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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute The federal government is a big spender in the advertising world, regularly spending more than major companies such as McDonald’s, Telstra and Coles. New data released on Friday by the Department of Finance shows that in the lead-up to the ... <a title="The Morrison government spent a record amount on taxpayer-funded advertising, new data reveal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/the-morrison-government-spent-a-record-amount-on-taxpayer-funded-advertising-new-data-reveal-196870/" aria-label="Read more about The Morrison government spent a record amount on taxpayer-funded advertising, new data reveal">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Todd Lane, Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Philip Myrtorp / Unsplash You probably know the feeling: you’re sitting on a plane, happily cruising through the sky, when suddenly the seat-belt light comes on and things get ... <a title="What is air turbulence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/what-is-air-turbulence-196872/" aria-label="Read more about What is air turbulence?">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Anissa Terry/Unsplash, CC BY Billed as the event that’ll determine the fate of the entire living world, the United Nations’ COP15 nature summit has wrapped up in Canada with ... <a title="The historic COP15 outcome is an imperfect game-changer for saving nature. Here’s why Australia did us proud" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/the-historic-cop15-outcome-is-an-imperfect-game-changer-for-saving-nature-heres-why-australia-did-us-proud-196731/" aria-label="Read more about The historic COP15 outcome is an imperfect game-changer for saving nature. Here’s why Australia did us proud">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Federal Education Minsiter Jason Clare in November 2022. Dean Lewins/AAP All year, we have heard reports of a “crisis” in Australian schools, thanks to a shortage of teachers around the country. Federal education department modelling shows there ... <a title="Australia has a plan to fix its school teacher shortage. Will it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/australia-has-a-plan-to-fix-its-school-teacher-shortage-will-it-work-196803/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has a plan to fix its school teacher shortage. Will it work?">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Spinoff: The champs and flops of NZ politics in 2022 Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): 2022 – A year of competing cults & wounds ... <a title="Newsletter: December 20 2022 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/newsletter-december-20-2022-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: December 20 2022 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University Shutterstock Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services have dramatically changed the landscape of personal lending, largely by being easy to access and not charging interest – thus avoiding national credit laws. ... <a title="90% of young people had financial troubles in 2022, and 27% used ‘buy now, pay later’ services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/90-of-young-people-had-financial-troubles-in-2022-and-27-used-buy-now-pay-later-services-195809/" aria-label="Read more about 90% of young people had financial troubles in 2022, and 27% used ‘buy now, pay later’ services">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Hogan, Senior lecturer, School of Creative Arts & Media, University of Tasmania How to entangle the universe in a spider/web?, 2022, Tomás Saraceno. Courtesy the artist with thanks to Arachnophilia, neugerriemschneider, Berlin and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles. Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford Image ... <a title="Artist Tomás Saraceno wants to improve our knowledge about atmospheres – and arachnids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/artist-tomas-saraceno-wants-to-improve-our-knowledge-about-atmospheres-and-arachnids-196035/" aria-label="Read more about Artist Tomás Saraceno wants to improve our knowledge about atmospheres – and arachnids">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Wheaton, Professor, School of Sport, Health and Human Performance, University of Waikato Getty Images With summer here, families and tourists will flock to New Zealand’s beaches, rivers and lakes to paddle, swim, surf, fish, boat and kayak. But despite our love of the water, New Zealanders ... <a title="Too many Māori and Asian people are drowning – can better cultural understanding reverse the trend?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/too-many-maori-and-asian-people-are-drowning-can-better-cultural-understanding-reverse-the-trend-196576/" aria-label="Read more about Too many Māori and Asian people are drowning – can better cultural understanding reverse the trend?">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee-Fay Low, Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney cdc/unsplash, CC BY-SA Almost 400,000 Australians are living with dementia. A million or more family members and friends care for and support them. About two-thirds of people with dementia live in the community. Deciding to move a ... <a title="Should we move our loved one with dementia into a nursing home? 6 things to consider when making this tough decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/should-we-move-our-loved-one-with-dementia-into-a-nursing-home-6-things-to-consider-when-making-this-tough-decision-189770/" aria-label="Read more about Should we move our loved one with dementia into a nursing home? 6 things to consider when making this tough decision">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific Unions in New Caledonia have secured a 4.2 percent increase of the lowest salaries from January 1, 2023. The concession by the employers’ organisation MEDEF was announced as a large crowd rallied for a general strike outside its offices in Noumea. According to police, 1500 people had gathered to press their demands while ... <a title="New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/new-caledonia-unions-win-pay-rise-for-lowest-earners/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year. The report by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) said the police were responsible for 50 of the unlawful killings, with the remainder committed by military personnel. ... <a title="Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/rights-group-says-security-forces-unlawfully-killed-72-papuans-in-past-year/" aria-label="Read more about Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliet Sefton, Assistant Lecturer, Monash University Mangrove forests on Pohnpei are archives of sea-level change. Juliet Sefton, Author provided Sea levels in Micronesia rose much faster over the past 5,000 years than previously thought, according to our new study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy ... <a title="5,700 years of sea-level change in Micronesia hint at humans arriving much earlier than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/5-700-years-of-sea-level-change-in-micronesia-hint-at-humans-arriving-much-earlier-than-we-thought-196655/" aria-label="Read more about 5,700 years of sea-level change in Micronesia hint at humans arriving much earlier than we thought">Read more</a>
