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June 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, The University of Melbourne Australia’s new federal treasurer, Jim Chalmers, spoke regularly in opposition about a well-being budget and the need to measure more than just the traditional economic indicators. He was even mocked for it by his predecessor, Josh Frydenberg, who joked ... <a title="Beyond GDP: Jim Chalmers’ historic moment to build a well-being economy for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/beyond-gdp-jim-chalmers-historic-moment-to-build-a-well-being-economy-for-australia-184318/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond GDP: Jim Chalmers’ historic moment to build a well-being economy for Australia">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Sunter, PhD Student, University of Adelaide Cybele O’Brien/ Getty Recently screened at the Sydney Film Festival, Fire Island is a rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the film breaking traditional conventions to feature gay romance as the plot. The fact that it is streaming ... <a title="Art, freedom and drag invasions: the history of New York’s Fire Island as a gay sanctuary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/art-freedom-and-drag-invasions-the-history-of-new-yorks-fire-island-as-a-gay-sanctuary-185214/" aria-label="Read more about Art, freedom and drag invasions: the history of New York’s Fire Island as a gay sanctuary">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will be on the international road again next week. He’ll be at the NATO summit in Madrid, where the war in Ukraine will obviously dominate the discussions, which will also canvass China and climate change. Albanese, who earlier ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese has a lot on the go in the ‘back office’ of government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/grattan-on-friday-anthony-albanese-has-a-lot-on-the-go-in-the-back-office-of-government-185695/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese has a lot on the go in the ‘back office’ of government">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Wealthy can buy access to power – and politicians don’t want this changed The current New Zealand First Foundation trial in the High Court continues to show why reform is required when it comes to money in politics. The juicy details coming out each day show private wealth being ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Wealthy can buy access to power – and politicians don’t want this changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-wealthy-can-buy-access-to-power-and-politicians-dont-want-this-changed/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Wealthy can buy access to power – and politicians don’t want this changed">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
The charts below are all to the same scale. Strictly speaking, they show seasonal mortality rather than excess mortality. The zero percent baseline represents low-season mortality rather than average mortality.
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne A major new climate case to stop Woodside’s controversial Scarborough gas project going ahead has been filed by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) in the federal court this week. ACF lawyers argue that the potential for the ... <a title="Why this new climate case against the high-polluting Scarborough gas project is so significant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/why-this-new-climate-case-against-the-high-polluting-scarborough-gas-project-is-so-significant-185578/" aria-label="Read more about Why this new climate case against the high-polluting Scarborough gas project is so significant">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Senior Lecturer in Physics, RMIT University Steve Gale (pilot) and Gail Iles (right) next to the Marchetti jet. Kieran Blair, Author provided Last Saturday, a two-seater SIAI-Marchetti S.211 jet took off from Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne with an expert aerobatic pilot at the controls ... <a title="Australia just flew its own ‘vomit comet’. It’s a big deal for zero-gravity space research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/australia-just-flew-its-own-vomit-comet-its-a-big-deal-for-zero-gravity-space-research-185601/" aria-label="Read more about Australia just flew its own ‘vomit comet’. It’s a big deal for zero-gravity space research">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is facing extradition to the United States after this was given the green light by the British Government. Assange faces charges of espionage over the publication of classified information about US actions in the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greg Barns on the battle to free Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/politics-with-michelle-grattan-greg-barns-on-the-battle-to-free-julian-assange-185690/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greg Barns on the battle to free Julian Assange">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images The concern about gangs and gang-related violence in New Zealand continues to be highly politicised. Government ministers are under constant media scrutiny and political pressure, with both sides trying to look more staunch on crime than the ... <a title="New Zealand needs a new gang strategy – political consensus would be a good start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/new-zealand-needs-a-new-gang-strategy-political-consensus-would-be-a-good-start-185677/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand needs a new gang strategy – political consensus would be a good start">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine in detail what to expect from the NATO leaders’ summit, which includes addresses from the prime ministers of Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Why is NATO including addresses of NATO partners in this year’s leaders’ summit? What will the hawks bring to the summit, and what will those of a more moderate and dove persuasion bring to the NATO debate and course ahead?
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Conquet, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne Abby Murray/Rising Three years in the making, Rising’s much-anticipated first edition brought to Melbourne’s festival-deprived audiences a rich program featuring 225 events. With former Chunky Move founder and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek as co-director, it was only natural to expect ... <a title="How Rising festival brought us dance in times of plague" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/how-rising-festival-brought-us-dance-in-times-of-plague-183642/" aria-label="Read more about How Rising festival brought us dance in times of plague">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia The judge in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann, the staffer alleged to have raped Brittany Higgins, ruled on Tuesday, “regrettably and with gritted teeth”, that his trial will need to be delayed. This was ... <a title="Why was the Brittany Higgins trial delayed, and what is ‘contempt of court’? A legal expert’s view on the Lisa Wilkinson saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/why-was-the-brittany-higgins-trial-delayed-and-what-is-contempt-of-court-a-legal-experts-view-on-the-lisa-wilkinson-saga-185585/" aria-label="Read more about Why was the Brittany Higgins trial delayed, and what is ‘contempt of court’? A legal expert’s view on the Lisa Wilkinson saga">Read more</a>
