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Year: 2023

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Many teachers find planning with colleagues a waste of time. Here’s how to improve it

April 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordana Hunter, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Creating protected time for teachers to collaborate with colleagues provides – in theory – an opportunity for teachers to improve teaching, and reduces the time they have to spend in the evenings and on weekends preparing for class. ... <a title="Many teachers find planning with colleagues a waste of time. Here’s how to improve it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/20/many-teachers-find-planning-with-colleagues-a-waste-of-time-heres-how-to-improve-it-203413/" aria-label="Read more about Many teachers find planning with colleagues a waste of time. Here’s how to improve it">Read more</a>

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New Aussie black comedy Totally Completely Fine explores suicide, grief, isolation – and the power of human connection

April 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Maguire, Lecturer in English and Writing, James Cook University Stan Chaotic 20-something Vivian (Thomasin McKenzie) can’t believe her luck when she inherits her granddad’s Sydney waterfront house. Decked out with grandpa-chic mid-century décor that suits Vivian’s vintage rocker aesthetic, the art deco home backs onto a ... <a title="New Aussie black comedy Totally Completely Fine explores suicide, grief, isolation – and the power of human connection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/20/new-aussie-black-comedy-totally-completely-fine-explores-suicide-grief-isolation-and-the-power-of-human-connection-202959/" aria-label="Read more about New Aussie black comedy Totally Completely Fine explores suicide, grief, isolation – and the power of human connection">Read more</a>

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ABC launches new TV show, The Pacific – and its storytellers

April 20, 2023

Introducing ABC’s The Pacific – first episode.  Video: ABC News SPECIAL REPORT: By ABC Backstory editor Natasha Johnson When Tahlea Aualiitia talks about hosting the ABC’s new Pacific-focused news and current affairs TV programme, The Pacific, her voice breaks and she becomes emotional. Personally, it’s a career milestone, anchoring her first TV show after a ... <a title="ABC launches new TV show, The Pacific – and its storytellers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/20/abc-launches-new-tv-show-the-pacific-and-its-storytellers/" aria-label="Read more about ABC launches new TV show, The Pacific – and its storytellers">Read more</a>

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Reserve Bank to have two boards after overhaul by inquiry

April 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shutterstock The long-awaited independent review of the Reserve Bank commissioned by Treasurer Jim Chalmers will be released on Thursday, with the treasurer already flagging in-principle agreement with all its recommendations. These include separating decisions about monetary policy from other decisions ... <a title="Reserve Bank to have two boards after overhaul by inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/20/reserve-bank-to-have-two-boards-after-overhaul-by-inquiry-204122/" aria-label="Read more about Reserve Bank to have two boards after overhaul by inquiry">Read more</a>

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Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’ referendum

April 20, 2023

Brief reports have surfaced about the separate bilateral meetings of the Kanaky New Caledonia pro- and anti- independence representatives at their meeting in Paris with French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne last week. Here the leader of the Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS) delegation, Roch Wamytan, outlines their case as presented to PM ... <a title="Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’ referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/20/unfinished-business-over-new-caledonian-decolonisation-new-challenges-after-stolen-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’ referendum">Read more</a>

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Indonesia upgrades NZ pilot operation in West Papua to ‘combat ready’

April 19, 2023

RNZ Pacific The Indonesian military has officially escalated its operational status in West Papua to “ground combat ready” following a clash with West Papuan National Liberation Army militants over the weekend with multiple casualties reported on both sides. Military (TNI) commander Admiral Yudo Margono made the announcement in Jakarta yesterday after returning from West Papua. ... <a title="Indonesia upgrades NZ pilot operation in West Papua to ‘combat ready’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/indonesia-upgrades-nz-pilot-operation-in-west-papua-to-combat-ready/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia upgrades NZ pilot operation in West Papua to ‘combat ready’">Read more</a>

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Cranberry juice can prevent recurrent UTIs, but only for some people

April 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Stephens, Epidemiologist & Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Flinders University Shutterstock Many of us know cranberries as a tasty condiment to have with our Christmas turkey, or the juice that accompanies vodka in a cosmopolitan cocktail. You might have also heard cranberries prevent urinary tract infections ... <a title="Cranberry juice can prevent recurrent UTIs, but only for some people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/cranberry-juice-can-prevent-recurrent-utis-but-only-for-some-people-203926/" aria-label="Read more about Cranberry juice can prevent recurrent UTIs, but only for some people">Read more</a>

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Boosting JobSeeker is the most effective way to tackle poverty: what the treasurer’s committee told him

April 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth established an Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee in December 2022 to advise the government on ways to ... <a title="Boosting JobSeeker is the most effective way to tackle poverty: what the treasurer’s committee told him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/boosting-jobseeker-is-the-most-effective-way-to-tackle-poverty-what-the-treasurers-committee-told-him-204045/" aria-label="Read more about Boosting JobSeeker is the most effective way to tackle poverty: what the treasurer’s committee told him">Read more</a>

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Live art exists only while it is being performed, and then it disappears. How do we create an archive of the ephemeral?

April 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Leisa Shelton/Abbotsford Convent Live performance exists only in the moment it is being performed. Its ephemeral nature means it is transient and impermanent, and cannot be experienced again in precisely the same way. How do artists hold on ... <a title="Live art exists only while it is being performed, and then it disappears. How do we create an archive of the ephemeral?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/live-art-exists-only-while-it-is-being-performed-and-then-it-disappears-how-do-we-create-an-archive-of-the-ephemeral-201939/" aria-label="Read more about Live art exists only while it is being performed, and then it disappears. How do we create an archive of the ephemeral?">Read more</a>

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ACMI’s Goddess asks us rethink our gaze – and the bias it contains – when we look upon women on the screen

April 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University ACMI’s Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion. Eugene Hyland Photography The most fascinating aspect of screen museum ACMI’s new exhibition Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion, and the major contribution it makes, is the way it generates fresh understandings ... <a title="ACMI’s Goddess asks us rethink our gaze – and the bias it contains – when we look upon women on the screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/acmis-goddess-asks-us-rethink-our-gaze-and-the-bias-it-contains-when-we-look-upon-women-on-the-screen-203930/" aria-label="Read more about ACMI’s Goddess asks us rethink our gaze – and the bias it contains – when we look upon women on the screen">Read more</a>

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How can art respond to stories on institutional child sexual abuse?

April 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen McPhillips, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle Damien Linnane Bob (Dominoes) 2022. Graphite on paper 42 x 29cm The Lock-Up On entry to Newcastle’s The Lock-Up contemporary art space is a textile artwork by institutional child sexual abuse survivor and artist ... <a title="How can art respond to stories on institutional child sexual abuse?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/how-can-art-respond-to-stories-on-institutional-child-sexual-abuse-203914/" aria-label="Read more about How can art respond to stories on institutional child sexual abuse?">Read more</a>

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Australia finally has an electric vehicle strategy. How does it stack up?

April 19, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Australia’s first National Electric Vehicle Strategy, released today, details the government’s long-awaited plans to accelerate the adoption of these vehicles. Consultations on the strategy began last September. The climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, then ... <a title="Australia finally has an electric vehicle strategy. How does it stack up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/australia-finally-has-an-electric-vehicle-strategy-how-does-it-stack-up-203897/" aria-label="Read more about Australia finally has an electric vehicle strategy. How does it stack up?">Read more</a>