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February 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Bates, Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education: English Specialisation, University of Technology Sydney Les Anderson/ Unsplash The majority of classes in Australian primary school are made up of children from the same grade. The philosophy behind this is students of similar ages are grouped together to align ... <a title="My child is in a composite class this year. Is this a good thing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/21/my-child-is-in-a-composite-class-this-year-is-this-a-good-thing-199676/" aria-label="Read more about My child is in a composite class this year. Is this a good thing?">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil G Sipe, Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Why do Uber, Lyft, Didi, OLA and other ride-sharing companies want to partner with public transport agencies? For Uber and Lyft, the reason is simple: their business plans were based on eventually using driverless vehicles ... <a title="Ride-share companies are losing billions, so why their interest in unprofitable public transport?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/21/ride-share-companies-are-losing-billions-so-why-their-interest-in-unprofitable-public-transport-132664/" aria-label="Read more about Ride-share companies are losing billions, so why their interest in unprofitable public transport?">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Pedler, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology Wikimedia When the new creative head of DC Studios, James Gunn, announced their upcoming slate of films and TV, it included many names you might expect: Superman, Batman, maybe even Swamp Thing. It also included some lesser-known and leftfield ... <a title="‘Special thanks’: how comic book writers and artists are forgotten during the superhero film boom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/21/special-thanks-how-comic-book-writers-and-artists-are-forgotten-during-the-superhero-film-boom-198997/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Special thanks’: how comic book writers and artists are forgotten during the superhero film boom">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra You can bet on one thing in the Aston byelection, which is to be held on April 1. The winner will be a woman. Labor already has its female candidate in the field – Mary Doyle, who gave former Liberal ... <a title="View from The Hill: April 1 Aston byelection will be an all-female battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/view-from-the-hill-april-1-aston-byelection-will-be-an-all-female-battle-200270/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: April 1 Aston byelection will be an all-female battle">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Ralston, Professorial fellow, Monash University Today Treasurer Jim Chalmers released a consultation paper on “Legislating the Purpose of Superannuation”. This is a long-awaited piece of work that has been the subject of ongoing discussion since it was recommended by the Rudd government’s Financial System Inquiry in ... <a title="31 years after the advent of compulsory super, the government is about to decide what it’s for. The answer will matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/31-years-after-the-advent-of-compulsory-super-the-government-is-about-to-decide-what-its-for-the-answer-will-matter-200264/" aria-label="Read more about 31 years after the advent of compulsory super, the government is about to decide what it’s for. The answer will matter">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Ralston, Professorial fellow, Monash University Today Treasurer Jim Chalmers released a consultation paper on “Legislating the Purpose of Superannuation”. This is a long-awaited piece of work that has been the subject of ongoing discussion since it was recommended by the Rudd government’s Financial System Inquiry in ... <a title="26 years after the advent of compulsory super, the government is about to decide what it’s for. The answer will matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/26-years-after-the-advent-of-compulsory-super-the-government-is-about-to-decide-what-its-for-the-answer-will-matter-200264/" aria-label="Read more about 26 years after the advent of compulsory super, the government is about to decide what it’s for. The answer will matter">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In the recently released Privacy Act Review Report, the Attorney-General’s Department makes numerous important proposals that could see the legislation, enacted in 1988, begin to catch up to leading privacy laws globally. Among the positive ... <a title="Proposed privacy reforms could help Australia play catch-up with other nations. But they fail to tackle targeted ads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/proposed-privacy-reforms-could-help-australia-play-catch-up-with-other-nations-but-they-fail-to-tackle-targeted-ads-200166/" aria-label="Read more about Proposed privacy reforms could help Australia play catch-up with other nations. But they fail to tackle targeted ads">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra You can bet on one thing in the Aston byelection, which is to be held on April 1. The winner will be a woman. Labor already has its female candidate in the field – Mary Doyle, who gave former Liberal ... <a title="View from The Hill: April 1 Aston byelection will be an all-female contest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/view-from-the-hill-april-1-aston-byelection-will-be-an-all-female-contest-200270/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: April 1 Aston byelection will be an all-female contest">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Puma Energy has shut down its operations nationwide in Papua New Guinea while Prime Minister James Marape leaves overseas again to Fiji as the nation is left scraping for what is left in the oil tanks of its ailing economy. The country will be on total shut down today. Assuring the country that ... <a title="Puma Energy shuts down PNG nationwide – seeks US$100m to resume fuel supplies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/puma-energy-shuts-down-png-nationwide-seeks-us100m-to-resume-fuel-supplies/" aria-label="Read more about Puma Energy shuts down PNG nationwide – seeks US$100m to resume fuel supplies">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Pacific Media Watch A New Zealand-based media research and publication group has called for an “urgent rethink” on Papua New Guinea’s draft media development policy, saying its proposed regulation plan for the country’s media council and journalists threatened a free press. The Asia Pacific Media Network Inc. (APMN), publishers of the research journal Pacific Journalism ... <a title="APMN calls for ‘urgent rethink’ over PNG draft media regulation plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/apmn-calls-for-urgent-rethink-over-png-draft-media-regulation-plan/" aria-label="Read more about APMN calls for ‘urgent rethink’ over PNG draft media regulation plan">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Dominic Jeanmaire/Shutterstock No matter where you live, apex predators and large carnivores inspire awe as well as instil fear. Large predators have been heavily persecuted and removed from areas where they ... <a title="From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil – why we should be rewilding carnivores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/from-the-dingo-to-the-tasmanian-devil-why-we-should-be-rewilding-carnivores-199879/" aria-label="Read more about From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil – why we should be rewilding carnivores">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Smallcombe, Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Shutterstock We like to think of babies as tiny versions of ourselves. But babies aren’t simply miniature adults, especially when it comes to coping in the heat. Babies are at greater risk of overheating and need different cooling strategies ... <a title="Covering your baby’s pram with a dry cloth can increase the temperature by almost 4 degrees. Here’s what to do instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/covering-your-babys-pram-with-a-dry-cloth-can-increase-the-temperature-by-almost-4-degrees-heres-what-to-do-instead-199099/" aria-label="Read more about Covering your baby’s pram with a dry cloth can increase the temperature by almost 4 degrees. Here’s what to do instead">Read more</a>
