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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University On reflection, Simon Crean was probably the first domino to fall in a certain madness that seized Labor during the Howard era and presaged a decade of turmoil that only settled down under Bill Shorten’s leadership (2013-19). Crean, ... <a title="Vale Simon Crean: a true believer in the Labor Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/vale-simon-crean-a-true-believer-in-the-labor-party-208451/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Simon Crean: a true believer in the Labor Party">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Tibby, Associate Professor in Environmental Change, University of Adelaide John Tibby, Author provided During droughts, Australia’s inland rivers dry up, leaving waterholes as the only wet places in a parched landscape. Fish, turtles, crayfish and other aquatic animals retreat to these vital refuges. But our research, ... <a title="Soil erosion is filling vital inland river waterholes, putting the squeeze on fish, turtles and crayfish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/soil-erosion-is-filling-vital-inland-river-waterholes-putting-the-squeeze-on-fish-turtles-and-crayfish-207155/" aria-label="Read more about Soil erosion is filling vital inland river waterholes, putting the squeeze on fish, turtles and crayfish">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University JWST / NASA At the close of the 18th century, the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn wrote one of his masterpieces: an oratorio – a large concert piece for orchestra, choir and solo singers – ... <a title="Nothing is not nothing: how a scientist set out to sing the story of our origins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/nothing-is-not-nothing-how-a-scientist-set-out-to-sing-the-story-of-our-origins-207607/" aria-label="Read more about Nothing is not nothing: how a scientist set out to sing the story of our origins">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia will provide $110 million in further assistance to Ukraine, bringing its total support to $790 million during the conflict. The new package includes 70 military vehicles, artillery ammunition and $10 million to the United Nations Office for the Coordination ... <a title="Australia announces $110 million in new military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/australia-announces-110-million-in-new-military-and-humanitarian-assistance-for-ukraine-208465/" aria-label="Read more about Australia announces $110 million in new military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ameeta Jain, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Deakin University Shutterstock Average housing rents across Australia have increased by about 10% per year to February 2023 for new rentals, and just a bit lower than that for existing rentals. Combined with rapidly increasing interest rates and wage rises not ... <a title="Rent freezes and rent caps will only worsen, not solve Australia’s rental crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/rent-freezes-and-rent-caps-will-only-worsen-not-solve-australias-rental-crisis-208099/" aria-label="Read more about Rent freezes and rent caps will only worsen, not solve Australia’s rental crisis">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Dempsey, Senior lecturer, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/N.Minton We know putting carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere is bad for the climate. But should we be reversing some of the damage by removing greenhouse gases that were emitted decades ago? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ... <a title="NZ’s geothermal wells offer a cheap way of storing carbon permanently — equivalent to taking 600,000 cars off the road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/nzs-geothermal-wells-offer-a-cheap-way-of-storing-carbon-permanently-equivalent-to-taking-600-000-cars-off-the-road-207901/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s geothermal wells offer a cheap way of storing carbon permanently — equivalent to taking 600,000 cars off the road">Read more</a>
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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>
