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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Pettigrew, Program Director of Food Policy, George Institute for Global Health Prostock-studio, Shutterstock Lasagne or risotto? Muesli bar or brownie? What’s better for the planet? How do you know for sure? We’ve crunched the numbers on greenhouse gas emissions so you don’t have to. All you ... <a title="We gave 60,000 food products a ‘planetary health’ star rating – see how your favourites stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/we-gave-60-000-food-products-a-planetary-health-star-rating-see-how-your-favourites-stack-up-228363/" aria-label="Read more about We gave 60,000 food products a ‘planetary health’ star rating – see how your favourites stack up">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University When finance minister Nicola Willis stands to deliver her first budget tomorrow, it will be a significant moment for her personally, but also for the coalition government, and her own National Party in particular. The budget is the most consequential ... <a title="NZ Budget 2024: the coalition needs a circuit breaker – the National Party most of all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/nz-budget-2024-the-coalition-needs-a-circuit-breaker-the-national-party-most-of-all-230392/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2024: the coalition needs a circuit breaker – the National Party most of all">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor Over the weekend at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, high-profile political journalist Laura Tingle told the audience Australia is a racist country, and always has been. It prompted widespread media coverage and criticism from Coalition politicians and media commentators. But is it true? ... <a title="Is Australia a racist country? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/is-australia-a-racist-country-we-asked-5-experts-231053/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia a racist country? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Teanau Tuiono There is an important story to be told behind the story Aotearoa New Zealand’s mainstream media has been reporting on in Kanaky New Caledonia. Beyond the efforts to evacuate New Zealanders lies a struggle for indigenous sovereignty and self-determination we here in Aotearoa can relate to. Aotearoa is part of a ... <a title="New Zealand’s role in helping bring peace to Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/new-zealands-role-in-helping-bring-peace-to-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s role in helping bring peace to Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A few days ago, after yet more early election speculation, the prime minister was indicating he plans to run full term, which would put the election in May next year, with another budget before it. On Tuesday, Anthony Albanese told ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese says cabinet ‘crafting an offer for the second term’ as Ed Husic ponders breaks for business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/view-from-the-hill-albanese-says-cabinet-crafting-an-offer-for-the-second-term-as-ed-husic-ponders-breaks-for-business-231067/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese says cabinet ‘crafting an offer for the second term’ as Ed Husic ponders breaks for business">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abraham Leung, Senior Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University haireena/Shutterstock As part of a six-month trial, public transport fares in Queensland will soon be slashed to just 50 cents per trip for everyone. The cheap fares will apply to all trips on buses, light rail, trains, ... <a title="Catching public transport in Queensland will soon cost just 50 cents. Are cheap fares good policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/catching-public-transport-in-queensland-will-soon-cost-just-50-cents-are-cheap-fares-good-policy-230979/" aria-label="Read more about Catching public transport in Queensland will soon cost just 50 cents. Are cheap fares good policy?">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raj Sharma, Lecturer, Civil Engineering, CQUniversity Australia More than 2,000 people are now feared dead after a huge landslide buried a village in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Australia’s nearest neighbour. Rescue efforts are being stymied by the fact the land is still sliding and moving. ... <a title="Replanting trees can help prevent devastating landslides like the one in PNG – but it’s not a silver bullet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/replanting-trees-can-help-prevent-devastating-landslides-like-the-one-in-png-but-its-not-a-silver-bullet-231055/" aria-label="Read more about Replanting trees can help prevent devastating landslides like the one in PNG – but it’s not a silver bullet">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Pormezz/Shutterstock At the moment, things look awful. The latest Bureau of Statistics count of retail spending (spending online and in shops) released Tuesday shows we spent less in April than in February. The Westpac card ... <a title="Stand by for a pay rise on top of a tax cut. Here’s why things will feel better from July" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/stand-by-for-a-pay-rise-on-top-of-a-tax-cut-heres-why-things-will-feel-better-from-july-231006/" aria-label="Read more about Stand by for a pay rise on top of a tax cut. Here’s why things will feel better from July">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow, Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Daniel Thomas/Unsplash The Australian government has recently launched Consent Can’t Wait, a campaign focused on supporting sexual consent communication between adults and young people. Advertisements will run on television, in cinemas, online and ... <a title="Australia’s new consent campaign gets a lot right. But consent education won’t be enough to stop sexual violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/australias-new-consent-campaign-gets-a-lot-right-but-consent-education-wont-be-enough-to-stop-sexual-violence-230956/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new consent campaign gets a lot right. But consent education won’t be enough to stop sexual violence">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Yeo, Associate Professor in Voice, Opera and Stagecraft, Director Music Theatre, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Walt Disney songwriter Richard M. Sherman, who has died aged 95, wrote some of Hollywood’s greatest film musical songs and brightened the days of children, parents and school ... <a title="From Mary Poppins to Winnie the Pooh, Richard Sherman wrote the soundtrack of life for generations of children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/from-mary-poppins-to-winnie-the-pooh-richard-sherman-wrote-the-soundtrack-of-life-for-generations-of-children-231054/" aria-label="Read more about From Mary Poppins to Winnie the Pooh, Richard Sherman wrote the soundtrack of life for generations of children">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel Crowley, Adjunct associate professor in geography, University of Adelaide Bushfires cause catastrophic biodiversity loss across Australia. In the Black Summer of 2019–20 alone, 103,400 square kilometres of habitat went up in flames. The irony is, laws to protect native vegetation did nothing to prevent this destruction. ... <a title="Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/changing-native-vegetation-laws-to-allow-burning-on-private-land-is-good-fire-management-229796/" aria-label="Read more about Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
RNZ Pacific Close to 8000 people have been told to be on standby for evacuation from a landslide-prone area in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Enga provincial disaster committee chairperson and provincial administrator Sandis Tsaka told RNZ Pacific some were already being evacuated, but that number was not clear. As many people as possible ... <a title="PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/png-landslide-thousands-on-standby-for-evacuation-amid-fears-of-new-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis">Read more</a>
