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May 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Lycett, NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University Australians’ satisfaction with life as a whole is at its lowest level in 21 years, according to the latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index survey, a collaboration between Deakin University and mutual company ... <a title="Australians’ satisfaction with life is at its lowest level in two decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/australians-satisfaction-with-life-is-at-its-lowest-level-in-two-decades-205008/" aria-label="Read more about Australians’ satisfaction with life is at its lowest level in two decades">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark R Johnson, Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney Flickr Minecraft Legends has just been released, giving players another opportunity to return to the charming and blocky world of Minecraft. The original Minecraft was first released in 2011, giving players a vast and open world constructed ... <a title="Minecraft Legends is a reminder that lightning rarely strikes twice in gaming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/minecraft-legends-is-a-reminder-that-lightning-rarely-strikes-twice-in-gaming-204907/" aria-label="Read more about Minecraft Legends is a reminder that lightning rarely strikes twice in gaming">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Will the budget make inflation worse? Are its boosts to welfare payments just the first step for the Labor government? Could the projected one-off surplus be followed by another one or more? What (if any) of the budget measures will ... <a title="The day after the night before – Chalmers and Taylor on the budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/the-day-after-the-night-before-chalmers-and-taylor-on-the-budget-205431/" aria-label="Read more about The day after the night before – Chalmers and Taylor on the budget">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2023
ABC PACIFIC BEAT: By Marian Faa and Belinda Kora Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister has vehemently defended his daughter against a furious backlash to a Tik Tok video she posted as part of PNG’s official delegation to King Charles III’s coronation. The video posted by Savannah Tkatchenko flaunts extravagant meals in first class airport lounges ... <a title="PNG foreign minister defends daughter over ‘flaunting’ coronation trip video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/png-foreign-minister-defends-daughter-over-flaunting-coronation-trip-video/" aria-label="Read more about PNG foreign minister defends daughter over ‘flaunting’ coronation trip video">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2023
INTERACTIVE WEBCAST: Join the LIVE recording of Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning’s podcast A View from Afar at midday Thursday (New Zealand time) and Wednesday 8pm (US EDT). LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 8pm US EDT – In this the first episode of A View from Afar for 2023 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – AUKUS: Should New Zealand and Other APAC Nations Join This Anglophile Security Bloc?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/live-a-view-from-afar-aukus-should-new-zealand-and-other-apac-nations-join-this-anglophile-security-bloc/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – AUKUS: Should New Zealand and Other APAC Nations Join This Anglophile Security Bloc?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Pervez Masih/AP The arrest this week of former Pakistan prime minister and cricket legend Imran Khan has triggered nationwide protests targeting military and other institutions, some of which have turned violent. Pakistan’s political crisis has worsened significantly since Khan ... <a title="How Imran Khan’s populism has divided Pakistan and put it on a knife’s edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/how-imran-khans-populism-has-divided-pakistan-and-put-it-on-a-knifes-edge-205392/" aria-label="Read more about How Imran Khan’s populism has divided Pakistan and put it on a knife’s edge">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University The Albanese government has made bold environmental promises over the last year. Given the parlous state of nature in Australia, these commitments are important. The promises include ending new ... <a title="If the budget ditched the Stage 3 tax cuts, Australia could save every threatened species – and lots more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/if-the-budget-ditched-the-stage-3-tax-cuts-australia-could-save-every-threatened-species-and-lots-more-205305/" aria-label="Read more about If the budget ditched the Stage 3 tax cuts, Australia could save every threatened species – and lots more">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Walker, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock Australian innovation has the capacity to protect us – our environment, our digital world, our borders and our health. All of these are focuses of this year’s federal budget. But the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sector has ... <a title="Amid a STEM crisis, here’s what the 2023 budget promises for Australian science and innovation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/amid-a-stem-crisis-heres-what-the-2023-budget-promises-for-australian-science-and-innovation-205204/" aria-label="Read more about Amid a STEM crisis, here’s what the 2023 budget promises for Australian science and innovation">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Shutterstock The quality and performance of our housing have big impacts on the environment, cost of living and our health and wellbeing. The 2023-24 federal budget’s announcement of $1.6 billion for energy-saving upgrades to ... <a title="Budget’s energy bill relief and home retrofit funding is a good start, but dwarfed by the scale of the task" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/budgets-energy-bill-relief-and-home-retrofit-funding-is-a-good-start-but-dwarfed-by-the-scale-of-the-task-205380/" aria-label="Read more about Budget’s energy bill relief and home retrofit funding is a good start, but dwarfed by the scale of the task">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Professor of Chemistry, University of Sydney Shutterstock It sounds like a lot. Kickstarting green hydrogen in Australia with A$2 billion to subsidise early production and making the energy-dense gas competitive. A goal of up to a gigawatt of electrolyser capacity within seven years. Two years ... <a title="Green hydrogen funding is a step forward – but a step doesn’t win the race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/green-hydrogen-funding-is-a-step-forward-but-a-step-doesnt-win-the-race-205390/" aria-label="Read more about Green hydrogen funding is a step forward – but a step doesn’t win the race">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Swerissen, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University Shutterstock The 2023-24 federal budget takes a step in the right direction for aged care, with a much-needed pay boost for workers in the sector. But there are major medium- to long-term challenges to overcome from cost increases. Despite a ... <a title="The aged-care budget delivers for workers but meeting our future needs will require bold funding reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/the-aged-care-budget-delivers-for-workers-but-meeting-our-future-needs-will-require-bold-funding-reforms-205021/" aria-label="Read more about The aged-care budget delivers for workers but meeting our future needs will require bold funding reforms">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter France has been warned against attempts to abandon the New Caledonian decolonisation process pursued for more than two decades. A veteran independence campaigner, Victor Tutugoro, made the warning on the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Noumea Accord, which has been the roadmap guiding the gradual and irreversible ... <a title="‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/decolonisation-must-continue-says-kanak-independence-campaigner/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner">Read more</a>
