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Year: 2024

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers flags deal on Reserve Bank’s new structure is close

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Cost of living remains at the top of people’s minds as inflation stays sticky. With an election in less than a year, the government has been doing what it can to address some of the pressures. But the Reserve Bank ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers flags deal on Reserve Bank’s new structure is close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jim-chalmers-flags-deal-on-reserve-banks-new-structure-is-close-236879/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers flags deal on Reserve Bank’s new structure is close">Read more</a>

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John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world

August 15, 2024

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from the CIA and related US intelligence agencies. So in effect we have the colonisation of our intelligence agencies These agencies dominate the advice to ministers, writes John Menadue. ... <a title="John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/john-menadue-america-is-the-most-violent-aggressive-country-in-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world">Read more</a>

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Was Ukraine’s incursion of Russia a tactical stroke of genius? It sent a strong message to Putin – and the West

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Ukrainians have long become used to grim news reports from their besieged lands. But that’s suddenly changed. Following its remarkably successful incursion of Russia’s Kursk region, cheerful Ukrainian journalists ... <a title="Was Ukraine’s incursion of Russia a tactical stroke of genius? It sent a strong message to Putin – and the West" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/was-ukraines-incursion-of-russia-a-tactical-stroke-of-genius-it-sent-a-strong-message-to-putin-and-the-west-236864/" aria-label="Read more about Was Ukraine’s incursion of Russia a tactical stroke of genius? It sent a strong message to Putin – and the West">Read more</a>

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Big alcohol and tobacco are the aces of strategic marketing. The gambling industry has adopted the playbook

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Gordon, Professor of Behaviour & Social Change, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock The federal government has been under significant pressure all week as it works to finalise proposed regulation to restrict gambling advertising. Currently, a partial ban is on the table. This has led to severe ... <a title="Big alcohol and tobacco are the aces of strategic marketing. The gambling industry has adopted the playbook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/big-alcohol-and-tobacco-are-the-aces-of-strategic-marketing-the-gambling-industry-has-adopted-the-playbook-236777/" aria-label="Read more about Big alcohol and tobacco are the aces of strategic marketing. The gambling industry has adopted the playbook">Read more</a>

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Classical music is not isolated from politics. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra should know this

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne Pianist Jayson Gillham. Supplied/Rémi Chauvin This morning, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) announced it was an error to cancel a scheduled concerto performance by British-Australian pianist Jayson Gillham. Its decision, and the issues leading up ... <a title="Classical music is not isolated from politics. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra should know this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/classical-music-is-not-isolated-from-politics-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-should-know-this-236789/" aria-label="Read more about Classical music is not isolated from politics. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra should know this">Read more</a>

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Satellites are making the night sky brighter – as a launch site, NZ has a duty to combat light pollution

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Grant, Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury Wikimedia Commons/Yourong F. Wang, CC BY-SA New Zealand’s space sector has been developing rapidly since the first rocket lifted off in 2017. It now contributes about NZ$1.7 billion in revenue, with plans to grow to $10 billion by 2030. ... <a title="Satellites are making the night sky brighter – as a launch site, NZ has a duty to combat light pollution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/satellites-are-making-the-night-sky-brighter-as-a-launch-site-nz-has-a-duty-to-combat-light-pollution-233784/" aria-label="Read more about Satellites are making the night sky brighter – as a launch site, NZ has a duty to combat light pollution">Read more</a>

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What is the abortion drug Donald Trump has been talking about? How is it used in Australia?

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Mazza, Director, SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care and Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice, Monash University Donald Trump suggested he was open to revoking access to the abortion pill if he won the ... <a title="What is the abortion drug Donald Trump has been talking about? How is it used in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/what-is-the-abortion-drug-donald-trump-has-been-talking-about-how-is-it-used-in-australia-236594/" aria-label="Read more about What is the abortion drug Donald Trump has been talking about? How is it used in Australia?">Read more</a>

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WHO has declared mpox a global health emergency. What happens next?

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Inkoly/Shutterstock The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, after rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the potential ... <a title="WHO has declared mpox a global health emergency. What happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/who-has-declared-mpox-a-global-health-emergency-what-happens-next-236778/" aria-label="Read more about WHO has declared mpox a global health emergency. What happens next?">Read more</a>

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South Australia plans to offer pregnant women an RSV vaccine next year. Here’s what you need to know

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Giles, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne MilanMarkovic78/Shutterstock Last week, South Australia announced it would offer pregnant women a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from next year for free. It’s the first Australian state or territory to do so. RSV can be ... <a title="South Australia plans to offer pregnant women an RSV vaccine next year. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/south-australia-plans-to-offer-pregnant-women-an-rsv-vaccine-next-year-heres-what-you-need-to-know-236333/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia plans to offer pregnant women an RSV vaccine next year. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>

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Farewell Gena Rowlands, the formidable actress whose characters always seemed to be tipping into madness

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide Gena Rowlands, who has died at the age of 94, was a highly respected actor, with a fierce, edgy, often emotionally unstable on screen presence. She often played traumatised mothers or mother figures and her characters were ... <a title="Farewell Gena Rowlands, the formidable actress whose characters always seemed to be tipping into madness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/farewell-gena-rowlands-the-formidable-actress-whose-characters-always-seemed-to-be-tipping-into-madness-227369/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell Gena Rowlands, the formidable actress whose characters always seemed to be tipping into madness">Read more</a>

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The making of Australia’s first Dark Sky Community at Carrickalinga

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharolyn Anderson, Research scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia The Backyard Universe In a world increasingly illuminated by artificial light, the beautiful night skies of a small coastal town in South Australia have attracted international recognition. Carrickalinga on the Fleurieu Peninsula is Australia’s first ... <a title="The making of Australia’s first Dark Sky Community at Carrickalinga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/the-making-of-australias-first-dark-sky-community-at-carrickalinga-228002/" aria-label="Read more about The making of Australia’s first Dark Sky Community at Carrickalinga">Read more</a>

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Islands in the sky: could steep-sided hilltops offer safe haven to our threatened species?

August 15, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral research fellow in conservation, University of Sydney New South Wales has dozens of mesas, including Byangee Walls in Morton National Park ambo kangaro/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-ND Species are disappearing at an alarming rate around the world. But Australia’s extinction crisis is especially severe – since ... <a title="Islands in the sky: could steep-sided hilltops offer safe haven to our threatened species?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/islands-in-the-sky-could-steep-sided-hilltops-offer-safe-haven-to-our-threatened-species-234925/" aria-label="Read more about Islands in the sky: could steep-sided hilltops offer safe haven to our threatened species?">Read more</a>