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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Silcock, Post-doctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland As far as odds go, things don’t look promising for the slender-nerved acacia (Acacia leptoneura), a spiky plant with classic yellow-ball wattle flowers. With most of its habitat in Western Australia’s wheat belt cleared for agriculture, it was ... <a title="The 50 beautiful Australian plants at greatest risk of extinction — and how to save them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/the-50-beautiful-australian-plants-at-greatest-risk-of-extinction-and-how-to-save-them-160362/" aria-label="Read more about The 50 beautiful Australian plants at greatest risk of extinction — and how to save them">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isabel Castro, Associate Professor in Ecology and Zoology, Massey University Kiwi are moved between populations to lower the risk of inbreeding. Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust, CC BY-SA Like many endangered species, Aotearoa’s flightless and nocturnal kiwi survive only in small, fragmented and isolated populations. This leads to ... <a title="Despite major conservation efforts, populations of New Zealand’s iconic kiwi are more vulnerable than people realise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/despite-major-conservation-efforts-populations-of-new-zealands-iconic-kiwi-are-more-vulnerable-than-people-realise-160433/" aria-label="Read more about Despite major conservation efforts, populations of New Zealand’s iconic kiwi are more vulnerable than people realise">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jing Qi, Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Sciences, RMIT University When Australians think of international education and China, they typically consider the country as a source of international students — Australia’s largest. But China is now one of the leading host countries of international students ... <a title="How China has been transforming international education to become a leading host of students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/how-china-has-been-transforming-international-education-to-become-a-leading-host-of-students-157241/" aria-label="Read more about How China has been transforming international education to become a leading host of students">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lois Towart, Lecturer in Property Economics, University of Technology Sydney The impacts of a closed border and recent floods have highlighted the challenges facing older Australians who live permanently in caravan parks and manufactured home estates. These properties have long provided affordable housing for retirees, particularly those ... <a title="Soaring housing costs are pushing retirees into areas where disaster risks are high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/soaring-housing-costs-are-pushing-retirees-into-areas-where-disaster-risks-are-high-158216/" aria-label="Read more about Soaring housing costs are pushing retirees into areas where disaster risks are high">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Knox Peden, Senior Lecturer in European Enlightenment Studies, The University of Queensland We have recently seen a spate of books defending the Enlightenment, that period of efflorescence, in 18th-century Europe, which helped shape the modern world. At the vanguard has been the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, who ... <a title="Guide to the Classics: Montesquieu’s Persian Letters at 300 — an Enlightenment story that resonates in a time of culture wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/guide-to-the-classics-montesquieus-persian-letters-at-300-an-enlightenment-story-that-resonates-in-a-time-of-culture-wars-160176/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the Classics: Montesquieu’s Persian Letters at 300 — an Enlightenment story that resonates in a time of culture wars">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A Labor government would provide support for aspiring young entrepreneurs to spend a business-focused year working with a university or private sector incubator to develop their startup enterprise or idea. The Startup Year proposal, in Anthony Albanese’s Thursday night budget ... <a title="Albanese promises support for young entrepreneurs to develop startups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/albanese-promises-support-for-young-entrepreneurs-to-develop-startups-160822/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese promises support for young entrepreneurs to develop startups">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This year’s budget, handed down on Tuesday, boasts plenty of winners and minimal direct losers. Spending is lavish, with the government doing its utmost to avoid offending voters. The big spending commitments include: $17.7 billion for aged care over five ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham and Jim Chalmers on a big spending budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/politics-with-michelle-grattan-simon-birmingham-and-jim-chalmers-on-a-big-spending-budget-160784/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham and Jim Chalmers on a big spending budget">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
RNZ News Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been ejected from New Zealand’s Parliament for doing a haka in protest against questions by the Opposition about race-based policy. Opposition conservative National Party leader Judith Collins was asking Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about her views of the He Puapua report, which provides recommendations to the government ... <a title="NZ Parliament ejects Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over haka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/nz-parliament-ejects-maori-party-co-leader-rawiri-waititi-over-haka/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Parliament ejects Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over haka">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Wong, Associate professor, Monash University The food we eat, the clothes we wear, the air we breathe, the water we drink – it’s all underpinned by healthy and productive soils. Since Europeans arrived in Australia, the continent’s soil has steadily been degraded. Yet, until now, we’ve ... <a title="Pay dirt: $200 million plan for Australia’s degraded soil is a crucial turning point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/pay-dirt-200-million-plan-for-australias-degraded-soil-is-a-crucial-turning-point-160704/" aria-label="Read more about Pay dirt: $200 million plan for Australia’s degraded soil is a crucial turning point">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week, out of left field, the government placed a three-year embargo on normal public sector wage bargaining, essentially a salary freeze. While there has been a certain amount of backtracking since, it is clear that the government has been very committed to ‘fiscal consolidation’ (aka ‘austerity’). What were they thinking? ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/keith-rankin-analysis-the-new-zealand-governments-public-finance-rabbithole/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne The federal budget’s allocation of A$2.3 billion in mental health and suicide prevention funding will be welcome news for the mental health services sector and for people who have struggled to find adequate support. The recent Productivity Commission and ... <a title="A bigger budget for mental health services won’t necessarily improve Australia’s mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/a-bigger-budget-for-mental-health-services-wont-necessarily-improve-australias-mental-health-160767/" aria-label="Read more about A bigger budget for mental health services won’t necessarily improve Australia’s mental health">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne The arts were in free fall this time last year. COVID-19 restrictions had shut everything down and artists and arts organisations were reeling from a dramatic loss of income, as ... <a title="Has the government rescued the arts in this budget? There are some winners but not much has changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/has-the-government-rescued-the-arts-in-this-budget-there-are-some-winners-but-not-much-has-changed-160195/" aria-label="Read more about Has the government rescued the arts in this budget? There are some winners but not much has changed">Read more</a>
