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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aruna Sathanapally, Chief Executive, Grattan Institute, Grattan Institute A central focus of this week’s budget is the treasury’s forecast for inflation. By this time next year, inflation is projected to be back within the Reserve Bank’s 2-3% target range. Inflation has dropped dramatically from its peak of ... <a title="At the heart of the budget is the sad truth the economy is weak. That’s one reason inflation will fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/at-the-heart-of-the-budget-is-the-sad-truth-the-economy-is-weak-thats-one-reason-inflation-will-fall-230108/" aria-label="Read more about At the heart of the budget is the sad truth the economy is weak. That’s one reason inflation will fall">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yolanda van Heezik, Professor of Ecology, University of Otago Getty Images Cities across Aotearoa New Zealand are trying to solve a housing crisis, with increasing residential density a key solution. But not everyone is happy about the resulting loss of natural habitats and biodiversity. Some homeowners in ... <a title="Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/denser-housing-can-be-greener-too-heres-how-nz-can-build-better-for-biodiversity-229472/" aria-label="Read more about Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute WDG Photo/Shutterstock For years, the electricity sector has been the poster child for emissions cuts in Australia. The sector achieved a stunning 26% drop in emissions over the past 15 years, while other sectors have hardly ... <a title="Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/clean-energy-slump-why-australias-renewables-revolution-is-behind-schedule-and-how-to-fix-it-229514/" aria-label="Read more about Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy J. Ralph, Associate Professor, Macquarie University The pyramids at Giza, like dozens of others, are located several kilometres west of the current path of the Nile. Alex Cimbal / Shutterstock The largest field of pyramids in Egypt – consisting of 31 pyramids built over a millennium, ... <a title="We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the pyramids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/we-mapped-a-lost-branch-of-the-nile-river-which-may-be-the-key-to-a-longstanding-mystery-of-the-pyramids-230092/" aria-label="Read more about We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the pyramids">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Diepstraten, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ABO PHOTOGRAPHY/Shutterstock Receiving a cancer diagnosis is life-changing and can cause a range of concerns about ongoing health. Fear of cancer returning is one of the top health concerns. And managing ... <a title="If I’m diagnosed with one cancer, am I likely to get another?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/if-im-diagnosed-with-one-cancer-am-i-likely-to-get-another-226386/" aria-label="Read more about If I’m diagnosed with one cancer, am I likely to get another?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When he was opposition leader, Bill Shorten faced Coalition criticism for attacking “the top end of town”, a phrase he used in his 2019 budget reply. Now Peter Dutton is finding the line “billions of dollars for billionaires” has a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton’s alternative – lower migration, more homes, and a populist swipe at billionaires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/grattan-on-friday-peter-duttons-alternative-lower-migration-more-homes-and-a-populist-swipe-at-billionaires-230206/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton’s alternative – lower migration, more homes, and a populist swipe at billionaires">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland This week’s budget was Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third and – for practical purposes – final for the current parliamentary term. Even if the 2025 election is delayed long enough to give Labor another budget, that speech would ... <a title="It’s time to give Labor’s first term a scorecard – have we actually seen any transformative vision?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/its-time-to-give-labors-first-term-a-scorecard-have-we-actually-seen-any-transformative-vision-230115/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to give Labor’s first term a scorecard – have we actually seen any transformative vision?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Haire, Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock HIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years in this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of this is for “PrEP” for people without access to Medicare. PrEP means pre-exposure prophylaxis – ... <a title="PrEP was earmarked $26m in the budget. What is it? Will it stop me getting HIV?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/prep-was-earmarked-26m-in-the-budget-what-is-it-will-it-stop-me-getting-hiv-230096/" aria-label="Read more about PrEP was earmarked $26m in the budget. What is it? Will it stop me getting HIV?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Haire, Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock HIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years in this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of this is for “PrEP” for people without access to Medicare. PrEP means pre-exposure prophylaxis – ... <a title="What is PrEP for HIV? Will it stop me getting infected?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/what-is-prep-for-hiv-will-it-stop-me-getting-infected-230096/" aria-label="Read more about What is PrEP for HIV? Will it stop me getting infected?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole George, Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland New Caledonia’s capital city, Noumea, has endured widespread violent rioting over the past 48 hours. This crisis intensified rapidly, taking local authorities by surprise. Peaceful protests had been occurring across the country in the ... <a title="Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the deadly riots are about more than voting rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/why-is-new-caledonia-on-fire-according-to-local-women-the-deadly-riots-are-about-more-than-voting-rights-230199/" aria-label="Read more about Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the deadly riots are about more than voting rights">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Elphinstone, Lecturer in psychology., Swinburne University of Technology A DNA sequence. Gio.tto/Shutterstock Should you be denied life insurance or have to pay extra if you have a genetic risk for certain diseases? Should insurance companies even have access to your genetic data in the first place? ... <a title="Risk of ‘genetic discrimination’ by insurance companies is ruining people’s trust in vital medical science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/risk-of-genetic-discrimination-by-insurance-companies-is-ruining-peoples-trust-in-vital-medical-science-230112/" aria-label="Read more about Risk of ‘genetic discrimination’ by insurance companies is ruining people’s trust in vital medical science">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior research associate, University of Sydney Barely a day has gone by this month without politicians or commentators talking about online harms. There have been multiple high-profile examples spurring on the conversation. There was the circulation of videos of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being stabbed ... <a title="Investigating social media harm is a good idea, but parliament is about to see how complicated it is to fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/investigating-social-media-harm-is-a-good-idea-but-parliament-is-about-to-see-how-complicated-it-is-to-fix-229900/" aria-label="Read more about Investigating social media harm is a good idea, but parliament is about to see how complicated it is to fix">Read more</a>
