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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND So good, and so unexpected, has been Australia’s economic improvement over the past four months, it has wiped one-third of the projected 2022-23 budget deficit. Or it would have, had ... <a title="Budget 2022: Frydenberg has spent big – but on the whole, responsibly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/budget-2022-frydenberg-has-spent-big-but-on-the-whole-responsibly-180122/" aria-label="Read more about Budget 2022: Frydenberg has spent big – but on the whole, responsibly">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra AAP/Lukas Coch The Morrison government’s election budget halves petrol excise for six months and gives handouts to taxpayers, pensioners and welfare recipients in a cash splash aimed at clawing back votes. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who unveiled the giveaway budget in ... <a title="Cheaper petrol, cash handouts in Morrison government’s vote-buying budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/cheaper-petrol-cash-handouts-in-morrison-governments-vote-buying-budget-180120/" aria-label="Read more about Cheaper petrol, cash handouts in Morrison government’s vote-buying budget">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Stapledon, Research Fellow in Real Estate, Centre for Applied Economic Research, UNSW Sydney With housing affordability set to be a key election issue, the 2022 federal budget expands the scheme the Coalition put forward at the 2019 election to help first home buyers. The First Home ... <a title="Budget expands deposit scheme for first home buyers: a second-best option, with risks down the road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/budget-expands-deposit-scheme-for-first-home-buyers-a-second-best-option-with-risks-down-the-road-180242/" aria-label="Read more about Budget expands deposit scheme for first home buyers: a second-best option, with risks down the road">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ingrid Rowlands, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The Coalition has announced a A$58 million funding package to improve endometriosis diagnosis, care and treatment. This would see new specialised endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics set up in each state and territory, expanded Medicare-funded medical imaging for ... <a title="Endometriosis can end women’s careers and stall their education. That’s everyone’s business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/endometriosis-can-end-womens-careers-and-stall-their-education-thats-everyones-business-179846/" aria-label="Read more about Endometriosis can end women’s careers and stall their education. That’s everyone’s business">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Smith, Adjunct Associate Professor, James Cook University Bleached coral beside the darker, healthier coral. Photo taken in February Nathan Cook, Author provided It’s official: the Great Barrier Reef is suffering its fourth mass bleaching event since 2016. We dived into the reef yesterday and saw the ... <a title="Another mass bleaching event is devastating the Great Barrier Reef. What will it take for coral to survive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/another-mass-bleaching-event-is-devastating-the-great-barrier-reef-what-will-it-take-for-coral-to-survive-180180/" aria-label="Read more about Another mass bleaching event is devastating the Great Barrier Reef. What will it take for coral to survive?">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Smith, Adjunct Associate Professor, James Cook University Bleached coral beside the darker, healthier coral. Photo taken in February Nathan Cook, Author provided It’s official: the Great Barrier Reef is suffering its fourth mass bleaching event since 2016. We dived into the reef yesterday and saw the ... <a title="‘Here we go again’: what it takes for mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef to cause mass coral deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/here-we-go-again-what-it-takes-for-mass-coral-bleaching-on-the-great-barrier-reef-to-cause-mass-coral-deaths-180180/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Here we go again’: what it takes for mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef to cause mass coral deaths">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Bray, Research Fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock The federal government introduced the Jobs for Families Child Care Package in July 2018. Then Education Minister Simon Birmingham had said the package would create a “simpler, more affordable, more accessible and more flexible early education and childcare system”. ... <a title="The 2018 childcare package was partly designed to help families work more. But the benefits were too modest to matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/the-2018-childcare-package-was-partly-designed-to-help-families-work-more-but-the-benefits-were-too-modest-to-matter-179934/" aria-label="Read more about The 2018 childcare package was partly designed to help families work more. But the benefits were too modest to matter">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Hingley, Research associate, University of Tasmania A view of the bow of the Endurance. Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/National Geographic Tonight’s federal budget will include more than A$800 million over ten years to provide a “clear marker” of Australia’s “scientific leadership” in Antarctica. The funds will go ... <a title="Now Shackleton’s Endurance has been found, who determines what happens to the famous shipwreck?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/now-shackletons-endurance-has-been-found-who-determines-what-happens-to-the-famous-shipwreck-179752/" aria-label="Read more about Now Shackleton’s Endurance has been found, who determines what happens to the famous shipwreck?">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Anastasiou, Research Dietitian (CSIRO), PhD Candidate (Deakin University), Deakin University Shutterstock Our world is facing a huge challenge: we need to create enough high-quality, diverse and nutritious food to feed a growing population – and do so within the boundaries of our planet. This means significantly ... <a title="Ultra-processed foods are trashing our health – and the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/ultra-processed-foods-are-trashing-our-health-and-the-planet-180115/" aria-label="Read more about Ultra-processed foods are trashing our health – and the planet">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Schuijers, Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law and Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney The Federal Court recently quashed a duty of care owed by the environment minister to Australian children, to protect them from the harms of climate change. The duty was ... <a title="Australia’s environment law doesn’t protect the environment – an alarming message from the recent duty-quashing climate case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/australias-environment-law-doesnt-protect-the-environment-an-alarming-message-from-the-recent-duty-quashing-climate-case-179964/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s environment law doesn’t protect the environment – an alarming message from the recent duty-quashing climate case">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Newling, Honorary Associate, History, University of Sydney Anna Ancher’s The maid in the kitchen, c1883 – 1886 Hirschsprung Collection In this series, academics explain the ways they are recreating historical practices, and how this impacts their research today. Old recipes and cookery books are increasingly being ... <a title="Remaking history: cooking slippery, slimy and oozy historical recipes made me uncomfortably conscious of my own anatomy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/remaking-history-cooking-slippery-slimy-and-oozy-historical-recipes-made-me-uncomfortably-conscious-of-my-own-anatomy-179283/" aria-label="Read more about Remaking history: cooking slippery, slimy and oozy historical recipes made me uncomfortably conscious of my own anatomy">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is Dr Bryce Edwards’ New Zealand Political Roundup – which analyses one prominent topic being debated in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Political Roundup for free here. Political Roundup: Divisions are opening up, and left and right are making them worse An important opinion ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: Divisions are opening up, and left and right are making them worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/newsletter-political-roundup-divisions-are-opening-up-and-left-and-right-are-making-them-worse/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: Divisions are opening up, and left and right are making them worse">Read more</a>
