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March 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Lu, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney Shutterstock Today the NAPLAN testing window starts for more than a million students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Over the next nine days students will sit literacy and numeracy tests which ... <a title="NAPLAN results inform schools, parents and policy. But too many kids miss the tests altogether" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/15/naplan-results-inform-schools-parents-and-policy-but-too-many-kids-miss-the-tests-altogether-201371/" aria-label="Read more about NAPLAN results inform schools, parents and policy. But too many kids miss the tests altogether">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The “Kids Future Fund” promised by NSW’s Premier Dominic Perrottet if his government is re-elected on March 25 is an idea discussed by social policy experts since the 1990s but rarely embraced by politicians. Britain’s Blair ... <a title="Perrottet’s child trust fund policy dusts off an idea last tried by UK Labour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/15/perrottets-child-trust-fund-policy-dusts-off-an-idea-last-tried-by-uk-labour-201662/" aria-label="Read more about Perrottet’s child trust fund policy dusts off an idea last tried by UK Labour">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Samuelsson, Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong Ethan/flickr, CC BY-SA Our food choices are being influenced every day. On social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, food and eating consistently appear on lists of trending topics. Food has eye-catching appeal and is a universal experience. ... <a title="Tangy apricot Bavarian whip, fried rice medley and bombe Alaska: what Australia’s first food influencer had us cooking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/15/tangy-apricot-bavarian-whip-fried-rice-medley-and-bombe-alaska-what-australias-first-food-influencer-had-us-cooking-199987/" aria-label="Read more about Tangy apricot Bavarian whip, fried rice medley and bombe Alaska: what Australia’s first food influencer had us cooking">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Kerry Marshall/Getty Images The final months of New Zealand’s summer carried a massive sting, bringing “unprecedented” rainfalls several times over, from widespread flooding in Auckland at the end of January to ex-tropical ... <a title="Floods, cyclones, thunderstorms: is climate change to blame for New Zealand’s summer of extreme weather?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/15/floods-cyclones-thunderstorms-is-climate-change-to-blame-for-new-zealands-summer-of-extreme-weather-201161/" aria-label="Read more about Floods, cyclones, thunderstorms: is climate change to blame for New Zealand’s summer of extreme weather?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University The agreement to deliver Australia nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS tripartite security pact was announced today with great fanfare at United States Navy facilities in San Diego, California. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined UK counterpart Rishi ... <a title="AUKUS submarine plan will be the biggest defence scheme in Australian history. So how will it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/aukus-submarine-plan-will-be-the-biggest-defence-scheme-in-australian-history-so-how-will-it-work-199492/" aria-label="Read more about AUKUS submarine plan will be the biggest defence scheme in Australian history. So how will it work?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in International History, Flinders University Stefan Rousseau/AP Much has been made of Australia’s renewed engagement with Asia and the Pacific since Labor came to power. Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s “charm offensive” in the Pacific was seen as the beginning of a new process of ... <a title="With AUKUS, Australia has wedded itself to a risky US policy on China – and turned a deaf ear to the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/with-aukus-australia-has-wedded-itself-to-a-risky-us-policy-on-china-and-turned-a-deaf-ear-to-the-region-201757/" aria-label="Read more about With AUKUS, Australia has wedded itself to a risky US policy on China – and turned a deaf ear to the region">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In drawing up his plans to more effectively tax large superannuation accounts, Treasurer Jim Chalmers might have stumbled upon a really good idea. If applied more broadly, it could at last tax rich Australians in ... <a title="Working Australians pay tax in real-time – now the richest Australians making capital gains should too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/working-australians-pay-tax-in-real-time-now-the-richest-australians-making-capital-gains-should-too-201665/" aria-label="Read more about Working Australians pay tax in real-time – now the richest Australians making capital gains should too">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In drawing up his plans to more effectively tax large superannuation accounts, Treasurer Jim Chalmers might have stumbled upon a really good idea. If applied more broadly, it could at last tax rich Australians in ... <a title="Pensioners and homeowners pay capital gains tax in real-time – it’s time the richest Australians did too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/pensioners-and-homeowners-pay-capital-gains-tax-in-real-time-its-time-the-richest-australians-did-too-201665/" aria-label="Read more about Pensioners and homeowners pay capital gains tax in real-time – it’s time the richest Australians did too">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The New South Wales state election will be held in 11 days, on March 25. At the March 2019 NSW election, the Coalition won 48 of the ... <a title="NSW election preview: Labor likely to fall short of a majority, which could result in hung parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/nsw-election-preview-labor-likely-to-fall-short-of-a-majority-which-could-result-in-hung-parliament-201289/" aria-label="Read more about NSW election preview: Labor likely to fall short of a majority, which could result in hung parliament">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Tietz, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney Image: study participant, Author provided It’s the end of a long day and you’re finally home, ready to unwind and recharge for the next day. You head to your bedroom, hoping to find solace and relaxation in your ... <a title="Our bedrooms aren’t refuges anymore – working, studying and eating in them is bad for our sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/our-bedrooms-arent-refuges-anymore-working-studying-and-eating-in-them-is-bad-for-our-sleep-201169/" aria-label="Read more about Our bedrooms aren’t refuges anymore – working, studying and eating in them is bad for our sleep">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Bradbury, Emeritus Professor of Complex Systems Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Speaking at a summit in San Diego on Monday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a decades-long strategy to deliver the most costly defence project in Australia’s history. New details ... <a title="Progress in detection tech could render submarines useless by the 2050s. What does it mean for the AUKUS pact?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/progress-in-detection-tech-could-render-submarines-useless-by-the-2050s-what-does-it-mean-for-the-aukus-pact-201187/" aria-label="Read more about Progress in detection tech could render submarines useless by the 2050s. What does it mean for the AUKUS pact?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Munt, Associate Professor, Media Arts & Production, University of Technology Sydney Focus Films In a recent interview on her portrayal of a renowned (fictional) female conductor, the autocratic maestro Lydia Tár, Cate Blanchett noted ways in which orchestral music-making is not a democratic enterprise. Neither is ... <a title="The full credit list featured at the beginning of Tár is a nod to the hidden hierarchies of labour in screen production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/the-full-credit-list-featured-at-the-beginning-of-tar-is-a-nod-to-the-hidden-hierarchies-of-labour-in-screen-production-199781/" aria-label="Read more about The full credit list featured at the beginning of Tár is a nod to the hidden hierarchies of labour in screen production">Read more</a>
