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August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garritt C Van Dyk, Lecturer, University of Newcastle In 1889, the Syndicat du Commerce des Vins de Champagne produced a pamphlet promoting champagne at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, claiming that Dom Pérignon, procurator of the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvillers from 1668, was the “inventor”, “creator” or ... <a title="Champagne is deeply French – but the English invented the bubbles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/champagne-is-deeply-french-but-the-english-invented-the-bubbles-208569/" aria-label="Read more about Champagne is deeply French – but the English invented the bubbles">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong Both the Labour government and the opposition National Party have now released major transport polices that put the emphasis on maintaining and expanding roads. The cost and priority of various projects will clearly be an election issue. But at ... <a title="Slow train coming: only a genuine shift to rail will put NZ on track to reduce emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/slow-train-coming-only-a-genuine-shift-to-rail-will-put-nz-on-track-to-reduce-emissions-211662/" aria-label="Read more about Slow train coming: only a genuine shift to rail will put NZ on track to reduce emissions">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Aotearoa, the longest running women’s peace group in New Zealand, has called on the Japanese government to change its plan to release treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the Pacific Ocean. The protest comes as Pacific leaders remain ... <a title="NZ women’s peace group protests over imminent Fukushima nuclear wastewater release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/nz-womens-peace-group-protests-over-imminent-fukushima-nuclear-wastewater-release/" aria-label="Read more about NZ women’s peace group protests over imminent Fukushima nuclear wastewater release">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shutterstock Australia’s comprehensive superannuation system means spending on the age pension will decline by 2062-63 despite a doubling of Australians aged 65 and over, according to the government’s Intergenerational Report to be released on Thursday. Expenditure on age and service ... <a title="Age pension cost to ease by 2060s but super tax breaks to swell: Intergenerational report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/age-pension-cost-to-ease-by-2060s-but-super-tax-breaks-to-swell-intergenerational-report-212012/" aria-label="Read more about Age pension cost to ease by 2060s but super tax breaks to swell: Intergenerational report">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila The Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat’s Director-General, Leonard Louma, says the Pacific region continues to be the centre of geopolitical interests by global superpowers. The 22nd MSG Leaders’ Summit is taking place in Port Vila this week– the first full in-person meeting since the covid pandemic. The ... <a title="Senior MSG official calls for Melanesia to remain neutral in geopolitical battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/senior-msg-official-calls-for-melanesia-to-remain-neutral-in-geopolitical-battle/" aria-label="Read more about Senior MSG official calls for Melanesia to remain neutral in geopolitical battle">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Shutterstock Federal Minister for Water Tanya Plibersek today announced a new agreement to restore Australia’s largest and most important river basin. It comes just months before the original Murray-Darling Basin Plan was to be completed. ... <a title="Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be extended under a new agreement, without Victoria – but an uphill battle lies ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/22/murray-darling-basin-plan-to-be-extended-under-a-new-agreement-without-victoria-but-an-uphill-battle-lies-ahead-212002/" aria-label="Read more about Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be extended under a new agreement, without Victoria – but an uphill battle lies ahead">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann Kayis-Kumar, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock If you’re struggling to complete your tax return, you’re not alone. There are cases of Australians being years, even decades behind in their tax returns. And the poorer you are, the more likely you’ll need but can’t afford some professional ... <a title="Worried you’ll lodge a late tax return? At least 80,000 Australians can’t afford tax advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/22/worried-youll-lodge-a-late-tax-return-at-least-80-000-australians-cant-afford-tax-advice-211267/" aria-label="Read more about Worried you’ll lodge a late tax return? At least 80,000 Australians can’t afford tax advice">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann Kayis-Kumar, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock If you’re struggling to complete your tax return, you’re not alone. There are cases of Australians being years, even decades behind in their tax returns. And the poorer you are, the more likely you’ll need but can’t afford some professional ... <a title="Worried you’ll lodge a late tax return? At least 80,000 Australians can’t afford tax advice – here’s how to help more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/22/worried-youll-lodge-a-late-tax-return-at-least-80-000-australians-cant-afford-tax-advice-heres-how-to-help-more-211267/" aria-label="Read more about Worried you’ll lodge a late tax return? At least 80,000 Australians can’t afford tax advice – here’s how to help more">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University While China’s relationship with the region and the world is a constant focus of attention and scrutiny, world leaders have also been closely watching North Korea, particularly for its steadily increasing ballistic missile capability. It was the primary ... <a title="Camp David summit turns attention to North Korea, as well as China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/22/camp-david-summit-turns-attention-to-north-korea-as-well-as-china-211875/" aria-label="Read more about Camp David summit turns attention to North Korea, as well as China">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jay Daniel Thompson, Lecturer (Early Career Development Fellow) and Program Manager, Professional Communication program, RMIT University Shutterstock AI On Saturday, X (formerly Twitter) chairman Elon Musk tweeted he would be removing the microblogging platform’s block function. It would remain intact for direct messages, but would otherwise become ... <a title="Beginning of the end: how Elon Musk’s removal of the block function on X could trigger its hellish demise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/22/beginning-of-the-end-how-elon-musks-removal-of-the-block-function-on-x-could-trigger-its-hellish-demise-211897/" aria-label="Read more about Beginning of the end: how Elon Musk’s removal of the block function on X could trigger its hellish demise">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2023
By Cretilda Alokaka in Port Moresby Six hired gunmen in Enga were shot dead by men from the Ambulin tribe on Friday in what Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has described as “jungle justice”. Police alleged that on Friday around 5am, the six men sneaked into Ambulin tribal territory to ambush them but ... <a title="PNG’s Marape condemns ‘jungle justice’ after 6 gunmen shot dead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/22/pngs-marape-condemns-jungle-justice-after-6-gunmen-shot-dead/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape condemns ‘jungle justice’ after 6 gunmen shot dead">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jay Daniel Thompson, Lecturer (Early Career Development Fellow) and Program Manager, Professional Communication program, RMIT University Shutterstock AI On Saturday, X (formerly Twitter) chairman Elon Musk tweeted he would be removing the microblogging platform’s block function. It would remain intact for direct messages, but would otherwise become ... <a title="The beginning of the end: Elon Musk’s removal of the block function on X could trigger its hellish demise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/22/the-beginning-of-the-end-elon-musks-removal-of-the-block-function-on-x-could-trigger-its-hellish-demise-211897/" aria-label="Read more about The beginning of the end: Elon Musk’s removal of the block function on X could trigger its hellish demise">Read more</a>
