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March 25, 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 A national Newspoll, conducted March 18–22 from a sample of 1,223, gave Labor a 51–49 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll, four ... <a title="Labor drops to a 51–49 lead in Newspoll; Labor chooses to concede Tasmanian election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/labor-drops-to-a-51-49-lead-in-newspoll-labor-chooses-to-concede-tasmanian-election-226463/" aria-label="Read more about Labor drops to a 51–49 lead in Newspoll; Labor chooses to concede Tasmanian election">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
By Mike Treen, Spokesperson for the Auckland Cuba Friendship Society Over the last few weeks, the Western news media has been full of stories of “unrest” in Cuba including protests over food and fuel shortages. From Western media reports, you would think that the Government of Cuba was neglectful and unresponsive to the needs of ... <a title="Mike Treen – US-imposed austerity in Cuba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/mike-treen-us-imposed-austerity-in-cuba/" aria-label="Read more about Mike Treen – US-imposed austerity in Cuba">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
Opinion by Keith Rankin. Do we need real income-tax cuts this year? Probably not. Do we need nominal income-tax cuts? Yes, we do. The government should go ahead with its proposed tax cuts, but only to low and middle income earners. The tax cuts should compensate for the inflationary component of the cost of living ... <a title="Keith Rankin Opinion – Tax Cuts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/keith-rankin-opinion-tax-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Opinion – Tax Cuts?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Holbrook, Associate Professor in History, Deakin University Vaping is a pressing public health issue. While adult smoking rates continue to fall, vaping rates are rising. Seven per cent of adults now vape daily, up nearly three-fold since 2019. Most alarmingly, the rate of daily vaping among ... <a title="We’ve taken smoking from ‘normal’ to ‘uncommon’ and we can do the same with vaping – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/weve-taken-smoking-from-normal-to-uncommon-and-we-can-do-the-same-with-vaping-heres-how-226117/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve taken smoking from ‘normal’ to ‘uncommon’ and we can do the same with vaping – here’s how">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duane Hamacher, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Total Lunar Eclipse Peter Lieverdink, CC BY It’s eclipse season. The Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned so it’s possible for the Earth and Moon to cast each other into shadow. A faint lunar eclipse will occur on March ... <a title="‘The ghost has taken the spirit of the Moon’: how Torres Strait Islanders predict eclipses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/the-ghost-has-taken-the-spirit-of-the-moon-how-torres-strait-islanders-predict-eclipses-226005/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The ghost has taken the spirit of the Moon’: how Torres Strait Islanders predict eclipses">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Siette, Research Theme Fellow in Health and Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Kampus Production/Pexels If you or a loved one have noticed changes in your memory or thinking as you’ve grown older, this could reflect typical changes that occur with ageing. In some cases though, it might ... <a title="We created a VR tool to test brain function. It could one day help diagnose dementia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/we-created-a-vr-tool-to-test-brain-function-it-could-one-day-help-diagnose-dementia-220946/" aria-label="Read more about We created a VR tool to test brain function. It could one day help diagnose dementia">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Associate Professor of Finance, RMIT University Dr. Victor Wong/Shutterstock Corporate Australia loves a big merger. And amid a growing flurry of them across the business scene, a new blockbuster has emerged. All eyes are on two titans of the pharmacy industry – Chemist Warehouse and ... <a title="Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/australias-biggest-chemist-is-merging-with-a-giant-wholesaler-could-we-soon-be-paying-more-226002/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government will tell the Fair Work Commission it should ensure the real wages of low paid workers do not go backwards. In its submission to the Annual Wage Review, the government stresses the July 1 tax cut should ... <a title="Albanese government to Fair Work Commission: Don’t let real wages go backwards for the low paid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/albanese-government-to-fair-work-commission-dont-let-real-wages-go-backwards-for-the-low-paid-226474/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government to Fair Work Commission: Don’t let real wages go backwards for the low paid">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua’s suffering, laying bare the horrifying reality faced by its people. We must confront this grim truth — what we witness is not an isolated incident but a glaring demonstation of ... <a title="West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/west-papuan-wounds-of-suffering-diplomatic-pressure-on-indonesia-needed-urgently/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Olver, Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide Catherine, Princess of Wales, is undergoing treatment for cancer. In a video thanking followers for their messages of support after her major abdominal surgery, the Princess of Wales explained, “tests after ... <a title="Kate Middleton is having ‘preventive chemotherapy’ for cancer. What does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/24/kate-middleton-is-having-preventive-chemotherapy-for-cancer-what-does-this-mean-226461/" aria-label="Read more about Kate Middleton is having ‘preventive chemotherapy’ for cancer. What does this mean?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation; Scholar -In-Residence Asia Society Australia, Deakin University It appears almost certain the brutal assault on a Russian crowd settling down to watch a rock concert in Moscow on Friday night was an Islamist ... <a title="Why would Islamic State attack Russia and what does this mean for the terrorism threat globally?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/24/why-would-islamic-state-attack-russia-and-what-does-this-mean-for-the-terrorism-threat-globally-226464/" aria-label="Read more about Why would Islamic State attack Russia and what does this mean for the terrorism threat globally?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Research Fellow, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania The votes have been cast, but the helter skelter race to form the next Tasmanian government is just beginning. While the results aren’t likely to be formalised for a couple of weeks, the island state’s voters haven’t ... <a title="Tasmanians have voted in a hung parliament, but neither major party is backing down from taking the reins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/24/tasmanians-have-voted-in-a-hung-parliament-but-neither-major-party-is-backing-down-from-taking-the-reins-225776/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmanians have voted in a hung parliament, but neither major party is backing down from taking the reins">Read more</a>
