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June 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan McConnell, Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney The Bureau of Meteorology this week declared a 70% chance of an El Niño developing this year. It’s bad timing for the electricity sector, and means Australians may face supply disruptions and volatile prices. ... <a title="An El Niño looms over Australia’s stressed electricity system – and we must plan for the worst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/09/an-el-nino-looms-over-australias-stressed-electricity-system-and-we-must-plan-for-the-worst-207210/" aria-label="Read more about An El Niño looms over Australia’s stressed electricity system – and we must plan for the worst">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Anton Berking, Shutterstock Off the coast of Spain and Portugal, killer whales have been biting boats. And the famous beluga whale nicknamed “Hvaldimir” has popped up again – this time in Sweden. When first spotted in Norway in ... <a title="A Russian ‘spy’ whale? Killer whales biting boats? Here’s how to understand these close encounters of the curious kind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/09/a-russian-spy-whale-killer-whales-biting-boats-heres-how-to-understand-these-close-encounters-of-the-curious-kind-206926/" aria-label="Read more about A Russian ‘spy’ whale? Killer whales biting boats? Here’s how to understand these close encounters of the curious kind">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Pierre Bonnard, French, 1867-1947, Coffee, 1915. Oil on canvas, 73.0 x 106.5 cm. Tate, London. Presented by Sir Michael Sadler through the NACF 1941. Photo © Tate Pierre Bonnard, unlike his older contemporary, Paul Gauguin, never visited ... <a title="Pierre Bonnard: the master of shimmering luminosity, who painted difficult paintings and yet made them lucid and accessible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/09/pierre-bonnard-the-master-of-shimmering-luminosity-who-painted-difficult-paintings-and-yet-made-them-lucid-and-accessible-200735/" aria-label="Read more about Pierre Bonnard: the master of shimmering luminosity, who painted difficult paintings and yet made them lucid and accessible">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2023
By RNZ News reporters Felix Walton and Finn Blackwell Auckland Council ended its meeting yesterday without a decision on the annual budget. The long-debated budget will attempt to close a $325 million deficit, exacerbated by a further $40 million in storm-related costs. Councillors arrived in good cheer, cracking jokes about the lengthy session ahead of ... <a title="Auckland Council fails to decide over controversial budget – reconvening today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/09/auckland-council-fails-to-decide-over-controversial-budget-reconvening-today/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Council fails to decide over controversial budget – reconvening today">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra During the election campaign Anthony Albanese repeated, endlessly, that everything was going up except people’s wages. More than a year later, things are still going up, now including some people’s wages. The latter increase is all good, surely? Yes, up ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor caught in pincer movement of fighting inflation and delivering to its constituency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/grattan-on-friday-labor-caught-in-pincer-movement-of-fighting-inflation-and-delivering-to-its-constituency-207302/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor caught in pincer movement of fighting inflation and delivering to its constituency">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. New Zealanders are supposed to be able to trust that there are adequate systems in place to ensure our politicians aren’t corrupt. There are mandatory systems of transparency requiring MPs and ministers to disclose all possible conflicts of interest, and yet we have learnt that this integrity system has fallen ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Does Michael Wood have enough integrity to be a Minister?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-does-michael-wood-have-enough-integrity-to-be-a-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Does Michael Wood have enough integrity to be a Minister?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 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 MICHAEL WOOD AIRPORT SHARES CONFLICT OF INTEREST Peter Dunne: Taint of incompetent ministers dragging Hipkins down Herald Editorial: Suspended Transport Minister Michael Wood’s egregious error of judgment (paywalled) Barry ... <a title="Newsletter: June 08 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/newsletter-june-08-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: June 08 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Mulgan, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock Labor had pledged to wind back the use of the big four consulting firms by the public service well before the scandal engulfing PricewaterhouseCoopers over the sharing of confidential government information. The policy it took to the May 2022 ... <a title="Blacklisting PwC won’t stop outsourcing: here are 3 reasons it has become embedded in the Australian public service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/blacklisting-pwc-wont-stop-outsourcing-here-are-3-reasons-it-has-become-embedded-in-the-australian-public-service-206772/" aria-label="Read more about Blacklisting PwC won’t stop outsourcing: here are 3 reasons it has become embedded in the Australian public service">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Pope Francis has had an operation this week to remove a hernia, which his surgeon said had been causing him increasingly frequent pain. This planned surgery was to remove a type of hernia caused by scarring ... <a title="Pope Francis is recovering from hernia surgery. But what exactly is a hernia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/pope-francis-is-recovering-from-hernia-surgery-but-what-exactly-is-a-hernia-207294/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis is recovering from hernia surgery. But what exactly is a hernia?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Political scientist, and former Pentagon analyst, Dr Paul Buchanan, and Selwyn Manning analyse the question: What does the Geopolitical balancing that is taking place in the West and South-West Pacific mean for the region and the globe?
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June 8, 2023
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s new President Moetai Brotherson is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. His visit involves meetings with a range of ministers and officials to continue cooperation arrangements initiated by his predecessor. “I’m not here to come begging,” Brotherson said, adding ... <a title="‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/im-not-begging-tahitis-brotherson-tells-france-in-prep-for-independence/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmanuel Kuntsche, Director of the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University Shutterstock From August 2023, Australian beer, wine, spirits and pre-mixed drinks have to warn of the harms of drinking alcohol while pregnant. But they don’t have to mention the other harms of alcohol for ... <a title="Australia should follow Ireland’s lead and add stronger health warning labels to alcohol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/australia-should-follow-irelands-lead-and-add-stronger-health-warning-labels-to-alcohol-206985/" aria-label="Read more about Australia should follow Ireland’s lead and add stronger health warning labels to alcohol">Read more</a>
