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April 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby Callaway, Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University Shuttertstock Ahead of the upcoming election, Labor has promised a rigorous review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), focused on spending and administration, ... <a title="Workforce shortages are putting NDIS participants at risk. Here are 3 ways to attract more disability sector workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/workforce-shortages-are-putting-ndis-participants-at-risk-here-are-3-ways-to-attract-more-disability-sector-workers-181473/" aria-label="Read more about Workforce shortages are putting NDIS participants at risk. Here are 3 ways to attract more disability sector workers">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Higham, Professor of Tourism, University of Otago Shutterstock With the arrival in Sydney of the cruise liner Pacific Explorer on Monday – a giant “WE’RE HOME” sign emblazoned on her bow – the pressure is on New Zealand to match Australia and reopen our maritime border ... <a title="Without stricter conditions, NZ should be in no hurry to reopen its border to cruise ships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/without-stricter-conditions-nz-should-be-in-no-hurry-to-reopen-its-border-to-cruise-ships-181607/" aria-label="Read more about Without stricter conditions, NZ should be in no hurry to reopen its border to cruise ships">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University The Coalition and Labor have been arguing over the “better off overall test”, known as the BOOT. What is it, why are they arguing, and who is right? The BOOT is a provision in industrial relations law that ... <a title="ReBOOT: what is the ‘better off overall test’, and should you be worried about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/reboot-what-is-the-better-off-overall-test-and-should-you-be-worried-about-it-181616/" aria-label="Read more about ReBOOT: what is the ‘better off overall test’, and should you be worried about it?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Moore, Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics, Australian National University Spinner tosses the penny during a Two Up game at Flemington Racecourse during the Anzac Day in Melbourne in 2021. Diego Dedele/ AAP Two-up is an Australian gambling game in which ... <a title="Two-up, Gallipoli and the ‘fair go’: why illegal gambling is at the heart of the Anzac myth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/two-up-gallipoli-and-the-fair-go-why-illegal-gambling-is-at-the-heart-of-the-anzac-myth-181337/" aria-label="Read more about Two-up, Gallipoli and the ‘fair go’: why illegal gambling is at the heart of the Anzac myth">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Zali Steggall; Katherine Deves For months there has been a great deal of debate about Scott Morrison’s “character”. Now, in the controversy over Katherine Deves, the Liberal candidate for Warringah who Morrison refused to dump despite a string of offensive ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison fails the ‘character’ test posed by his Warringah candidate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/grattan-on-friday-scott-morrison-fails-the-character-test-posed-by-his-warringah-candidate-181715/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison fails the ‘character’ test posed by his Warringah candidate">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor’s worst fears have been realised with Anthony Albanese testing positive for COVID. In a statement late Thursday, the opposition leader said: “Following a routine PCR test this afternoon ahead of interstate travel to Western Australia, I have returned a ... <a title="Anthony Albanese confined to home for seven days after testing COVID positive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/anthony-albanese-confined-to-home-for-seven-days-after-testing-covid-positive-181736/" aria-label="Read more about Anthony Albanese confined to home for seven days after testing COVID positive">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University One of the first things Labor’saor-hasnt-committed-to-jobseeker-increase-and-has-no-plan-to-review-payment-if-it-wins-election/287i8merx) to lifting the unemployment benefit at any time up to and including his first budget. A promise to review the payment made in the last election by then Labor leader ... <a title="Albanese has dropped Labor’s pledge to boost Jobseeker. With unemployment low, is that actually fair enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/albanese-has-dropped-labors-pledge-to-boost-jobseeker-with-unemployment-low-is-that-actually-fair-enough-181256/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese has dropped Labor’s pledge to boost Jobseeker. With unemployment low, is that actually fair enough?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara McPhedran, Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Men killing their female partners has gone from something that occurred behind closed doors with little public discussion, to the focus of national headlines and high-level policy attention. Even though shocking and high profile murders rightly prompt calls ... <a title="Does toxic masculinity explain why men kill women? Perhaps not as much as we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/does-toxic-masculinity-explain-why-men-kill-women-perhaps-not-as-much-as-we-thought-180949/" aria-label="Read more about Does toxic masculinity explain why men kill women? Perhaps not as much as we thought">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Gettler, PhD, RMIT University Shutterstock Australia’s regional news outlets are dying a not-so-slow death, and COVID-19 has accelerated their decline. Over the past two years more than a hundred of the 435 regional and community newspapers that existed in 2019 ceased printing, continuing as digital-only publications ... <a title="Regional journalism is dying: advertising subsidies won’t help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/regional-journalism-is-dying-advertising-subsidies-wont-help-181255/" aria-label="Read more about Regional journalism is dying: advertising subsidies won’t help">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zara Mansoor, Clinical Psychologist and PhD Candidate, University of Otago GettyImages The transition from childhood to adolescence is a vulnerable time for the development of mental health difficulties and brings a marked increase in anxiety and depression. The push away from family to peers at this age ... <a title="The transition into adolescence can be brutal for kids’ mental health – but parents can help reduce the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/the-transition-into-adolescence-can-be-brutal-for-kids-mental-health-but-parents-can-help-reduce-the-risk-180487/" aria-label="Read more about The transition into adolescence can be brutal for kids’ mental health – but parents can help reduce the risk">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Shutterstock Close contacts of people with COVID in New South Wales and Victoria will soon no longer need to isolate for seven days. Other states and territories, including Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory, are considering ... <a title="Isolation rules for close contacts are changing. What happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/isolation-rules-for-close-contacts-are-changing-what-happens-next-181592/" aria-label="Read more about Isolation rules for close contacts are changing. What happens next?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Steer, Deputy Director, Institute for Space (InSpace), Australian National University When United States Vice-President Kamala Harris was at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California earlier this week she said the US would not conduct tests of destructive, direct ascent anti-satellite missiles. This is the first ... <a title="Anti-satellite weapons: the US has sworn off tests, and Australia should follow suit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/anti-satellite-weapons-the-us-has-sworn-off-tests-and-australia-should-follow-suit-181613/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-satellite weapons: the US has sworn off tests, and Australia should follow suit">Read more</a>
