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April 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Ward, Lead Researcher, RMIT University Nicolas Rakotopare, Author provided In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, a totem is a spiritual emblem from the natural world, such as a plant or animal. The totem is gifted to an individual by a parent or elder, usually around ... <a title="Connecting to culture: here’s what happened when elders gifted totemic species to school kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/14/connecting-to-culture-heres-what-happened-when-elders-gifted-totemic-species-to-school-kids-202386/" aria-label="Read more about Connecting to culture: here’s what happened when elders gifted totemic species to school kids">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catharine Coleborne, Professor of History, School Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle This article is the first in our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for ... <a title="Why arts degrees and other generalist programs are the future of Australian higher education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/14/why-arts-degrees-and-other-generalist-programs-are-the-future-of-australian-higher-education-203046/" aria-label="Read more about Why arts degrees and other generalist programs are the future of Australian higher education">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock It has long been known that incomes in Australia are more evenly distributed than in the United States. But Australia has been thought to ... <a title="Unequal? Our analysis suggests Australia is a more equal society than has been thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/14/unequal-our-analysis-suggests-australia-is-a-more-equal-society-than-has-been-thought-202950/" aria-label="Read more about Unequal? Our analysis suggests Australia is a more equal society than has been thought">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Marriott, Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images As it stands in Aotearoa New Zealand, beneficiary fraud (fraud by people on benefits) is largely dealt with under the Crimes Act, while tax evasion is prosecuted under the Tax Administration Act. ... <a title="We need consistency in how we treat financial crimes. Sentencing guidelines are a good place to start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/14/we-need-consistency-in-how-we-treat-financial-crimes-sentencing-guidelines-are-a-good-place-to-start-203395/" aria-label="Read more about We need consistency in how we treat financial crimes. Sentencing guidelines are a good place to start">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock You may have read this week that Australia’s super tax breaks are excessively generous (“well beyond any plausible purpose”) and that their costs unsustainable. The claim came from a Grattan Institute report, Super savings. But is ... <a title="Super tax concessions don’t cost $45 billion a year and won’t cost more than the pension" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/super-tax-concessions-dont-cost-45-billion-a-year-and-wont-cost-more-than-the-pension-203655/" aria-label="Read more about Super tax concessions don’t cost $45 billion a year and won’t cost more than the pension">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Dan Himbrechts/AAP At the March 25 New South Wales state election, Labor won 45 of the 93 lower house seats (up nine since the 2019 election), the ... <a title="Labor two seats short of a majority in final NSW lower house results, plus a polling critique" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/labor-two-seats-short-of-a-majority-in-final-nsw-lower-house-results-plus-a-polling-critique-203499/" aria-label="Read more about Labor two seats short of a majority in final NSW lower house results, plus a polling critique">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor K. Sansom, Research Associate, Curtin University Enhanced image by Kevin M. Gill (CC-BY) based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS.Media, CC BY The European Space Agency’s JUICE mission (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) is launching today at 10:15pm AEST from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. JUICE will ... <a title="The much-anticipated JUICE mission to Jupiter launches today. Here’s what it might discover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/the-much-anticipated-juice-mission-to-jupiter-launches-today-heres-what-it-might-discover-203669/" aria-label="Read more about The much-anticipated JUICE mission to Jupiter launches today. Here’s what it might discover">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne Despite warnings of a global economic downturn, Australia has again defied the odds with its official unemployment rate remaining steady at 3.5% in March. Behind that number though, plenty happened. The total number of people in jobs grew ... <a title="With unemployment steady at 3.5%, inflation fears shouldn’t stop Australia embracing a full employment target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/with-unemployment-steady-at-3-5-inflation-fears-shouldnt-stop-australia-embracing-a-full-employment-target-203415/" aria-label="Read more about With unemployment steady at 3.5%, inflation fears shouldn’t stop Australia embracing a full employment target">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne State Library NSW After media outlets breathlessly described the late John Olsen as a “genius”, I found myself humming The Chasers’ ... <a title="From radical to reactionary: the achievements and legacy of the influential artist John Olsen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/from-radical-to-reactionary-the-achievements-and-legacy-of-the-influential-artist-john-olsen-203677/" aria-label="Read more about From radical to reactionary: the achievements and legacy of the influential artist John Olsen">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University This week, the High Court of Australia handed down a significant ruling in an immigration case that could affect hundreds of similar visa cases handled by the Department of Home Affairs. Specifically, the ruling may call into ... <a title="Explainer: High Court ruling in immigration case could impact hundreds of visa decisions since 2016" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/explainer-high-court-ruling-in-immigration-case-could-impact-hundreds-of-visa-decisions-since-2016-203676/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: High Court ruling in immigration case could impact hundreds of visa decisions since 2016">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor, Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney Catherine Opie/ Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, London, and Seoul, Author provided Oliver breastfeeding. Oliver at five dressed in a tutu. Oliver at ten with his pet mouse in his ... <a title="Binding Ties explores celebrated artist Catherine Opie’s world of transitions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/binding-ties-explores-celebrated-artist-catherine-opies-world-of-transitions-202723/" aria-label="Read more about Binding Ties explores celebrated artist Catherine Opie’s world of transitions">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Nott, Professor of Physical Geography, James Cook University BoM Residents along Western Australia’s northwest coast are bracing for Tropical Cyclone Ilsa, which is expected to be one of the most destructive storms to strike the region in more than a decade. The Bureau of Meteorology says ... <a title="Anatomy of monster storm: how Cyclone Ilsa is shaping up to devastate the WA coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/anatomy-of-monster-storm-how-cyclone-ilsa-is-shaping-up-to-devastate-the-wa-coast-203678/" aria-label="Read more about Anatomy of monster storm: how Cyclone Ilsa is shaping up to devastate the WA coast">Read more</a>
