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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Leah Newhouse/Pexels Sugary drinks cause weight gain and increase the risk of a range of diseases, including diabetes. The evidence shows that well-designed taxes can reduce sugary drink sales, cause people to choose healthier options and get ... <a title="A tax on sugary drinks can make us healthier. It’s time for Australia to introduce one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/a-tax-on-sugary-drinks-can-make-us-healthier-its-time-for-australia-to-introduce-one-228906/" aria-label="Read more about A tax on sugary drinks can make us healthier. It’s time for Australia to introduce one">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Senior Researcher in Architecture, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic and the hybrid work patterns it fostered have changed the way we think about office space, and central business districts in general. While fears of urban centre “ghost towns” may have ... <a title="As New Zealand CBDs evolve post-pandemic, repurposing old or empty spaces should be on the drawing board" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/as-new-zealand-cbds-evolve-post-pandemic-repurposing-old-or-empty-spaces-should-be-on-the-drawing-board-228880/" aria-label="Read more about As New Zealand CBDs evolve post-pandemic, repurposing old or empty spaces should be on the drawing board">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia Wlad74, Shutterstock Opposition leader Peter Dutton argues Australia needs nuclear power to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. But nuclear power is not feasible for Australia. It is too slow, too expensive and inappropriate for our energy ... <a title="Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/nuclear-power-makes-no-sense-for-australia-but-its-a-useful-diversion-from-real-climate-action-226838/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW Sydney There’s a good reason your local volunteer-run netball club doesn’t pay tax. In Australia, various nonprofit organisations are exempt from paying income tax, including those that do charitable work, such as churches. These exemptions or concessions can also ... <a title="Australian churches collectively raise billions of dollars a year – why aren’t they taxed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/australian-churches-collectively-raise-billions-of-dollars-a-year-why-arent-they-taxed-228901/" aria-label="Read more about Australian churches collectively raise billions of dollars a year – why aren’t they taxed?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Deller, Casual Academic, Creative Writing and English Literature, Flinders University Netflix Comedy is opening up spaces for silences to be broken and trauma stories to be told. In 2018, Hannah Gadsby started a revolution with Nanette, asking audiences to rethink what comedy was for. In the ... <a title="Real comedy, real trauma: how Baby Reindeer and Feel Good are forging a new television genre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/real-comedy-real-trauma-how-baby-reindeer-and-feel-good-are-forging-a-new-television-genre-228413/" aria-label="Read more about Real comedy, real trauma: how Baby Reindeer and Feel Good are forging a new television genre">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A new Commonwealth Prac Payment will provide students with $319.50 a week when they are on clinical and professional placements. The payment will be means tested and start from July 1 next year, which will be after the next election. ... <a title="Students on social work, nursing and teaching placements to get weekly $319.50 means tested Prac Payment from July next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/students-on-social-work-nursing-and-teaching-placements-to-get-weekly-319-50-means-tested-prac-payment-from-july-next-year-229356/" aria-label="Read more about Students on social work, nursing and teaching placements to get weekly $319.50 means tested Prac Payment from July next year">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University Every year on June 1, student debt in Australia is indexed to inflation. In 2023, high inflation pushed the indexation rate to 7.1%, the highest since 1990. This year, if there is no policy ... <a title="The good news is the government plans to cancel $3 billion in student debt. The bad news is indexation will still be high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/05/the-good-news-is-the-government-plans-to-cancel-3-billion-in-student-debt-the-bad-news-is-indexation-will-still-be-high-229284/" aria-label="Read more about The good news is the government plans to cancel $3 billion in student debt. The bad news is indexation will still be high">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Changes in the May 14 budget will cut the student debt of more than three million people, wiping more than $3 billion from what people owe. The government will cap the HELP indexation rate to be the lower of either ... <a title="Albanese government to wipe $3 billion in student debt, benefitting three million people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/05/albanese-government-to-wipe-3-billion-in-student-debt-benefitting-three-million-people-229285/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government to wipe $3 billion in student debt, benefitting three million people">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Henry, Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University Shutterstock Following an emergency meeting of the National Cabinet this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a raft of measures to tackle the problem of gender-based violence. Among these is ... <a title="Figures like Andrew Tate may help spread misogyny. But they’re amplifying – not causing – the problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/03/figures-like-andrew-tate-may-help-spread-misogyny-but-theyre-amplifying-not-causing-the-problem-229128/" aria-label="Read more about Figures like Andrew Tate may help spread misogyny. But they’re amplifying – not causing – the problem">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Hall, Lecturer, Media & Cultural Studies, Edith Cowan University A longstanding feud between TikTok and Universal Music Group seems to have finally reached an end, with both parties signing a deal that will see Universal-backed music returned to the social media platform. Universal first removed its ... <a title="Universal’s music is returning to TikTok, ending a spat that hurt fans more than anyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/03/universals-music-is-returning-to-tiktok-ending-a-spat-that-hurt-fans-more-than-anyone-223324/" aria-label="Read more about Universal’s music is returning to TikTok, ending a spat that hurt fans more than anyone">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan O’Dean, Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney After several highly publicised alleged murders of women in Australia, the Albanese government this week pledged more than A$925 million over five years to address men’s violence towards ... <a title="To tackle gendered violence, we also need to look at drugs, trauma and mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/03/to-tackle-gendered-violence-we-also-need-to-look-at-drugs-trauma-and-mental-health-229182/" aria-label="Read more about To tackle gendered violence, we also need to look at drugs, trauma and mental health">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard de Grijs, Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University Bruno Scramgnon/Pexels All systems are “go” for tonight’s launch of China’s next step in a carefully planned lunar exploration program. Placed on top of a powerful Long March 5 rocket, the Chang’e 6 mission is due to lift off ... <a title="China’s new Moon mission is about to launch, and it’s a rare example of countries working together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/03/chinas-new-moon-mission-is-about-to-launch-and-its-a-rare-example-of-countries-working-together-229122/" aria-label="Read more about China’s new Moon mission is about to launch, and it’s a rare example of countries working together">Read more</a>
