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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Happé, Graduate researcher in art history and material culture studies, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock As we get closer to Christmas, your family will probably have some kind of gathering. You will reunite with people who you might not see any other time. There will be ... <a title="I’m an expert in diplomatic gift giving. Here are my 5 top tips for the best Christmas present exchange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/im-an-expert-in-diplomatic-gift-giving-here-are-my-5-top-tips-for-the-best-christmas-present-exchange-218819/" aria-label="Read more about I’m an expert in diplomatic gift giving. Here are my 5 top tips for the best Christmas present exchange">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Fiji was flooded by a severe cyclone in 2016. ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock The federal government has announced an extra A$150 million for climate finance – including $100 million for the Pacific to help protect its people, housing and infrastructure from ... <a title="Helping the Pacific financially is a great start – but Australia must act on the root cause of the climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/08/helping-the-pacific-financially-is-a-great-start-but-australia-must-act-on-the-root-cause-of-the-climate-crisis-219399/" aria-label="Read more about Helping the Pacific financially is a great start – but Australia must act on the root cause of the climate crisis">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bill Shorten, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services, has released the review of the NDIS, which recommends sweeping changes to the scheme. The reforms to come will see the states take up much of the responsibility ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on making the NDIS fit for purpose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/politics-with-michelle-grattan-bill-shorten-on-making-the-ndis-fit-for-purpose-219401/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on making the NDIS fit for purpose">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s not just kids who get report cards (PDFs these days) as school breaks up. So do government ministers, when parliament rises at year’s end. Judgments about how members of the team have performed, often public but also private, are ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: winners and losers in end-of-year report card on Albanese ministers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/grattan-on-friday-winners-and-losers-in-end-of-year-report-card-on-albanese-ministers-219393/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: winners and losers in end-of-year report card on Albanese ministers">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bradley Smith, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock For many of us, dogs are our best friends. But have you wondered what would happen to your dog if we suddenly disappeared? Can domestic dogs make do without people? At least 80% of the world’s one billion ... <a title="If humans disappeared, what would happen to our dogs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/if-humans-disappeared-what-would-happen-to-our-dogs-218703/" aria-label="Read more about If humans disappeared, what would happen to our dogs?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Associate Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock Until recently, financing fossil fuel projects has been relatively easy. But that is slowly changing. At the COP28 climate negotiations yesterday, Australia announced it will sign the Glasgow Statement and will no longer finance international oil, gas and coal ... <a title="COP28: Turning the tap off slowly – why Australia’s decision to end overseas fossil fuel finance matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/cop28-turning-the-tap-off-slowly-why-australias-decision-to-end-overseas-fossil-fuel-finance-matters-219318/" aria-label="Read more about COP28: Turning the tap off slowly – why Australia’s decision to end overseas fossil fuel finance matters">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Brown, Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University Shutterstock Findings from an extensive review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been released with ideas on how to transform it. Led by co-chairs Bruce Bonyhady and Lisa Paul, the review heard from around 10,000 people before ... <a title="Recommendations to reboot the NDIS have finally been released. 5 experts react" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/recommendations-to-reboot-the-ndis-have-finally-been-released-5-experts-react-215805/" aria-label="Read more about Recommendations to reboot the NDIS have finally been released. 5 experts react">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Plum, Senior Research Fellow in Applied Labour Economics, Auckland University of Technology New Zealand has made substantial progress on promoting LGBTQ+ rights over the past 20 years, including legalising same-sex civil unions in 2004, legalising same-sex marriage in 2013, and banning conversion practices in 2022. One ... <a title="Sexual orientation and earnings appear to be linked – but patterns differ for NZ men and women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/sexual-orientation-and-earnings-appear-to-be-linked-but-patterns-differ-for-nz-men-and-women-218507/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual orientation and earnings appear to be linked – but patterns differ for NZ men and women">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James D Metzger, Senior Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney How many times have you booked travel – like a cruise or a tour – and simply clicked that you’ve read and agreed to the terms and conditions for your trip without actually reading them? What ... <a title="Nobody reads T&C’s – but the High Court’s Ruby Princess decision shows consumer law may protect us anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/nobody-reads-tandcs-but-the-high-courts-ruby-princess-decision-shows-consumer-law-may-protect-us-anyway-219229/" aria-label="Read more about Nobody reads T&C’s – but the High Court’s Ruby Princess decision shows consumer law may protect us anyway">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pauline McGuirk, Senior Professor of Urban Geography, University of Wollongong metamorworks/Shutterstock Heavyweight international players from the OECD to Bloomberg Philanthropies and the United Nations have in recent years prescribed “innovation” as a solution for the many challenges city governments face. Innovation is a notoriously slippery term. For ... <a title="Creative bureacracy is possible. Here are 3 things cities do to foster innovative local government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/creative-bureacracy-is-possible-here-are-3-things-cities-do-to-foster-innovative-local-government-218997/" aria-label="Read more about Creative bureacracy is possible. Here are 3 things cities do to foster innovative local government">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University b-finity/Shutterstock Extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and intense in Australia. This can cause illness or worsen existing conditions. During hot weather, hospital admissions and deaths increase. Babies are among those particularly vulnerable. ... <a title="5 expert tips on how to look after your baby in a heatwave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/5-expert-tips-on-how-to-look-after-your-baby-in-a-heatwave-216906/" aria-label="Read more about 5 expert tips on how to look after your baby in a heatwave">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic and Visitor, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology Noam Chomsky, the revered and reviled genius once famously described as “the most important intellectual alive”, turns 95 today. He is a monumental figure in modern linguistics, and only a slightly lesser deity ... <a title="Noam Chomsky turns 95: the social justice advocate paved the way for AI. Does it keep him up at night?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/noam-chomsky-turns-95-the-social-justice-advocate-paved-the-way-for-ai-does-it-keep-him-up-at-night-218034/" aria-label="Read more about Noam Chomsky turns 95: the social justice advocate paved the way for AI. Does it keep him up at night?">Read more</a>
