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May 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Wescott, Lecturer in Education, Monash University RDNE Stock Project/ Pexels , CC BY Earlier this week, two students were expelled from a Melbourne private school for their involvement in creating a spreadsheet that ranked girls using sexist and violent categories (from “wifeys” and “cuties” to “unrapeable”). ... <a title="Andrew Tate’s extreme views about women are infiltrating Australian schools. We need a zero-tolerance response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/andrew-tates-extreme-views-about-women-are-infiltrating-australian-schools-we-need-a-zero-tolerance-response-229603/" aria-label="Read more about Andrew Tate’s extreme views about women are infiltrating Australian schools. We need a zero-tolerance response">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Goss, Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra Government spending on health has been growing so rapidly that a decade ago the then health minister Peter Dutton called it “unmanageable” and “unsustainable”. Health spending grew in real terms by 44% in the ten years ... <a title="Yes, spending on health is growing, but new research shows we’re getting more for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/yes-spending-on-health-is-growing-but-new-research-shows-were-getting-more-for-it-228884/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, spending on health is growing, but new research shows we’re getting more for it">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A former Tuvalu prime minister says while the New Zealand government’s oil and gas plans show it is concerned about its economy, he is more concerned about the livelihoods and survival of the Tuvalu people. Enele Sopoaga — who still serves as an MP in Tuvalu — says the ... <a title="‘Completely stupid’ – ex-Tuvalu PM plea to NZ to rethink fossil fuel plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/completely-stupid-ex-tuvalu-pm-plea-to-nz-to-rethink-fossil-fuel-plan/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Completely stupid’ – ex-Tuvalu PM plea to NZ to rethink fossil fuel plan">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Many people who follow federal budgets know about the magnificent “budget tree” in a parliamentary courtyard, which turns a glorious red in time for the May event. This week Treasurer Jim Chalmers posed by the tree for pre-budget photos. As ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Like the famous budget tree, Chalmers can change the story to suit the season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/grattan-on-friday-like-the-famous-budget-tree-chalmers-can-change-the-story-to-suit-the-season-229711/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Like the famous budget tree, Chalmers can change the story to suit the season">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Aerial-motion/Shutterstock Gas is back – if it ever went away. Yesterday, the Albanese government doubled down on gas with the release of its Future Gas Industry policy. Under this proposal, gas will be part of our power mix until at ... <a title="Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/australia-can-have-a-future-for-the-gas-industry-or-meet-its-climate-commitments-but-not-both-229700/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Bennett, Professor of Music, Australian National University Richard P J Lambert/flickr, CC BY The future belongs to the analogue loyalists. Fuck digital. As a tsunami of CDs, DAT tapes and samplers swept the recording industry in the late 1980s, Big Black frontman and alternative music agent ... <a title="Technically accomplished, sonically subversive and fiercely independent, I’ll remember Steve Albini for his rare humility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/technically-accomplished-sonically-subversive-and-fiercely-independent-ill-remember-steve-albini-for-his-rare-humility-229708/" aria-label="Read more about Technically accomplished, sonically subversive and fiercely independent, I’ll remember Steve Albini for his rare humility">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Strong, Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University This week American rapper Macklemore released a new track, Hind’s Hall, which has gained a lot of attention because of its explicitly political nature. The track is unapologetically pro-Palestine. It declares the artist’s solidarity with student protesters occupying campuses ... <a title="Hind’s Hall is Macklemore’s bold new pro-Palestine anthem. What might it actually achieve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/hinds-hall-is-macklemores-bold-new-pro-palestine-anthem-what-might-it-actually-achieve-229702/" aria-label="Read more about Hind’s Hall is Macklemore’s bold new pro-Palestine anthem. What might it actually achieve?">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danica Jenkins, Lecturer in European Studies, University of Sydney On a freezing spring night in March, Georgia’s national soccer team beat Greece in a nail-biter penalty shootout to qualify for the Euro 2024 championships. The atmosphere on the streets of the capital Tbilisi was electric – it ... <a title="‘We do not want to be like Russia’: a first-hand account of Georgia’s fight for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/we-do-not-want-to-be-like-russia-a-first-hand-account-of-georgias-fight-for-democracy-229491/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We do not want to be like Russia’: a first-hand account of Georgia’s fight for democracy">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam G. Arian, Lecturer (Accounting & Finance), Australian Catholic University Loic Manegarium/Pexels Imagine every ton of carbon dioxide a company emits is slowly inflating its costs — not just in terms of potential fines or fees but in the capital it needs to grow and operate. This ... <a title="Our research shows higher carbon emissions increase costs for Australian businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/our-research-shows-higher-carbon-emissions-increase-costs-for-australian-businesses-229133/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows higher carbon emissions increase costs for Australian businesses">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Somwrita Sarkar, Senior Lecturer in Design and Computation, University of Sydney The “latte line” is the infamous, invisible boundary that divides Sydney between the more affluent north-east and the south-west. Historically, people north of the line enjoy better access to jobs and education, and can capitalise on ... <a title="Our cities are widening the divide between the well-off and the rest. How can we turn this damaging trend around?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/our-cities-are-widening-the-divide-between-the-well-off-and-the-rest-how-can-we-turn-this-damaging-trend-around-222386/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities are widening the divide between the well-off and the rest. How can we turn this damaging trend around?">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dowdy, Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne Nomad_Soul/Shutterstock In media articles about unprecedented flooding, you’ll often come across the statement that for every 1°C of warming, the atmosphere can hold about 7% more moisture. This figure comes from research undertaken by the ... <a title="Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/supercharged-thunderstorms-have-we-underestimated-how-climate-change-drives-extreme-rain-and-floods-228896/" aria-label="Read more about Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods?">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
RNZ Pacific Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has been sentenced to one year in prison, Fiji media are reporting. Bainimarama, alongside suspended Fiji Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho appeared in the High Court in Suva today for their sentencing hearing for a case involving their roles in blocking a police investigation at the University of ... <a title="Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama jailed over block of USP probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/former-fiji-pm-voreqe-bainimarama-jailed-over-block-of-usp-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama jailed over block of USP probe">Read more</a>
