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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Hart, Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology Julia Firak Stan’s new Christmas film Nugget is Dead is a colourful production that follows the rules of the seasonal genre film to a tee – with an Aussie twist and a dash of queer ... <a title="Nugget Is Dead brings queer love, multiculturalism and Aussie flair to the Christmas movie formula" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/nugget-is-dead-brings-queer-love-multiculturalism-and-aussie-flair-to-the-christmas-movie-formula-243696/" aria-label="Read more about Nugget Is Dead brings queer love, multiculturalism and Aussie flair to the Christmas movie formula">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Biswa Das, Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning and Extension Economist, Iowa State University Parents and educators rally at Boston City Hall demanding urgent action to improve the city’s public schools. Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Young families with children are a shrinking part ... <a title="Young families are leaving many large US cities − here’s why that matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/young-families-are-leaving-many-large-us-cities-heres-why-that-matters-238538/" aria-label="Read more about Young families are leaving many large US cities − here’s why that matters">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has rewritten the mandate of the Future Fund – the nation’s sovereign wealth fund – to urge it to direct investment into the “national priorities” of housing, the energy transition and infrastructure, where the risk and returns ... <a title="Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund encouraged to invest in housing, energy transition, infrastructure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/australias-230-billion-future-fund-encouraged-to-invest-in-housing-energy-transition-infrastructure-244169/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund encouraged to invest in housing, energy transition, infrastructure">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide cdrin/Shutterstock Two Australian teenagers are severely ill in hospital in Thailand after experiencing suspected methanol poisoning while they were travelling in Laos. The pair are reportedly among several foreign nationals to become ill after unknowingly consuming alcoholic drinks ... <a title="What is methanol? How does it get into drinks and cause harm?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/what-is-methanol-how-does-it-get-into-drinks-and-cause-harm-244151/" aria-label="Read more about What is methanol? How does it get into drinks and cause harm?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government says it will take “big money” out of election campaigns – or, more realistically, curb it – with its legislation imposing donation and spending caps and real-time disclosure. But crossbenchers and other critics are up in arms, about ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Special Minister of State Don Farrell on getting ‘big money’ out of elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/politics-with-michelle-grattan-special-minister-of-state-don-farrell-on-getting-big-money-out-of-elections-244167/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Special Minister of State Don Farrell on getting ‘big money’ out of elections">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra sweettoiletpaper/Shutterstock The Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies within Australia. Their growth was highlighted in annual data on gross state product, released by ... <a title="The NT and ACT might have small populations but their economies are growing faster than the bigger states" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/the-nt-and-act-might-have-small-populations-but-their-economies-are-growing-faster-than-the-bigger-states-243897/" aria-label="Read more about The NT and ACT might have small populations but their economies are growing faster than the bigger states">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Next month’s federal budget update is expected to revise down company tax receipts for the first time since 2020, amid continued low economic growth in the near term. In his Wednesday ministerial statement on the economy, the forecasts remained subdued ... <a title="Budget update will revise down company tax receipts but treasurer Chalmers welcomes economy’s ‘soft landing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/budget-update-will-revise-down-company-tax-receipts-but-treasurer-chalmers-welcomes-economys-soft-landing-244160/" aria-label="Read more about Budget update will revise down company tax receipts but treasurer Chalmers welcomes economy’s ‘soft landing’">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Ison, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group, La Trobe University, La Trobe University Christian Bertrand/Shutterstock Schoolies season is here – and with it, warnings about staying safe while partying. For girls and women, this often means being told to watch their drinks ... <a title="Schoolies means more drink spiking warnings. Why is the burden still on women to stay safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/schoolies-means-more-drink-spiking-warnings-why-is-the-burden-still-on-women-to-stay-safe-243030/" aria-label="Read more about Schoolies means more drink spiking warnings. Why is the burden still on women to stay safe?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Metropolitan Fire Brigade, CC BY Ten years ago, a late-night cigarette started a fire that spread rapidly up 13 storeys on the Lacrosse apartment building in Melbourne. The November 24 fire caused more than A$5.7 million ... <a title="10 years after the Lacrosse building cladding fire, the defects and disasters continue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/10-years-after-the-lacrosse-building-cladding-fire-the-defects-and-disasters-continue-237399/" aria-label="Read more about 10 years after the Lacrosse building cladding fire, the defects and disasters continue">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eveline Mu, Research Fellow in Women’s Mental Health, Monash University Austin Guevara/Pexels Periods can feel like an unwanted guest for many women and gender diverse people who menstruate, bringing cramps, mood swings and exhaustion. But how do you know if what you are experiencing is standard premenstrual ... <a title="What is premenstrual dysphoric disorder? And how is it different to PMS?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/what-is-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-and-how-is-it-different-to-pms-240711/" aria-label="Read more about What is premenstrual dysphoric disorder? And how is it different to PMS?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Scott, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, AUT Business School, Auckland University of Technology and Senior Lecturer in Finance & Financial Planning, Griffith University Economic harm – restricting access to, sabotaging or exploiting another person’s financial resources, and impeding their economic autonomy – is increasingly recognised as a form ... <a title="Financial forms of family violence affect 1 in 7 New Zealanders – but the law is lagging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/financial-forms-of-family-violence-affect-1-in-7-new-zealanders-but-the-law-is-lagging-243466/" aria-label="Read more about Financial forms of family violence affect 1 in 7 New Zealanders – but the law is lagging">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW Sydney Varavin/Shutterstock New research reveals serious privacy flaws in the data practices of new internet connected cars in Australia. It’s yet another reason why we need urgent reform of ... <a title="Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/modern-cars-are-surveillance-devices-on-wheels-with-major-privacy-risks-new-report-241258/" aria-label="Read more about Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report">Read more</a>
