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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A few days ago, after yet more early election speculation, the prime minister was indicating he plans to run full term, which would put the election in May next year, with another budget before it. On Tuesday, Anthony Albanese told ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese says cabinet ‘crafting an offer for the second term’ as Ed Husic ponders breaks for business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/view-from-the-hill-albanese-says-cabinet-crafting-an-offer-for-the-second-term-as-ed-husic-ponders-breaks-for-business-231067/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese says cabinet ‘crafting an offer for the second term’ as Ed Husic ponders breaks for business">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abraham Leung, Senior Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University haireena/Shutterstock As part of a six-month trial, public transport fares in Queensland will soon be slashed to just 50 cents per trip for everyone. The cheap fares will apply to all trips on buses, light rail, trains, ... <a title="Catching public transport in Queensland will soon cost just 50 cents. Are cheap fares good policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/catching-public-transport-in-queensland-will-soon-cost-just-50-cents-are-cheap-fares-good-policy-230979/" aria-label="Read more about Catching public transport in Queensland will soon cost just 50 cents. Are cheap fares good policy?">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raj Sharma, Lecturer, Civil Engineering, CQUniversity Australia More than 2,000 people are now feared dead after a huge landslide buried a village in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Australia’s nearest neighbour. Rescue efforts are being stymied by the fact the land is still sliding and moving. ... <a title="Replanting trees can help prevent devastating landslides like the one in PNG – but it’s not a silver bullet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/replanting-trees-can-help-prevent-devastating-landslides-like-the-one-in-png-but-its-not-a-silver-bullet-231055/" aria-label="Read more about Replanting trees can help prevent devastating landslides like the one in PNG – but it’s not a silver bullet">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Pormezz/Shutterstock At the moment, things look awful. The latest Bureau of Statistics count of retail spending (spending online and in shops) released Tuesday shows we spent less in April than in February. The Westpac card ... <a title="Stand by for a pay rise on top of a tax cut. Here’s why things will feel better from July" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/stand-by-for-a-pay-rise-on-top-of-a-tax-cut-heres-why-things-will-feel-better-from-july-231006/" aria-label="Read more about Stand by for a pay rise on top of a tax cut. Here’s why things will feel better from July">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow, Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Daniel Thomas/Unsplash The Australian government has recently launched Consent Can’t Wait, a campaign focused on supporting sexual consent communication between adults and young people. Advertisements will run on television, in cinemas, online and ... <a title="Australia’s new consent campaign gets a lot right. But consent education won’t be enough to stop sexual violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/australias-new-consent-campaign-gets-a-lot-right-but-consent-education-wont-be-enough-to-stop-sexual-violence-230956/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new consent campaign gets a lot right. But consent education won’t be enough to stop sexual violence">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Yeo, Associate Professor in Voice, Opera and Stagecraft, Director Music Theatre, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Walt Disney songwriter Richard M. Sherman, who has died aged 95, wrote some of Hollywood’s greatest film musical songs and brightened the days of children, parents and school ... <a title="From Mary Poppins to Winnie the Pooh, Richard Sherman wrote the soundtrack of life for generations of children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/from-mary-poppins-to-winnie-the-pooh-richard-sherman-wrote-the-soundtrack-of-life-for-generations-of-children-231054/" aria-label="Read more about From Mary Poppins to Winnie the Pooh, Richard Sherman wrote the soundtrack of life for generations of children">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel Crowley, Adjunct associate professor in geography, University of Adelaide Bushfires cause catastrophic biodiversity loss across Australia. In the Black Summer of 2019–20 alone, 103,400 square kilometres of habitat went up in flames. The irony is, laws to protect native vegetation did nothing to prevent this destruction. ... <a title="Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/changing-native-vegetation-laws-to-allow-burning-on-private-land-is-good-fire-management-229796/" aria-label="Read more about Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Kingham, Professor of Human Geography, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/Stanislavskyi New Zealand is one of the most car-centric countries in the world. With the exception of the capital Wellington, New Zealand cities have some of the highest rates of car ownership globally. In central Auckland, roads occupy ... <a title="Rethinking roads as public spaces – what NZ cities can learn from Barcelona’s ‘superblock’ urban design" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/rethinking-roads-as-public-spaces-what-nz-cities-can-learn-from-barcelonas-superblock-urban-design-226601/" aria-label="Read more about Rethinking roads as public spaces – what NZ cities can learn from Barcelona’s ‘superblock’ urban design">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pierre Rognon, Associate Professor, University of Sydney A devastating landslide struck several remote villages in the mountainous Enga province in Papua New Guinea late last week. While it is too early for official confirmation, estimates place the death toll between 690 and 2,000 people, with thousands more ... <a title="What causes landslides? Can we predict them to save lives?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/what-causes-landslides-can-we-predict-them-to-save-lives-230968/" aria-label="Read more about What causes landslides? Can we predict them to save lives?">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Gowthorp, Associate Professor of Sport Management, Bond Business School, Bond University The Australian Sport Commission (ASC) has appointed Kate Jenkins as its new board chair, replacing Josephine Sukkar, who was the first female chair appointed to the ASC board in 2021. As a lawyer and governance ... <a title="‘Play well, win well’: new Australian sports chair Kate Jenkins faces challenges and opportunities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/play-well-win-well-new-australian-sports-chair-kate-jenkins-faces-challenges-and-opportunities-230770/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Play well, win well’: new Australian sports chair Kate Jenkins faces challenges and opportunities">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Ellis, Professor in Internet Studies, Curtin University Warner Bros. Pictures Furiosa, the latest instalment of the Mad Max franchise, has arrived a decade after the release of George Miller’s groundbreaking reboot Fury Road (2015). As we demonstrated in our 2019 book, Miller and the ongoing Mad ... <a title="Mad Max: Fury Road was a pioneering portrayal of disability. Furiosa is a letdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/mad-max-fury-road-was-a-pioneering-portrayal-of-disability-furiosa-is-a-letdown-229126/" aria-label="Read more about Mad Max: Fury Road was a pioneering portrayal of disability. Furiosa is a letdown">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Reichelt, Senior Lecturer (Adjunct), Nutritional neuroscientist, University of Adelaide Sharomka/Shutterstock It’s a Saturday afternoon at a kids’ birthday party. Hordes of children are swarming between the spread of birthday treats and party games. Half-eaten cupcakes, biscuits and lollies litter the floor, and the kids seem to ... <a title="No, sugar doesn’t make your kids hyperactive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/no-sugar-doesnt-make-your-kids-hyperactive-229107/" aria-label="Read more about No, sugar doesn’t make your kids hyperactive">Read more</a>
