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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra National Archives of Australia/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA After leading the Australian Labor Party to its first federal election victory in 23 years, Gough Whitlam wasted no time. The Tuesday after his election on ... <a title="Half a century on, it’s time to reassess the Whitlam government’s economic legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/half-a-century-on-its-time-to-reassess-the-whitlam-governments-economic-legacy-195651/" aria-label="Read more about Half a century on, it’s time to reassess the Whitlam government’s economic legacy">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP Australia has only a year or less to get itself ready to vote on one of the most significant constitutional referendums in its history – to insert an Indigenous Voice into the constitution. And it has to be ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/grattan-on-friday-to-have-the-best-chance-of-success-the-voice-must-be-sold-to-voters-as-a-positive-unifying-story-195733/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Coral Gartner, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash, CC BY-SA This week’s announcement of a raft of new tobacco control measures – including banning menthol products and proposing health warnings on individual cigarettes – are important ... <a title="Banning menthol cigarettes and more health warnings are only the start. Australia could look to NZ for how to do tobacco control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/banning-menthol-cigarettes-and-more-health-warnings-are-only-the-start-australia-could-look-to-nz-for-how-to-do-tobacco-control-195710/" aria-label="Read more about Banning menthol cigarettes and more health warnings are only the start. Australia could look to NZ for how to do tobacco control">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharynne Hamilton, Senior Research Fellow, Co-Head, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, Telethon Kids Institute Shutterstock The latest Family Matters report reveals a grim lack of progress to eliminate the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. The report – released by the Secretariat of ... <a title="New report reveals grim lack of progress to cut overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in out-of-home-care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/new-report-reveals-grim-lack-of-progress-to-cut-overrepresentation-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-kids-in-out-of-home-care-195355/" aria-label="Read more about New report reveals grim lack of progress to cut overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in out-of-home-care">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
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 Con Chronis/AAP There has been much more counting for the Victorian upper house since Saturday night, when under 30% had been counted in most of the eight ... <a title="Labor, Greens and Legalise Cannabis likely to have combined majority in Victorian upper house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/labor-greens-and-legalise-cannabis-likely-to-have-combined-majority-in-victorian-upper-house-195439/" aria-label="Read more about Labor, Greens and Legalise Cannabis likely to have combined majority in Victorian upper house">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Byron, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Wollongong Spotify Now that we’ve hit December, many people looking on their social media feeds will be seeing end-of-year listening roundups like Instafest, Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay. These roundups analyse your music listening for the year to generate ... <a title="Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and Instafest: what do end of year music wrap-ups say about our listening habits?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/spotify-wrapped-apple-music-replay-and-instafest-what-do-end-of-year-music-wrap-ups-say-about-our-listening-habits-195556/" aria-label="Read more about Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and Instafest: what do end of year music wrap-ups say about our listening habits?">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Price, The Erdi Foundation Child Health Equity (COVID-19) Scholar, Centre for Community Child Health | Honorary, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne | Team Leader / Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Pexels/Sarah Chai Bringing home a new baby can be one of the most ... <a title="Why do nurse home visits stop a few weeks after giving birth? Extending them to 2 years benefits the whole family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/why-do-nurse-home-visits-stop-a-few-weeks-after-giving-birth-extending-them-to-2-years-benefits-the-whole-family-194643/" aria-label="Read more about Why do nurse home visits stop a few weeks after giving birth? Extending them to 2 years benefits the whole family">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Jefferson, Lecturer, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/Fabrizio Guarisco New Zealand law has generally treated agriculture, biodiversity conservation and the protection of Indigenous knowledge (mātauranga Māori) as separate areas. This changed last month when parliament passed a major reform of the law covering plant variety rights. The red ... <a title="A new law offers better protection for indigenous plants of significance to Māori, but no requirement to share profits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/a-new-law-offers-better-protection-for-indigenous-plants-of-significance-to-maori-but-no-requirement-to-share-profits-195435/" aria-label="Read more about A new law offers better protection for indigenous plants of significance to Māori, but no requirement to share profits">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University Trail from BlueWalker 3 above Kitt Peak telescope in Arizona. KPNO/NOIRLab/IAU/SKAO/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks The night sky is a shared wilderness. On a dark night, away from the city lights, you can see the stars in the same way ... <a title="BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/bluewalker-3-an-enormous-and-bright-communications-satellite-is-genuinely-alarming-astronomers-195642/" aria-label="Read more about BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Adjunct Lecturer, Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University 朝鮮通信社/AP Since the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, FTX, declared bankruptcy earlier this month, the flow-on effects have been felt far and wide. But among the many victims are also some not-so-innocent parties. For the Democratic People’s ... <a title="North Korea’s nuclear program is funded by stolen cryptocurrency. Could it collapse now that FTX has?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/north-koreas-nuclear-program-is-funded-by-stolen-cryptocurrency-could-it-collapse-now-that-ftx-has-195559/" aria-label="Read more about North Korea’s nuclear program is funded by stolen cryptocurrency. Could it collapse now that FTX has?">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Mitchell, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University People who rely on welfare payments to survive are often required to repeatedly tell stories of their personal hardships. In a conditional welfare system, many must regularly attend compulsory appointments, job search training courses, and self-development and treatment programs ... <a title="‘You have to beg for help’: how our welfare system pressures people to perform vulnerability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/you-have-to-beg-for-help-how-our-welfare-system-pressures-people-to-perform-vulnerability-180975/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You have to beg for help’: how our welfare system pressures people to perform vulnerability">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide The Albanese government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is all set to become law, after Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke revealed amendments to secure the support of the Greens and ACT independent David Pocock in the Senate. ... <a title="What the compromise IR deal means for wage negotiations, and pay rises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/what-the-compromise-ir-deal-means-for-wage-negotiations-and-pay-rises-195545/" aria-label="Read more about What the compromise IR deal means for wage negotiations, and pay rises">Read more</a>