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March 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers sparked a political row when he announced a tax hike on superannuation concessions for accounts with balances over $3 million, from 15% to 30%, to begin in 2025. Polling indicates the move has broad support from the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chair of Retirement Income Review, Mike Callaghan, on reforming superannuation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-chair-of-retirement-income-review-mike-callaghan-on-reforming-superannuation-201393/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chair of Retirement Income Review, Mike Callaghan, on reforming superannuation">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
RNZ Pacific Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has resigned from Parliament just two weeks after copping a three-year suspension for making seditious comments. Bainimarama, who was the opposition leader, made the announcement via a five-minute video on Facebook today. He said his suspension on February 17 was “unwarranted and most certainly unjustified”. “I did ... <a title="Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama resigns from Parliament, vows to fight on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/former-fiji-pm-voreqe-bainimarama-resigns-from-parliament-vows-to-fight-on/" aria-label="Read more about Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama resigns from Parliament, vows to fight on">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A group of “pink shoes” women in Aotearoa New Zealand campaigning for gender equality in the Catholic Church took their message with a display of well-worn shoes to St Patrick’s Cathedral plaza in Auckland today on International Women’s Day. It was part of a national and global “Pink Shoes into the Vatican” ... <a title="International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/international-womens-day-pink-shoes-into-the-vatican-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giselle Newton, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Last week, the Queensland government accepted in principle recommendations from a 2022 inquiry into the rights of donor-conceived people. Donor conception is a technique to facilitate pregnancy using donated sperm and/or eggs. Queensland is among the least ... <a title="Qld agrees to allow donor-conceived people the right to know the identity of their donor. Here’s why it’s important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/qld-agrees-to-allow-donor-conceived-people-the-right-to-know-the-identity-of-their-donor-heres-why-its-important-201081/" aria-label="Read more about Qld agrees to allow donor-conceived people the right to know the identity of their donor. Here’s why it’s important">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giuseppe Carabetta, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Joel Carrett/AAP The court case against federal independent parliamentarian Monique Ryan by her former chief of staff Sally Rugg will, according to Rugg’s lawyers, open the door to legal action “by every Australian worker experiencing exploitation because of a ... <a title="What are ‘reasonable’ hours? The Ryan-Rugg legal stoush may help the rest of us know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/what-are-reasonable-hours-the-ryan-rugg-legal-stoush-may-help-the-rest-of-us-know-201093/" aria-label="Read more about What are ‘reasonable’ hours? The Ryan-Rugg legal stoush may help the rest of us know">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On 7 March 2023 I published a summary table of death tallies in a wide range of countries, comparing 2019‑2022 with 2015‑2018. (Covid19 Pandemic-era Facts: Irrefutable, Inconvenient, Important, Evening Report.) I let the data stand on its own, largely without interpretation. The most important findings to explain are the reasons why Sweden ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Deaths: Interpretation of the Facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-pandemic-era-deaths-interpretation-of-the-facts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Deaths: Interpretation of the Facts">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giuseppe Carabetta, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Joel Carrett/AAP The court case against federal independent parliamentarian Monique Ryan by her former chief of staff Sally Rugg will, according to Rugg’s lawyers, open the door to legal action “by every Australian worker experiencing exploitation because of a ... <a title="What are ‘reasonable’ hours? The Ryan-Rudd legal stoush may help the rest of us know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/what-are-reasonable-hours-the-ryan-rudd-legal-stoush-may-help-the-rest-of-us-know-201093/" aria-label="Read more about What are ‘reasonable’ hours? The Ryan-Rudd legal stoush may help the rest of us know">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Williams, PhD Candidate in Biochemistry, La Trobe University Anthony D. Williams, Author provided Over the millions of years crocodiles and their relatives have roamed our planet, they have evolved robust immune systems to help combat the potentially harmful microbes in the swamps and waterways they call ... <a title="Crocodiles are uniquely protected against fungal infections. This might one day help human medicine too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/crocodiles-are-uniquely-protected-against-fungal-infections-this-might-one-day-help-human-medicine-too-201290/" aria-label="Read more about Crocodiles are uniquely protected against fungal infections. This might one day help human medicine too">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Pearse, Lecturer, Australian National University This fortnight, Australia’s parliament is considering an amendment to the safeguard mechanism, which is the main way we’ve tried to cut emissions over the last nine years. As you may already know, it hasn’t done what it was meant to do. ... <a title="The Greens aren’t grandstanding on a new coal and gas ban – they’re negotiating well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/the-greens-arent-grandstanding-on-a-new-coal-and-gas-ban-theyre-negotiating-well-201287/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens aren’t grandstanding on a new coal and gas ban – they’re negotiating well">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Getty Images It’s been a difficult time for senior public servants recently – at least it has been for those willing to express their political views publicly. One has been sacked, another offered his resignation, ... <a title="NZ has a history of prominent public servants who were also outspoken public intellectuals – what’s changed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/nz-has-a-history-of-prominent-public-servants-who-were-also-outspoken-public-intellectuals-whats-changed-201370/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has a history of prominent public servants who were also outspoken public intellectuals – what’s changed?">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emilie Vallee, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Epidemiology, Massey University Phil Yeo/Getty Images When Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand in February, it left a trail of destruction across the North Island. At least 11 people died, and more than 10,000 were displaced. Bridges were washed out (35 in ... <a title="First the floods, then the diseases — why NZ should brace for outbreaks of spillover infections from animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/first-the-floods-then-the-diseases-why-nz-should-brace-for-outbreaks-of-spillover-infections-from-animals-201162/" aria-label="Read more about First the floods, then the diseases — why NZ should brace for outbreaks of spillover infections from animals">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has attracted controversy by proposing to update 30-year-old superannuation laws with a definition of the purpose of superannuation as being to fund a dignified retirement. There is a clear lesson here ... <a title="Get the basics right for National Environmental Standards to ensure truly sustainable development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/get-the-basics-right-for-national-environmental-standards-to-ensure-truly-sustainable-development-201092/" aria-label="Read more about Get the basics right for National Environmental Standards to ensure truly sustainable development">Read more</a>
