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May 11, 2023
INTERACTIVE WEBCAST: Join the LIVE recording of Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning’s podcast A View from Afar at midday Thursday (New Zealand time) and Wednesday 8pm (US EDT). LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 8pm US EDT – In this the first episode of A View from Afar for 2023 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – AUKUS: Should New Zealand and Other APAC Nations Join This Anglophile Security Bloc?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/live-a-view-from-afar-aukus-should-new-zealand-and-other-apac-nations-join-this-anglophile-security-bloc/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – AUKUS: Should New Zealand and Other APAC Nations Join This Anglophile Security Bloc?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Pervez Masih/AP The arrest this week of former Pakistan prime minister and cricket legend Imran Khan has triggered nationwide protests targeting military and other institutions, some of which have turned violent. Pakistan’s political crisis has worsened significantly since Khan ... <a title="How Imran Khan’s populism has divided Pakistan and put it on a knife’s edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/how-imran-khans-populism-has-divided-pakistan-and-put-it-on-a-knifes-edge-205392/" aria-label="Read more about How Imran Khan’s populism has divided Pakistan and put it on a knife’s edge">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
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 The Albanese government has made bold environmental promises over the last year. Given the parlous state of nature in Australia, these commitments are important. The promises include ending new ... <a title="If the budget ditched the Stage 3 tax cuts, Australia could save every threatened species – and lots more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/if-the-budget-ditched-the-stage-3-tax-cuts-australia-could-save-every-threatened-species-and-lots-more-205305/" aria-label="Read more about If the budget ditched the Stage 3 tax cuts, Australia could save every threatened species – and lots more">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Walker, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock Australian innovation has the capacity to protect us – our environment, our digital world, our borders and our health. All of these are focuses of this year’s federal budget. But the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sector has ... <a title="Amid a STEM crisis, here’s what the 2023 budget promises for Australian science and innovation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/amid-a-stem-crisis-heres-what-the-2023-budget-promises-for-australian-science-and-innovation-205204/" aria-label="Read more about Amid a STEM crisis, here’s what the 2023 budget promises for Australian science and innovation">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Shutterstock The quality and performance of our housing have big impacts on the environment, cost of living and our health and wellbeing. The 2023-24 federal budget’s announcement of $1.6 billion for energy-saving upgrades to ... <a title="Budget’s energy bill relief and home retrofit funding is a good start, but dwarfed by the scale of the task" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/budgets-energy-bill-relief-and-home-retrofit-funding-is-a-good-start-but-dwarfed-by-the-scale-of-the-task-205380/" aria-label="Read more about Budget’s energy bill relief and home retrofit funding is a good start, but dwarfed by the scale of the task">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Professor of Chemistry, University of Sydney Shutterstock It sounds like a lot. Kickstarting green hydrogen in Australia with A$2 billion to subsidise early production and making the energy-dense gas competitive. A goal of up to a gigawatt of electrolyser capacity within seven years. Two years ... <a title="Green hydrogen funding is a step forward – but a step doesn’t win the race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/green-hydrogen-funding-is-a-step-forward-but-a-step-doesnt-win-the-race-205390/" aria-label="Read more about Green hydrogen funding is a step forward – but a step doesn’t win the race">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Swerissen, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University Shutterstock The 2023-24 federal budget takes a step in the right direction for aged care, with a much-needed pay boost for workers in the sector. But there are major medium- to long-term challenges to overcome from cost increases. Despite a ... <a title="The aged-care budget delivers for workers but meeting our future needs will require bold funding reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/the-aged-care-budget-delivers-for-workers-but-meeting-our-future-needs-will-require-bold-funding-reforms-205021/" aria-label="Read more about The aged-care budget delivers for workers but meeting our future needs will require bold funding reforms">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter France has been warned against attempts to abandon the New Caledonian decolonisation process pursued for more than two decades. A veteran independence campaigner, Victor Tutugoro, made the warning on the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Noumea Accord, which has been the roadmap guiding the gradual and irreversible ... <a title="‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/decolonisation-must-continue-says-kanak-independence-campaigner/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
REVIEW: By Sri Krishnamurthi From Island girl to an airline pilot seems like the Disney fantasy Moana yet nothing could further from the truth when it comes to Silva McLeod who turned fantasy into reality with heartbreak along the way. Born in the small Tongan village of Vava’u in the days when we watched and ... <a title="Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’ says Tongan pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/fantasy-like-moana-no-i-just-wanted-to-tell-my-story-says-tongan-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’ says Tongan pilot">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Lecturer, RMIT University Charles Krupa/AP/AAP The day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States in 2017, women took to the streets in protest. In varying states of fury and disbelief, millions of women and their supporters participated in the first Women’s ... <a title="You might think Trump being found liable for sexual abuse and defamation would derail his re-election campaign. But it’s not that simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/you-might-think-trump-being-found-liable-for-sexual-abuse-and-defamation-would-derail-his-re-election-campaign-but-its-not-that-simple-205381/" aria-label="Read more about You might think Trump being found liable for sexual abuse and defamation would derail his re-election campaign. But it’s not that simple">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristopher Nielsen, Adjunct Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Something is not working in our approach to mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand. According to Statistics New Zealand, more than a quarter of the population can be described ... <a title="Increased mental health awareness is one thing – but New Zealanders need greater mental health literacy too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/increased-mental-health-awareness-is-one-thing-but-new-zealanders-need-greater-mental-health-literacy-too-205286/" aria-label="Read more about Increased mental health awareness is one thing – but New Zealanders need greater mental health literacy too">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Bergman, Senior Deputy Politics + Society Editor AAP/The Conversation, CC BY-ND. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his second budget with a heavy focus on cost-of-living relief for Australians who are struggling due to persistently high inflation and rising interest rates. While Chalmers says the economy should ... <a title="Australia’s Budget 2023 at a glance: major measures, cuts and spends" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/budget-2023-at-a-glance-major-measures-cuts-and-spends-205211/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Budget 2023 at a glance: major measures, cuts and spends">Read more</a>