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March 8, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent One of the main components of New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS umbrella, the Union Calédonienne (UC), says it has now suspended all discussions with two pro-French parties until further notice. These are the Rassemblement and Les Loyalistes. Public broadcaster NC la 1ère has reported the bone of contention is ... <a title="Rift widens between New Caledonia’s pro-French and independence parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/rift-widens-between-new-caledonias-pro-french-and-independence-parties/" aria-label="Read more about Rift widens between New Caledonia’s pro-French and independence parties">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shelagh K. Mooney, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality & Tourism, Faculty of Culture and Society, Auckland University of Technology Chefs are in hot demand. “Chefs, chefs, chefs! Virtually impossible to find anyone,” lamented one Auckland restaurant owner recently. Australia is seeing a similar gap, with chefs ranked ... <a title="Too much heat in the kitchen: survey shows toxic work conditions mean many chefs are getting out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/too-much-heat-in-the-kitchen-survey-shows-toxic-work-conditions-mean-many-chefs-are-getting-out-224862/" aria-label="Read more about Too much heat in the kitchen: survey shows toxic work conditions mean many chefs are getting out">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Lewi, Professor, Architecture, The University of Melbourne State Library of South Australia Long before COVID shone a spotlight on working from home, the realms of home and work have always been blurred – particularly for women as “housewives”, working mothers and caregivers, and those employed as ... <a title="From invisible segregation to the visible heart: what 100 years of kitchens can tell us about domestic labour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/from-invisible-segregation-to-the-visible-heart-what-100-years-of-kitchens-can-tell-us-about-domestic-labour-220661/" aria-label="Read more about From invisible segregation to the visible heart: what 100 years of kitchens can tell us about domestic labour">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, Lecturer in Government, Flinders University It’s 2024, but power still looks like a man. Despite Australia’s claim to egalitarianism, achieving equal political participation and representation remains a formidable challenge for women. Concerningly, the persistent and ingrained obstacles in women’s way are affecting the aspirations of ... <a title="Political power in Australia is still overwhelmingly male. But beneath the despair, there’s reason for hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/political-power-in-australia-is-still-overwhelmingly-male-but-beneath-the-despair-theres-reason-for-hope-224370/" aria-label="Read more about Political power in Australia is still overwhelmingly male. But beneath the despair, there’s reason for hope">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ty Ferguson, Research Associate, University of South Australia RF Studio/Pexels Some of us used to imagine a world where the morning commute was a short stroll from your bedroom, the dress code included comfy slippers, and the closest coffee shop was your kitchen. Then working from home ... <a title="Working from home can make us healthier and happier. Employers benefit too. Here’s the evidence if you need any convincing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/working-from-home-can-make-us-healthier-and-happier-employers-benefit-too-heres-the-evidence-if-you-need-any-convincing-224510/" aria-label="Read more about Working from home can make us healthier and happier. Employers benefit too. Here’s the evidence if you need any convincing">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Heap, Doctoral Researcher RMIT University; Senior Researcher Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute, RMIT University This International Women’s Day, it is time to call on Australia’s workplace umpire, the Fair Work Commission, to finally close the gender pay gap. Half a century after the ... <a title="2024 could be the year the Fair Work umpire properly values women’s work – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/2024-could-be-the-year-the-fair-work-umpire-properly-values-womens-work-heres-how-224949/" aria-label="Read more about 2024 could be the year the Fair Work umpire properly values women’s work – here’s how">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Sigler, Associate Professor of Human Geography, The University of Queensland Kaspars Grinvalds/Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. Further restrictions on short-term rental properties listed on platforms such as Airbnb and Stayz ... <a title="Think short-stay rentals like Airbnb are out of control? Numbers are down, especially in our biggest cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/think-short-stay-rentals-like-airbnb-are-out-of-control-numbers-are-down-especially-in-our-biggest-cities-223191/" aria-label="Read more about Think short-stay rentals like Airbnb are out of control? Numbers are down, especially in our biggest cities">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brittany Finucci, Fisheries Scientist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Shutterstock/Greg Amptman The deep ocean, beyond 200 metres of depth, is the largest and one of the most complex environments on the planet. It covers 84% of the world’s ocean area and 98% of its volume ... <a title="Fished for their meat and liver oil, many remarkable deep-water sharks and rays now face extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/fished-for-their-meat-and-liver-oil-many-remarkable-deep-water-sharks-and-rays-now-face-extinction-224230/" aria-label="Read more about Fished for their meat and liver oil, many remarkable deep-water sharks and rays now face extinction">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Davidson, Postdoctoral research fellow, lecturer, University of Sydney Blazej Lyjak/Shutterstock For decades, psychology departments around the world have studied human behaviour in darkened laboratories that restrict natural movement. Our new study, published today in Nature Communications, challenges the wisdom of this approach. With the help of ... <a title="Our brains take rhythmic snapshots of the world as we walk – and we never knew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/our-brains-take-rhythmic-snapshots-of-the-world-as-we-walk-and-we-never-knew-223009/" aria-label="Read more about Our brains take rhythmic snapshots of the world as we walk – and we never knew">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If Jim Chalmers were in television, he’d not just be the presenter and key producer of the show but the warm-up act as well. May 14 – budget night – is the treasurer’s big occasion of 2024. He’s already publicly ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares a new ‘growth’ script for his third budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/grattan-on-friday-treasurer-jim-chalmers-prepares-a-new-growth-script-for-his-third-budget-225274/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares a new ‘growth’ script for his third budget">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
RNZ News Television New Zealand will start talks from tomorrow with staff who will lose their jobs in the state broadcaster’s bid to stay “sustainable”. It is proposed that up to 68 jobs will be cut which equates to 9 percent of its staff. TVNZ chief executive Jodi O’Donnell told staff today that “tough economic ... <a title="TVNZ to cut up to 68 jobs in restructure – ‘dire for democracy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/tvnz-to-cut-up-to-68-jobs-in-restructure-dire-for-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ to cut up to 68 jobs in restructure – ‘dire for democracy’">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University As International Women’s Day comes around once more, the latest gender pay gap figures for Australia have made for disappointing reading, including naming those companies where the gap is widest. Looking ... <a title="‘Inequality serves no-one’: Australia finally has a strategy to achieve gender equality – but is it any good?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/inequality-serves-no-one-australia-finally-has-a-strategy-to-achieve-gender-equality-but-is-it-any-good-225081/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Inequality serves no-one’: Australia finally has a strategy to achieve gender equality – but is it any good?">Read more</a>
