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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock Recent Victorian and New South Wales government announcements may signal the first steps in a profound change to Australia’s early childhood sector. And it’s been a long time coming. Over the past 30 years there has been a ... <a title="How the early childhood learning and care system works (and doesn’t work) – it will take some fixing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/how-the-early-childhood-learning-and-care-system-works-and-doesnt-work-it-will-take-some-fixing-185299/" aria-label="Read more about How the early childhood learning and care system works (and doesn’t work) – it will take some fixing">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist), The Conversation AAP/Mick Tsikas The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate ... <a title="Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/final-senate-results-labor-the-greens-and-david-pocock-will-have-a-majority-of-senators-185365/" aria-label="Read more about Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Zan Wimberley/Ngununggula Review: Land Abounds, Ngununggula Ngununggula (pronounced Nun-uhn-goola), in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, at first appears to ... <a title="At Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands new regional gallery, audiences come face-to-face with uneasy contemporary art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/at-ngununggula-the-southern-highlands-new-regional-gallery-audiences-come-face-to-face-with-uneasy-contemporary-art-183822/" aria-label="Read more about At Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands new regional gallery, audiences come face-to-face with uneasy contemporary art">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne AAP/AP The signing of a security agreement between Solomon Islands and China in April 2022 brought geopolitical competition and militarisation in the Pacific to the fore of public discussion. Australian policymakers and the public are concerned ... <a title="Australia should not overstate the ‘threat’ of China in the Pacific, and mend relationships in the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/australia-should-not-overstate-the-threat-of-china-in-the-pacific-and-mend-relationships-in-the-region-185293/" aria-label="Read more about Australia should not overstate the ‘threat’ of China in the Pacific, and mend relationships in the region">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute of Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Social housing has become extremely difficult to access; in 2021 around 160,000 households were on the waiting list. To have any chance of getting a social housing spot in a reasonable time frame, applicants ... <a title="‘Getting onto the wait list is a battle in itself’: insiders on what it takes to get social housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/getting-onto-the-wait-list-is-a-battle-in-itself-insiders-on-what-it-takes-to-get-social-housing-184838/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Getting onto the wait list is a battle in itself’: insiders on what it takes to get social housing">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hellewell, Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University Unsplash/Caleb Woods, CC BY Understanding the facial expressions of others is an important development stage. It helps us learn non-verbal communication and to recognise when someone ... <a title="Growing up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood can change kids’ brains – and their reactions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/growing-up-in-a-disadvantaged-neighbourhood-can-change-kids-brains-and-their-reactions-184145/" aria-label="Read more about Growing up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood can change kids’ brains – and their reactions">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University It’s that time of year again, when the humpback highway is about to hit peak blubber to blubber as humpback whales migrate up Australia’s east and west coasts from Antarctic waters. They’re headed to the whale disco – ... <a title="Is Migaloo… dead? As climate change transforms the ocean, the iconic white humpback has been missing for two years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/is-migaloo-dead-as-climate-change-transforms-the-ocean-the-iconic-white-humpback-has-been-missing-for-two-years-184256/" aria-label="Read more about Is Migaloo… dead? As climate change transforms the ocean, the iconic white humpback has been missing for two years">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Malos, Australia – Country Lead, Climateworks Centre Shutterstock Australia’s east coast energy market has been on a rocky road for the past few weeks. It begs the question: how could the market change to avoid the next crisis? To date, discussion has largely focused on the ... <a title="In an energy crisis, every watt counts. So yes, turning off your dishwasher can make a difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/in-an-energy-crisis-every-watt-counts-so-yes-turning-off-your-dishwasher-can-make-a-difference-185247/" aria-label="Read more about In an energy crisis, every watt counts. So yes, turning off your dishwasher can make a difference">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Thorpe, Professor, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Australia’s two most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria, have set the target of delivering an extra year of learning for all children before they start school. Billed as “the greatest transformation of early education ... <a title="‘Greatest transformation of early education in a generation’? Well, that depends on qualified, supported and thriving staff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/greatest-transformation-of-early-education-in-a-generation-well-that-depends-on-qualified-supported-and-thriving-staff-185210/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Greatest transformation of early education in a generation’? Well, that depends on qualified, supported and thriving staff">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock If you’re building or renovating a home, and frustrated with huge delays, you’re not alone. Australia’s builders are struggling to find timber. For items such as laminated veneer lumber – used for frames ... <a title="Timber shortages look set to delay home building into 2023. These 4 graphs show why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/timber-shortages-look-set-to-delay-home-building-into-2023-these-4-graphs-show-why-185197/" aria-label="Read more about Timber shortages look set to delay home building into 2023. These 4 graphs show why">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Shutterstock The Reserve Bank of Australia is about to be put under the microscope in the first major review of its performance in at least 30 years, and perhaps forever. In research published this month in the Economic Record, Australian ... <a title="The RBA’s pre-COVID failure to cut interest rates faster may have cost as much as 270,000 jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/the-rbas-pre-covid-failure-to-cut-interest-rates-faster-may-have-cost-as-much-as-270-000-jobs-185381/" aria-label="Read more about The RBA’s pre-COVID failure to cut interest rates faster may have cost as much as 270,000 jobs">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Scales, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology Chris Pizzello/Invision Less than a week ago, American singer and rapper Lizzo set a new bar for celebrity apologies. Lizzo re-released her latest single GRRRLS after receiving criticism online, due to the first verse in the song containing an ... <a title="No justifications, excuses or box-ticking: the art of a successful celebrity apology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/no-justifications-excuses-or-box-ticking-the-art-of-a-successful-celebrity-apology-185366/" aria-label="Read more about No justifications, excuses or box-ticking: the art of a successful celebrity apology">Read more</a>
