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October 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Australian Laureate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University You may recall when, at the height of summer in 2019, more than a million fish floated to the surface of the Darling River’s Menindee Lakes. Iconic Murray cod and silver perch were among ... <a title="Excessive water extractions, not climate change, are most to blame for the Darling River drying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/excessive-water-extractions-not-climate-change-are-most-to-blame-for-the-darling-river-drying-192621/" aria-label="Read more about Excessive water extractions, not climate change, are most to blame for the Darling River drying">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne-Marie Morrissey, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education, Deakin University Jelleke Vanooteghem/Unsplash Choosing a childcare centre for your child can be a challenging process. To start with, choices may be limited if there are not many childcare centres in the area where you live or work. Or if ... <a title="Real dirt, no fake grass and low traffic – what to look for when choosing a childcare centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/real-dirt-no-fake-grass-and-low-traffic-what-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-childcare-centre-191260/" aria-label="Read more about Real dirt, no fake grass and low traffic – what to look for when choosing a childcare centre">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esmé Louise James, Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne Unsplash/HBO From the day it first graced our screens, the Game of Thrones franchise became infamous for depicting rather shocking and taboo sexual proclivities. From incest and necrophilia, to sadism and borderline-cannibalism, viewers have truly been exposed ... <a title="The foot scene in House of the Dragon was upsetting, but it’s nothing compared to the real history of the fetish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/the-foot-scene-in-house-of-the-dragon-was-upsetting-but-its-nothing-compared-to-the-real-history-of-the-fetish-192859/" aria-label="Read more about The foot scene in House of the Dragon was upsetting, but it’s nothing compared to the real history of the fetish">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said the budget bottom line will be more than $40 billion better over the four-year forward estimates in total than previously forecast. The forecast for gross debt will also be lower than earlier estimates. The 2022-23 ... <a title="Budget deficit this financial year to be $36.9 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/budget-deficit-this-financial-year-to-be-36-9-billion-193109/" aria-label="Read more about Budget deficit this financial year to be $36.9 billion">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific The results of Vanuatu’s snap election have been released, but it is not clear who has come out on top. The official results have revealed a fractured Parliament with seven being the highest number of MPs won by a single party. The caretaker prime minister and leader of Vanua’aku Pati, Bob Loughman, has ... <a title="Independents, minor parties needed to form Vanuatu government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/independents-minor-parties-needed-to-form-vanuatu-government/" aria-label="Read more about Independents, minor parties needed to form Vanuatu government">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s weather office predicts that up to seven tropical cyclones may affect several Pacific countries in the coming cyclone season — and up to four of them may be severe. In its 2022/2023 Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Outlook, the Fiji government predicted that the region would experience less than the annual average cyclone activity. ... <a title="Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/fijis-weather-bureau-predicts-up-to-seven-cyclones-this-season/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Simon Potter, University of Bristol The BBC celebrated its 100th birthday last Tuesday. It came as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences from global entertainment providers, anxieties about the sustainability of its funding and a highly competitive global news market. Its international broadcasting operation, the BBC World Service, is only a little ... <a title="BBC at 100: the future for global news and challenges facing the World Service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/bbc-at-100-the-future-for-global-news-and-challenges-facing-the-world-service/" aria-label="Read more about BBC at 100: the future for global news and challenges facing the World Service">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist About 23,000 Melanesians live in Aotearoa and yesterday they had their first very own festival showcasing their diverse cultures. Fijians make up the bulk of the population but there are also ni-Vanuatu, Solomon Islanders, Papua New Guineans, West Papuans and Kanaks from New Caledonia. The founder and director of ... <a title="‘Forgotten’ Melanesians host their first cultural festival in Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/forgotten-melanesians-host-their-first-cultural-festival-in-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forgotten’ Melanesians host their first cultural festival in Aotearoa">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The promise by the Andrews government to reintroduce public enterprise to Victoria’s electricity industry, through a revived State Electricity Commission, is something of a shock. The process of electricity privatisation in Australia began with Labor in ... <a title="Labor’s love lost: the tide is turning on private ownership of electricity grids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/24/labors-love-lost-the-tide-is-turning-on-private-ownership-of-electricity-grids-193091/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s love lost: the tide is turning on private ownership of electricity grids">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Maley, Senior Lecturer in Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP How should staff resources be allocated to members of parliament to carry out their legislative and deliberative functions? Disappointingly, the newly released review of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act ... <a title="Chance to reform the allocation of staff in federal parliament has been lost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/24/chance-to-reform-the-allocation-of-staff-in-federal-parliament-has-been-lost-192184/" aria-label="Read more about Chance to reform the allocation of staff in federal parliament has been lost">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renate Egan, Professor, UNSW Lead, Australian Centre of Advanced Photovoltaics, UNSW Sydney Andreas Gucklhorn/Unsplash, CC BY-SA The cost of turning sunlight into electricity has fallen more than 90% over the last decade. Solar is now the cheapest form of newly built energy generation. Job done? Not quite. ... <a title="You might think solar panels have been perfected – but we can still make them even better and cheaper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/24/you-might-think-solar-panels-have-been-perfected-but-we-can-still-make-them-even-better-and-cheaper-191755/" aria-label="Read more about You might think solar panels have been perfected – but we can still make them even better and cheaper">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Howden, Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Kat Von Wood/unsplash, CC BY Australia has just joined 122 other nations in signing a pledge to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030. It was a long ... <a title="No, signing the global methane pledge won’t end the backyard barbecue – it’ll strengthen Aussie industries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/24/no-signing-the-global-methane-pledge-wont-end-the-backyard-barbecue-itll-strengthen-aussie-industries-192617/" aria-label="Read more about No, signing the global methane pledge won’t end the backyard barbecue – it’ll strengthen Aussie industries">Read more</a>
