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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professional Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. They canvass Tuesday’s giveaway budget, aimed at enticing back voters who, according to the polls, have strayed from the government ... <a title="VIDEO: A budget and (more) talk of bullying before voters are sent to the polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/video-a-budget-and-more-talk-of-bullying-before-voters-are-sent-to-the-polls-180493/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: A budget and (more) talk of bullying before voters are sent to the polls">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Sherrell, Deputy Program Director (Migration), Grattan Institute Shutterstock Migration didn’t rate a mention in Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s budget speech. But the increase in Australia’s permanent skilled intake that Home Affairs Minister Alex Hawke announced on budget night is a big deal, and one that will leave ... <a title="More permanent skilled visas are a big deal. The government is heading in the right direction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/more-permanent-skilled-visas-are-a-big-deal-the-government-is-heading-in-the-right-direction-180324/" aria-label="Read more about More permanent skilled visas are a big deal. The government is heading in the right direction">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock/Drazan Zigic Intermittent fasting is now becoming popular, with many promised health benefits. But Muslims have been practising fasting in ... <a title="Explainer: what is Ramadan and why does it require Muslims to fast?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/explainer-what-is-ramadan-and-why-does-it-require-muslims-to-fast-180139/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is Ramadan and why does it require Muslims to fast?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is Dr Bryce Edwards’ New Zealand Political Roundup – which analyses one prominent topic being debated in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Political Roundup for free here. Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none” The Solomon Islands has ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/newsletter-political-roundup-new-zealand-should-be-friends-to-all-and-enemies-to-none/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none”">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Earlier this month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia faces “its most difficult and dangerous security environment” since the second world war. Labor leader Anthony Albanese has made similar comments. In 1949, shortly after the war, ... <a title="Diplomacy is essential to a peaceful world, so why did DFAT’s funding go backwards in the budget?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/diplomacy-is-essential-to-a-peaceful-world-so-why-did-dfats-funding-go-backwards-in-the-budget-180313/" aria-label="Read more about Diplomacy is essential to a peaceful world, so why did DFAT’s funding go backwards in the budget?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University GettyImages ACT party leader David Seymour’s demand that a referendum on Māori co-governance be a bottom line in any coalition agreement with the National Party ... <a title="Putting te Tiriti at the centre of Aotearoa New Zealand’s public policy can strengthen democracy – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/putting-te-tiriti-at-the-centre-of-aotearoa-new-zealands-public-policy-can-strengthen-democracy-heres-how-180305/" aria-label="Read more about Putting te Tiriti at the centre of Aotearoa New Zealand’s public policy can strengthen democracy – here’s how">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Post-Courier newspaper today compared Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to the infamous emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned over his controversial one-day Indonesian visit while facing an election in June. “And [he] was clearly despised by his people,” the paper said in a scathing editorial headlined “Tari ... <a title="Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/post-courier-blasts-marape-for-sudden-jakarta-junket-while-tari-burns/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock The federal government’s announcement of a halved fuel excise is no doubt music to many people’s ears. Following Tuesday night’s budget release, the excise (a government tax included in the purchase price of fuel) was halved from ... <a title="5 tips to make your fuel tank last longer while prices are high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/5-tips-to-make-your-fuel-tank-last-longer-while-prices-are-high-180134/" aria-label="Read more about 5 tips to make your fuel tank last longer while prices are high">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hobbs, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Co-Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury GettyImages As councils and central government consider what cities of the future will look like, a new tool has been developed to map how various features of where we live influence ... <a title="Our cities are making us fat and unhealthy – a ‘healthy location index’ can help us plan better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/our-cities-are-making-us-fat-and-unhealthy-a-healthy-location-index-can-help-us-plan-better-179763/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities are making us fat and unhealthy – a ‘healthy location index’ can help us plan better">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yen Ying Lim, Associate Professor, Monash University Shutterstock Socioeconomic status is a key indicator of health outcomes, including access to, and quality of health care. In 4,656 adults across metro, regional and rural Australia, new research from the Healthy Brain Project showed those living in more disadvantaged ... <a title="Where you live affects your dementia risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/where-you-live-affects-your-dementia-risk-180240/" aria-label="Read more about Where you live affects your dementia risk">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Tuesday night’s federal budget confirmed the Morrison government will spend A$50.3 million on gas projects in the Northern Territory, South Australia and the east coast. This decision, it says, will ... <a title="The Morrison government’s $50 million gas handout undermines climate targets and does nothing to improve energy security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/the-morrison-governments-50-million-gas-handout-undermines-climate-targets-and-does-nothing-to-improve-energy-security-180247/" aria-label="Read more about The Morrison government’s $50 million gas handout undermines climate targets and does nothing to improve energy security">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi McAlister, Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University Liam Daniel/ Netflix The first season of steamy romance series, Bridgerton achieved immense popularity – it is Netflix’s second-most watched television series of all time, beaten only by Squid Game. Over the weekend, the second season had ... <a title="A whole new set of horny lords and ladies: how Bridgerton brought romance book serialisation to television" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/a-whole-new-set-of-horny-lords-and-ladies-how-bridgerton-brought-romance-book-serialisation-to-television-180303/" aria-label="Read more about A whole new set of horny lords and ladies: how Bridgerton brought romance book serialisation to television">Read more</a>
