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July 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Smith, Associate professor, Australian National University A week-long trip to Beijing by the Pacific’s most flamboyant statesman Manasseh Sogavare, was always going to cause concern in Canberra. The substance of the visit was as expected. The relationship between China and the Solomon Islands was upgraded to ... <a title="China is playing the long game in the Pacific. Here’s why its efforts are beginning to pay off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/china-is-playing-the-long-game-in-the-pacific-heres-why-its-efforts-are-beginning-to-pay-off-209960/" aria-label="Read more about China is playing the long game in the Pacific. Here’s why its efforts are beginning to pay off">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University Crab on polymetallic nodules NOAA Ocean Exploration A little-known organisation is meeting this week in a conference centre in Jamaica. The rules the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are drafting could have immense impact. That’s because this United Nations body has ... <a title="Mining the seabed for clean-tech minerals could destroy ecosystems. Will it get the green light?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/mining-the-seabed-for-clean-tech-minerals-could-destroy-ecosystems-will-it-get-the-green-light-209690/" aria-label="Read more about Mining the seabed for clean-tech minerals could destroy ecosystems. Will it get the green light?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John G Conran, Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide Authors provided, CC BY-ND One of New Zealand’s most exceptional fossil sites may soon be open to scientists again following a land purchase that saved it from commercial mining. Foulden Maar is a small, deep lake ... <a title="Life in maars: why it’s worth protecting a spectacular fossil site NZ almost lost to commercial mining interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/life-in-maars-why-its-worth-protecting-a-spectacular-fossil-site-nz-almost-lost-to-commercial-mining-interests-209123/" aria-label="Read more about Life in maars: why it’s worth protecting a spectacular fossil site NZ almost lost to commercial mining interests">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwilym Croucher, Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne There is no doubt the federal government has big ambitions for the Universities Accord. Set up last November, the interim report was made public on Wednesday. This is the first broad ... <a title="Many Australians will need to study at both TAFE and uni: how do we get the two systems working together?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/many-australians-will-need-to-study-at-both-tafe-and-uni-how-do-we-get-the-two-systems-working-together-210136/" aria-label="Read more about Many Australians will need to study at both TAFE and uni: how do we get the two systems working together?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Shutterstock This week the Albanese government produced a detailed breakdown of the A$3 billion it plans to save over four years by cutting the use of outsourced labour and consultants. The savings, which begin this financial year, take about ... <a title="My 3-point plan to untangle the public service from consultants such as PwC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/my-3-point-plan-to-untangle-the-public-service-from-consultants-such-as-pwc-210050/" aria-label="Read more about My 3-point plan to untangle the public service from consultants such as PwC">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nelly Liyanagamage, Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia Shutterstock You’ve been pressured to work overtime to finish a project. You won’t get paid for the extra hours but you’ve been assured there will be kudos from senior management. There is – but only for your boss, who ... <a title="Manipulative, distrustful, self-serving: how to deal with a Machiavellian boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/manipulative-distrustful-self-serving-how-to-deal-with-a-machiavellian-boss-209210/" aria-label="Read more about Manipulative, distrustful, self-serving: how to deal with a Machiavellian boss">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Sharp, Associate Professor, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow & Senior Clinical Psychologist, Monash University Instagram “…when you’re shooting a film like Magic Mike, and you’re doing dance routines for two weeks at a time, you have to peak every day. So that became kind of crazy. We ... <a title="Extreme Hollywood body transformations have become standard preparations for film actors – but we need to consider the consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/extreme-hollywood-body-transformations-have-become-standard-preparations-for-film-actors-but-we-need-to-consider-the-consequences-207722/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme Hollywood body transformations have become standard preparations for film actors – but we need to consider the consequences">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia presents a mixed picture of national wellbeing, according to the government’s Measuring What Matters report released by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. On the positive side, over the past two decades life expectancy has increased, income and job opportunities have improved, ... <a title="Australians’ national wellbeing shows a glass half full: Measuring What Matters report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/australians-national-wellbeing-shows-a-glass-half-full-measuring-what-matters-report-210133/" aria-label="Read more about Australians’ national wellbeing shows a glass half full: Measuring What Matters report">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog My daughter came into the kitchen early today to tell me her friends were downtown in Auckland at Britomart, the transit hub of New Zealand’s biggest city, and that a construction worker had just run past them saying a man with a gun was shooting people. I ... <a title="Martyn Bradbury: A sorrowful day for my beautiful city – Matu Tangi Matua Reid’s unspeakable violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/martyn-bradbury-a-sorrowful-day-for-my-beautiful-city-matu-tangi-matua-reids-unspeakable-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Martyn Bradbury: A sorrowful day for my beautiful city – Matu Tangi Matua Reid’s unspeakable violence">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra PMO Andrew Leigh won’t have made himself many friends in Labor with his attack this week on the stifling power of the party’s factions. Then again, when it comes to political advancement, Leigh’s non-factional status has, in opposition and government, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: We see a great deal of the Albanese government, but we don’t know much about what goes on behind the scenes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/grattan-on-friday-we-see-a-great-deal-of-the-albanese-government-but-we-dont-know-much-about-what-goes-on-behind-the-scenes-210132/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: We see a great deal of the Albanese government, but we don’t know much about what goes on behind the scenes">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritu Trivedi, PhD Student, University of Sydney US President Joe Biden has the heart condition atrial fibrillation. This increases his risk of having a stroke five-fold and doubles the risk of a heart attack or dementia. More than 37.5 million people globally also have atrial fibrillation, but ... <a title="What is atrial fibrillation, the heart condition US President Joe Biden lives with?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/what-is-atrial-fibrillation-the-heart-condition-us-president-joe-biden-lives-with-208202/" aria-label="Read more about What is atrial fibrillation, the heart condition US President Joe Biden lives with?">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Slower employment growth, faster population growth and a steady rate of unemployment are the main stories from the Bureau of Statistics’ labour force update, released on Thursday. Employment climbed by 32,600 between May and June, while the ... <a title="Unemployment is staying low at 3.5%. But for those out of work, here’s why it’s become harder to get a job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/unemployment-is-staying-low-at-3-5-but-for-those-out-of-work-heres-why-its-become-harder-to-get-a-job-209835/" aria-label="Read more about Unemployment is staying low at 3.5%. But for those out of work, here’s why it’s become harder to get a job">Read more</a>
