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Year: 2022

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Cutting crossbench MPs’ staffing would be a setback for democracy

June 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Payne, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, The Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney My experience as an adviser to Peter Andren – perhaps the first of the modern-day wave of non-party MPs to arrive in Canberra – suggests Labor’s planned cuts to the staff ... <a title="Cutting crossbench MPs’ staffing would be a setback for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/cutting-crossbench-mps-staffing-would-be-a-setback-for-democracy-185843/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting crossbench MPs’ staffing would be a setback for democracy">Read more</a>

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Part-time work holds women back from executive positions and accentuates gender pay gap: new data

June 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Most women are not working full-time during most of their working lives, which holds them back from management positions and accentuates the pay gap with men, according to data released on Monday. Men on average out-earn women across all working ... <a title="Part-time work holds women back from executive positions and accentuates gender pay gap: new data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/part-time-work-holds-women-back-from-executive-positions-and-accentuates-gender-pay-gap-new-data-185844/" aria-label="Read more about Part-time work holds women back from executive positions and accentuates gender pay gap: new data">Read more</a>

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Young non-smokers in NZ are taking up vaping more than ever before. Here are 5 reasons why

June 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lindsay Robertson, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Getty Images The number of young New Zealanders aged 15 to 17 who vape every day has tripled in two years, from 2% in 2018-19 to 6% in 2020-21, according to ... <a title="Young non-smokers in NZ are taking up vaping more than ever before. Here are 5 reasons why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/young-non-smokers-in-nz-are-taking-up-vaping-more-than-ever-before-here-are-5-reasons-why-185400/" aria-label="Read more about Young non-smokers in NZ are taking up vaping more than ever before. Here are 5 reasons why">Read more</a>

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How to save $50 off your food bill and still eat tasty, nutritious meals

June 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Grocery prices have taken a hike upwards for a host of reasons, including the rising costs of petrol, fertiliser and labour. You could “shop around” for cheaper groceries, but that would cost you more in ... <a title="How to save $50 off your food bill and still eat tasty, nutritious meals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/how-to-save-50-off-your-food-bill-and-still-eat-tasty-nutritious-meals-184152/" aria-label="Read more about How to save $50 off your food bill and still eat tasty, nutritious meals">Read more</a>

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Read the room, Premier. Performance pay for teachers will make the crisis worse

June 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Holloway, Senior Research DECRA Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University Without fail, every time a politician is tasked with reforming education, the issue of performance-based pay for teachers is put on the table. It’s odd, really, that such a controversial idea ... <a title="Read the room, Premier. Performance pay for teachers will make the crisis worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/read-the-room-premier-performance-pay-for-teachers-will-make-the-crisis-worse-185406/" aria-label="Read more about Read the room, Premier. Performance pay for teachers will make the crisis worse">Read more</a>

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Profits push up prices too, so why is the RBA governor only talking about wages?

June 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Stanford, Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney Reserve Bank of Australia governor Phillip Lowe has invoked memories of the 1970s, warning wage growth must be restrained to contain Australia’s surging inflation. In the 1970s, Lowe ... <a title="Profits push up prices too, so why is the RBA governor only talking about wages?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/profits-push-up-prices-too-so-why-is-the-rba-governor-only-talking-about-wages-185688/" aria-label="Read more about Profits push up prices too, so why is the RBA governor only talking about wages?">Read more</a>

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How Japanese avant-garde ceramicists have tested the limits of clay

June 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Speck, Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, University of Adelaide Nakashima Harumi, born Ena City, Gifu prefecture, 1950, Struggling forms, c2005, Ena City, Gifu prefecture, porcelain, under and overglaze, 66.0 x 49.0 x 43.0 cm. Collection of Raphy Star Review: Pure Form, Art Gallery of South ... <a title="How Japanese avant-garde ceramicists have tested the limits of clay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/how-japanese-avant-garde-ceramicists-have-tested-the-limits-of-clay-184470/" aria-label="Read more about How Japanese avant-garde ceramicists have tested the limits of clay">Read more</a>

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The end of Roe: what now for the women of America?

June 26, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Millar, Senior research fellow, La Trobe University Keith Birmingham/AAP In a post-Roe world, 26 US states are certain or likely to ban abortion and one quarter of abortion clinics are predicted to close. Indeed, many closed the day Roe was overruled. With increasing ferocity over the ... <a title="The end of Roe: what now for the women of America?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/26/the-end-of-roe-what-now-for-the-women-of-america-185769/" aria-label="Read more about The end of Roe: what now for the women of America?">Read more</a>

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Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand

June 26, 2022

RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka is infamous for making Fiji a republic after carrying out a military coup 35 years ago by overthrowing an Indo-Fijian dominated government to help maintain indigenous supremacy. Rabuka has been a central figure in Fijian politics since 1987 — as the nation’s first coup maker, a former prime minister, most recently ... <a title="Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/26/sitiveni-rabuka-takes-fiji-campaign-trail-to-aotearoa-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand">Read more</a>

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Monkeypox is not a global emergency for now, says WHO. 3 things we need to know next about how it’s mutating and spreading

June 26, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. This may change in the future. However, WHO Director-General Tedros ... <a title="Monkeypox is not a global emergency for now, says WHO. 3 things we need to know next about how it’s mutating and spreading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/26/monkeypox-is-not-a-global-emergency-for-now-says-who-3-things-we-need-to-know-next-about-how-its-mutating-and-spreading-185297/" aria-label="Read more about Monkeypox is not a global emergency for now, says WHO. 3 things we need to know next about how it’s mutating and spreading">Read more</a>

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US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade – but for abortion opponents, this is just the beginning

June 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University The United States Supreme Court has handed down a ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that found there was a constitutional right to abortion. In Dobbs v. Jackson ... <a title="US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade – but for abortion opponents, this is just the beginning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/25/us-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-but-for-abortion-opponents-this-is-just-the-beginning-185768/" aria-label="Read more about US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade – but for abortion opponents, this is just the beginning">Read more</a>

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Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes. We have to understand how hills shape floods

June 24, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Thompson, Associate professor, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Protecting people from floods requires many technical professionals to make good predictions and decisions. Meteorologists predict the risk of extreme rainfall. Hydrologists translate this rainfall into predictions about what the flood will be like in terms of ... <a title="Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes. We have to understand how hills shape floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/our-flood-predictions-are-getting-worse-as-the-climate-changes-we-have-to-understand-how-hills-shape-floods-183820/" aria-label="Read more about Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes. We have to understand how hills shape floods">Read more</a>