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Want to support companies that support women? Look at your investments through a ‘gender lens’ – here’s how

March 8, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Scott, Senior Lecturer – Finance, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Gender equity continues to be a significant problem in business globally. We all know the story: the gender pay gap is a persistent issue and female-dominated industries tend to be lower paid. Female representation in ... <a title="Want to support companies that support women? Look at your investments through a ‘gender lens’ – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/want-to-support-companies-that-support-women-look-at-your-investments-through-a-gender-lens-heres-how-201292/" aria-label="Read more about Want to support companies that support women? Look at your investments through a ‘gender lens’ – here’s how">Read more</a>

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Is the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran a new front in the war against girls’ education?

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Daft, Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University Shutterstock Recent media attention has drawn global focus on an escalating number of Iranian schoolgirls falling ill over the past few months because of suspected chemical attacks. Accounts differ, but many reports cite more than 1,000 cases of poisoning ... <a title="Is the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran a new front in the war against girls’ education?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/is-the-poisoning-of-schoolgirls-in-iran-a-new-front-in-the-war-against-girls-education-201291/" aria-label="Read more about Is the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran a new front in the war against girls’ education?">Read more</a>

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Why RBA interest rate hikes could end by September – but brace for at least one more

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Tuesday’s tenth successive Reserve Bank interest rate hike is the culmination of a process that has added $1,080 to the monthly cost of payments on a $600,000 variable mortgage. I’ve calculated this increase ... <a title="Why RBA interest rate hikes could end by September – but brace for at least one more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/why-rba-interest-rate-hikes-could-end-by-september-but-brace-for-at-least-one-more-201281/" aria-label="Read more about Why RBA interest rate hikes could end by September – but brace for at least one more">Read more</a>

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Word from The Hill: Another rate rise; support for super tax hike; PM’s India trip; Rugg V Ryan

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Another rate rise; support for super tax hike; PM’s India trip; Rugg V Ryan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/word-from-the-hill-another-rate-rise-support-for-super-tax-hike-pms-india-trip-rugg-v-ryan-201300/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Another rate rise; support for super tax hike; PM’s India trip; Rugg V Ryan">Read more</a>

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Why RBA interest rate hikes could end by September – but brace for at least 1 more

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Tuesday’s tenth successive Reserve Bank interest rate hike is the culmination of a process that has added $1,080 to the monthly cost of payments on a $600,000 variable mortgage. I’ve calculated this increase ... <a title="Why RBA interest rate hikes could end by September – but brace for at least 1 more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/why-rba-interest-rate-hikes-could-end-by-september-but-brace-for-at-least-1-more-201281/" aria-label="Read more about Why RBA interest rate hikes could end by September – but brace for at least 1 more">Read more</a>

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We now have a treaty governing the high seas. Can it protect the Wild West of the oceans?

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Lothian, Lecturer and Academic Barrister, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Delegates gave a jubilant cheer at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Saturday night, as nations reached an agreement on ways to protect marine life ... <a title="We now have a treaty governing the high seas. Can it protect the Wild West of the oceans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/we-now-have-a-treaty-governing-the-high-seas-can-it-protect-the-wild-west-of-the-oceans-201184/" aria-label="Read more about We now have a treaty governing the high seas. Can it protect the Wild West of the oceans?">Read more</a>

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How can you test if gold is pure? Some methods are more destructive than others

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cortie, Physics Discipline Leader, University of Technology Sydney Stasis Photo/Shutterstock When it comes to gold, how pure is pure? And how does anybody know? As recent revelations about the Perth Mint have shown, gold buyers and sellers take purity very seriously. Questions have been raised over ... <a title="How can you test if gold is pure? Some methods are more destructive than others" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/how-can-you-test-if-gold-is-pure-some-methods-are-more-destructive-than-others-201288/" aria-label="Read more about How can you test if gold is pure? Some methods are more destructive than others">Read more</a>

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Cool it: Australia’s biggest cold trucking firm has collapsed, but reports of a supermarket supply disaster are overheated

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock If there’s any lesson from the past three years of supermarket shortages, it’s that it pays to stock up on a few favourite items at all times (if you’ve got room in your ... <a title="Cool it: Australia’s biggest cold trucking firm has collapsed, but reports of a supermarket supply disaster are overheated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/cool-it-australias-biggest-cold-trucking-firm-has-collapsed-but-reports-of-a-supermarket-supply-disaster-are-overheated-201171/" aria-label="Read more about Cool it: Australia’s biggest cold trucking firm has collapsed, but reports of a supermarket supply disaster are overheated">Read more</a>

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Polaroids of the everyday and portraits of the rich and famous: you should know the compulsive photography of Andy Warhol

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Speck, Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, University of Adelaide Oliviero Toscani, born Milan, Italy 1942, Andy Warhol, 1975, New York, United States of America, pigment print, 32.0 x 46.0 cm (image), 40.0 x 50.0 cm (sheet); Public Engagement Fund 2021, Art Gallery of South Australia, ... <a title="Polaroids of the everyday and portraits of the rich and famous: you should know the compulsive photography of Andy Warhol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/polaroids-of-the-everyday-and-portraits-of-the-rich-and-famous-you-should-know-the-compulsive-photography-of-andy-warhol-200081/" aria-label="Read more about Polaroids of the everyday and portraits of the rich and famous: you should know the compulsive photography of Andy Warhol">Read more</a>

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From Squid Game and Physical: 100 to K-pop and BTS, translation is central to tectonic shifts in global cultural consumption

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jinhyun Cho, Senior Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at Macquarie University, Macquarie University Netflix The Korean reality survival show Physical: 100 has become a global hit, topping Netflix’s non-English lineup in just a week following its premier on January 24 2023. The name of the show says ... <a title="From Squid Game and Physical: 100 to K-pop and BTS, translation is central to tectonic shifts in global cultural consumption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/from-squid-game-and-physical-100-to-k-pop-and-bts-translation-is-central-to-tectonic-shifts-in-global-cultural-consumption-200259/" aria-label="Read more about From Squid Game and Physical: 100 to K-pop and BTS, translation is central to tectonic shifts in global cultural consumption">Read more</a>

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Inclusion means everyone: 5 disability attitude shifts to end violence, abuse and neglect

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Robinson, Professor, Disability and Community Inclusion, Flinders University Getty The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is moving into its final phase and will report its findings in September. For the last four years the commission and the media has ... <a title="Inclusion means everyone: 5 disability attitude shifts to end violence, abuse and neglect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/inclusion-means-everyone-5-disability-attitude-shifts-to-end-violence-abuse-and-neglect-199003/" aria-label="Read more about Inclusion means everyone: 5 disability attitude shifts to end violence, abuse and neglect">Read more</a>

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The red and yellow sticker dilemma – how do we balance safety with the desire to return home after a disaster?

March 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland Getty Images Just over a month after the Auckland flood, and three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle hitting the North Island, the scale of the disasters and the rebuild is clear – as is a sense of ... <a title="The red and yellow sticker dilemma – how do we balance safety with the desire to return home after a disaster?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/the-red-and-yellow-sticker-dilemma-how-do-we-balance-safety-with-the-desire-to-return-home-after-a-disaster-201283/" aria-label="Read more about The red and yellow sticker dilemma – how do we balance safety with the desire to return home after a disaster?">Read more</a>