CoveragePost
May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Massel, Research Fellow, Centre for Crop Science, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Advances in genetic engineering have given rise to an era of foods – including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and gene-edited foods – that promise to revolutionise the way we eat. Critics argue these foods ... <a title="What’s the latest on GMOs and gene-edited foods – and what are the concerns? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/whats-the-latest-on-gmos-and-gene-edited-foods-and-what-are-the-concerns-an-expert-explains-204275/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the latest on GMOs and gene-edited foods – and what are the concerns? An expert explains">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Gately, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock When children steal, naturally parents can be very concerned. They might wonder if they’ve taught their child correctly, whether it’s just a phase or whether they’re going to have a young offender on their hands. But before ... <a title="Why do young children sometimes steal? And what should parents do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/why-do-young-children-sometimes-steal-and-what-should-parents-do-about-it-200906/" aria-label="Read more about Why do young children sometimes steal? And what should parents do about it?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Imagine Earth Photography, shutterstock.com Did you know whales are born tail first? They enter their water world being able to swim from day dot. From the moment they’re born, their first instinct is to swim to the surface ... <a title="Tail first and making an early splash, some whales just can’t wait to be born" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/tail-first-and-making-an-early-splash-some-whales-just-cant-wait-to-be-born-204620/" aria-label="Read more about Tail first and making an early splash, some whales just can’t wait to be born">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Cottonbro Studio/Pexels The number of temporary migrants in Australia is booming after falls during the pandemic. Of this group, current and former international students are the largest component. This comes as the federal government’s new migration review found “hard choices ... <a title="Why unis and vocational colleges are key to Australia’s temporary migration challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/why-unis-and-vocational-colleges-are-key-to-australias-temporary-migration-challenge-205011/" aria-label="Read more about Why unis and vocational colleges are key to Australia’s temporary migration challenge">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Siminski, Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock In response to calls to raise the JobSeeker payment, the Albanese government is expected to announce an increase in Tuesday’s budget only be for recipients aged 55 and over. Doing so will fuel the familiar generational debate ... <a title="The case for boosting JobSeeker for all: younger people report greater financial hardship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/the-case-for-boosting-jobseeker-for-all-younger-people-report-greater-financial-hardship-205015/" aria-label="Read more about The case for boosting JobSeeker for all: younger people report greater financial hardship">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra original A $14.6 billion four-year cost-of-living package will be the centrepiece of Labor’s second budget, which seeks to balance spending restraint with its election commitment to not leave people behind. The latter days of preparing the budget – which was ... <a title="View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/view-from-the-hill-budget-centrepiece-will-be-14-6-billion-cost-of-living-package-205192/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Mick Tsikas/AAP On Saturday former Liberal minister Stuart Robert announced that he would soon retire from politics, setting up a byelection in his Queensland seat of Fadden. ... <a title="Easy Liberal wins likely in byelections in Robert’s and Morrison’s seats; support for rise in JobSeeker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/07/easy-liberal-wins-likely-in-byelections-in-roberts-and-morrisons-seats-support-for-rise-in-jobseeker-204798/" aria-label="Read more about Easy Liberal wins likely in byelections in Robert’s and Morrison’s seats; support for rise in JobSeeker">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Real wages are expected to start growing slightly earlier and grow more strongly than previously forecast, according to the latest Treasury estimates. Higher forecasts for wage growth and lower forecasts for inflation in 2023-24 than in the last budget are ... <a title="Budget shows real wages expected to start growing early next year and promises effort to ‘shift the needle’ in disadvantaged communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/06/budget-shows-real-wages-expected-to-start-growing-early-next-year-and-promises-effort-to-shift-the-needle-in-disadvantaged-communities-205133/" aria-label="Read more about Budget shows real wages expected to start growing early next year and promises effort to ‘shift the needle’ in disadvantaged communities">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Turner, System Lead, Sustainable Economies, Climateworks Centre The Albanese government has announced a Net Zero Authority to reduce national emissions and help industry, communities and workers manage the shift to a low-carbon economy. The authority will be enshrined in law. It will seek to make Australia’s ... <a title="Australia finally has a Net Zero Authority – here’s what should top its agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/australia-finally-has-a-net-zero-authority-heres-what-should-top-its-agenda-205029/" aria-label="Read more about Australia finally has a Net Zero Authority – here’s what should top its agenda">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Winner Archibald Prize 2023, Julia Gutman, Head in the sky, feet on the ground, oil, found textiles and embroidery on canvas, ... <a title="As Julia Gutman’s maverick collage wins the Archibald prize, the award is truly in the hands of a new generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/as-julia-gutmans-maverick-collage-wins-the-archibald-prize-the-award-is-truly-in-the-hands-of-a-new-generation-204262/" aria-label="Read more about As Julia Gutman’s maverick collage wins the Archibald prize, the award is truly in the hands of a new generation">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Heris, Research Fellow, Australian National University Studio Romantic/Shutterstock Among all the talk this week about a crackdown on vaping – the most significant tobacco control reforms in a decade – has been the roll-out of another major document. The National Tobacco Strategy 2023–2030 was launched this ... <a title="New funds will tackle Indigenous smoking. But here’s what else we know works for quit campaigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/new-funds-will-tackle-indigenous-smoking-but-heres-what-else-we-know-works-for-quit-campaigns-205016/" aria-label="Read more about New funds will tackle Indigenous smoking. But here’s what else we know works for quit campaigns">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University The crisis consuming the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party sounds a warning to centre-right parties that pursuing the culture wars now gripping the United States and other countries brings dangerous volatility. And little public support. After it ... <a title="Victorian Liberals’ bitter infighting seems more and more likely to end up in court. Can Dutton stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/victorian-liberals-bitter-infighting-seems-more-and-more-likely-to-end-up-in-court-can-dutton-stop-it-205119/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian Liberals’ bitter infighting seems more and more likely to end up in court. Can Dutton stop it?">Read more</a>
