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September 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University Whatever fate awaits Annastacia Palaszczuk over the coming weeks, Queensland’s 39th – and only the second woman – premier will never lose her standing in the Australian Labor pantheon. Palaszczuk, the state Labor leader since 2012 and premier since ... <a title="Even if her leadership is now doomed, Annastacia Palaszczuk will still be a Labor legend in Queensland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/even-if-her-leadership-is-now-doomed-annastacia-palaszczuk-will-still-be-a-labor-legend-in-queensland-212446/" aria-label="Read more about Even if her leadership is now doomed, Annastacia Palaszczuk will still be a Labor legend in Queensland">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Fellow, Monash University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images of deceased people. All images featured in this article have been published with respective permissions. Father’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate men who have shaped and inspired us. ... <a title="‘Emu Men’: a new way to recognise and celebrate Indigenous fathers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/emu-men-a-new-way-to-recognise-and-celebrate-indigenous-fathers-211741/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Emu Men’: a new way to recognise and celebrate Indigenous fathers">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Rogers, Lecturer in Psychology, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock This Father’s Day you may be rolling out your best “dad jokes” and watching your children laugh (or groan). Maybe you’ll hear your own father, partner or friend crack a dad joke or two. You know the ones: ... <a title="How ‘dad jokes’ prepare your kids for a lifetime of embarrassment, according to psychology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/how-dad-jokes-prepare-your-kids-for-a-lifetime-of-embarrassment-according-to-psychology-212109/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘dad jokes’ prepare your kids for a lifetime of embarrassment, according to psychology">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Rates of cycling are falling in Australia, a national report released today shows. More people started riding bikes early in the pandemic, but that hasn’t lasted. The percentages of people who cycle are lower now than in ... <a title="Fewer of us are cycling – here’s how we can reverse the decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/fewer-of-us-are-cycling-heres-how-we-can-reverse-the-decline-212260/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer of us are cycling – here’s how we can reverse the decline">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Rigney, Indigenous Knowledge Erin O’Donnell The federal government has struck a new deal with most of the states in the nation’s largest river system. The agreement, announced last week, extends the $13 billion 2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan to rebalance water allocated to the environment, irrigators and ... <a title="Labor’s new Murray-Darling Basin Plan deal entrenches water injustice for First Nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/labors-new-murray-darling-basin-plan-deal-entrenches-water-injustice-for-first-nations-212261/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s new Murray-Darling Basin Plan deal entrenches water injustice for First Nations">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McGuire, Dean, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University Cottonbro Studio/ Pexels The federal government has been asking for “bold ideas” to “reimagine” the future of Australian higher education for decades to come. An interim report for the Universities Accord was released in July. ... <a title="Australia needs a ‘knowledge economy’ fuelled by scientists and arts graduates: here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/australia-needs-a-knowledge-economy-fuelled-by-scientists-and-arts-graduates-heres-why-212366/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a ‘knowledge economy’ fuelled by scientists and arts graduates: here’s why">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rico Merkert, Professor in Transport and Supply Chain Management and Deputy Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS), University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney Shutterstock The government’s decision to deny Qatar Airways the right to fly an extra 21 flights per week into Australia’s ... <a title="What price placing the interests of Qantas ahead of Qatar Airways? $1bn per year and a new wave of protectionism of legacy carriers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/what-price-placing-the-interests-of-qantas-ahead-of-qatar-airways-1bn-per-year-and-a-new-wave-of-protectionism-of-legacy-carriers-212495/" aria-label="Read more about What price placing the interests of Qantas ahead of Qatar Airways? $1bn per year and a new wave of protectionism of legacy carriers">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace McQuilten, Associate professor, RMIT University Earl Wilcox/Unsplash When Arts Minister Tony Burke launched the bill introducing Creative Australia, the new organisation at the heart of the Revive Cultural Policy, he did so with a bold statement: Creative Australia recognises that artists and creatives throughout our great ... <a title="Under-counting, a gendered industry, and precarious work: the challenges facing Creative Australia in supporting visual artists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/under-counting-a-gendered-industry-and-precarious-work-the-challenges-facing-creative-australia-in-supporting-visual-artists-208021/" aria-label="Read more about Under-counting, a gendered industry, and precarious work: the challenges facing Creative Australia in supporting visual artists">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Thank goodness for Senate committees. This week, they’ve proved, yet again, to be worth their weight in accountability gold. On Monday, at an inquiry into the cost of living, senators from both sides gave Qantas boss Alan Joyce a salutary ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: It can be a battle to get information from the Albanese government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/31/grattan-on-friday-it-can-be-a-battle-to-get-information-from-the-albanese-government-212606/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: It can be a battle to get information from the Albanese government">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vishal Mehrotra, Assistant Professor, Bond University Shutterstock In what has been called the most important legal case in the history of the Australian automotive industry, the Federal Court has rejected a $650 million compensation claim against Mercedes-Benz for replacing its traditional dealership model with a fixed-price, direct-to-customer ... <a title="Mercedes-Benz’s legal win over car dealers could transform the way new cars are sold in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/31/mercedes-benzs-legal-win-over-car-dealers-could-transform-the-way-new-cars-are-sold-in-australia-212189/" aria-label="Read more about Mercedes-Benz’s legal win over car dealers could transform the way new cars are sold in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock “To ensure Australian consumers continue to have access to reliable electricity supplies, it’s critical that planned investments in transmission, generation and storage projects are urgently delivered.” This week, we heard one of the strongest warnings yet from Daniel Westerman, ... <a title="Unsexy but vital: why warnings over grid reliability are really about building more transmission lines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/31/unsexy-but-vital-why-warnings-over-grid-reliability-are-really-about-building-more-transmission-lines-212603/" aria-label="Read more about Unsexy but vital: why warnings over grid reliability are really about building more transmission lines">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University The last decade has seen a widespread rise in the popularity of audio media. Podcasts began to emerge during the 2000s, aided first by technology like the iPod and the launch of dedicated podcast apps, and ... <a title="How audio erotica creates the intimate fantasy of a boyfriend experience, without needing a boyfriend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/31/how-audio-erotica-creates-the-intimate-fantasy-of-a-boyfriend-experience-without-needing-a-boyfriend-210964/" aria-label="Read more about How audio erotica creates the intimate fantasy of a boyfriend experience, without needing a boyfriend">Read more</a>
