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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Shutterstock “Stagflation” is an ugly word for an ugly situation – the unpleasant combination of economic stagnation and inflation. The last time the world experienced it was the early 1970s, when oil-exporting countries ... <a title="1970s-style stagflation now playing on central bankers’ minds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/1970s-style-stagflation-now-playing-on-central-bankers-minds-185868/" aria-label="Read more about 1970s-style stagflation now playing on central bankers’ minds">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Older persons are highly visible across Asia and the Pacific: they work in agricultural fields producing our food supplies, peddle their wares as street vendors, drive tuk-tuks and ... <a title="OP-ED: Reimagining ageing: Older persons as agents of development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/op-ed-reimagining-ageing-older-persons-as-agents-of-development/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Reimagining ageing: Older persons as agents of development">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ismini Vasileiou, Associate Professor in Information Systems, De Montfort University Shutterstock Today marks 15 years since Apple released what’s arguably its flagship device: the iPhone. A decade and a half later, there are few products that have managed to reach a similar level of brand recognition. Announced ... <a title="The iPhone turns 15: a look at the past (and future) of one of the 21st century’s most influential devices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/the-iphone-turns-15-a-look-at-the-past-and-future-of-one-of-the-21st-centurys-most-influential-devices-183137/" aria-label="Read more about The iPhone turns 15: a look at the past (and future) of one of the 21st century’s most influential devices">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Phillimore, Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University Just before the Western Australian state election in March 2021, the then leader of the Liberal Party did an unusual thing. He conceded defeat – but then asked voters to stop premier Mark McGowan’s Labor ... <a title="Does Labor have ‘total control’ in Western Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/does-labor-have-total-control-in-western-australia-185873/" aria-label="Read more about Does Labor have ‘total control’ in Western Australia?">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Alan Robert Kerr, PhD Candidate for Palaeontology, Flinders University Illustration by Peter Schouten, Author provided Long ago, almost up until the end of the last ice age, a peculiar giant kangaroo roamed the mountainous rainforests of New Guinea. Now, research published by myself and colleagues suggests ... <a title="This giant kangaroo once roamed New Guinea – descended from an Australian ancestor that migrated millions of years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/this-giant-kangaroo-once-roamed-new-guinea-descended-from-an-australian-ancestor-that-migrated-millions-of-years-ago-185778/" aria-label="Read more about This giant kangaroo once roamed New Guinea – descended from an Australian ancestor that migrated millions of years ago">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Professor of Politics, Monash University Renewal or decline? These are the competing narratives that now surround Daniel Andrews’ Victorian Labor government, with five senior ministers exiting cabinet as a preliminary to leaving parliament at November’s state election. The resignations of this quintet – deputy premier ... <a title="Is 5 senior ministers quitting Victoria’s Andrew’s government a sign of renewal – or decline?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/is-5-senior-ministers-quitting-victorias-andrews-government-a-sign-of-renewal-or-decline-185857/" aria-label="Read more about Is 5 senior ministers quitting Victoria’s Andrew’s government a sign of renewal – or decline?">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sukhmani Khorana, Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney University Initial data from the 2021 census released this week shows Australia continues to become more culturally diverse. Almost half of us have at least one parent born overseas (48.2%), and almost a quarter of us (24.8%) speak a language ... <a title="Census data shows we’re more culturally diverse than ever. Our institutions must reflect this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/census-data-shows-were-more-culturally-diverse-than-ever-our-institutions-must-reflect-this-185575/" aria-label="Read more about Census data shows we’re more culturally diverse than ever. Our institutions must reflect this">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Watson, Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion, Deakin University Netflix The Netflix sci-fi horror series Stranger Things is vividly soaked in 1980s nostalgia, famously catapulting Kate Bush’s 1985 song Running up that Hill to the top of the music charts in 2022. In season four, series ... <a title="By naming ‘Pennhurst’, Stranger Things uses disability trauma for entertainment. Dark tourism and asylum tours do too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/by-naming-pennhurst-stranger-things-uses-disability-trauma-for-entertainment-dark-tourism-and-asylum-tours-do-too-185581/" aria-label="Read more about By naming ‘Pennhurst’, Stranger Things uses disability trauma for entertainment. Dark tourism and asylum tours do too">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Hamilton, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England Shutterstock A friend introduces their partner as “my current husband”. Another jokes about marriage as a life sentence. Everyone laughs, no one is surprised. The sentiments at the heart of these asides ... <a title="What is ‘heteropessimism’, and why do men and women suffer from it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/what-is-heteropessimism-and-why-do-men-and-women-suffer-from-it-182288/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘heteropessimism’, and why do men and women suffer from it?">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Scott, Senior Lecturer – Finance, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Cost of living is – and should be – on everyone’s mind. But how we are managing increasing costs could impact us well into retirement. As cost-of-living pressures continue to increase with record inflation and ... <a title="A $400-a-week shortfall: people in their 40s face a bleak retirement on KiwiSaver’s current trajectory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/a-400-a-week-shortfall-people-in-their-40s-face-a-bleak-retirement-on-kiwisavers-current-trajectory-185576/" aria-label="Read more about A $400-a-week shortfall: people in their 40s face a bleak retirement on KiwiSaver’s current trajectory">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians are becoming more fearful in an insecure world, and want to see the country armed up, favouring more defence spending and the planned acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines. Three quarters of Australians say it is likely China will become a ... <a title="Australians favour more defence spending in Lowy poll, as Labor extends ADF chief Angus Campbell’s term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/australians-favour-more-defence-spending-in-lowy-poll-as-labor-extends-adf-chief-angus-campbells-term-185878/" aria-label="Read more about Australians favour more defence spending in Lowy poll, as Labor extends ADF chief Angus Campbell’s term">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter An Aotearoa New Zealand health workforce recruiting agency is fielding calls from senior US doctors who say they can no longer live in their own country. Accent Health Recruitment has been flooded with inquiries from US doctors wanting to come to New Zealand following the US Supreme Court’s decision ... <a title="NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/nz-health-sector-may-see-influx-of-us-doctors-after-abortion-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion ruling">Read more</a>
