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August 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernard Walker, Associate Professor in Organisations and Leadership, University of Canterbury GettyImages Last week saw an historic moment as New Zealand’s professional firefighters went on strike, calling for better pay, more staff and increased investment in the fire service. But will industrial action spur the deeper systemic ... <a title="Striking firefighters are calling for systemic change, but are their demands too hot to handle for NZ employment law?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/striking-firefighters-are-calling-for-systemic-change-but-are-their-demands-too-hot-to-handle-for-nz-employment-law-189040/" aria-label="Read more about Striking firefighters are calling for systemic change, but are their demands too hot to handle for NZ employment law?">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute Shutterstock Until recently, polio had only been detected in a handful of countries, thanks to global eradication efforts. But this year’s polio alerts in the United States, United Kingdom and Israel are a reminder that as long as poliovirus ... <a title="The latest polio cases have put the world on alert. Here’s what this means for Australia and people travelling overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/the-latest-polio-cases-have-put-the-world-on-alert-heres-what-this-means-for-australia-and-people-travelling-overseas-188989/" aria-label="Read more about The latest polio cases have put the world on alert. Here’s what this means for Australia and people travelling overseas">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Oloruntoba, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Curtin University shutterstock China’s sabre-rattling around Taiwan underlines the need for Australia to be prepared for conflict in the South China Sea. With its growing navy and air force, and the bases it has built throughout the area, China ... <a title="Conflict in the South China Sea threatens 90% of Australia’s fuel imports: study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/conflict-in-the-south-china-sea-threatens-90-of-australias-fuel-imports-study-188148/" aria-label="Read more about Conflict in the South China Sea threatens 90% of Australia’s fuel imports: study">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sian Troath, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Canterbury Getty Images Australia’s recently announced defence review, intended to be the most thorough in almost four decades, will give us a good idea of how Australia sees its role in an increasingly tense strategic environment. As New Zealand’s only formal ... <a title="Australia’s pursuit of ‘killer robots’ could put the trans-Tasman alliance with New Zealand on shaky ground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/australias-pursuit-of-killer-robots-could-put-the-trans-tasman-alliance-with-new-zealand-on-shaky-ground-188520/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s pursuit of ‘killer robots’ could put the trans-Tasman alliance with New Zealand on shaky ground">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute The Coalition’s carpark announcements before the 2019 election are among the best-known cases of pork-barrelling Shutterstock From sports rorts to regional slush funds and commuter carparks, it’s been one scandal after another in Australian politics in recent years. But what ... <a title="Pork-barrelling is unfair and wasteful. Here’s a plan to end it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/pork-barrelling-is-unfair-and-wasteful-heres-a-plan-to-end-it-188898/" aria-label="Read more about Pork-barrelling is unfair and wasteful. Here’s a plan to end it">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mittul Vahanvati, Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University When floods swept the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales earlier this year, scores of people ignored official advice and rescued neighbours and friends from floodwaters using their boats, kayaks and jet skis, while ... <a title="‘Tinnie army’ leads to NSW flood inquiry call to train community members as first responders. How will that work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/tinnie-army-leads-to-nsw-flood-inquiry-call-to-train-community-members-as-first-responders-how-will-that-work-188900/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Tinnie army’ leads to NSW flood inquiry call to train community members as first responders. How will that work?">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne O’Mara, Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University Image by Victoria_Borodinova from Pixabay , CC BY My phone pings and it’s a message from my brother. Do we have an old white dress my niece could borrow for a Book Week costume for school? Book Week is ... <a title="Book Week: it’s not the costume that matters, but falling in love with reading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/book-week-its-not-the-costume-that-matters-but-falling-in-love-with-reading-188748/" aria-label="Read more about Book Week: it’s not the costume that matters, but falling in love with reading">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorina L. Barker, Senior Lecturer, University of New England Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images of deceased people. Amy Elwood, a Wangkumara/Adnyamathanha Elder and cultural repository of knowledge and grandmother to one of us (Lorina Barker), has inspired an array of ... <a title="An Ode To My Grandmother: remaking the past using oral histories, theatre and music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/an-ode-to-my-grandmother-remaking-the-past-using-oral-histories-theatre-and-music-180575/" aria-label="Read more about An Ode To My Grandmother: remaking the past using oral histories, theatre and music">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese flagged at the weekend he was open to calling an inquiry into the ramifications of Scott Morrison’s power grab, as Barnaby Joyce revealed he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison for overruling a Nationals minister. Albanese on Monday ... <a title="Barnaby Joyce says he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison over resources power grab" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/21/barnaby-joyce-says-he-feared-retribution-if-he-crossed-morrison-over-resources-power-grab-189112/" aria-label="Read more about Barnaby Joyce says he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison over resources power grab">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vita Pilkington, Research Assistant, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne With the recent sudden death of former rugby league coach and player Paul Green, conversations about the mental health of elite coaching staff are paramount. Our research in 2020, published in July this year, found more than ... <a title="More than 40% of elite sport coaches we surveyed suffered mental ill-health. They need our support, not stigma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/more-than-40-of-elite-sport-coaches-we-surveyed-suffered-mental-ill-health-they-need-our-support-not-stigma-188728/" aria-label="Read more about More than 40% of elite sport coaches we surveyed suffered mental ill-health. They need our support, not stigma">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The chart above shows New Zealand’s aggregate weekly deaths from 2015. The normal winter experience is obvious, with 2015 to 2019 influenza peaks mainly in July and August, though in late June in 2019. New Zealand is different from most European countries in that it has significantly faster population growth. (Although ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Demography: New Zealand in context of North and West Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-demography-new-zealand-in-context-of-north-and-west-europe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Demography: New Zealand in context of North and West Europe">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Behavioural Business Lab Member, RMIT University Shutterstock With the world is experiencing inflation levels not seen since the 1980s, central banks are caught between warning of the dangers of an 1970s-style inflationary spiral, and contributing ... <a title="Inflationary psychology could make things worse, but for now it’s in check" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/inflationary-psychology-could-make-things-worse-but-for-now-its-in-check-188723/" aria-label="Read more about Inflationary psychology could make things worse, but for now it’s in check">Read more</a>
