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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock If this year’s budget measures are passed by parliament in the current sitting, the government has indicated that the single rate of JobSeeker payment will increase by around $56 per fortnight in September. This will ... <a title="Dutton’s JobSeeker plans would at first leave 640,000 worse off and 168,000 better off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/duttons-jobseeker-plans-would-at-first-leave-640-000-worse-off-and-168-000-better-off-210699/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton’s JobSeeker plans would at first leave 640,000 worse off and 168,000 better off">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodrigo Suarez, Senior Lecturer- School of Biomedical Sciences and Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland Model of a thylacine at the Australian Museum Shutterstock Researchers often think how and when their results will be published. However, many research projects don’t see the light until decades (or ... <a title="A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/a-140-year-old-tassie-tiger-brain-sample-survived-two-world-wars-and-made-it-to-our-lab-heres-what-we-found-210634/" aria-label="Read more about A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Pacific Journalism Review Research on climate crisis as the new target for disinformation peddlers, governance and the media, China’s growing communication influence, and journalism training strategies feature strongly in the latest Pacific Journalism Review. Byron C. Clark, author of the recent controversial book Fear: New Zealand’s Hostile Underworld of Extremists, and Canterbury University postgraduate researcher ... <a title="Disinformation and climate crisis, governance, training feature in PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/disinformation-and-climate-crisis-governance-training-feature-in-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about Disinformation and climate crisis, governance, training feature in PJR">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rani Tesiram, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland We’ve all been waiting patiently (and not so patiently) for the latest in Taylor Swift’s “Taylor’s Versions”. At first, these seemed to be just re-recordings so that the pop icon could own her own music. But, as each album ... <a title="Taylor Swift didn’t just update the lyrics for Better Than Revenge – she updated her public image" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/taylor-swift-didnt-just-update-the-lyrics-for-better-than-revenge-she-updated-her-public-image-209684/" aria-label="Read more about Taylor Swift didn’t just update the lyrics for Better Than Revenge – she updated her public image">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Newans, Lecturer, Griffith University The leisurely sport of Test cricket, in which matches last for several days, has been around for almost 150 years. Over the course of that century and a half, cricket has been reshaped by a few crucial events: the “bodyline” era of ... <a title="Bazball by the numbers: what the stats say about English cricket’s ambitious but risky change of pace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/bazball-by-the-numbers-what-the-stats-say-about-english-crickets-ambitious-but-risky-change-of-pace-208919/" aria-label="Read more about Bazball by the numbers: what the stats say about English cricket’s ambitious but risky change of pace">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Getty Images The old joke about “just one more lane” being all that’s needed to solve traffic congestion has been heard a few times since the National Party released its transport policy this week. The plan is ... <a title="70 years of road-based policies created today’s problems – does National’s transport plan add up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/70-years-of-road-based-policies-created-todays-problems-does-nationals-transport-plan-add-up-210696/" aria-label="Read more about 70 years of road-based policies created today’s problems – does National’s transport plan add up?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Lee, Senior Teaching Fellow, Psychology, Bond University Shutterstock In recent years, drinkers have become more aware of the health dangers of drinking alcohol, from disease to risky behaviour and poorer wellbeing. Events like the just-finished Dry July, Febfast and Hello Sunday Morning – when people voluntarily ... <a title="A drink each day or just on the weekends? Here’s why alcohol-free days are important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/a-drink-each-day-or-just-on-the-weekends-heres-why-alcohol-free-days-are-important-210193/" aria-label="Read more about A drink each day or just on the weekends? Here’s why alcohol-free days are important">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock If you’ve been out and about the past few days, you may have noticed Australia is experiencing an unseasonably warm winter. It’s been t-shirt weather across many parts of the country’s east, including Sydney where ... <a title="Why is Australia having such a warm winter? A climate expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/why-is-australia-having-such-a-warm-winter-a-climate-expert-explains-210693/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Australia having such a warm winter? A climate expert explains">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Cabinet Minister David Parker recently told the Spinoff he’s reading “The Triumph of Injustice – how the wealthy avoid paying tax and how to fix it”, by Berkeley economists Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez. The book complains that leftwing politicians throughout the world have forsaken their historic duty to innovate ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more progressive path?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-can-david-parker-push-labour-back-onto-a-more-progressive-path/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more progressive path?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Ben McKay (Australian Associated Press): National on track to govern in latest New Zealand poll Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Boom: Roy Morgan Poll: MMP Spectrum Splintering: ... <a title="Newsletter: August 1 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/newsletter-august-1-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 1 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide AAP/EPA/Andy Wong/ Pool During his recent speech at the Solomon Islands National University, Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy said “strategic competition […] is an unavoidable reality for our region”. July has already seen Solomon ... <a title="Australia should offer our ‘Pacific family’ access rather than simply reacting to China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/australia-should-offer-our-pacific-family-access-rather-than-simply-reacting-to-china-210460/" aria-label="Read more about Australia should offer our ‘Pacific family’ access rather than simply reacting to China">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treasure McGuire, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Mater Health SEQ in conjoint appointment as Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Bond University and as Associate Professor (Clinical), The University of Queensland Shutterstock In the depths of winter we are more at risk of succumbing to viral respiratory infections – from ... <a title="Taking an antidepressant? Mixing it with other medicines – including some cold and flu treatments – can be dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/taking-an-antidepressant-mixing-it-with-other-medicines-including-some-cold-and-flu-treatments-can-be-dangerous-208662/" aria-label="Read more about Taking an antidepressant? Mixing it with other medicines – including some cold and flu treatments – can be dangerous">Read more</a>
