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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Davern, Associate Professor, Director Australian Urban Observatory, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Abdul Razak Latif/Shutterstock Less than 1% of the 12 million Australians who travelled to work on Census Day in 2021 rode a bicycle to get there. Bicycles are readily available and affordable. Cycling ... <a title="Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/why-do-so-few-people-cycle-for-transport-in-australia-6-ideas-on-how-to-reap-all-the-benefits-of-bikes-229811/" aria-label="Read more about Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Photoroyalty/Shutterstock As the government consults on potential reforms to points-tested visas for skilled migrants, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Skilled migrants contribute enormously to Australia’s prosperity – shaping our diverse society, making us more productive and boosting Australians’ earnings. ... <a title="How should the skilled migration points test be reformed? It’s an $84 billion question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/how-should-the-skilled-migration-points-test-be-reformed-its-an-84-billion-question-231283/" aria-label="Read more about How should the skilled migration points test be reformed? It’s an $84 billion question">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arvid O. I. Hoffmann, Professor of Marketing, University of Adelaide About half the states in the United States have introduced so-called universal demand laws that make it harder for aggrieved shareholders to sue company directors and hold managers personally liable for decisions that have harmed the company. ... <a title="Sue me, if you can. How laws that prevent directors being sued make firms less likely to recall potentially dangerous products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/sue-me-if-you-can-how-laws-that-prevent-directors-being-sued-make-firms-less-likely-to-recall-potentially-dangerous-products-224360/" aria-label="Read more about Sue me, if you can. How laws that prevent directors being sued make firms less likely to recall potentially dangerous products">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Josh Frydenberg is mulling over whether to try to make a lunge for his old Melbourne seat of Kooyong, now that new circumstances have suddenly raised his political heart rate. Friday’s draft redistribution of Victorian federal electoral boundaries have opened ... <a title="View from The Hill: Josh Frydenberg mulls political temptation after Kooyong gets new draft boundaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/02/view-from-the-hill-josh-frydenberg-mulls-political-temptation-after-kooyong-gets-new-draft-boundaries-231456/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Josh Frydenberg mulls political temptation after Kooyong gets new draft boundaries">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University In the week leading up to the conviction delivered in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, right-wing media was focused on Donald Trump’s innocence. Hosts of the popular podcast “Timcast IRL”, which scored an ... <a title="What Donald Trump’s fiery reaction to his conviction says about this moment in US politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/01/what-donald-trumps-fiery-reaction-to-his-conviction-says-about-this-moment-in-us-politics-231381/" aria-label="Read more about What Donald Trump’s fiery reaction to his conviction says about this moment in US politics">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It was often said of the former Morrison government that it found parliamentary sittings particularly fraught. The same has become true of its successor. Labor has had a very ragged sitting week, and there are several more weeks to go ... <a title="View from The Hill: parliamentary sittings have become as painful for Albanese as they were for Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/view-from-the-hill-parliamentary-sittings-have-become-as-painful-for-albanese-as-they-were-for-morrison-231395/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: parliamentary sittings have become as painful for Albanese as they were for Morrison">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Chen, Senior Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Shutterstock This week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights reported on its Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework. By majority, it recommended the federal government introduce an Australian Human Rights Act. This represents a generational milestone to ... <a title="Report finds ‘clear need’ for an Australian Human Rights Act. What difference would it make?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/report-finds-clear-need-for-an-australian-human-rights-act-what-difference-would-it-make-231376/" aria-label="Read more about Report finds ‘clear need’ for an Australian Human Rights Act. What difference would it make?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Hanna, Honorary Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Australian National University Delhi is reeling from the most extreme heatwave India has ever seen. While the record-breaking maximum recorded temperature of 52.9°C has been called into question by India’s Meteorological Department, it’s entirely possible. The city has been ... <a title="The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/the-delhi-heatwave-is-testing-the-limits-of-human-endurance-other-hot-countries-should-beware-and-prepare-230866/" aria-label="Read more about The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Love Silhouette/Shutterstock To support its climate agenda, the Albanese government is building new institutions. One of the most important will be the Net Zero Economy ... <a title="Why do we need a Net Zero Economy Authority? And how can it fulfil its promise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/why-do-we-need-a-net-zero-economy-authority-and-how-can-it-fulfil-its-promise-228408/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we need a Net Zero Economy Authority? And how can it fulfil its promise?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Gerber, Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University Australia is the only Western democracy that does not have a national Human Rights Act, but this may be about to change. After an inquiry lasting more than a year, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has ... <a title="An inquiry has recommended Australia legislate a Human Rights Act. Here’s why we need one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/an-inquiry-has-recommended-australia-legislate-a-human-rights-act-heres-why-we-need-one-229387/" aria-label="Read more about An inquiry has recommended Australia legislate a Human Rights Act. Here’s why we need one">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meru Sheel, Associate Professor and Epidemiologist, Infectious Diseases, Immunisation and Emergencies Group, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney It’s a week since Papua New Guinea (PNG) experienced a massive landslide in the Enga province, in the country’s highlands. More than 7,800 people have been affected ... <a title="From injuries to infectious diseases, what are the health risks in the aftermath of PNG’s landslide?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/from-injuries-to-infectious-diseases-what-are-the-health-risks-in-the-aftermath-of-pngs-landslide-231163/" aria-label="Read more about From injuries to infectious diseases, what are the health risks in the aftermath of PNG’s landslide?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
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 The electoral commission today released draft boundaries from a federal redistribution of Victoria and Western Australia. In WA, the new seat of Bullwinkel was created, while in ... <a title="Labor slightly helped by Victorian and WA draft federal redistributions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/labor-slightly-helped-by-victorian-and-wa-draft-federal-redistributions-230937/" aria-label="Read more about Labor slightly helped by Victorian and WA draft federal redistributions">Read more</a>
