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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Selinske, Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University Shutterstock When we were asked to survey people in Melbourne about their relationship with nature, little did we know our findings would reinforce a well-known cultural divide between those living north and south of the Yarra River. Residents of neighbourhoods ... <a title="The vast majority of Melburnians want more nature in their city, despite a puzzling north-south divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/the-vast-majority-of-melburnians-want-more-nature-in-their-city-despite-a-puzzling-north-south-divide-206938/" aria-label="Read more about The vast majority of Melburnians want more nature in their city, despite a puzzling north-south divide">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Howard, Research associate, Flinders University Ksenia Chernaya/Pexels A significant proportion of young Australians still do not finish high school. According to data released by the Productivity Commission on Tuesday, about one in five students leave before they reach Year 12. In 2022, about 79% of students ... <a title="20% of Australian students don’t finish high school: non-mainstream schools have a lot to teach us about helping kids stay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/20-of-australian-students-dont-finish-high-school-non-mainstream-schools-have-a-lot-to-teach-us-about-helping-kids-stay-207021/" aria-label="Read more about 20% of Australian students don’t finish high school: non-mainstream schools have a lot to teach us about helping kids stay">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Beale, Senior Project Officer, Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University Minerals Council of Australia On Monday, eight of Australia’s largest employer groups launched a campaign against the government’s Same Job, Same Pay Bill, saying it was “unfair”. The television ads and website say the proposed law ... <a title="Business is trying to scare us about ‘same job, same pay’. But the proposal isn’t scary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/business-is-trying-to-scare-us-about-same-job-same-pay-but-the-proposal-isnt-scary-207113/" aria-label="Read more about Business is trying to scare us about ‘same job, same pay’. But the proposal isn’t scary">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate lecturer, Flinders University Shutterstock In a recently viral TikTok series, creator Ali Tate Cutler spends time with her terminally ill grandma who has made the choice to end her life through euthanasia. While sharing start-of-life stories – such as ultrasound pictures or childhood ... <a title="‘The hardest and most beautiful conversation I’ve ever had’: how end-of-life storytelling on TikTok helps us process death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/the-hardest-and-most-beautiful-conversation-ive-ever-had-how-end-of-life-storytelling-on-tiktok-helps-us-process-death-206999/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The hardest and most beautiful conversation I’ve ever had’: how end-of-life storytelling on TikTok helps us process death">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
By RNZ reporters and Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament yesterday while on his first official trip to Aotearoa since being elected as PM in December. New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced just over NZ$11.1 million in climate change support for Fiji. Hipkins ... <a title="Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews NZ links" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/hipkins-grants-fiji-11m-in-climate-crisis-aid-as-rabuka-renews-nz-links/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews NZ links">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist A leaked document authored by a recently recruited senior University of the South Pacific academic has again put a spotlight on the affairs of the regional institution. The “strictly confidential” document, viewed by RNZ Pacific, is written by Professor Janusz Jankowski, the deputy vice-chancellor ... <a title="Claims of ‘issues, concerns and breaches’ emerge at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/claims-of-issues-concerns-and-breaches-emerge-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Claims of ‘issues, concerns and breaches’ emerge at USP">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
RNZ Pacific Community leaders around Panguna mine in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville want mining giant Rio Tinto to help out following recent flooding. Rio Tinto was the owner/operator of the mine which has laid derelict for more than 30 years. Fears of the threat from flooding in the river system near ... <a title="Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/bougainville-leaders-call-on-mining-giant-rio-tinto-to-assist-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific peoples and their way of life as identified by Forum leaders in the Boe Declaration. Kalsakau said this reaffirmed climate change as the single greatest threat to regional security. The ... <a title="Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/climate-crisis-greatest-threat-to-pacific-regional-security-says-vanuatu-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra BagzhanSadvakassov/Upsplash, CC BY-SA The latest national accounts tell us Australia’s economy grew by just 0.2% in the three months to March. It’s the weakest growth since the economy shrank during the COVID lockdowns, ... <a title="Going down: the 6 graphs that show Australia’s economic growth shrinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/going-down-the-6-graphs-that-show-australias-economic-growth-shrinking-206068/" aria-label="Read more about Going down: the 6 graphs that show Australia’s economic growth shrinking">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Professional golf – and increasingly world sport – is caught in a sand trap. Not the familiar hazard between fairway and green, but the Middle Eastern desert producing enormous quantities of fossil ... <a title="How Saudi Arabia came to be at the centre of a global golf merger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/how-saudi-arabia-came-to-be-at-the-centre-of-a-global-golf-merger-207203/" aria-label="Read more about How Saudi Arabia came to be at the centre of a global golf merger">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Jakubowicz, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney Fifty years after the Whitlam government released its landmark report on multiculturalism in Australia, the Albanese government has launched a major review of its policies to ensure they are serving multicultural communities in the best ways. But ... <a title="A major review of the government’s multicultural policies is under way – what is it seeking to achieve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/a-major-review-of-the-governments-multicultural-policies-is-under-way-what-is-it-seeking-to-achieve-206983/" aria-label="Read more about A major review of the government’s multicultural policies is under way – what is it seeking to achieve?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Fisher, Associate Professor, University of Auckland Greg Nunes, Author provided The rapidly declining health of New Zealand’s marine environment raises serious questions about how we care for and manage the oceans. A recent stocktake of our marine environment identifies several cumulative pressures. These include ocean acidification, ... <a title="Our oceans are in deep trouble – a ‘mountains to sea’ approach could make a real difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/our-oceans-are-in-deep-trouble-a-mountains-to-sea-approach-could-make-a-real-difference-207116/" aria-label="Read more about Our oceans are in deep trouble – a ‘mountains to sea’ approach could make a real difference">Read more</a>
