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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University Ron Lach/Pexels, CC BY-NC Something extraordinary has been happening for Australians seeking jobs in the past few months. The number of vacant jobs on offer has soared to a new all-time high. Figures released in budget week show ... <a title="Despite record job vacancies, Australians shouldn’t expect big pay rises anytime soon – and here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/despite-record-job-vacancies-australians-shouldnt-expect-big-pay-rises-anytime-soon-and-heres-why-180416/" aria-label="Read more about Despite record job vacancies, Australians shouldn’t expect big pay rises anytime soon – and here’s why">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Paul Fisher, Assistant Professor, Head of Directing, Department of Film, Screen and Creative Media, Bond University Disney Screen production was hit hard by the pandemic, with delayed releases and interrupted or cancelled production. One day we might even get to see Mission Impossible 7. But, like ... <a title="The metaverse has been heavily hyped – but it could enable entirely new ways of screen production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/the-metaverse-has-been-heavily-hyped-but-it-could-enable-entirely-new-ways-of-screen-production-174687/" aria-label="Read more about The metaverse has been heavily hyped – but it could enable entirely new ways of screen production">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor’s two-party lead has been cut back slightly, to 54-46%, and its primary vote has fallen in the post-budget Newspoll. But Anthony Albanese would have a strong win if the latest poll were reproduced at the election. A second poll, ... <a title="Labor ahead 54-46% in post-budget Newspoll, as Morrison rejects claims of racist tactics in his preselection fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/labor-ahead-54-46-in-post-budget-newspoll-as-morrison-rejects-claims-of-racist-tactics-in-his-preselection-fight-180550/" aria-label="Read more about Labor ahead 54-46% in post-budget Newspoll, as Morrison rejects claims of racist tactics in his preselection fight">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Swerissen, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University Shutterstock In his budget reply speech this week, opposition leader Anthony Albanese promised a plan to fix the “crisis in aged care”. Labor’s aged care package includes 24/7 registered nurses for all residential care facilities, better pay for aged care ... <a title="Labor’s plans for aged care are targeted but fall short of what’s needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/02/labors-plans-for-aged-care-are-targeted-but-fall-short-of-whats-needed-180497/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s plans for aged care are targeted but fall short of what’s needed">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professional Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. They canvass Tuesday’s giveaway budget, aimed at enticing back voters who, according to the polls, have strayed from the government ... <a title="VIDEO: A budget and (more) talk of bullying before voters are sent to the polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/video-a-budget-and-more-talk-of-bullying-before-voters-are-sent-to-the-polls-180493/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: A budget and (more) talk of bullying before voters are sent to the polls">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Sherrell, Deputy Program Director (Migration), Grattan Institute Shutterstock Migration didn’t rate a mention in Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s budget speech. But the increase in Australia’s permanent skilled intake that Home Affairs Minister Alex Hawke announced on budget night is a big deal, and one that will leave ... <a title="More permanent skilled visas are a big deal. The government is heading in the right direction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/more-permanent-skilled-visas-are-a-big-deal-the-government-is-heading-in-the-right-direction-180324/" aria-label="Read more about More permanent skilled visas are a big deal. The government is heading in the right direction">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock/Drazan Zigic Intermittent fasting is now becoming popular, with many promised health benefits. But Muslims have been practising fasting in ... <a title="Explainer: what is Ramadan and why does it require Muslims to fast?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/explainer-what-is-ramadan-and-why-does-it-require-muslims-to-fast-180139/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is Ramadan and why does it require Muslims to fast?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 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. Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none” The Solomon Islands has ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/newsletter-political-roundup-new-zealand-should-be-friends-to-all-and-enemies-to-none/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none”">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Earlier this month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia faces “its most difficult and dangerous security environment” since the second world war. Labor leader Anthony Albanese has made similar comments. In 1949, shortly after the war, ... <a title="Diplomacy is essential to a peaceful world, so why did DFAT’s funding go backwards in the budget?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/diplomacy-is-essential-to-a-peaceful-world-so-why-did-dfats-funding-go-backwards-in-the-budget-180313/" aria-label="Read more about Diplomacy is essential to a peaceful world, so why did DFAT’s funding go backwards in the budget?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University GettyImages ACT party leader David Seymour’s demand that a referendum on Māori co-governance be a bottom line in any coalition agreement with the National Party ... <a title="Putting te Tiriti at the centre of Aotearoa New Zealand’s public policy can strengthen democracy – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/putting-te-tiriti-at-the-centre-of-aotearoa-new-zealands-public-policy-can-strengthen-democracy-heres-how-180305/" aria-label="Read more about Putting te Tiriti at the centre of Aotearoa New Zealand’s public policy can strengthen democracy – here’s how">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Post-Courier newspaper today compared Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to the infamous emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned over his controversial one-day Indonesian visit while facing an election in June. “And [he] was clearly despised by his people,” the paper said in a scathing editorial headlined “Tari ... <a title="Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/post-courier-blasts-marape-for-sudden-jakarta-junket-while-tari-burns/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock The federal government’s announcement of a halved fuel excise is no doubt music to many people’s ears. Following Tuesday night’s budget release, the excise (a government tax included in the purchase price of fuel) was halved from ... <a title="5 tips to make your fuel tank last longer while prices are high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/5-tips-to-make-your-fuel-tank-last-longer-while-prices-are-high-180134/" aria-label="Read more about 5 tips to make your fuel tank last longer while prices are high">Read more</a>
