on spreading propaganda">Read more</a>
