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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Lockie, Director, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University This years’s budget has offered up “unprecedented” funding for regional Australia, according to the Morrison government’s budget sell. The headline figure is A$21 billion and is widely assumed to be part of the deal Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce ... <a title="The budget hands out $21 billion for ‘regional Australia’, but a quarter of it is going to a single project in Queensland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/the-budget-hands-out-21-billion-for-regional-australia-but-a-quarter-of-it-is-going-to-a-single-project-in-queensland-180400/" aria-label="Read more about The budget hands out $21 billion for ‘regional Australia’, but a quarter of it is going to a single project in Queensland">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Tai, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Shutterstock Swinburne University recently announced it will remove grades from core aspects of its design degree. Instead it will focus on learning design processes and feedback throughout the semester. The “ungrading” movement, led by author Jesse Stommel, is gaining momentum ... <a title="Grading students may be as easy as ABC, but evidence shows better ways to improve learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/grading-students-may-be-as-easy-as-abc-but-evidence-shows-better-ways-to-improve-learning-179650/" aria-label="Read more about Grading students may be as easy as ABC, but evidence shows better ways to improve learning">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolas Flament, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong Earth’s interior 80 million years ago with hot structures in yellow to red (darker is shallower) and cold structures in blue (darker is deeper). Ömer Bodur/Nature Deep in the Earth beneath us lie two blobs the size of continents. One ... <a title="Volcanoes, diamonds, and blobs: a billion-year history of Earth’s interior shows it’s more mobile than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/volcanoes-diamonds-and-blobs-a-billion-year-history-of-earths-interior-shows-its-more-mobile-than-we-thought-179673/" aria-label="Read more about Volcanoes, diamonds, and blobs: a billion-year history of Earth’s interior shows it’s more mobile than we thought">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Hill, Associate Professor Political Economy and Deputy Director, The Gender Equality in Working Life Research Initiative, University of Sydney Shutterstock Among the many budget papers is the Women’s Budget Statement, a booklet outlining what the federal government is doing for Australian women. This includes A$2.1 billion ... <a title="Is the budget good for women? The paid parental leave change takes us backwards and childcare costs were ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/is-the-budget-good-for-women-the-paid-parental-leave-change-takes-us-backwards-and-childcare-costs-were-ignored-179766/" aria-label="Read more about Is the budget good for women? The paid parental leave change takes us backwards and childcare costs were ignored">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Ganderton, Physiotherapy lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology Circus fuses extreme athletic performance, diverse artists and stunning spectacles with a truly global appeal. Circus is exciting, although sometimes unpredictable. At any moment during rehearsal, performance or travel, injuries can occur. The task of looking after the health ... <a title="We’re two physios who ran away with the circus. Here’s what we learned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/were-two-physios-who-ran-away-with-the-circus-heres-what-we-learned-177739/" aria-label="Read more about We’re two physios who ran away with the circus. Here’s what we learned">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Cook, Lecturer in History, University of the Sunshine Coast Right now, Lismore residents are going through their second major flood in a month. On February 28th, the devastating first flood peaked at 14.4 metres, fully two metres higher than the previous record of 12.27 metres in ... <a title="Why can floods like those in the Northern Rivers come in clusters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/why-can-floods-like-those-in-the-northern-rivers-come-in-clusters-180250/" aria-label="Read more about Why can floods like those in the Northern Rivers come in clusters?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murat Ungor, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Otago Shutterstock Tomorrow’s minimum wage increase to NZ$21.20 an hour should help a significant number of New Zealand’s lowest paid workers and their families – 300,000 people, according to the government. Just how much it will help, however, is ... <a title="Inflation has already eroded tomorrow’s minimum wage rise – NZ’s low-income workers will need more support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/inflation-has-already-eroded-tomorrows-minimum-wage-rise-nzs-low-income-workers-will-need-more-support-178749/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation has already eroded tomorrow’s minimum wage rise – NZ’s low-income workers will need more support">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the middle of budget week, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese boarded a VIP aircraft bound for Melbourne to attend Shane Warne’s Wednesday evening memorial service. Their hostilities, moving towards fever pitch for the imminent election, were put aside for ... <a title="View from The Hill: Budget week punctuated by distractions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/view-from-the-hill-budget-week-punctuated-by-distractions-180336/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Budget week punctuated by distractions">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
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 politics team. In this podcast, Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Next step for Morrison is visit to governor-general" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/word-from-the-hill-next-step-for-morrison-is-visit-to-governor-general-180337/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Next step for Morrison is visit to governor-general">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University MICK TSIKAS/AAP In the 2022 federal budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg launched a range of vote-winning initiatives – one of which included a breathtaking A$9.9 billion for cyber security over ten years. Bundled under the acronym REDSPICE (which ... <a title="Budget 2022: $9.9 billion towards cyber security aims to make Australia a key ‘offensive’ cyber player" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/budget-2022-9-9-billion-towards-cyber-security-aims-to-make-australia-a-key-offensive-cyber-player-180321/" aria-label="Read more about Budget 2022: $9.9 billion towards cyber security aims to make Australia a key ‘offensive’ cyber player">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock This year’s federal budget is characterised by an avalanche of immediate handouts in response to cost-of-living pressures, some sound initiatives and deferral of more fundamental decisions. This is precisely reflected in how the budget treats energy and climate change. ... <a title="Poor policy and short sightedness: how the budget treats climate change and energy in the wake of disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/poor-policy-and-short-sightedness-how-the-budget-treats-climate-change-and-energy-in-the-wake-of-disasters-180179/" aria-label="Read more about Poor policy and short sightedness: how the budget treats climate change and energy in the wake of disasters">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University ANU Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s cash-splash budget has a firm eye on the upcoming federal election. In the environment portfolio, two spending measures are worth scrutinising closely. First is a A$100 million round of the Environment ... <a title="Federal budget: $160 million for nature may deliver only pork and a fudge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/federal-budget-160-million-for-nature-may-deliver-only-pork-and-a-fudge-180096/" aria-label="Read more about Federal budget: $160 million for nature may deliver only pork and a fudge">Read more</a>
