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Month: May 2023

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Milton Moon: the Australian artist who brought a Zen Buddhist, modernist and painterly sensibility to pottery

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Speck, Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, University of Adelaide Milton Moon in his studio in Tarragindi, Queensland, 1966, photo: John McKay, Milton Moon archive Milton Moon (1926-2019) was not your regular potter. He was deeply imbued with Zen Buddhism and once said each vessel is ... <a title="Milton Moon: the Australian artist who brought a Zen Buddhist, modernist and painterly sensibility to pottery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/milton-moon-the-australian-artist-who-brought-a-zen-buddhist-modernist-and-painterly-sensibility-to-pottery-205480/" aria-label="Read more about Milton Moon: the Australian artist who brought a Zen Buddhist, modernist and painterly sensibility to pottery">Read more</a>

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Slow down Simeon Brown – bilingual traffic signs aren’t an accident waiting to happen

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Getty Images When the National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed to echo his leader Christopher Luxon’s earlier misgivings about the now prevalent use of te reo Māori in government departments. Genuine ... <a title="Slow down Simeon Brown – bilingual traffic signs aren’t an accident waiting to happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/slow-down-simeon-brown-bilingual-traffic-signs-arent-an-accident-waiting-to-happen-206579/" aria-label="Read more about Slow down Simeon Brown – bilingual traffic signs aren’t an accident waiting to happen">Read more</a>

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Free but unfair election: how Erdogan held onto power in Turkey, and what this means for the country’s future

May 29, 2023

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 Ali Unal/AP Recep Tayyib Erdogan will remain president of Turkey for another five years after winning Sunday’s run-off election over ... <a title="Free but unfair election: how Erdogan held onto power in Turkey, and what this means for the country’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/free-but-unfair-election-how-erdogan-held-onto-power-in-turkey-and-what-this-means-for-the-countrys-future-206293/" aria-label="Read more about Free but unfair election: how Erdogan held onto power in Turkey, and what this means for the country’s future">Read more</a>

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Australian shelters and pounds kill 50,000 mostly healthy cats and kittens in a year. There’s a way to prevent this pointless killing

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacquie Rand, Emeritus Professor of Companion Animal Health, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Stray cats are a longstanding problem in Australian towns and cities. Common complaints about roaming cats include nuisance (fighting and urinating), disease risks to humans and other animals, and predation of native wildlife. The ... <a title="Australian shelters and pounds kill 50,000 mostly healthy cats and kittens in a year. There’s a way to prevent this pointless killing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/australian-shelters-and-pounds-kill-50-000-mostly-healthy-cats-and-kittens-in-a-year-theres-a-way-to-prevent-this-pointless-killing-201947/" aria-label="Read more about Australian shelters and pounds kill 50,000 mostly healthy cats and kittens in a year. There’s a way to prevent this pointless killing">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: May 29 2023 – Items of interest and importance today

May 29, 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 LABOUR PARTY CONGRESS Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour congress lays bare Chris Hipkins’ and Labour’s election strategy Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour Party Congress: Energy for Chris Hipkins in election ... <a title="Newsletter: May 29 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/newsletter-may-29-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 29 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>

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Our cemeteries face a housing crisis too. 4 changes can make burial sustainable

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Falconer, Lecturer, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Australia’s housing crisis is no secret. What many people don’t realise is that there’s another, less visible housing crisis. Australia’s urban cemeteries are running out of space to house the dead. In Sydney, for example, ... <a title="Our cemeteries face a housing crisis too. 4 changes can make burial sustainable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/our-cemeteries-face-a-housing-crisis-too-4-changes-can-make-burial-sustainable-205987/" aria-label="Read more about Our cemeteries face a housing crisis too. 4 changes can make burial sustainable">Read more</a>

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Over half of eligible aged care residents are yet to receive their COVID booster. And winter is coming

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Shutterstock As Australia heads towards the fourth winter of the pandemic, we have once again started seeing an increase in the level of COVID circulating. With this comes an increased risk of infection and serious illness. Elderly people living in ... <a title="Over half of eligible aged care residents are yet to receive their COVID booster. And winter is coming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/over-half-of-eligible-aged-care-residents-are-yet-to-receive-their-covid-booster-and-winter-is-coming-205403/" aria-label="Read more about Over half of eligible aged care residents are yet to receive their COVID booster. And winter is coming">Read more</a>

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3 little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pascal Scherrer, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business, Law and Art, Southern Cross University Chanchai Phetdikhai, Shutterstock This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are convening for a United Nations meeting. They will tackle a thorny problem: finding a globally binding solution for plastic pollution. Of ... <a title="3 little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/3-little-known-reasons-why-plastic-recycling-could-actually-make-things-worse-206060/" aria-label="Read more about 3 little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse">Read more</a>

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DIY degree? Why universities should make online educational materials free for all

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard F. Heller, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle Sam Lion/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 the next decade and beyond”. ... <a title="DIY degree? Why universities should make online educational materials free for all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/diy-degree-why-universities-should-make-online-educational-materials-free-for-all-205564/" aria-label="Read more about DIY degree? Why universities should make online educational materials free for all">Read more</a>

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Why taxing the world’s biggest companies at 15% won’t fix the gaping hole in global tax rules

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Australia’s federal government has a plan to discourage companies from shifting profits to tax havens. The idea is to impose a “global minimum tax” on large Australian and foreign-owned companies ... <a title="Why taxing the world’s biggest companies at 15% won’t fix the gaping hole in global tax rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/why-taxing-the-worlds-biggest-companies-at-15-wont-fix-the-gaping-hole-in-global-tax-rules-206400/" aria-label="Read more about Why taxing the world’s biggest companies at 15% won’t fix the gaping hole in global tax rules">Read more</a>

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A long and fishy tail: before Disney’s Little Mermaid, these creatures existed in mythologies from around the world

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney 13th century painting of mermaids from a house in Barcelona. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Mermaids are multicultural mythical figures, reflecting the continuing human fascination with the sea in stories echoing thousands of years into the past. Mermaids ... <a title="A long and fishy tail: before Disney’s Little Mermaid, these creatures existed in mythologies from around the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/a-long-and-fishy-tail-before-disneys-little-mermaid-these-creatures-existed-in-mythologies-from-around-the-world-204677/" aria-label="Read more about A long and fishy tail: before Disney’s Little Mermaid, these creatures existed in mythologies from around the world">Read more</a>

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Albanese says nearly 90% of Indigenous people support the Voice, which embodies the ‘spirit of the fair go’

May 29, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Voice to Parliament is supported by nearly 90% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and provides an opportunity for an intergenerational solution to Indigenous problems, Anthony Albanese will say in a Monday address. Delivering the Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration ... <a title="Albanese says nearly 90% of Indigenous people support the Voice, which embodies the ‘spirit of the fair go’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/albanese-says-nearly-90-of-indigenous-people-support-the-voice-which-embodies-the-spirit-of-the-fair-go-206581/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese says nearly 90% of Indigenous people support the Voice, which embodies the ‘spirit of the fair go’">Read more</a>