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October 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Carriage, Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University Photo by Soul Train via Getty Image On October 24 1972, Stevie Wonder released his 15th album Talking Book and the world heard the infectious grooves and seamless vocal delivery of the song Superstition for the very first ... <a title="Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s Superstition, 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/24/dissecting-stevie-wonders-superstition-50-years-after-we-first-heard-its-infectious-grooves-189551/" aria-label="Read more about Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s Superstition, 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tuesday’s budget will point to a slowing Australian economy, with growth forecasts cut, and contain more than $21 billion of savings and decisions to redirect spending. Delivered against a background of rising inflation, increasing interest rates and huge global uncertainties, ... <a title="Australia’s growth downgraded and inflation drives massive rise in cost of pensions and payments in budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/24/australias-growth-downgraded-and-inflation-drives-massive-rise-in-cost-of-pensions-and-payments-in-budget-193089/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s growth downgraded and inflation drives massive rise in cost of pensions and payments in budget">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University Wu Hao/EPA/AAP Xi Jinping’s clean sweep in elevating trusted allies to the commanding heights of the Chinese Communist Party is a political outcome that has implications beyond China’s borders. Xi sits virtually unchallenged, for the time being, at the apex ... <a title="Xi cements his power at Chinese Communist Party congress – but he is still exposed on the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/23/xi-cements-his-power-at-chinese-communist-party-congress-but-he-is-still-exposed-on-the-economy-192847/" aria-label="Read more about Xi cements his power at Chinese Communist Party congress – but he is still exposed on the economy">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2022
Asia Pacific Report Louis Kotra Uregei, an emblematic and radical figure in the independence struggle in New Caledonia, has died aged 71, announced the Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers (USTKE) in a statement. Nicknamed LKU or “Loulou”, this representative of New Caledonian militancy died on Thursday night after a long illness. Originally from the ... <a title="Kanak trade union USTKE pioneer and militant leader ‘Loulou’ Uregei dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/kanak-trade-union-ustke-pioneer-and-militant-leader-loulou-uregei-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak trade union USTKE pioneer and militant leader ‘Loulou’ Uregei dies">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2022
REVIEW: By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist One of New Zealand’s most celebrated athletes is opening up her on life journey on the big screen. Double Olympic shot put champion Dame Valerie Adams’ feature documentary, More Than Gold, is centred around the Tongan/Kiwi’s preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, the film touches on Adams ... <a title="Dame Valerie Adams sets record straight in a new documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/dame-valerie-adams-sets-record-straight-in-a-new-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Dame Valerie Adams sets record straight in a new documentary">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis A new study suggests that the news media’s tanking levels of public trust may be made worse merely by association with social media. The study, released this month by the Reuters Institute at Oxford University, has exposed gaps between trust in news via conventional delivery and the same thing consumed via ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/gavin-ellis-news-media-face-distrust-by-association-with-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva FijiFirst party general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims they are fighting The Fiji Times and Communications Fiji Ltd — not political parties — in the lead up to the 2022 general election. He said this while taking a swipe at The Times during a news conference this week at the FijiFirst ... <a title="Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our job’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/sayed-khaiyum-blasts-fiji-times-cfl-media-editor-replies-doing-our-job/" aria-label="Read more about Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our job’">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By BJ Newton, Senior Research Fellow in Social Policy and Social Work, UNSW Sydney GettyImages The ten-year National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children was launched this week. It is without doubt an important policy for shaping the actions and priorities of all governments to work ... <a title="How ‘closing the gap’ may close doors for First Nations women in new plan to end violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/how-closing-the-gap-may-close-doors-for-first-nations-women-in-new-plan-to-end-violence-192620/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘closing the gap’ may close doors for First Nations women in new plan to end violence">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By BJ Newton, Senior Research Fellow in Social Policy and Social Work, UNSW Sydney GettyImages The ten-year National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children was launched this week. It is without doubt an important policy for shaping the actions and priorities of all governments to work ... <a title="How ‘closing the gap’ may close the doors for First Nations women in new plan to end violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/how-closing-the-gap-may-close-the-doors-for-first-nations-women-in-new-plan-to-end-violence-192620/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘closing the gap’ may close the doors for First Nations women in new plan to end violence">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Livingstone, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University Kyle Mackie/Unsplash, CC BY-SA You may have heard of the carnivore diet, and the claims it is beneficial for our health. Many diet trends, such as the ... <a title="What is the ‘carnivore diet’ and is it a bad idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/what-is-the-carnivore-diet-and-is-it-a-bad-idea-189464/" aria-label="Read more about What is the ‘carnivore diet’ and is it a bad idea?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea La Nauze, Lecturer, The University of Queensland Shutterstock About 30% of Australian homes have rooftop solar panels installed – the highest uptake of any nation. Their popularity has been helped along by government subsidies that reduce the upfront costs of the technology. But these subsidies may ... <a title="Not keeping up with the Joneses: the one factor that makes us less likely to emulate our neighbours on climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/not-keeping-up-with-the-joneses-the-one-factor-that-makes-us-less-likely-to-emulate-our-neighbours-on-climate-action-176372/" aria-label="Read more about Not keeping up with the Joneses: the one factor that makes us less likely to emulate our neighbours on climate action">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Shutterstock Urine therapy (or urotherapy) is a longstanding practice based on the concept that urine can be drunk, bathed in, or otherwise applied to bring good health or even heal the body of certain ailments. Unusual as ... <a title="Is urine sterile? Do urine ‘therapies’ work? Experts debunk common pee myths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/is-urine-sterile-do-urine-therapies-work-experts-debunk-common-pee-myths-191862/" aria-label="Read more about Is urine sterile? Do urine ‘therapies’ work? Experts debunk common pee myths">Read more</a>
