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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Schoone, Senior Lecturer in Education, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images It wasn’t surprising when last week’s Education Review Office (ERO) report found New Zealand’s alternative education (AE) system suffers from inadequate facilities, a lack of qualified teaching personnel and poor long-term outcomes. After all, alternative ... <a title="School of last resort: how to fix NZ’s vital but ignored alternative education system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/school-of-last-resort-how-to-fix-nzs-vital-but-ignored-alternative-education-system-208741/" aria-label="Read more about School of last resort: how to fix NZ’s vital but ignored alternative education system">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GOVT Thomas Coughlan (Herald): A victor abroad, Chris Hipkins is again humiliated at home (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): Chris Hipkins earns China’s praise – but he won’t ... <a title="Newsletter: July 03 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/newsletter-july-03-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: July 03 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowena Christiansen, Lecturer and Topic Coordinator, The University of Melbourne Noah Silliman/Unsplash Why do humans undertake journeys of personal exploration, or subject themselves to challenging conditions for long periods of time? What might we learn from their experiences? British mountaineer George Mallory undertook his fatal attempt to ... <a title="Alone in a dark cave: what can we learn from extreme survival experiments?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/alone-in-a-dark-cave-what-can-we-learn-from-extreme-survival-experiments-208300/" aria-label="Read more about Alone in a dark cave: what can we learn from extreme survival experiments?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney Pixabay, CC BY There’s growing awareness public dental programs are unable to meet the demand for services. Private dental care is increasingly unaffordable, and millions of Australians go without the treatment they need. The ... <a title="Expensive dental care worsens inequality. Is it time for a Medicare-style ‘Denticare’ scheme?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/expensive-dental-care-worsens-inequality-is-it-time-for-a-medicare-style-denticare-scheme-207910/" aria-label="Read more about Expensive dental care worsens inequality. Is it time for a Medicare-style ‘Denticare’ scheme?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide Kate McBride Access to safe, clean water is a basic human right. But water scarcity or barriers to access can cause conflict within and between countries. Fights over water can be expected to intensify as the world ... <a title="The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/the-murray-darling-basin-shows-why-the-social-cost-of-water-concept-wont-work-205571/" aria-label="Read more about The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Pexels/Pavel Danilyuk, CC BY I was a teenager during Australia’s 1990s “recession we had to have”, and remember clearly a friend asking his dad for some money to go to the movies. With equal parts frustration ... <a title="How do I tell my kids we are currently short on money – without freaking them out?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/how-do-i-tell-my-kids-we-are-currently-short-on-money-without-freaking-them-out-208008/" aria-label="Read more about How do I tell my kids we are currently short on money – without freaking them out?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rahul Sen, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images India’s economy has emerged as a bright spot in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently the fifth largest global economy, it is predicted to become the third largest by 2030. It is expected ... <a title="India could soon be the world’s third biggest economy – NZ needs to build the trade relationship urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/03/india-could-soon-be-the-worlds-third-biggest-economy-nz-needs-to-build-the-trade-relationship-urgently-207293/" aria-label="Read more about India could soon be the world’s third biggest economy – NZ needs to build the trade relationship urgently">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University DALL·E/Shutterstock Of the 27 leading economists assembled by The Conversation to forecast the financial year that’s just begun, every one expects inflation to continue to fall. The official quarterly measure of inflation peaked at 7.8% ... <a title="Two more RBA rate hikes, tumbling inflation, and a high chance of recession: how our forecasting panel sees 2023-24" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/02/two-more-rba-rate-hikes-tumbling-inflation-and-a-high-chance-of-recession-how-our-forecasting-panel-sees-2023-24-208477/" aria-label="Read more about Two more RBA rate hikes, tumbling inflation, and a high chance of recession: how our forecasting panel sees 2023-24">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The name Vanuatu has taken on a sacred significance in Papuan liberation consciousness. The Free Papua Movement (OPM) elders ignited this consciousness after the declaration of West Papua’s independence on 1 July 1971. The declaration was an act of revolution to reclaim Papuan sovereignty, stolen by Indonesia. General Seth Rumkorem ... <a title="Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of messianic hope, betrayal, tragedy and resurrection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/02/vanuatu-west-papua-msg-an-epic-saga-of-messianic-hope-betrayal-tragedy-and-resurrection/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of messianic hope, betrayal, tragedy and resurrection">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Australia’s new National Anti-Corruption Commission is due to begin its operations today. Already there is much talk about who and what it should investigate. So what kinds of cases can ... <a title="The new National Anti-Corruption Commission faces high expectations – and a potential mountain of work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/01/the-new-national-anti-corruption-commission-faces-high-expectations-and-a-potential-mountain-of-work-208019/" aria-label="Read more about The new National Anti-Corruption Commission faces high expectations – and a potential mountain of work">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Eva, PhD Cadidate, Australian National University The employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians has barely changed since federal and state governments vowed to halve it more than 15 years ago. It’s a failure that raises serious questions about the effectiveness of the policies pursued. But ... <a title="Indigenous-owned businesses are key to closing the employment gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/30/indigenous-owned-businesses-are-key-to-closing-the-employment-gap-208579/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous-owned businesses are key to closing the employment gap">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide Saddle up, don the fedora and crack that whip: Harrison Ford is back as the intrepid archaeologist in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The film premiered at Cannes, where Ford was awarded an Honorary Palme ... <a title="Harrison Ford is back as an 80-year-old Indiana Jones – and a 40-something Indy. The highs (and lows) of returning to iconic roles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/30/harrison-ford-is-back-as-an-80-year-old-indiana-jones-and-a-40-something-indy-the-highs-and-lows-of-returning-to-iconic-roles-202357/" aria-label="Read more about Harrison Ford is back as an 80-year-old Indiana Jones – and a 40-something Indy. The highs (and lows) of returning to iconic roles">Read more</a>
