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Year: 2024

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Crossbenchers cancel their membership of airlines’ elite lounges

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Crossbench independents Allegra Spender, Helen Haines and Kate Chaney have declared they are pulling out of the elite lounges run by Qantas and Virgin, amid the ongoing spotlight on privileges politicians receive from the airlines. Allegra Spender, the member for ... <a title="Crossbenchers cancel their membership of airlines’ elite lounges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/crossbenchers-cancel-their-membership-of-airlines-elite-lounges-242782/" aria-label="Read more about Crossbenchers cancel their membership of airlines’ elite lounges">Read more</a>

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Jonathan Cook: Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza

November 4, 2024

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Western publics are being subjected to a campaign of psychological warfare, where genocide is classed as ‘self-defence’ and opposition to it ‘terrorism’. Jonathan Cook reports as the world marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists at the weekend. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/jonathan-cook-israel-kills-the-journalists-western-media-kills-the-truth-of-genocide-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza">Read more</a>

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31% of companies are not paying tax in Australia. How do they do it?

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Seb Zurcher/Unsplash Large companies paid the Australian government a record A$100 billion in tax in the last year, a 17% increase on the previous year. But, over the same period, there ... <a title="31% of companies are not paying tax in Australia. How do they do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/31-of-companies-are-not-paying-tax-in-australia-how-do-they-do-it-242695/" aria-label="Read more about 31% of companies are not paying tax in Australia. How do they do it?">Read more</a>

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Authentically embracing tikanga Māori can help New Zealand in the growing Asian markets

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hafsa Ahmed, Senior lecturer, Department of Global Value Chains and Trade, Lincoln University, New Zealand The Asian markets have long been seen as a linchpin for New Zealand’s economic success. And the key to future growth could be the cultural similarities between Māori and communities across the ... <a title="Authentically embracing tikanga Māori can help New Zealand in the growing Asian markets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/authentically-embracing-tikanga-maori-can-help-new-zealand-in-the-growing-asian-markets-242005/" aria-label="Read more about Authentically embracing tikanga Māori can help New Zealand in the growing Asian markets">Read more</a>

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Apart from Chris Martin’s fall, here are 10 other examples of onstage accidents. Can we keep performers safe?

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Analytics & Resilience, UNSW Sydney In recent months, Australian concertgoers have witnessed plenty of unexpected onstage drama. The latest example came from Coldplay’s sold-out Sunday show in Melbourne. Lead singer Chris Martin took a sudden plunge through a trapdoor, catching fans ... <a title="Apart from Chris Martin’s fall, here are 10 other examples of onstage accidents. Can we keep performers safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/apart-from-chris-martins-fall-here-are-10-other-examples-of-onstage-accidents-can-we-keep-performers-safe-242757/" aria-label="Read more about Apart from Chris Martin’s fall, here are 10 other examples of onstage accidents. Can we keep performers safe?">Read more</a>

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Australia is axing a $7bn military satellite project, leaving defence comms potentially vulnerable

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University In a significant blow to Australia’s defence capabilities, the federal government is cancelling what would have been the nation’s largest-ever space project: a A$7 billion military satellite communications system. The decision was confirmed in a press ... <a title="Australia is axing a $7bn military satellite project, leaving defence comms potentially vulnerable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/australia-is-axing-a-7bn-military-satellite-project-leaving-defence-comms-potentially-vulnerable-242761/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is axing a $7bn military satellite project, leaving defence comms potentially vulnerable">Read more</a>

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Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Kreibich, PhD Candidate, Centre for Ecosystem Science & Water Research Laboratory, UNSW Sydney Annette Ruzicka The largest wetland on Australia’s second longest river, the Murrumbidgee in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, is drying up. This is bad news for the plants, animals and people who rely on ... <a title="Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/dams-have-taken-half-the-water-from-australias-second-biggest-river-and-climate-change-will-make-it-even-worse-242192/" aria-label="Read more about Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse">Read more</a>

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Will it be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? Here’s what each needs to win the US election

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney On election eve in the United States, the presidential race is deadlocked. The polls are exceptionally close across the country and in all the swing states – Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin in the industrial midwest; Nevada ... <a title="Will it be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? Here’s what each needs to win the US election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/will-it-be-kamala-harris-or-donald-trump-heres-what-each-needs-to-win-the-us-election-242756/" aria-label="Read more about Will it be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? Here’s what each needs to win the US election">Read more</a>

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Woman of the Hour: Anna Kendrick’s unflinching directorial debut reframes true crime for a post-#MeToo era

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer — Writing, Editing, Publishing, University of Southern Queensland At first glance, Netflix’s Woman of the Hour is yet another true crime fictionalisation that plays to our preoccupation with American serial killers of decades past. Directed by Anna Kendrick, who also plays the female ... <a title="Woman of the Hour: Anna Kendrick’s unflinching directorial debut reframes true crime for a post-#MeToo era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/woman-of-the-hour-anna-kendricks-unflinching-directorial-debut-reframes-true-crime-for-a-post-metoo-era-242302/" aria-label="Read more about Woman of the Hour: Anna Kendrick’s unflinching directorial debut reframes true crime for a post-#MeToo era">Read more</a>

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US presidential election remains a toss-up, and a guide to US election day in Australia

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The United States presidential election will be held Tuesday, with results coming in from Wednesday morning AEDT. I have a guide to Wednesday below that includes when ... <a title="US presidential election remains a toss-up, and a guide to US election day in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/us-presidential-election-remains-a-toss-up-and-a-guide-to-us-election-day-in-australia-242697/" aria-label="Read more about US presidential election remains a toss-up, and a guide to US election day in Australia">Read more</a>

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An Indigenous person is 4 times more likely to die from diabetes. We need to better understand how exercise can help

November 4, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Kelly, PhD candidate, School of Medicine, The University of Melbourne Attila Csaszar/Getty It’s estimated almost 1.9 million Australians have diabetes, and numbers are growing. Between 2013 and 2023, the total number of people known to be living with diabetes across the country rose by 32%. As ... <a title="An Indigenous person is 4 times more likely to die from diabetes. We need to better understand how exercise can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/an-indigenous-person-is-4-times-more-likely-to-die-from-diabetes-we-need-to-better-understand-how-exercise-can-help-234154/" aria-label="Read more about An Indigenous person is 4 times more likely to die from diabetes. We need to better understand how exercise can help">Read more</a>

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How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations

November 4, 2024

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist As the US election unfolds, American territories such as the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, along with the broader Pacific region, will be watching the developments. As the question hangs in the balance of whether the White House remains blue with Kamala Harris or turns red under ... <a title="How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/how-the-us-election-may-affect-pacific-island-nations/" aria-label="Read more about How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations">Read more</a>