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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Horvath, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University Prigozhin Press Service/AP Never during the 23 years of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule has he faced the kind of challenge posed by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s insurrection over the weekend. The gravity of the crisis was underlined by Putin’s ... <a title="The rise of Yevgeny Prigozhin: how a one-time food caterer became Vladimir Putin’s biggest threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/the-rise-of-yevgeny-prigozhin-how-a-one-time-food-caterer-became-vladimir-putins-biggest-threat-208450/" aria-label="Read more about The rise of Yevgeny Prigozhin: how a one-time food caterer became Vladimir Putin’s biggest threat">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
By Giff Johnson in Majuro A five-day Media, Elections and Democracy workshop wrapped up last week in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro with the first-ever Summit on Democracy: Public Engagement, Communications and the Media. More than 40 students, journalists and public information officers from government and NGOs participated in the programme organised by the Pacific ... <a title="Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/majuro-workshop-and-summit-spotlight-media-and-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Michael Zavros, Australia b.1974, Bad dad 2013. Oil on canvas, 110 x 150cm. Purchased 2016 with funds raised through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation Appeal. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of ... <a title="Nothing is left to chance and every detail is carefully calculated: the hyperrealistic (and divisive) paintings of Michael Zavros" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/nothing-is-left-to-chance-and-every-detail-is-carefully-calculated-the-hyperrealistic-and-divisive-paintings-of-michael-zavros-200160/" aria-label="Read more about Nothing is left to chance and every detail is carefully calculated: the hyperrealistic (and divisive) paintings of Michael Zavros">Read more</a>
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June 26, 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 In this week’s federal Newspoll, conducted with a longer-than-usual fieldwork period (June 16–24) from a larger-than-usual sample of 2,303 people, the “no” vote to the Indigenous Voice ... <a title="Support for the Voice to Parliament slumps in Newspoll, along with Albanese’s ratings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/support-for-the-voice-to-parliament-slumps-in-newspoll-along-with-albaneses-ratings-207920/" aria-label="Read more about Support for the Voice to Parliament slumps in Newspoll, along with Albanese’s ratings">Read more</a>
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June 26, 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 FOREIGN AFFAIRS Dileepa Fonseka (Business Desk): Why Hipkins visiting China is really about NZ politics (paywalled) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): From New Zealand to Beijing – Chris Hipkins heads off ... <a title="Newsletter: June 26 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/newsletter-june-26-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: June 26 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, PhD Candidate, School of History, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University On June 26 2013, as she fronted the press gallery in Canberra after her removal as leader of the Labor Party, Julia Gillard was determined not to cry. In her prime ministerial resignation ... <a title="Between nostalgia and amnesia: the legacy of Julia Gillard as PM, 10 years after her ousting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/between-nostalgia-and-amnesia-the-legacy-of-julia-gillard-as-pm-10-years-after-her-ousting-208283/" aria-label="Read more about Between nostalgia and amnesia: the legacy of Julia Gillard as PM, 10 years after her ousting">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asha Bowen, Program Head, Telethon Kids Institute Shutterstock The 2023 flu season may be one of Australia’s largest flu seasons on record, and doctors are concerned about the impact on children. You may have seen headlines warning parents about “kindy flu”. These can be misleading. This year’s ... <a title="Heard of ‘kindy flu’? There’s no such thing. But kids are at risk this flu season for one simple reason" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/heard-of-kindy-flu-theres-no-such-thing-but-kids-are-at-risk-this-flu-season-for-one-simple-reason-207825/" aria-label="Read more about Heard of ‘kindy flu’? There’s no such thing. But kids are at risk this flu season for one simple reason">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University Author provided Floods, bushfires, heatwaves, cyclones. Australia is no stranger to emergencies. But during disasters we’re better prepared to support pet owners than families with babies and toddlers. Until now, the experiences and needs ... <a title="The Black Summer bushfires put an enormous strain on families with young children. We can’t make the same mistakes again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/the-black-summer-bushfires-put-an-enormous-strain-on-families-with-young-children-we-cant-make-the-same-mistakes-again-205026/" aria-label="Read more about The Black Summer bushfires put an enormous strain on families with young children. We can’t make the same mistakes again">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nik Taylor, Professor in Sociology, University of Canterbury Getty Images The current funding crisis in New Zealand universities has not happened in a vacuum. It is a byproduct of the neoliberal “reforms” introduced here in the 1980s and which have affected every aspect of university work. Nor ... <a title="‘Battered and broken. I must get out’: what staff told us about teaching and working in universities today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/battered-and-broken-i-must-get-out-what-staff-told-us-about-teaching-and-working-in-universities-today-208179/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Battered and broken. I must get out’: what staff told us about teaching and working in universities today">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen King, Professor, Monash University Since 2005, annual labour productivity growth (growth in output per hour worked) has been the best part of one percentage point below its long-term average in Australia and other developed countries. The Productivity Inquiry that I helped conduct for the Productivity Commission ... <a title="Yes, Australian businesses have become less dynamic. But there are bigger reasons for our sliding productivity growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/yes-australian-businesses-have-become-less-dynamic-but-there-are-bigger-reasons-for-our-sliding-productivity-growth-207327/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Australian businesses have become less dynamic. But there are bigger reasons for our sliding productivity growth">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Simon Crean, a former Labor opposition leader, has died suddenly while in Germany, aged 74. Crean, who served in parliament from 1990 to 2013, was a minister in the Hawke, Keating, Rudd and Gillard governments. He was opposition leader between ... <a title="Simon Crean, former Labor and ACTU leader, dies aged 74" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/simon-crean-former-labor-and-actu-leader-dies-aged-74-208439/" aria-label="Read more about Simon Crean, former Labor and ACTU leader, dies aged 74">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP It is increasingly clear that a rattled Vladimir Putin’s political end is approaching. All that really matters now is whether it comes sooner or later. Having appeared on national television to warn ... <a title="Wagner’s rebellion may have been thwarted, but Putin has never looked weaker and more vulnerable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/25/wagners-rebellion-may-have-been-thwarted-but-putin-has-never-looked-weaker-and-more-vulnerable-208436/" aria-label="Read more about Wagner’s rebellion may have been thwarted, but Putin has never looked weaker and more vulnerable">Read more</a>
