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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Gupta, Senior postdoctoral research fellow, Appleton Institute, HealthWise research group, CQUniversity Australia RossHelen/Shutterstock Imagine arriving at your hotel after a long flight and being greeted by your own personal sleep butler. They present you with a pillow menu and invite you to a sleep meditation session ... <a title="‘Sleep tourism’ promises the trip of your dreams. Beyond the hype plus 5 tips for a holiday at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/sleep-tourism-promises-the-trip-of-your-dreams-beyond-the-hype-plus-5-tips-for-a-holiday-at-home-231718/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Sleep tourism’ promises the trip of your dreams. Beyond the hype plus 5 tips for a holiday at home">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University With a federal election due by May 2025, few doubt it will be fought over the high cost of living, with emphasis on energy policy and the punishing effects of electricity prices. But the underlying condition of the ... <a title="Climate and energy have emerged as a federal election flashpoint. But unless the economy improves, will voters be listening?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/climate-and-energy-have-emerged-as-a-federal-election-flashpoint-but-unless-the-economy-improves-will-voters-be-listening-232903/" aria-label="Read more about Climate and energy have emerged as a federal election flashpoint. But unless the economy improves, will voters be listening?">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victor Gambarini, PhD Student in Marine Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles afloat in the world’s oceans. This highlights how urgently we need to develop strategies ... <a title="Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/most-plastics-are-made-from-fossil-fuels-and-end-up-in-the-ocean-but-marine-microbes-cant-degrade-them-new-research-230530/" aria-label="Read more about Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Supermarkets guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards suppliers will face large penalties under a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct the Albanese government will implement. The government has accepted all the recommendations in the final report of an inquiry done ... <a title="Albanese government will impose mandatory code and big penalties to stop supermarkets treating suppliers badly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/albanese-government-will-impose-mandatory-code-and-big-penalties-to-stop-supermarkets-treating-suppliers-badly-233071/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government will impose mandatory code and big penalties to stop supermarkets treating suppliers badly">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Aotearoa Caravan For a Free Palestine arrived in Auckland at the weekend and was greeted and supported by a large rally and march downtown before heading for Hamilton on the next stage. “260 days of wives becoming widows. 260 days of mothers becoming children-less. 260 days of schools being bombed, of ... <a title="Aotearoa Caravan for Free Palestine reaches Auckland, joins downtown rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/aotearoa-caravan-for-free-palestine-reaches-auckland-joins-downtown-rally/" aria-label="Read more about Aotearoa Caravan for Free Palestine reaches Auckland, joins downtown rally">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has entered the nuclear debate, with a vitriolic attack describing Peter Dutton “a charlatan”, “wicked and cynical” and “an inveterate climate change denialist”. In a Sunday statement Keating accused Dutton of “seeking to camouflage his ... <a title="View from The Hill: Paul Keating labels Dutton a ‘charlatan’ as nuclear debate gets down and dirty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/23/view-from-the-hill-paul-keating-labels-dutton-a-charlatan-as-nuclear-debate-gets-down-and-dirty-233073/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Paul Keating labels Dutton a ‘charlatan’ as nuclear debate gets down and dirty">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Savanna Craig On the morning of April 15, I headed to a branch of Scotiabank in downtown Montreal to cover a pro-Palestine protest. Activists had chosen the venue due to the Canadian bank’s investments in Israeli defence company Elbit Systems. I watched as protesters blocked the bank’s ATMs and teller booths and the ... <a title="In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is emerging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/23/in-canada-a-pattern-of-police-intimidation-of-freelance-journalists-is-emerging/" aria-label="Read more about In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is emerging">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2024
Vanuatu Daily Post All eight Members of Parliament from Vanuatu’s Tafea Province have made a bold and powerful call to French President Emmanuel Macron to “stop the violence and killing” being committed against the Kanak people of New Caledonia. The MPs include Trade Minister Bob Loughman, a former prime minister; Internal Affairs Minister Johnny Koanapo; ... <a title="‘Stop the violence, killing against Kanaks’ plea by Vanuatu MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/22/stop-the-violence-killing-against-kanaks-plea-by-vanuatu-mps/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stop the violence, killing against Kanaks’ plea by Vanuatu MPs">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A group of NZ-based Fiji business people have met in Auckland to plan a boost for indigenous participation in commerce. And the iTaukei notion of “solesolevaki” — coming together for the greater good — is at the heart of the initiative. The get-together was facilitated this week by the Fiji High Commissioner ... <a title="NZ Fiji indigenous business leaders promote ‘solesolevaki’ boost for commerce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/22/nz-fiji-indigenous-business-leaders-promote-solesolevaki-boost-for-commerce/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Fiji indigenous business leaders promote ‘solesolevaki’ boost for commerce">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Marshall, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver A car fails to yield as a family attempts to cross a road in Long Beach, Calif. Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images “Can you name the truck with four-wheel drive, smells like a steak, ... <a title="Traffic engineers build roads that invite crashes because they rely on outdated research and faulty data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/22/traffic-engineers-build-roads-that-invite-crashes-because-they-rely-on-outdated-research-and-faulty-data-223710/" aria-label="Read more about Traffic engineers build roads that invite crashes because they rely on outdated research and faulty data">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2024
By Mark Pearson Journalists, publishers, academics, diplomats and NGO representatives from throughout the Asia-Pacific region will gather for the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference hosted by The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, next month. A notable part of the conference on July 4-6 will be the celebration of the 30th anniversary of ... <a title="Pacific Media Conference to celebrate 30th birthday of Pacific Journalism Review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/22/pacific-media-conference-to-celebrate-30th-birthday-of-pacific-journalism-review/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Media Conference to celebrate 30th birthday of Pacific Journalism Review">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University Back in February, the Universities Accord final report recommended major changes to university funding. It proposed a new body, the Australian Tertiary Education Commission, to oversee funding and link it to national goals. These ... <a title="A big change is coming for higher education funding. What would a ‘hard cap’ on domestic places mean for students and unis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/21/a-big-change-is-coming-for-higher-education-funding-what-would-a-hard-cap-on-domestic-places-mean-for-students-and-unis-232976/" aria-label="Read more about A big change is coming for higher education funding. What would a ‘hard cap’ on domestic places mean for students and unis?">Read more</a>
