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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fan Yang, Research fellow at Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society., The University of Melbourne Shutterstock When an election rolls around, most of us know what to do on voting day. With varying degrees of ... <a title="About half the Asian migrants we surveyed said they didn’t fully understand how our voting systems work. It’s bad for our democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/about-half-the-asian-migrants-we-surveyed-said-they-didnt-fully-understand-how-our-voting-systems-work-its-bad-for-our-democracy-235304/" aria-label="Read more about About half the Asian migrants we surveyed said they didn’t fully understand how our voting systems work. It’s bad for our democracy">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle Today the federal government released its response to 222 recommendations made in the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability final report. Released back in the September last year, the recommendations called for the ... <a title="‘Lacklustre’ and ‘disappointing’ – experts react to the government’s disability royal commission response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/lacklustre-and-disappointing-experts-react-to-the-governments-disability-royal-commission-response-235770/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lacklustre’ and ‘disappointing’ – experts react to the government’s disability royal commission response">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today is ‘tax cut day’. The present round of income tax cuts has been controversial, despite the fact that they are not ‘real’ tax cuts, only bracket adjustments which partially compensate for CPI inflation this decade. (Here is an interview today with University of Auckland economist Susan St John, which suggests ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Tax Cuts: 1982 and 2024" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/keith-rankin-analysis-tax-cuts-1982-and-2024/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Tax Cuts: 1982 and 2024">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Galea, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney The Paris Olympics has commenced with much excitement as fans soak in athletic achievements, medal counts and inspiring stories of success and triumph. While we celebrate these accomplishments, we must also consider the price paid for these medals. Not ... <a title="The 3 changes Australian sport must make after Volleyball Australia’s shocking abuse report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/the-3-changes-australian-sport-must-make-after-volleyball-australias-shocking-abuse-report-235661/" aria-label="Read more about The 3 changes Australian sport must make after Volleyball Australia’s shocking abuse report">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Bennetts, Lecturer in applied mathematics, University of Adelaide The Southern Ocean is wild and dynamic. It experiences Earth’s strongest winds and largest waves. It is home to city-sized icebergs and the biggest ocean current on the globe, as well as tiny turbulent flows that fit inside ... <a title="Giant waves, monster winds and Earth’s strongest current: here’s why the Southern Ocean is a global engine room" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/giant-waves-monster-winds-and-earths-strongest-current-heres-why-the-southern-ocean-is-a-global-engine-room-233669/" aria-label="Read more about Giant waves, monster winds and Earth’s strongest current: here’s why the Southern Ocean is a global engine room">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Jackson, Adjunct Researcher, College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Social media has once again lit up with the spectacle of aurora australis, also known as the Southern Lights, as it became visible in some skies across the southern states last night. The ... <a title="10 times the aurora australis inspired remarkable works of art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/10-times-the-aurora-australis-inspired-remarkable-works-of-art-228629/" aria-label="Read more about 10 times the aurora australis inspired remarkable works of art">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images New Zealand may be a long way geographically from Gaza, and the government’s ability to influence the course of events there may be limited, but the nation’s inconsistent position on the ... <a title="An ambiguous foreign policy on Gaza risks undermining NZ’s global reputation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/an-ambiguous-foreign-policy-on-gaza-risks-undermining-nzs-global-reputation-235653/" aria-label="Read more about An ambiguous foreign policy on Gaza risks undermining NZ’s global reputation">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Skye McGregor, Epidemiologist, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Data just published online shows a worrying increase in infectious syphilis cases in women living in Australia aged 15–44 (referred to as “reproductive age”) and a subsequent rise in transmission from pregnant parent to child. This is called ... <a title="Babies infected with syphilis are part of a growing tragedy – one that could be easily prevented" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/babies-infected-with-syphilis-are-part-of-a-growing-tragedy-one-that-could-be-easily-prevented-200733/" aria-label="Read more about Babies infected with syphilis are part of a growing tragedy – one that could be easily prevented">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart shows CPI inflation in New Zealand in historical context. The chart shows (in orange) the present policy target band of one to three percent annual inflation. And it shows the ‘home-ownership’ component of the CPI. The chart looks different to most charts of CPI inflation, because it uses ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand’s Consumers Price Index: CPI Inflation past and present" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-new-zealands-consumers-price-index-cpi-inflation-past-and-present/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand’s Consumers Price Index: CPI Inflation past and present">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels You wake with a sore throat and realise you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Should you go to a doctor or just go to bed? Most respiratory illnesses have ... <a title="I feel sick. How do I know if I have the flu, COVID, RSV or something else?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/i-feel-sick-how-do-i-know-if-i-have-the-flu-covid-rsv-or-something-else-234266/" aria-label="Read more about I feel sick. How do I know if I have the flu, COVID, RSV or something else?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Rowe, Senior Research Fellow, School of Education, Deakin University Gaudi Lab/Shutterstock Australians know public schools are underfunded. There are media reports of schools needing to fundraise to build essential infrastructure such as school halls and provide playground shade cloths and textbooks. This comes alongside other reports ... <a title="‘Very frustrating’: for public school principals, applying for grants is now a big part of their job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/very-frustrating-for-public-school-principals-applying-for-grants-is-now-a-big-part-of-their-job-235664/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very frustrating’: for public school principals, applying for grants is now a big part of their job">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor K. Sansom, Research Associate, Curtin University Artist impression of ESA’s Hera mission to Didymos and Dimorphos. ESA/Science Office NASA’s DART mission – Double Asteroid Redirection Test – was humanity’s first real-world planetary defence mission. In September 2022, the DART spacecraft smashed into the companion “moon” of ... <a title="NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/nasa-smacked-a-spacecraft-into-an-asteroid-and-learned-details-about-its-12-million-year-history-235684/" aria-label="Read more about NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history">Read more</a>
