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May 8, 2023
RNZ News The World Health Organisation’s decision to remove covid-19 as a global health emergency is the right move, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says. The organisation said the virus was now an established and ongoing health issue that no longer constituted a public health emergency of international concern. Professor Baker said the global status change ... <a title="WHO covid-19 status changed but still NZ’s infectious ‘number one killer’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/who-covid-19-status-changed-but-still-nzs-infectious-number-one-killer/" aria-label="Read more about WHO covid-19 status changed but still NZ’s infectious ‘number one killer’">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra original A $14.6 billion four-year cost-of-living package will be the centrepiece of Labor’s second budget, which seeks to balance spending restraint with its election commitment to not leave people behind. The latter days of preparing the budget – which was ... <a title="View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/view-from-the-hill-budget-centrepiece-will-be-14-6-billion-cost-of-living-package-205192/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Mick Tsikas/AAP On Saturday former Liberal minister Stuart Robert announced that he would soon retire from politics, setting up a byelection in his Queensland seat of Fadden. ... <a title="Easy Liberal wins likely in byelections in Robert’s and Morrison’s seats; support for rise in JobSeeker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/07/easy-liberal-wins-likely-in-byelections-in-roberts-and-morrisons-seats-support-for-rise-in-jobseeker-204798/" aria-label="Read more about Easy Liberal wins likely in byelections in Robert’s and Morrison’s seats; support for rise in JobSeeker">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2023
ANALYSIS: By James Mehigan, University of Canterbury The coronation of King Charles III is an ideal time for Australia and New Zealand to take stock of the British monarchy and its role in national life — including certain myths about what becoming a republic might mean. In particular, there is a common assumption that both ... <a title="Why Australia and NZ could become republics – and stay in the Commonwealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/07/why-australia-and-nz-could-become-republics-and-stay-in-the-commonwealth/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia and NZ could become republics – and stay in the Commonwealth">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2023
By Talebula Kate in Suva Fiji’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will not lay charges against Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama for allegedly urging political violence and urging communal antagonism due to “insufficient evidence”. The two cases were among a list of other high profile cases in which ... <a title="Fiji prosecutor drops charges against PM Rabuka, ex-PM Bainimarama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/06/fiji-prosecutor-drops-charges-against-pm-rabuka-ex-pm-bainimarama/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji prosecutor drops charges against PM Rabuka, ex-PM Bainimarama">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The use of “dawn raid” tactics have trampled on Immigration NZ’s “very special relationship” with the Pacific communities, says Māngere MP Aupito William Sio. The Minister of Immigration, six Pacific MPs and the head of Immigration NZ will meet in South Auckland tomorrow, following the revelation “dawn raid” tactics ... <a title="‘We stand with you’ – Pacific overstayers called to speak out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/06/we-stand-with-you-pacific-overstayers-called-to-speak-out/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We stand with you’ – Pacific overstayers called to speak out">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Real wages are expected to start growing slightly earlier and grow more strongly than previously forecast, according to the latest Treasury estimates. Higher forecasts for wage growth and lower forecasts for inflation in 2023-24 than in the last budget are ... <a title="Budget shows real wages expected to start growing early next year and promises effort to ‘shift the needle’ in disadvantaged communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/06/budget-shows-real-wages-expected-to-start-growing-early-next-year-and-promises-effort-to-shift-the-needle-in-disadvantaged-communities-205133/" aria-label="Read more about Budget shows real wages expected to start growing early next year and promises effort to ‘shift the needle’ in disadvantaged communities">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Turner, System Lead, Sustainable Economies, Climateworks Centre The Albanese government has announced a Net Zero Authority to reduce national emissions and help industry, communities and workers manage the shift to a low-carbon economy. The authority will be enshrined in law. It will seek to make Australia’s ... <a title="Australia finally has a Net Zero Authority – here’s what should top its agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/australia-finally-has-a-net-zero-authority-heres-what-should-top-its-agenda-205029/" aria-label="Read more about Australia finally has a Net Zero Authority – here’s what should top its agenda">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Winner Archibald Prize 2023, Julia Gutman, Head in the sky, feet on the ground, oil, found textiles and embroidery on canvas, ... <a title="As Julia Gutman’s maverick collage wins the Archibald prize, the award is truly in the hands of a new generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/as-julia-gutmans-maverick-collage-wins-the-archibald-prize-the-award-is-truly-in-the-hands-of-a-new-generation-204262/" aria-label="Read more about As Julia Gutman’s maverick collage wins the Archibald prize, the award is truly in the hands of a new generation">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Heris, Research Fellow, Australian National University Studio Romantic/Shutterstock Among all the talk this week about a crackdown on vaping – the most significant tobacco control reforms in a decade – has been the roll-out of another major document. The National Tobacco Strategy 2023–2030 was launched this ... <a title="New funds will tackle Indigenous smoking. But here’s what else we know works for quit campaigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/new-funds-will-tackle-indigenous-smoking-but-heres-what-else-we-know-works-for-quit-campaigns-205016/" aria-label="Read more about New funds will tackle Indigenous smoking. But here’s what else we know works for quit campaigns">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University The crisis consuming the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party sounds a warning to centre-right parties that pursuing the culture wars now gripping the United States and other countries brings dangerous volatility. And little public support. After it ... <a title="Victorian Liberals’ bitter infighting seems more and more likely to end up in court. Can Dutton stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/victorian-liberals-bitter-infighting-seems-more-and-more-likely-to-end-up-in-court-can-dutton-stop-it-205119/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian Liberals’ bitter infighting seems more and more likely to end up in court. Can Dutton stop it?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Volodymyr Bilotkach, Associate Professor, Purdue University Vanessa Hudson, who will replace Alan Joyce as Qantas Airlines’ chief executive in November, inherits an airline still struggling to resume services after the pandemic and border closures shuttered much of the global aviation industry in 2020. The silver lining for ... <a title="Qantas can’t charge these prices forever: the challenge ahead for new chief Vanessa Hudson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/qantas-cant-charge-these-prices-forever-the-challenge-ahead-for-new-chief-vanessa-hudson-204903/" aria-label="Read more about Qantas can’t charge these prices forever: the challenge ahead for new chief Vanessa Hudson">Read more</a>
