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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irma Mooi-Reci, Professor in Labour Sociology, The University of Melbourne Liudmila Fadzeyeva/Shutterstock Across developed countries, including Australia, fewer babies are being born. In 2023, 289,100 babies were born in Australia, a big drop from the 2021 post-lockdown spike during which there was 315,200 births, an analysis by ... <a title="More secure jobs and higher unemployment benefits would help lift Australia’s birth rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/more-secure-jobs-and-higher-unemployment-benefits-would-help-lift-australias-birth-rate-230538/" aria-label="Read more about More secure jobs and higher unemployment benefits would help lift Australia’s birth rate">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Anderson, Associate Professor, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University Australian children are among the healthiest in the world. However, First Nations children continue to be left behind. To break the cycle of disadvantage, we need to foster First Nations ... <a title="What matters to First Nations children in Australia? A new app is helping us find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/what-matters-to-first-nations-children-in-australia-a-new-app-is-helping-us-find-out-235593/" aria-label="Read more about What matters to First Nations children in Australia? A new app is helping us find out">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ava Kalinauskas, Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney Now that US Vice President Kamala Harris has sewn up the Democratic presidential nomination, she has a busy few weeks ahead of her. After she announces her vice-presidential running mate, the pair will campaign in seven ... <a title="What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for the world – and where she differs from Joe Biden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/what-a-kamala-harris-presidency-could-mean-for-the-world-and-where-she-differs-from-joe-biden-235651/" aria-label="Read more about What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for the world – and where she differs from Joe Biden">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Williams, Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney Ground Picture/Shutterstock So far in 2024 there have been more than 17,000 cases of whooping cough (pertussis) across Australia. This is well above our usual national average. It’s already ... <a title="Whooping cough can be deadly for young babies. Vaccination is our best defence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/whooping-cough-can-be-deadly-for-young-babies-vaccination-is-our-best-defence-235527/" aria-label="Read more about Whooping cough can be deadly for young babies. Vaccination is our best defence">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Ward, Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Since European colonisation, 29 million hectares (54%) of the forests and woodlands that once existed in New South Wales have been destroyed. A further 9 million ha have been degraded in the past two centuries. This amounts to ... <a title="More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/more-than-half-of-nsws-forests-and-woodlands-are-gone-as-ongoing-logging-increases-extinction-risks-study-shows-235416/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University This week a Senate inquiry will look at the federal government’s controversial legislation to cap international student numbers in Australia from next year. University-commissioned research predicts caps will cause a significant loss of revenue ... <a title="Australia made 9 changes to student migration rules over the past year. We don’t need international student caps as well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/australia-made-9-changes-to-student-migration-rules-over-the-past-year-we-dont-need-international-student-caps-as-well-235964/" aria-label="Read more about Australia made 9 changes to student migration rules over the past year. We don’t need international student caps as well">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Wastnage, Adjunct Industry Fellow, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University Jax10289/Shutterstock The financial difficulties of Rex Airlines, coming so soon after the bankruptcy of Bonza, have brought into sharp focus one of the federal government’s key priorities for aviation: enhancing passenger rights. In each case, passengers ... <a title="If Australia had an aviation ombudsman, passengers could get compensation for cancelled flights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/if-australia-had-an-aviation-ombudsman-passengers-could-get-compensation-for-cancelled-flights-235679/" aria-label="Read more about If Australia had an aviation ombudsman, passengers could get compensation for cancelled flights">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese’s pivot to Indigenous economic empowerment in his weekend Garma speech was welcome and overdue – but now he’s bogged in a contradiction over his commitment to Makarrata. On any ordinary interpretation of what he’s saying, the Prime Minister ... <a title="View From The Hill: Anthony Albanese shapeshifts on Makarrata" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/04/view-from-the-hill-anthony-albanese-shapeshifts-on-makarrata-236109/" aria-label="Read more about View From The Hill: Anthony Albanese shapeshifts on Makarrata">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will switch the government’s focus in Indigenous affairs policy towards the economic empowerment of First Nations communities, in a speech at the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday. Addressing the festival nearly a year after ... <a title="Government’s focus pivots to economic empowerment for Indigenous Australians in Garma speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/03/governments-focus-pivots-to-economic-empowerment-for-indigenous-australians-in-garma-speech-236059/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s focus pivots to economic empowerment for Indigenous Australians in Garma speech">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University Sea Shepherd founder and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been arrested in Greenland and awaits potential extradition to Japan. The arrest relates to incidents in the Southern Ocean in February 2010. The charges against Watson include “accomplice to an assault” ... <a title="Former Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson arrested on a Japanese warrant from 2012 – what next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/former-sea-shepherd-captain-paul-watson-arrested-on-a-japanese-warrant-from-2012-what-next-235965/" aria-label="Read more about Former Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson arrested on a Japanese warrant from 2012 – what next?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Cross, Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology For many, tax time is an exciting part of the year – there’s the potential for a refund. However, it’s also an attractive time for fraudsters looking for ... <a title="It’s tax time and scammers are targeting your myGov account. Here’s how to stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/its-tax-time-and-scammers-are-targeting-your-mygov-account-heres-how-to-stay-safe-235785/" aria-label="Read more about It’s tax time and scammers are targeting your myGov account. Here’s how to stay safe">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia Claude Raschella/State Theatre Company South Australia A blind dinner date in a small high-rise apartment between a blandly dressed neat-freak with a professed admiration for alt-right male online celebs, and a colourful gender studies grad with ... <a title="The Questions is a gorgeous and joyful piece of new Australian musical theatre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/the-questions-is-a-gorgeous-and-joyful-piece-of-new-australian-musical-theatre-235105/" aria-label="Read more about The Questions is a gorgeous and joyful piece of new Australian musical theatre">Read more</a>
