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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Patfield, Senior Research Fellow, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle Yan Krukau/Pexels This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for ... <a title="Teaching and research are the core functions of universities. But in Australia, we don’t value teaching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/teaching-and-research-are-the-core-functions-of-universities-but-in-australia-we-dont-value-teaching-203657/" aria-label="Read more about Teaching and research are the core functions of universities. But in Australia, we don’t value teaching">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tuesday’s budget will include $11.3 billion over four years to fund the 15% pay rise aged care workers will receive from July 1. The rise was awarded by the Fair Work Commission. Labor committed at last year’s election to fully ... <a title="Government to spend $11.3 billion over four years to fund 15% pay rise for aged care workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/government-to-spend-11-3-billion-over-four-years-to-fund-15-pay-rise-for-aged-care-workers-204919/" aria-label="Read more about Government to spend $11.3 billion over four years to fund 15% pay rise for aged care workers">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government is trying to contain the exploding cost of the landmark National Disability Insurance Scheme – especially difficult given the fears of vulnerable people who rely on it. National cabinet’s decision last week to aim to reduce the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: NDIA chair Kurt Fearnley on ‘fundamental’ reform of the disability scheme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/politics-with-michelle-grattan-ndia-chair-kurt-fearnley-on-fundamental-reform-of-the-disability-scheme-204922/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: NDIA chair Kurt Fearnley on ‘fundamental’ reform of the disability scheme">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The Albanese government’s announcement it will provide $240 million for a new stadium in Hobart has not had the favourable reception it might have hoped. Those concerned with the proper operation of the federal system can point ... <a title="Job creation isn’t always a good thing. Hobart’s new stadium can only make Tasmania’s housing crisis worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/job-creation-isnt-always-a-good-thing-hobarts-new-stadium-can-only-make-tasmanias-housing-crisis-worse-204806/" aria-label="Read more about Job creation isn’t always a good thing. Hobart’s new stadium can only make Tasmania’s housing crisis worse">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australian Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a major policy shift on vaping. Its two primary objectives are to make it harder for children and non-smokers to access vapes and to allow people trying to quit ... <a title="Can vaping help people quit smoking? It’s unlikely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/can-vaping-help-people-quit-smoking-its-unlikely-204812/" aria-label="Read more about Can vaping help people quit smoking? It’s unlikely">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvette Grant, PhD (Dance) Candidate and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne Daniel Boud/The Australian Ballet When The Australian Ballet was founded in 1962, its charter stated that, alongside international repertoire and visiting international choreographers, it must engage Australian choreographers and produce Australian works. But what ... <a title="60 years of The Australian Ballet and 90 years of ‘Australian’ ballet: Identity asks us to reflect on Australian dance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/60-years-of-the-australian-ballet-and-90-years-of-australian-ballet-identity-asks-us-to-reflect-on-australian-dance-today-203931/" aria-label="Read more about 60 years of The Australian Ballet and 90 years of ‘Australian’ ballet: Identity asks us to reflect on Australian dance today">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board There will be celebrations as well as self-contemplation in newsrooms around the world today to mark World Press Freedom Day 2023, with the Fourth Estate facing some of its biggest challenges yet. It was only close to two years ago when Samoa’s constitutional crisis tested the resolve of ... <a title="Samoa Observer: 2023 World Press Freedom Day – reflection, celebration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/samoa-observer-2023-world-press-freedom-day-reflection-celebration/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: 2023 World Press Freedom Day – reflection, celebration">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Una Rey, Senior Industry Affiliate, RMIT University Shutterstock In April, The Australian published the results of a four-month investigation into white staff “interference” at Tjala Arts, a member of the APY Arts Centre Collective of Indigenous art centres across South Australia. It included a video of an ... <a title="What do white staff do in remote Indigenous art centres?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/what-do-white-staff-do-in-remote-indigenous-art-centres-204746/" aria-label="Read more about What do white staff do in remote Indigenous art centres?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa A Williams, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney Will it be Gina? SBS TV The winner of the reality TV show Alone Australia will need more than “survival skills” to succeed. They will also need to draw on a host of psychological strengths. Will the ... <a title="Alone Australia contestants are grappling with isolation and setbacks. Here’s what makes a winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/alone-australia-contestants-are-grappling-with-isolation-and-setbacks-heres-what-makes-a-winner-204264/" aria-label="Read more about Alone Australia contestants are grappling with isolation and setbacks. Here’s what makes a winner">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick McRae, Adjunct Professor, School of Science at UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney The bushfire outlook for many parts of Australia has changed drastically over the past decade. Environmental conditions have transformed, producing larger and more destructive bushfires. The frequency of bushfires that alter the atmospheric conditions around ... <a title="In a bad fire year, Australia records over 450,000 hotspots. These maps show where the risks have increased over 20 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/in-a-bad-fire-year-australia-records-over-450-000-hotspots-these-maps-show-where-the-risks-have-increased-over-20-years-204679/" aria-label="Read more about In a bad fire year, Australia records over 450,000 hotspots. These maps show where the risks have increased over 20 years">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University A long, competitive recruitment process to name a new Australian Football League chief executive has concluded with the appointment of an AFL insider. By its own admission, the AFL has chosen a safe pair of hands in ... <a title="The AFL needs real cultural change. Can the new chief deliver it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/the-afl-needs-real-cultural-change-can-the-new-chief-deliver-it-204761/" aria-label="Read more about The AFL needs real cultural change. Can the new chief deliver it?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content MEKA WHAITIRI TO STAND FOR TE PĀTI MĀORI Wena Harawira (Whakaata Māori): Meka Whaitiri jumps waka to Māori Party in shock move Glenn McConnell and Luke Malpass ... <a title="Newsletter: May 3 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/newsletter-may-3-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 3 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
