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August 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Cain, Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Arts Education, Australian Catholic University Anastasia Shuraeva/Pexels There is increasing concern about Australian students falling behind in numeracy and literacy. NAPLAN results show 16.2% of Year 3 students are at or below the national minimum standards in numeracy and ... <a title="Too many school students are falling behind: how do we help those most at risk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/07/too-many-school-students-are-falling-behind-how-do-we-help-those-most-at-risk-210886/" aria-label="Read more about Too many school students are falling behind: how do we help those most at risk?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Horan, Economic Anthropologist, and contract lecturer, University of Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand is home to 28,560 registered charities and some 90,000 not-for-profits without charitable registration. From disability advocacy groups and local theatres to sporting clubs, all do vital work in our communities. Around 89,000 of these ... <a title="Hunting for a ‘golden unicorn’: how NZ charities find banks constantly get in the way of them helping people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/07/hunting-for-a-golden-unicorn-how-nz-charities-find-banks-constantly-get-in-the-way-of-them-helping-people-209024/" aria-label="Read more about Hunting for a ‘golden unicorn’: how NZ charities find banks constantly get in the way of them helping people">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Harris, ARC Future Fellow, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Performers in Aboriginal Moomba: Out of the Dark, in 1951. Produced by Bill Onus and Doug Nicholls of the Australian Aborigines’ League. State Library of Victoria Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this ... <a title="In 1951, corroboree dancers in Darwin went on strike: their actions would reverberate as far as Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/07/in-1951-corroboree-dancers-in-darwin-went-on-strike-their-actions-would-reverberate-as-far-as-melbourne-208023/" aria-label="Read more about In 1951, corroboree dancers in Darwin went on strike: their actions would reverberate as far as Melbourne">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An extensive federal government crackdown on misconduct will increase maximum penalties for advisers and firms promoting tax exploitation schemes from the present $7.8 million to more than $780 million. Sparked by the PwC scandal, which involved the consultancy’s use of ... <a title="Tax advisers who promote exploitation schemes to face $780 million penalty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/06/tax-advisers-who-promote-exploitation-schemes-to-face-780-million-penalty-211096/" aria-label="Read more about Tax advisers who promote exploitation schemes to face $780 million penalty">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold, has resigned in the wake of an independent inquiry’s sweeping criticisms of his conduct in the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann. The report from the inquiry by Walter Sofronoff, a former Queensland judge, ... <a title="Shane Drumgold resigns after sweeping criticisms of his conduct in the Lehrmann case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/06/shane-drumgold-resigns-after-sweeping-criticisms-of-his-conduct-in-the-lehrmann-case-211095/" aria-label="Read more about Shane Drumgold resigns after sweeping criticisms of his conduct in the Lehrmann case">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Nelson, Plant Geneticist, CSIRO Shutterstock If you walk into a bar in Italy, you might be served a dish of salty, nutritious snacks: lupin beans, a legume that has been eaten around the Mediterranean and in parts of the Middle East and Africa for thousands of ... <a title="Is this the protein plant of the future? New study finds ‘sweetness gene’ that makes lupins tastier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/05/is-this-the-protein-plant-of-the-future-new-study-finds-sweetness-gene-that-makes-lupins-tastier-210985/" aria-label="Read more about Is this the protein plant of the future? New study finds ‘sweetness gene’ that makes lupins tastier">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz proclaimed a “Zeitenwende”, or historical turning point. It resulted in Germany’s first ever official national security strategy. The equivalent wake-up call in New Zealand was the 2019 Christchurch ... <a title="NZ’s first national security strategy signals a ‘turning point’ and the end of old certainties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/nzs-first-national-security-strategy-signals-a-turning-point-and-the-end-of-old-certainties-210885/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s first national security strategy signals a ‘turning point’ and the end of old certainties">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bartholomew Stanford, Lecturer (Indigenous Knowledges) , Charles Darwin University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article mentions people who have passed away. Names have been withheld out of respect for Sorry Business. The Garma Festival in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory begins today. ... <a title="Garma is a festival of political discussion and celebration of culture. Will the Voice be a central theme?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/garma-is-a-festival-of-political-discussion-and-celebration-of-culture-will-the-voice-be-a-central-theme-210715/" aria-label="Read more about Garma is a festival of political discussion and celebration of culture. Will the Voice be a central theme?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Md Safiullah (Safi), Senior Lecturer in Finance, RMIT University Islamic banks have become an integral part of the financial system in many Muslim-majority countries, as well as in nations with sizeable Muslim minorities such as the United Kingdom, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Australia is poised ... <a title="Australia will soon have its first Islamic bank. What does this mean, and what are the challenges?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/australia-will-soon-have-its-first-islamic-bank-what-does-this-mean-and-what-are-the-challenges-201867/" aria-label="Read more about Australia will soon have its first Islamic bank. What does this mean, and what are the challenges?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samar Aoun, Perron Institute Research Chair in Palliative Care, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Although it is associated with dying, palliative care is an approach focused on improving quality of life – or how people feel about and respond to facing a life-threatening illness. Palliative care ... <a title="What actually is palliative care? And how is it different to end-of-life care?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/what-actually-is-palliative-care-and-how-is-it-different-to-end-of-life-care-205488/" aria-label="Read more about What actually is palliative care? And how is it different to end-of-life care?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University NASA/Eyes on Asteroids Asteroids are chunks of rock left over from the formation of our Solar System. Approximately half a billion asteroids with sizes greater than four metres in diameter orbit the Sun, travelling through our Solar ... <a title="‘City killers’ and half-giraffes: how many scary asteroids really go past Earth every year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/city-killers-and-half-giraffes-how-many-scary-asteroids-really-go-past-earth-every-year-208838/" aria-label="Read more about ‘City killers’ and half-giraffes: how many scary asteroids really go past Earth every year?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Mary Clancy, Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University Shutterstock The sending and receiving of intimate images and videos is increasingly becoming a part of people’s sexual relationships – particularly for teenagers and young adults. Image-based “sexting” has steadily increased over the past few years. Aggregated data ... <a title="20% of young people who forwarded nudes say they had permission – but only 8% gave it. Why the gap?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/20-of-young-people-who-forwarded-nudes-say-they-had-permission-but-only-8-gave-it-why-the-gap-207913/" aria-label="Read more about 20% of young people who forwarded nudes say they had permission – but only 8% gave it. Why the gap?">Read more</a>
