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Month: May 2024

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Stand by for a pay rise on top of a tax cut. Here’s why things will feel better from July

May 28, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Pormezz/Shutterstock At the moment, things look awful. The latest Bureau of Statistics count of retail spending (spending online and in shops) released Tuesday shows we spent less in April than in February. The Westpac card ... <a title="Stand by for a pay rise on top of a tax cut. Here’s why things will feel better from July" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/stand-by-for-a-pay-rise-on-top-of-a-tax-cut-heres-why-things-will-feel-better-from-july-231006/" aria-label="Read more about Stand by for a pay rise on top of a tax cut. Here’s why things will feel better from July">Read more</a>

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Australia’s new consent campaign gets a lot right. But consent education won’t be enough to stop sexual violence

May 28, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow, Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Daniel Thomas/Unsplash The Australian government has recently launched Consent Can’t Wait, a campaign focused on supporting sexual consent communication between adults and young people. Advertisements will run on television, in cinemas, online and ... <a title="Australia’s new consent campaign gets a lot right. But consent education won’t be enough to stop sexual violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/australias-new-consent-campaign-gets-a-lot-right-but-consent-education-wont-be-enough-to-stop-sexual-violence-230956/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new consent campaign gets a lot right. But consent education won’t be enough to stop sexual violence">Read more</a>

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From Mary Poppins to Winnie the Pooh, Richard Sherman wrote the soundtrack of life for generations of children

May 28, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Yeo, Associate Professor in Voice, Opera and Stagecraft, Director Music Theatre, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Walt Disney songwriter Richard M. Sherman, who has died aged 95, wrote some of Hollywood’s greatest film musical songs and brightened the days of children, parents and school ... <a title="From Mary Poppins to Winnie the Pooh, Richard Sherman wrote the soundtrack of life for generations of children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/from-mary-poppins-to-winnie-the-pooh-richard-sherman-wrote-the-soundtrack-of-life-for-generations-of-children-231054/" aria-label="Read more about From Mary Poppins to Winnie the Pooh, Richard Sherman wrote the soundtrack of life for generations of children">Read more</a>

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Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management

May 28, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel Crowley, Adjunct associate professor in geography, University of Adelaide Bushfires cause catastrophic biodiversity loss across Australia. In the Black Summer of 2019–20 alone, 103,400 square kilometres of habitat went up in flames. The irony is, laws to protect native vegetation did nothing to prevent this destruction. ... <a title="Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/changing-native-vegetation-laws-to-allow-burning-on-private-land-is-good-fire-management-229796/" aria-label="Read more about Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management">Read more</a>

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PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis

May 28, 2024

RNZ Pacific Close to 8000 people have been told to be on standby for evacuation from a landslide-prone area in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Enga provincial disaster committee chairperson and provincial administrator Sandis Tsaka told RNZ Pacific some were already being evacuated, but that number was not clear. As many people as possible ... <a title="PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/png-landslide-thousands-on-standby-for-evacuation-amid-fears-of-new-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis">Read more</a>

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Rethinking roads as public spaces – what NZ cities can learn from Barcelona’s ‘superblock’ urban design

May 28, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Kingham, Professor of Human Geography, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/Stanislavskyi New Zealand is one of the most car-centric countries in the world. With the exception of the capital Wellington, New Zealand cities have some of the highest rates of car ownership globally. In central Auckland, roads occupy ... <a title="Rethinking roads as public spaces – what NZ cities can learn from Barcelona’s ‘superblock’ urban design" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/rethinking-roads-as-public-spaces-what-nz-cities-can-learn-from-barcelonas-superblock-urban-design-226601/" aria-label="Read more about Rethinking roads as public spaces – what NZ cities can learn from Barcelona’s ‘superblock’ urban design">Read more</a>

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The Daily Blog hacked – NZ’s most important left media outlet silenced for a day

May 28, 2024

Pacific Media Watch The Daily Blog, New Zealand’s most important leftwing website of news, views and analyses at the heart of the country’s most conservative mediascape in years, has been hacked. It was silenced yesterday for several hours but is back up and running today. The Daily Blog editor and founder Martyn Bradbury launched the ... <a title="The Daily Blog hacked – NZ’s most important left media outlet silenced for a day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/the-daily-blog-hacked-nzs-most-important-left-media-outlet-silenced-for-a-day/" aria-label="Read more about The Daily Blog hacked – NZ’s most important left media outlet silenced for a day">Read more</a>

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What causes landslides? Can we predict them to save lives?

May 28, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pierre Rognon, Associate Professor, University of Sydney A devastating landslide struck several remote villages in the mountainous Enga province in Papua New Guinea late last week. While it is too early for official confirmation, estimates place the death toll between 690 and 2,000 people, with thousands more ... <a title="What causes landslides? Can we predict them to save lives?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/what-causes-landslides-can-we-predict-them-to-save-lives-230968/" aria-label="Read more about What causes landslides? Can we predict them to save lives?">Read more</a>

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‘Play well, win well’: new Australian sports chair Kate Jenkins faces challenges and opportunities

May 28, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Gowthorp, Associate Professor of Sport Management, Bond Business School, Bond University The Australian Sport Commission (ASC) has appointed Kate Jenkins as its new board chair, replacing Josephine Sukkar, who was the first female chair appointed to the ASC board in 2021. As a lawyer and governance ... <a title="‘Play well, win well’: new Australian sports chair Kate Jenkins faces challenges and opportunities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/play-well-win-well-new-australian-sports-chair-kate-jenkins-faces-challenges-and-opportunities-230770/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Play well, win well’: new Australian sports chair Kate Jenkins faces challenges and opportunities">Read more</a>

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Mad Max: Fury Road was a pioneering portrayal of disability. Furiosa is a letdown

May 28, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Ellis, Professor in Internet Studies, Curtin University Warner Bros. Pictures Furiosa, the latest instalment of the Mad Max franchise, has arrived a decade after the release of George Miller’s groundbreaking reboot Fury Road (2015). As we demonstrated in our 2019 book, Miller and the ongoing Mad ... <a title="Mad Max: Fury Road was a pioneering portrayal of disability. Furiosa is a letdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/mad-max-fury-road-was-a-pioneering-portrayal-of-disability-furiosa-is-a-letdown-229126/" aria-label="Read more about Mad Max: Fury Road was a pioneering portrayal of disability. Furiosa is a letdown">Read more</a>

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No, sugar doesn’t make your kids hyperactive

May 28, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Reichelt, Senior Lecturer (Adjunct), Nutritional neuroscientist, University of Adelaide Sharomka/Shutterstock It’s a Saturday afternoon at a kids’ birthday party. Hordes of children are swarming between the spread of birthday treats and party games. Half-eaten cupcakes, biscuits and lollies litter the floor, and the kids seem to ... <a title="No, sugar doesn’t make your kids hyperactive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/no-sugar-doesnt-make-your-kids-hyperactive-229107/" aria-label="Read more about No, sugar doesn’t make your kids hyperactive">Read more</a>

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Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron lifts state of emergency ‘for time being’

May 28, 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the 12-day state of emergency imposed in New Caledonia on May 15 would not be extended “for the time being”. The decision not to renew the state of emergency was mainly designed to “allow the components of the pro-independence FLNKS ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron lifts state of emergency ‘for time being’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-macron-lifts-state-of-emergency-for-time-being/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron lifts state of emergency ‘for time being’">Read more</a>