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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giuseppe Carabetta, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Australia’s first criminal case over wage theft is under way, with charges laid against the owner of a Victorian restaurant that allegedly underpaid staff by thousands of dollars. If found guilty, the owner of the Macedon Lounge, northwest ... <a title="Wage theft has reached pandemic proportions, so why hasn’t the Albanese government criminalised it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/wage-theft-has-reached-pandemic-proportions-so-why-hasnt-the-albanese-government-criminalised-it-195804/" aria-label="Read more about Wage theft has reached pandemic proportions, so why hasn’t the Albanese government criminalised it?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Throsby, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University Kazuo ota/Unsplash Artists all over the world, regardless of their gender, earn considerably less than professionals in occupations requiring similar levels of education and qualifications. But there’s an additional income penalty for artists who are female. In an analysis ... <a title="Female artists earn less than men. Coming from a diverse cultural background incurs even more of a penalty – but there is good news, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/female-artists-earn-less-than-men-coming-from-a-diverse-cultural-background-incurs-even-more-of-a-penalty-but-there-is-good-news-too-195646/" aria-label="Read more about Female artists earn less than men. Coming from a diverse cultural background incurs even more of a penalty – but there is good news, too">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians are currently confronting a cost of living crisis that includes soaring energy prices. Ministers have been working for weeks on a strategy to contain the prices of coal and gas, driven up by the fallout from the Ukraine war. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy crisis has ‘badly damaged’ social licence of coal and gas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/politics-with-michelle-grattan-energy-crisis-has-badly-damaged-social-licence-of-coal-and-gas-196140/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy crisis has ‘badly damaged’ social licence of coal and gas">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter K. Lee, Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and Defence Program, USSC, University of Sydney Michael Reynolds/EPA/AAP Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III for the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations ... <a title="Australia and US take realist approach to regional influence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/australia-and-us-take-realist-approach-to-regional-influence-196118/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and US take realist approach to regional influence">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Douglas, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Using fire and burning, and threats to burn, as part of family violence is more common than many people realise. These tools and tactics are used to coercively control a partner or ex-partner. Recent legal cases highlight ... <a title="Family violence can include fire threats and burning. We can do more to protect women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/family-violence-can-include-fire-threats-and-burning-we-can-do-more-to-protect-women-195197/" aria-label="Read more about Family violence can include fire threats and burning. We can do more to protect women">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time - 6pm USEST - In this, the 24th episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will examine whether there is, in reality, such a thing as foreign policy independence in today's world.
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Schuyler Marinac, Lecturer, College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University Shutterstock Last week, four Indonesian fishermen were convicted for taking shark fins and poaching fish in Australian waters. The four men were spotted off remote Niiwalarra/Sir Graham Moore island in the Kimberley region of ... <a title="Jailing Indonesians for shark finning in Australian waters doesn’t solve the real driver – poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/jailing-indonesians-for-shark-finning-in-australian-waters-doesnt-solve-the-real-driver-poverty-195909/" aria-label="Read more about Jailing Indonesians for shark finning in Australian waters doesn’t solve the real driver – poverty">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney Before the Qatar World Cup began, FIFA launched a social campaign called “Football Unites the World”. FIFA acknowledged “the world is divided […] with conflicts and global crises”, but promised the World Cup “will bring people ... <a title="FIFA’s mirage of unity: why the World Cup is a vessel for political protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/fifas-mirage-of-unity-why-the-world-cup-is-a-vessel-for-political-protest-195432/" aria-label="Read more about FIFA’s mirage of unity: why the World Cup is a vessel for political protest">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images Thousands of delegates have gathered in Montreal, Canada, for a once-in-a-decade chance to address the accelerating pace of species loss and the dangers of ecosystem breakdown. COP15 brings together parties to the UN Convention on Biological ... <a title="Avoiding climate breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s biodiversity — can the COP15 summit deliver?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/avoiding-climate-breakdown-depends-on-protecting-earths-biodiversity-can-the-cop15-summit-deliver-195902/" aria-label="Read more about Avoiding climate breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s biodiversity — can the COP15 summit deliver?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy McKenry, Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University Classical music is surprisingly controversial. For some, it’s a pinnacle of cultural achievement. For others it perpetuates class inequality and upholds “white middle class social domination”. To controversy, we can add contradiction! We love to hear the instruments and ... <a title="I’m going to a classical music concert for the first time. What should I know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/im-going-to-a-classical-music-concert-for-the-first-time-what-should-i-know-195290/" aria-label="Read more about I’m going to a classical music concert for the first time. What should I know?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Garland, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Physics, Griffith University Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak in Oxfordshire, UK. Courtesy of MAST, CC BY-SA Our society faces the grand challenge of providing sustainable, secure and affordable means of generating energy, while trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to net ... <a title="How far has nuclear fusion power come? We could be at a turning point for the technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/how-far-has-nuclear-fusion-power-come-we-could-be-at-a-turning-point-for-the-technology-195114/" aria-label="Read more about How far has nuclear fusion power come? We could be at a turning point for the technology">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kildea, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Lukas Coch/AAP Last week, the Albanese government took another important step towards the referendum on a Voice to Parliament. It introduced a bill to make changes to our referendum process, including new arrangements for public education ... <a title="The government wants to change Australia’s referendum laws. How will this affect the Voice to Parliament?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/the-government-wants-to-change-australias-referendum-laws-how-will-this-affect-the-voice-to-parliament-195632/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to change Australia’s referendum laws. How will this affect the Voice to Parliament?">Read more</a>
