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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cahyani Widi Larasakti, PhD Student in International Relations, The University of Melbourne MMES Studio/Shutterstock Australia and Indonesia have long had an uneasy relationship, over issues ranging from Timor-Leste’s independence to asylum seekers and bans on live cattle export to the aftermath of the Bali bombings. While the ... <a title="Could a green investment deal help Indonesia and Australia overcome their past tensions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/could-a-green-investment-deal-help-indonesia-and-australia-overcome-their-past-tensions-229913/" aria-label="Read more about Could a green investment deal help Indonesia and Australia overcome their past tensions?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Raven, Senior Scientia Lecturer (Research), UNSW Sydney wk1003mike / Shutterstock Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed on a new treaty aimed at preventing the for-profit piracy of traditional knowledge. So-called “biopiracy”, in which companies lift ... <a title="Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/patents-based-on-traditional-knowledge-are-often-biopiracy-a-new-international-treaty-will-finally-combat-this-231272/" aria-label="Read more about Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior lecturer, International Migration and Refugee Law, University of Technology Sydney Anyone following recent news reporting may rightly think Australia’s migration system is in “crisis”. Much of this reporting is fixated on the perceived threat posed by non-citizens to the safety or prosperity of the ... <a title="Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/migration-has-been-in-the-news-a-lot-lately-whats-going-on-231270/" aria-label="Read more about Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Being able to afford health care is a pressing issue for many Australians. And encouraging GPs to bulk bill is one measure the government is taking to ease the strain. So what would it ... <a title="Australia can afford to bulk bill all GP visits. So why don’t we?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/australia-can-afford-to-bulk-bill-all-gp-visits-so-why-dont-we-230204/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can afford to bulk bill all GP visits. So why don’t we?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Davern, Associate Professor, Director Australian Urban Observatory, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Abdul Razak Latif/Shutterstock Less than 1% of the 12 million Australians who travelled to work on Census Day in 2021 rode a bicycle to get there. Bicycles are readily available and affordable. Cycling ... <a title="Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/why-do-so-few-people-cycle-for-transport-in-australia-6-ideas-on-how-to-reap-all-the-benefits-of-bikes-229811/" aria-label="Read more about Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Photoroyalty/Shutterstock As the government consults on potential reforms to points-tested visas for skilled migrants, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Skilled migrants contribute enormously to Australia’s prosperity – shaping our diverse society, making us more productive and boosting Australians’ earnings. ... <a title="How should the skilled migration points test be reformed? It’s an $84 billion question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/how-should-the-skilled-migration-points-test-be-reformed-its-an-84-billion-question-231283/" aria-label="Read more about How should the skilled migration points test be reformed? It’s an $84 billion question">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arvid O. I. Hoffmann, Professor of Marketing, University of Adelaide About half the states in the United States have introduced so-called universal demand laws that make it harder for aggrieved shareholders to sue company directors and hold managers personally liable for decisions that have harmed the company. ... <a title="Sue me, if you can. How laws that prevent directors being sued make firms less likely to recall potentially dangerous products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/sue-me-if-you-can-how-laws-that-prevent-directors-being-sued-make-firms-less-likely-to-recall-potentially-dangerous-products-224360/" aria-label="Read more about Sue me, if you can. How laws that prevent directors being sued make firms less likely to recall potentially dangerous products">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Josh Frydenberg is mulling over whether to try to make a lunge for his old Melbourne seat of Kooyong, now that new circumstances have suddenly raised his political heart rate. Friday’s draft redistribution of Victorian federal electoral boundaries have opened ... <a title="View from The Hill: Josh Frydenberg mulls political temptation after Kooyong gets new draft boundaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/02/view-from-the-hill-josh-frydenberg-mulls-political-temptation-after-kooyong-gets-new-draft-boundaries-231456/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Josh Frydenberg mulls political temptation after Kooyong gets new draft boundaries">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University In the week leading up to the conviction delivered in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, right-wing media was focused on Donald Trump’s innocence. Hosts of the popular podcast “Timcast IRL”, which scored an ... <a title="What Donald Trump’s fiery reaction to his conviction says about this moment in US politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/01/what-donald-trumps-fiery-reaction-to-his-conviction-says-about-this-moment-in-us-politics-231381/" aria-label="Read more about What Donald Trump’s fiery reaction to his conviction says about this moment in US politics">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It was often said of the former Morrison government that it found parliamentary sittings particularly fraught. The same has become true of its successor. Labor has had a very ragged sitting week, and there are several more weeks to go ... <a title="View from The Hill: parliamentary sittings have become as painful for Albanese as they were for Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/view-from-the-hill-parliamentary-sittings-have-become-as-painful-for-albanese-as-they-were-for-morrison-231395/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: parliamentary sittings have become as painful for Albanese as they were for Morrison">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Chen, Senior Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Shutterstock This week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights reported on its Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework. By majority, it recommended the federal government introduce an Australian Human Rights Act. This represents a generational milestone to ... <a title="Report finds ‘clear need’ for an Australian Human Rights Act. What difference would it make?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/report-finds-clear-need-for-an-australian-human-rights-act-what-difference-would-it-make-231376/" aria-label="Read more about Report finds ‘clear need’ for an Australian Human Rights Act. What difference would it make?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Hanna, Honorary Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Australian National University Delhi is reeling from the most extreme heatwave India has ever seen. While the record-breaking maximum recorded temperature of 52.9°C has been called into question by India’s Meteorological Department, it’s entirely possible. The city has been ... <a title="The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/the-delhi-heatwave-is-testing-the-limits-of-human-endurance-other-hot-countries-should-beware-and-prepare-230866/" aria-label="Read more about The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare">Read more</a>
