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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University India will soon hold the biggest election ever conducted, starting on April 19 and running through early June. Almost 950 million registered voters will be able to cast ballots to elect the 543 members of the Lok Sabha, the ... <a title="Narendra Modi’s economy isn’t booming for India’s unemployed youth. So, why is his party favoured to win another election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/narendra-modis-economy-isnt-booming-for-indias-unemployed-youth-so-why-is-his-party-favoured-to-win-another-election-224868/" aria-label="Read more about Narendra Modi’s economy isn’t booming for India’s unemployed youth. So, why is his party favoured to win another election?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer McCann, Lecturer Nutrition Sciences, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University FotoDuets/Shutterstock Toddler milk is popular and becoming more so. Just over a third of Australian toddlers drink it. Parents spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it globally. Around the world, toddler milk makes ... <a title="Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/why-is-toddler-milk-so-popular-follow-the-money-225668/" aria-label="Read more about Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Pourmousavi Kani, Senior Lecturer of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide Pi-Lens/Shutterstock Billions of dollars are being spent worldwide to modernise electricity grids with smart meters. These meters promise to save households money by making it easier for us to understand and manage our energy ... <a title="Smart meters haven’t delivered the promised benefits to electricity users. Here’s a way to fix the problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/smart-meters-havent-delivered-the-promised-benefits-to-electricity-users-heres-a-way-to-fix-the-problems-225346/" aria-label="Read more about Smart meters haven’t delivered the promised benefits to electricity users. Here’s a way to fix the problems">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Garvin, Adjunct Fellow, Department of Economics, Macquarie University This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. If just one state of Australia, New South Wales, scrapped its stamp duty on real-estate transactions, about 100,000 ... <a title="Stamp duty is holding us back from moving homes – we’ve worked out how much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/stamp-duty-is-holding-us-back-from-moving-homes-weve-worked-out-how-much-225773/" aria-label="Read more about Stamp duty is holding us back from moving homes – we’ve worked out how much">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland’s Takutai Square today hailed the strong stance of Ireland over Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza – in contrast to a weak New Zealand position – while two blocks away in Te Komititanga Square (Britomart) hundreds of revellers were celebrating St Patrick’s Day. “The Irish ... <a title="NZ Palestine protesters praise Irish solidarity over Gaza on St Patrick’s Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/17/nz-palestine-protesters-praise-irish-solidarity-over-gaza-on-st-patricks-day/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Palestine protesters praise Irish solidarity over Gaza on St Patrick’s Day">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s top economists are pressing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese not to ape US President Joe Biden’s “think big” approach to clean energy. Biden’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act – dubbed the largest climate investment in ... <a title="Economists say Australia shouldn’t try to transition to net zero by aping the mammoth US Inflation Reduction Act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/17/economists-say-australia-shouldnt-try-to-transition-to-net-zero-by-aping-the-mammoth-us-inflation-reduction-act-225568/" aria-label="Read more about Economists say Australia shouldn’t try to transition to net zero by aping the mammoth US Inflation Reduction Act">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2024
RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter The future of Aotearoa New Zealand television news and current affairs is in the balance at the two biggest TV broadcasters — both desperate to cut costs as their revenue falls. The government says it is now preparing policy to modernise the media, but they do not ... <a title="Mediawatch: TV news meltdown – what will NZ government do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/17/mediawatch-tv-news-meltdown-what-will-nz-government-do/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: TV news meltdown – what will NZ government do?">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2024
By Jessica Corbett The Elders chair Mary Robinson has highlighted the unique leverage that the United States has with Israel and called on the Biden administration to stop giving it military assistance for its assault on the Gaza Strip. Robinson, the former president of Ireland, conducted an on-camera interview with Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís ... <a title="Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/elders-chair-mary-robinson-calls-for-biden-to-stop-arming-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2024
Democracy Now! Acclaimed journalist Mehdi Hasan joins Democracy Now! to discuss US media coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza and how the war is a genocide being abetted by the United States. Hasan says US media is overwhelmingly pro-Israel and fails to convey the truth to audiences. “Palestinian voices not being on American television ... <a title="Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/mehdi-hasan-on-genocide-in-gaza-and-the-silencing-of-palestinian-voices-in-news-media/" aria-label="Read more about Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2024
By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network There are questions about what the future of media will look like for Pacific media platforms in the wake of the axing of TVNZ’s Sunday and Fair Go programmes along with the proposed closure of Newshub. Economist and political commentator Filipo Katavake-McGrath says the recent changes are monumental ... <a title="After the TVNZ and Newshub shocks, what will the future of Pacific news look like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/after-the-tvnz-and-newshub-shocks-what-will-the-future-of-pacific-news-look-like/" aria-label="Read more about After the TVNZ and Newshub shocks, what will the future of Pacific news look like?">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 20 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office in Auckland today, demanding a stronger stance by the government against the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza and for an immediate ceasefire. They carried placards, posters and banners declaring “Food not bombs for the tamariki [children] of ... <a title="‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/food-not-bombs-gaza-protesters-picket-mfat-offices-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
RNZ Pacific The union representing Television New Zealand staff is calling on the public to join a campaign protesting the broadcaster’s plans to axe programmes and cut jobs. Last week TVNZ announced plans to cut up to 68 jobs — and scrap several long-running shows, including Fair Go and Sunday. E Tū union spokesperson Michael ... <a title="TVNZ job cuts: Public asked to join ‘save our stories’ protest campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/tvnz-job-cuts-public-asked-to-join-save-our-stories-protest-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ job cuts: Public asked to join ‘save our stories’ protest campaign">Read more</a>
