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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Kristin Merga, Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Newcastle Karolina Grabowska/Pexels Reading is a critical skill for school and life beyond it. Young people need strong reading skills to learn and demonstrate their learning. Reading skills are not just about performing well in subjects ... <a title="10 ways to help the boys in your life read for enjoyment (not just for school)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/10-ways-to-help-the-boys-in-your-life-read-for-enjoyment-not-just-for-school-205997/" aria-label="Read more about 10 ways to help the boys in your life read for enjoyment (not just for school)">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ursula Kennedy, Lecturer of Wine Science, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock The martini cocktail has existed in a range of guises throughout its ice-cold, crisp life. Several stories exist as to its origins. The “classic” martini is made with gin and vermouth (a fortified wine infused with ... <a title="Alluring, classic, glamorous: the history of the martini cocktail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/alluring-classic-glamorous-the-history-of-the-martini-cocktail-195913/" aria-label="Read more about Alluring, classic, glamorous: the history of the martini cocktail">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Tookey, Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Do you have gas? It’s a personal question that may cause offence – and not always for the obvious reason. Because the way we choose to cook or heat our homes is increasingly becoming something ... <a title="NZ’s gas problem: phasing out natural gas in homes demands affordable alternatives first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/nzs-gas-problem-phasing-out-natural-gas-in-homes-demands-affordable-alternatives-first-205991/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s gas problem: phasing out natural gas in homes demands affordable alternatives first">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has invited the United Nations Decolonisation Committee members to visit New Caledonia. Controlled by France since 1853, New Caledonia was returned to the UN decolonisation list as prolonged political violence threatened in 1986 — 39 years after France had withdrawn it and its other ... <a title="France briefs UN on New Caledonia decolonisation impasse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/france-briefs-un-on-new-caledonia-decolonisation-impasse/" aria-label="Read more about France briefs UN on New Caledonia decolonisation impasse">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University The Andrews government’s ninth budget is its toughest. The bill from Victoria’s COVID experience, as well as the state government’s ambitious infrastructure spending, has finally come due. The pandemic has added more than $30 billion to the state’s total net ... <a title="Victoria bites a $117 billion bullet, and begins the long march of land tax reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/victoria-bites-a-117-billion-bullet-and-begins-the-long-march-of-land-tax-reform-206066/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria bites a $117 billion bullet, and begins the long march of land tax reform">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock From working 20 to 30 hours of unpaid overtime each week in one of Australia’s fanciest restaurants to picking fruit while being exposed to dangerous chemicals for less than $10 an hour, the underpayment of migrant workers is ... <a title="Up to one in six recent migrants are paid less than the minimum wage. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/up-to-one-in-six-recent-migrants-are-paid-less-than-the-minimum-wage-heres-why-206067/" aria-label="Read more about Up to one in six recent migrants are paid less than the minimum wage. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2023
The National, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea yesterday intialled a defence cooperation agreement with the United States amid day-long protests against the signing by university students and opposition MPs. The agreement was signed by PNG Defence Minister Win Daki and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. A statement by the US State Department said the ... <a title="Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/blinken-daki-sign-controversial-us-png-defence-pact-after-day-of-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Phillip Mallis/Flickr, CC BY-SA By the end of the year, Victoria’s trouble-plagued native forest industry will end – six years ahead of schedule. The state’s iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at ... <a title="After the chainsaws, the quiet: Victoria’s rapid exit from native forest logging is welcome – and long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/after-the-chainsaws-the-quiet-victorias-rapid-exit-from-native-forest-logging-is-welcome-and-long-overdue-206181/" aria-label="Read more about After the chainsaws, the quiet: Victoria’s rapid exit from native forest logging is welcome – and long overdue">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The proposition that cutting prices will stoke inflation is a hard one to get your head around, even if you are an economist. Yet it has been seriously put forward as a critique of this ... <a title="Will Jim Chalmers’ budget drive up inflation? Not likely – and here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/will-jim-chalmers-budget-drive-up-inflation-not-likely-and-heres-why-206171/" aria-label="Read more about Will Jim Chalmers’ budget drive up inflation? Not likely – and here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Jehangir, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Media Transition, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney shutterstock Pakistan’s former military chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. At the end of his tenure, he declared the military would no longer meddle in politics anymore. ... <a title="Explainer: A historical trail of Pakistan’s powerful military enterprise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/explainer-a-historical-trail-of-pakistans-powerful-military-enterprise-205749/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: A historical trail of Pakistan’s powerful military enterprise">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Acting Director, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Narendra Modi arrives this week for an official visit to Australia. When he first came to Australia in November 2014, the recently elected Indian prime minister was still to find his feet on the global stage. Keen to ... <a title="Divided Indian diaspora in Australia tops concerns for Narendra Modi visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/divided-indian-diaspora-in-australia-tops-concerns-for-narendra-modi-visit-205993/" aria-label="Read more about Divided Indian diaspora in Australia tops concerns for Narendra Modi visit">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isabelle Kingsley, Senior Research Associate at the Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock It likely comes as no surprise that women receive a smaller share of research funding than men. But untangling the underlying reasons is no small feat. A recently published international ... <a title="Fewer women receive research grants – but the reasons are more complicated than you’d think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/fewer-women-receive-research-grants-but-the-reasons-are-more-complicated-than-youd-think-205649/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer women receive research grants – but the reasons are more complicated than you’d think">Read more</a>
