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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Jarzabkowski, Professor in Strategic Management, The University of Queensland The Actuaries Institute of Austalia has just confirmed what many Australian households already know – home insurance is increasingly unaffordable. It found average premiums climbed 28% in the year to March, while premiums for higher-risk properties, such ... <a title="Home insurance bills are soaring as climate risks grow. The government should step in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/home-insurance-bills-are-soaring-as-climate-risks-grow-the-government-should-step-in-211515/" aria-label="Read more about Home insurance bills are soaring as climate risks grow. The government should step in">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist As recovery and humanitarian efforts ramp up in Hawai’i’s Maui to help evacuees from the town of Lāhainā, there is frustration among many about the response and the failure of emergency sirens to sound off during the disaster. The most recent update for Hawai’i’s Governor’s Office has the death ... <a title="Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept through Lāhainā" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/anger-over-failure-of-sirens-to-go-off-as-wildfire-swept-through-lahaina/" aria-label="Read more about Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept through Lāhainā">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor is less than halfway into its first term, but Anthony Albanese is focused, laser-like, on its second one. Securing it, that is. His message to delegates at the party’s national conference on Thursday was, in essence: be patient, don’t ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese is determined to keep Labor’s eyes firmly focused on a second term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/grattan-on-friday-albanese-is-determined-to-keep-labors-eyes-firmly-focused-on-a-second-term-211740/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese is determined to keep Labor’s eyes firmly focused on a second term">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A chilling new report by a German-based human rights watchdog has exposed indiscriminate attacks by Indonesian security forces on indigenous West Papuan villages, highlighting an urgent need for international action. The 49-page report, “Destroy Them First . . . Discuss Human Rights Later”, is an investigation of the Indonesian forces in the ... <a title="‘Harrowing’ details of Indonesian crackdown on Papuan villages exposed by new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/harrowing-details-of-indonesian-crackdown-on-papuan-villages-exposed-by-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Harrowing’ details of Indonesian crackdown on Papuan villages exposed by new report">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Wednesday’s National Cabinet meeting set itself a huge task: to fix Australia’s rental crisis. Thankfully, given rents are rising at their fastest rate in decades, the plan it produced just might do the trick. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ... <a title="National Cabinet’s new housing plan could fix our rental crisis and save renters billions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/national-cabinets-new-housing-plan-could-fix-our-rental-crisis-and-save-renters-billions-211696/" aria-label="Read more about National Cabinet’s new housing plan could fix our rental crisis and save renters billions">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Paul G Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine why events in North Africa are connected to authoritarian multipolarity, a realignment of global power that favours the Russian Federation’s Putin regime.
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August 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien O’Meara, PhD Candidate, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology Prime Video The hit romantic comedy Red, White & Royal Blue, an adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s book of the same name, quickly became the number one movie on Prime. The film follows Alex Claremont-Diaz (the son ... <a title="‘Gay guys can do missionary?’ – how Red, White & Royal Blue brings queer intimacy to mainstream audiences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/gay-guys-can-do-missionary-how-red-white-and-royal-blue-brings-queer-intimacy-to-mainstream-audiences-211663/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Gay guys can do missionary?’ – how Red, White & Royal Blue brings queer intimacy to mainstream audiences">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Mouat, Researcher in Economic Geography, Massey University Like most countries over the past three years, New Zealand has tried to manage inflation by increasing interest rates. Japan, on the other hand, has taken a different tack – with clear success. In 2016, the Bank of Japan ... <a title="Japan has gone its own way on fighting inflation – can NZ learn from a global outlier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/japan-has-gone-its-own-way-on-fighting-inflation-can-nz-learn-from-a-global-outlier-210618/" aria-label="Read more about Japan has gone its own way on fighting inflation – can NZ learn from a global outlier?">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Mouat, Researcher in Economic Geography, Massey University Like most countries over the past three years, New Zealand has tried to manage inflation by increasing interest rates. Japan, on the other hand, has taken a different tack – with clear success. In 2016, the Bank of Japan ... <a title="Japan has gone its own way on fighting inflation – can NZ can learn from a global outlier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/japan-has-gone-its-own-way-on-fighting-inflation-can-nz-can-learn-from-a-global-outlier-210618/" aria-label="Read more about Japan has gone its own way on fighting inflation – can NZ can learn from a global outlier?">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast Author provided, CC BY-ND Can you imagine a scientist who could neither read nor write, who spoke their wisdom in riddles, in tales of fantastic beings flying through the sky, fighting ... <a title="A dramatic volcano eruption changed lives in Fiji 2,500 years ago. 100 generations have kept the story alive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/a-dramatic-volcano-eruption-changed-lives-in-fiji-2-500-years-ago-100-generations-have-kept-the-story-alive-211619/" aria-label="Read more about A dramatic volcano eruption changed lives in Fiji 2,500 years ago. 100 generations have kept the story alive">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shobi Sivathamboo, Research Fellow, Monash University Shutterstock When 20-year-old Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died of “sudden unexpected death in epilepsy” (known as SUDEP) in 2019, his parents had not even heard of the condition. “We didn’t know about SUDEP. We have family members who are doctors ... <a title="What is sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, and what causes it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/what-is-sudden-unexpected-death-in-epilepsy-and-what-causes-it-208281/" aria-label="Read more about What is sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, and what causes it?">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Younger, Lecturer, Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, University of Tasmania Milan Sojitra, CC BY-ND Albatross are among the world’s largest flying birds, with wingspans that can stretch beyond a remarkable three metres. These majestic animals harness ocean winds to travel thousands of kilometres in search of food ... <a title="Thick ones, pointy ones – how albatross beaks evolved to match their prey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/thick-ones-pointy-ones-how-albatross-beaks-evolved-to-match-their-prey-211461/" aria-label="Read more about Thick ones, pointy ones – how albatross beaks evolved to match their prey">Read more</a>
