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August 31, 2022
By Stephen Forbes of Local Democracy Reporting Despite total borrowings reaching $11.1 billion, the Auckland Council Group’s latest results show it has managed to weather the worst of the storm created by the covid pandemic. But the super city’s statement to the NZX shows it will face some tough times ahead as it seeks to ... <a title="Super city Auckland’s council financial results signal tough times ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/super-city-aucklands-council-financial-results-signal-tough-times-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about Super city Auckland’s council financial results signal tough times ahead">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Kaufman, PhD Candidate, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Shutterstock/Scharfsinn Earlier this month, New Zealand released a new plan for sustainable public transport to start shunting transport emissions from currently 39% of total domestic carbon dioxide production towards net zero. Transport minister Michael Wood announced the plan ... <a title="Electric on-demand public transport is making a difference in Auckland – now it needs to roll out further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/electric-on-demand-public-transport-is-making-a-difference-in-auckland-now-it-needs-to-roll-out-further-189438/" aria-label="Read more about Electric on-demand public transport is making a difference in Auckland – now it needs to roll out further">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Van-Hau Trieu, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, Deakin University Steve Gale / Unsplash Social media are increasingly blurring the lines between our personal and professional lives, leaving us at risk of posting sensitive information that could have ramifications far beyond our “friends” list. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna ... <a title="Why do people overshare online? 5 expert tips for avoiding social media scandal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/why-do-people-overshare-online-5-expert-tips-for-avoiding-social-media-scandal-189528/" aria-label="Read more about Why do people overshare online? 5 expert tips for avoiding social media scandal">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, PhD Candidate, School of History, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP When stories about former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret ministerial roles emerged, John Howard was called on by all and sundry for comment. For some, Howard represents stability, convention and commonsense ... <a title="John Howard calls for ‘a sense of balance’, but can he help the Liberal Party find it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/john-howard-calls-for-a-sense-of-balance-but-can-he-help-the-liberal-party-find-it-189059/" aria-label="Read more about John Howard calls for ‘a sense of balance’, but can he help the Liberal Party find it?">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Turbill, Senior Lecturer in Animal Ecology, Western Sydney University George Madani, Author provided Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s series introducing you to unloved Australian animals that need our help. Golden-tipped bats are peculiar creatures. By night, they hunt the ... <a title="This spider-eating, nest-sharing bat was once safe from fire – until the Black Summer burnt its rainforests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/this-spider-eating-nest-sharing-bat-was-once-safe-from-fire-until-the-black-summer-burnt-its-rainforests-187464/" aria-label="Read more about This spider-eating, nest-sharing bat was once safe from fire – until the Black Summer burnt its rainforests">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Welch, Professor of Education, University of Sydney Australia is facing an “unprecedented” teacher shortage. The federal government projects a shortfall of more than 4,000 high school teachers by 2025, but shortages are being felt across the board, especially in rural and remote schools, and in maths ... <a title="Teacher shortages are a global problem – ‘prioritising’ Australian visas won’t solve ours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/teacher-shortages-are-a-global-problem-prioritising-australian-visas-wont-solve-ours-189468/" aria-label="Read more about Teacher shortages are a global problem – ‘prioritising’ Australian visas won’t solve ours">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury HBO The premiere episode of Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, The Heirs of the Dragon, establishes its central themes of gender and power in a bloody fashion. Its shocking depiction of a ... <a title="Torturous births in House of the Dragon dramatise the question of whether women deserve to be more than just a womb" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/torturous-births-in-house-of-the-dragon-dramatise-the-question-of-whether-women-deserve-to-be-more-than-just-a-womb-189529/" aria-label="Read more about Torturous births in House of the Dragon dramatise the question of whether women deserve to be more than just a womb">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock Tax has again become an election issue, more than 12 months before voters go to the polls. Part of the current debate centres around tax brackets and whether the ... <a title="Feeling that fiscal drag? Why you could be worse off even if your pay has gone up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/feeling-that-fiscal-drag-why-you-could-be-worse-off-even-if-your-pay-has-gone-up-188287/" aria-label="Read more about Feeling that fiscal drag? Why you could be worse off even if your pay has gone up">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this week’s jobs and skills summit is the prelude to what will be his main game, the October budget. The summit, to be held in Canberra on Thursday and Friday, still has many moving parts, notably ... <a title="Treasurer Chalmers on boosting migration and a ‘resilience’ budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/treasurer-chalmers-on-boosting-migration-and-a-resilience-budget-189632/" aria-label="Read more about Treasurer Chalmers on boosting migration and a ‘resilience’ budget">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia In December 2018, former professional rugby league player and high school teacher Chris Dawson, then aged 70, was arrested and charged with murdering his wife Lynette almost forty years previously. Today, in the Supreme ... <a title="‘A clear victory for dogged investigative journalism’: Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette in 1982" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/a-clear-victory-for-dogged-investigative-journalism-chris-dawson-found-guilty-of-murdering-wife-lynette-in-1982-189625/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A clear victory for dogged investigative journalism’: Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette in 1982">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Estefanía Carballo, Honorary Research Fellow in Mining and Society, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Olga Stalska/Unsplash, CC BY Chile may soon be the second country in the world to grant constitutional rights to nature, under astoundingly progressive reforms proposed by ... <a title="‘One of the most progressive and environmentally conscious legal texts on the planet’: Chile’s proposed constitution and its lessons for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/one-of-the-most-progressive-and-environmentally-conscious-legal-texts-on-the-planet-chiles-proposed-constitution-and-its-lessons-for-australia-189389/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One of the most progressive and environmentally conscious legal texts on the planet’: Chile’s proposed constitution and its lessons for Australia">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University A physician’s assistant prepares the monkeypox vaccine before inoculating a patient AP Inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines has turned out to be the catastrophic moral failure the World Health Organization’s director-general warned about at the beginning of ... <a title="Monkeypox – the next global vaccine equity failure?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/monkeypox-the-next-global-vaccine-equity-failure-189045/" aria-label="Read more about Monkeypox – the next global vaccine equity failure?">Read more</a>
