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April 6, 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. Items of interest and importance today FAIR PAY AGREEMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT Amelia Wade (Newshub): Fair Pay Agreements ... <a title="Newsletter – NZ Politics: Items of Interest and Importance Today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/newsletter-nz-politics-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – NZ Politics: Items of Interest and Importance Today">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Tiernan, Adjunct Professor of Politics. Griffith Business School, Griffith University AAP/Phat Nguyen Awaiting the official start of the 2022 campaign, published polls show Labor is comfortably ahead of the government. Pundits agree this year’s election is Albanese’s to lose, but predictions range along a spectrum from ... <a title="The polls look grim for the Coalition. Will Queensland buck the trend again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/the-polls-look-grim-for-the-coalition-will-queensland-buck-the-trend-again-180249/" aria-label="Read more about The polls look grim for the Coalition. Will Queensland buck the trend again?">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jade Cartwright, Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Unsplash/CDC, CC BY Meals are rituals built around pleasures and choices. While what is served at mealtimes in aged care homes has received recent attention and Labor has pledged to improve the food offered, new research highlights that how meals ... <a title="Serving up choice and dignity in aged care – how meals are enjoyed is about more than what’s on the plate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/serving-up-choice-and-dignity-in-aged-care-how-meals-are-enjoyed-is-about-more-than-whats-on-the-plate-179669/" aria-label="Read more about Serving up choice and dignity in aged care – how meals are enjoyed is about more than what’s on the plate">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Laycock, Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Over one-fifth of all plastic produced worldwide is tossed into uncontrolled dumpsites, burned in open pits or leaked into the environment. In Australia, 1.1 million tonnes of plastic is placed in the market, yet just 16% ... <a title="Do you toss biodegradable plastics in the compost bin? Here’s why it might not break down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/do-you-toss-biodegradable-plastics-in-the-compost-bin-heres-why-it-might-not-break-down-178542/" aria-label="Read more about Do you toss biodegradable plastics in the compost bin? Here’s why it might not break down">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Court saves Morrison’s NSW preselections but what sort of campaign will Liberals run?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/word-from-the-hill-court-saves-morrisons-nsw-preselections-but-what-sort-of-campaign-will-liberals-run-180694/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Court saves Morrison’s NSW preselections but what sort of campaign will Liberals run?">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Court saves Morison’s NSW preselections but what sort of campaign will Liberals run?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/word-from-the-hill-court-saves-morisons-nsw-preselections-but-what-sort-of-campaign-will-liberals-run-180694/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Court saves Morison’s NSW preselections but what sort of campaign will Liberals run?">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With the announcement of a polling date imminent, Michelle Grattan speaks with the ABC’s election analyst Antony Green about the national electoral map, with its variations between the states. The latest round of opinion polls are strong for Labor, but ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Election expert Antony Green on the election map" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-election-expert-antony-green-on-the-election-map-180676/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Election expert Antony Green on the election map">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Collette Snowden, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia Shutterstock Social media has become a primary source of information for news-hungry audiences around the world trying to make sense of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, it’s being ... <a title="Guns, tanks and Twitter: how Russia and Ukraine are using social media as the war drags on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/guns-tanks-and-twitter-how-russia-and-ukraine-are-using-social-media-as-the-war-drags-on-180131/" aria-label="Read more about Guns, tanks and Twitter: how Russia and Ukraine are using social media as the war drags on">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University Shutterstock As academics and dietitians, we have a head start in making nutritious choices for our kids, but we also sometimes struggle with lunchboxes. Even without a pandemic affecting our food supply chains, supporting ... <a title="Sick of packing school lunches already? Here’s how to make it easier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/sick-of-packing-school-lunches-already-heres-how-to-make-it-easier-179675/" aria-label="Read more about Sick of packing school lunches already? Here’s how to make it easier">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock One of the strangest, certainly one of the hardest to justify, measures in last week’s budget was called “supporting retirees”. A better title would have been “supercharging the wealth of those retirees who already ... <a title="The budget super giveaway that allows the already wealthy to amass even more tax-free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/the-budget-super-giveaway-that-allows-the-already-wealthy-to-amass-even-more-tax-free-180582/" aria-label="Read more about The budget super giveaway that allows the already wealthy to amass even more tax-free">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillippa Carnemolla, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock As the federal election approaches, civic engagement is back on people’s minds. But not everyone’s needs are well served in the political sphere – and one of the areas most ripe for improvement is actually at the local ... <a title="‘Don’t shove us off like we’re rubbish’: what people with intellectual disability told us about their local community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/dont-shove-us-off-like-were-rubbish-what-people-with-intellectual-disability-told-us-about-their-local-community-179479/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t shove us off like we’re rubbish’: what people with intellectual disability told us about their local community">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Childs, Lecturer, Griffith University Screenshot, Author provided Many would be familiar with Reddit as one of the largest social networking sites, with a large group of forums (“subreddits”) catering to almost any interest. Since the beginning of April, Reddit has played host to a massive collaborative ... <a title="How r/place – a massive and chaotic collaborative art project on Reddit – showcased the best and worst of online spaces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/how-r-place-a-massive-and-chaotic-collaborative-art-project-on-reddit-showcased-the-best-and-worst-of-online-spaces-180662/" aria-label="Read more about How r/place – a massive and chaotic collaborative art project on Reddit – showcased the best and worst of online spaces">Read more</a>
