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Month: June 2024

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Why are private school teachers paid more than their public colleagues?

June 26, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Yan Krukov/Pexels , CC BY New South Wales private school teachers are pushing for a pay rise with the help of their union. One of the main arguments is their pay should be higher than that of ... <a title="Why are private school teachers paid more than their public colleagues?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/why-are-private-school-teachers-paid-more-than-their-public-colleagues-233209/" aria-label="Read more about Why are private school teachers paid more than their public colleagues?">Read more</a>

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Australia’s music artists are in dire straits – yet taxpayer-funded Triple J won’t shake its commercial flavour

June 26, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Lecturer – Creative Industries, University of South Australia On June 12, Sydney musician and software engineer Harrison Khannah launched Triple J Watchdog, a website dedicated to aggregating and analysing the music played on Australia’s national youth broadcaster Triple J. The site currently displays data from ... <a title="Australia’s music artists are in dire straits – yet taxpayer-funded Triple J won’t shake its commercial flavour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/australias-music-artists-are-in-dire-straits-yet-taxpayer-funded-triple-j-wont-shake-its-commercial-flavour-233093/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s music artists are in dire straits – yet taxpayer-funded Triple J won’t shake its commercial flavour">Read more</a>

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Success in treating persistent pain now offers hope for those with Long COVID

June 26, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish Wilson, Associate Professor in General Practice, University of Otago Shutterstock/Anucha Naisuntorn The emergence of Long COVID as a mysterious new illness has refocused attention on the incapacitating nature of persistent fatigue. Around the world, this unexpected outcome of the pandemic is now a significant health issue ... <a title="Success in treating persistent pain now offers hope for those with Long COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/success-in-treating-persistent-pain-now-offers-hope-for-those-with-long-covid-232897/" aria-label="Read more about Success in treating persistent pain now offers hope for those with Long COVID">Read more</a>

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What are family trusts?

June 26, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Thwin, PhD Student (Tax Law), Griffith University SewCreamStudio/Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance. Many of us associate trust funds with their depictions in popular culture – tools used ... <a title="What are family trusts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/what-are-family-trusts-232601/" aria-label="Read more about What are family trusts?">Read more</a>

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When people are under economic stress, their pets suffer too – we found parts of Detroit that are animal welfare deserts

June 26, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura A. Reese, Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning, Michigan State University Nearly two-thirds of U.S. households have at least one pet. More than ever before, companion animals are a part of life – particularly in cities, where the majority of Americans live. Cities offer access ... <a title="When people are under economic stress, their pets suffer too – we found parts of Detroit that are animal welfare deserts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/when-people-are-under-economic-stress-their-pets-suffer-too-we-found-parts-of-detroit-that-are-animal-welfare-deserts-226079/" aria-label="Read more about When people are under economic stress, their pets suffer too – we found parts of Detroit that are animal welfare deserts">Read more</a>

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The good news is the Australian economy is about to turn up. Here’s why

June 26, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Right now things feel awful. Tuesday’s Westpac Melbourne Institute survey shows three times as many Australians say their finances have worsened than say they’ve got better, and twice as many think the economy is getting ... <a title="The good news is the Australian economy is about to turn up. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/the-good-news-is-the-australian-economy-is-about-to-turn-up-heres-why-233141/" aria-label="Read more about The good news is the Australian economy is about to turn up. Here’s why">Read more</a>

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Benny Wenda’s plea to back new West Papuan ‘liberation front’ for freedom

June 26, 2024

The president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed the launch of a new political front, urging support for this new initiative on the “roadmap to liberation”. Benny Wenda said the launch of the West Papua People’s Liberation Front (GR-PWP) was a  new popular movement formed to execute the national agenda ... <a title="Benny Wenda’s plea to back new West Papuan ‘liberation front’ for freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/benny-wendas-plea-to-back-new-west-papuan-liberation-front-for-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda’s plea to back new West Papuan ‘liberation front’ for freedom">Read more</a>

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Plea deal ends personal ordeal for Julian Assange, but still media freedom concerns, says MEAA

June 25, 2024

Pacific Media Watch The reported plea bargain between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the United States government brings to a close one of the darkest periods in the history of media freedom, says the union for Australian journalists. While the details of the deal are still to be confirmed, MEAA welcomed the release of Assange, ... <a title="Plea deal ends personal ordeal for Julian Assange, but still media freedom concerns, says MEAA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/plea-deal-ends-personal-ordeal-for-julian-assange-but-still-media-freedom-concerns-says-meaa/" aria-label="Read more about Plea deal ends personal ordeal for Julian Assange, but still media freedom concerns, says MEAA">Read more</a>

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Senator Fatima Payman defies Labor solidarity rule to cross floor on pro-Palestine Greens motion

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor senator Fatima Payman has crossed the floor to support a motion moved by the Greens declaring “the need for the Senate to recognise the State of Palestine”. Although the stand of Payman invited a sanction by her party – ... <a title="Senator Fatima Payman defies Labor solidarity rule to cross floor on pro-Palestine Greens motion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/senator-fatima-payman-defies-labor-solidarity-rule-to-cross-floor-on-pro-palestine-greens-motion-233223/" aria-label="Read more about Senator Fatima Payman defies Labor solidarity rule to cross floor on pro-Palestine Greens motion">Read more</a>

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Victoria will begin pill testing this summer. Evidence shows it reduces harm (and won’t increase drug use)

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University Vishnu R Nair/Pexels This week Victorian premier Jacinta Allan announced the state will trial a drug checking service beginning this summer festival season, describing it as a “simple and commonsense way to save ... <a title="Victoria will begin pill testing this summer. Evidence shows it reduces harm (and won’t increase drug use)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/victoria-will-begin-pill-testing-this-summer-evidence-shows-it-reduces-harm-and-wont-increase-drug-use-233211/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria will begin pill testing this summer. Evidence shows it reduces harm (and won’t increase drug use)">Read more</a>

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PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says Engan leader

June 25, 2024

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist National politicians and pastors are fuelling the tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea by supplying guns and ammunition, says Enga’s Provincial Administrator Sandis Tsaka. Tsaka’s brother was killed a fortnight ago when a tribe on a war raid passed through his clan. “[My brother] was at home with his ... <a title="PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says Engan leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/png-politicians-pastors-supply-weapons-to-fuel-deadly-tribal-fights-says-engan-leader/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says Engan leader">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Hero or villain, Julian Assange’s cause crossed the political divide

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Julian Assange affair stands at the awkward intersection of a country’s right to keep secret national security information and the public’s right to know what is being done by a supposedly accountable government. The actions of Assange and WikiLeaks ... <a title="View from The Hill: Hero or villain, Julian Assange’s cause crossed the political divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/view-from-the-hill-hero-or-villain-julian-assanges-cause-crossed-the-political-divide-233221/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Hero or villain, Julian Assange’s cause crossed the political divide">Read more</a>