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April 17, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas The announced closure of Television New Zealand’s last primetime current affairs programme seems to be the final nail in the coffin for New Zealand’s television credibility. Coming a day after the announcement of the closure of Newshub, it shows that Kiwis have the worst television and video media in the Western ... <a title="Myles Thomas: Newshub, TVNZ job cuts: We now have the worst TV in the Western world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/myles-thomas-newshub-tvnz-job-cuts-we-now-have-the-worst-tv-in-the-western-world/" aria-label="Read more about Myles Thomas: Newshub, TVNZ job cuts: We now have the worst TV in the Western world">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Pinder, Associate Professor, Finance , The University of Melbourne During yesterday’s senate inquiry into supermarket pricing, Greens senator Nick McKim threatened to hold outgoing Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci in contempt for refusing to directly answer questions about the company’s profitability. McKim repeatedly asked Banducci for ... <a title="Woolworths chief Brad Banducci couldn’t give senators his company’s ‘return on equity’. What exactly is this figure, and what can it tell us about a company’s profit?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/woolworths-chief-brad-banducci-couldnt-give-senators-his-companys-return-on-equity-what-exactly-is-this-figure-and-what-can-it-tell-us-about-a-companys-profit-228021/" aria-label="Read more about Woolworths chief Brad Banducci couldn’t give senators his company’s ‘return on equity’. What exactly is this figure, and what can it tell us about a company’s profit?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara Polls have opened today in Solomon Islands. “Today is polling day. Polling Station opens at 7 am and closes at 4 pm. Be at the correct polling station and be in the voting line before 4 pm,” a text message from the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission alerting ... <a title="Let the games begin – coalition negotiations underway in Honiara" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/let-the-games-begin-coalition-negotiations-underway-in-honiara/" aria-label="Read more about Let the games begin – coalition negotiations underway in Honiara">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute Shutterstock/Benjamin Crone Many Australians with disability feel on the edge of a precipice right now. Recommendations from the disability royal commission and the NDIS review were released late last year. Now a draft NDIS reform bill has been tabled. In ... <a title="Choice and control: the NDIS was designed to give participants choice, but mandatory registration could threaten this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/choice-and-control-the-ndis-was-designed-to-give-participants-choice-but-mandatory-registration-could-threaten-this-224505/" aria-label="Read more about Choice and control: the NDIS was designed to give participants choice, but mandatory registration could threaten this">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Research Fellow, Media & Communications, RMIT University Do you find yourself endlessly scrolling through streaming channels, wondering what to watch among the hundreds (or thousands) of options? Do you worry about spending more money on yet another subscription just to watch the latest show everyone ... <a title="Is a 24-hour Home and Away channel the answer to subscription fatigue?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/is-a-24-hour-home-and-away-channel-the-answer-to-subscription-fatigue-226738/" aria-label="Read more about Is a 24-hour Home and Away channel the answer to subscription fatigue?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen Laura Sterup, Postgraduate in Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Wikimedia Commons/Luca Davenport-Thomas, CC BY-SA In the early 20th century, canaries were used as early warning systems in coal mines to alert miners to rising levels of carbon monoxide. A small unremarkable ... <a title="Light pollution affects coastal ecosystems too – this underwater ‘canary’ is warning of the impacts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/light-pollution-affects-coastal-ecosystems-too-this-underwater-canary-is-warning-of-the-impacts-226599/" aria-label="Read more about Light pollution affects coastal ecosystems too – this underwater ‘canary’ is warning of the impacts">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University So weighed down have Americans become by student debt, and so potent a political issue has it become in the US, that President Biden plans to waive interest or write off money owing by 30 ... <a title="Biden is cancelling millions of student debts – here’s what to expect from Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/biden-is-cancelling-millions-of-student-debts-heres-what-to-expect-from-albanese-227919/" aria-label="Read more about Biden is cancelling millions of student debts – here’s what to expect from Albanese">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Two major critical minerals projects in Queensland and South Australia are to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal government loans as part of the Albanese government’s new Future Made in Australia policy. New loans worth $400 million will ... <a title="Critical minerals receive multi-million dollar support under Future Made in Australia policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/critical-minerals-receive-multi-million-dollar-support-under-future-made-in-australia-policy-228015/" aria-label="Read more about Critical minerals receive multi-million dollar support under Future Made in Australia policy">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam James Loch, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Water is one of Australia’s most valuable commodities. Rights to take water from our nation’s largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, are worth almost A$100 billion. These rights can be bought and sold or leased, with trade exceeding A$2 ... <a title="Water theft laws and penalties in the Murray-Darling Basin are a dog’s breakfast. Here’s how we can fix them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/16/water-theft-laws-and-penalties-in-the-murray-darling-basin-are-a-dogs-breakfast-heres-how-we-can-fix-them-227862/" aria-label="Read more about Water theft laws and penalties in the Murray-Darling Basin are a dog’s breakfast. Here’s how we can fix them">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University In the space of three days, there have been two devastating knife attacks in Sydney. Your child may have seen these on the news or social media. Or they might be hearing about it from friends or at school. ... <a title="After a second knife attack in Sydney, how can parents talk to their kids and help them feel safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/16/after-a-second-knife-attack-in-sydney-how-can-parents-talk-to-their-kids-and-help-them-feel-safe-228005/" aria-label="Read more about After a second knife attack in Sydney, how can parents talk to their kids and help them feel safe?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Just days after the deadly Westfield Bondi attacks, a second knife attack in Sydney has generated widespread shock and grief. This time, a 16-year-old entered an Assyrian church and rushed forward ... <a title="Why is the Sydney church stabbing an act of terrorism, but the Bondi tragedy isn’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/16/why-is-the-sydney-church-stabbing-an-act-of-terrorism-but-the-bondi-tragedy-isnt-227997/" aria-label="Read more about Why is the Sydney church stabbing an act of terrorism, but the Bondi tragedy isn’t?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University A juvenile hammerhead at Burleigh Beach, watched by snorkellers Olaf Meynecke, CC BY-NC-ND For the second year in a row, over 100 hammerheads have gathered at one of Australia’s busiest beaches, Burleigh ... <a title="Masses of scalloped hammerheads have returned to one of Australia’s busiest beaches. But we don’t need to panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/16/masses-of-scalloped-hammerheads-have-returned-to-one-of-australias-busiest-beaches-but-we-dont-need-to-panic-227219/" aria-label="Read more about Masses of scalloped hammerheads have returned to one of Australia’s busiest beaches. But we don’t need to panic">Read more</a>
