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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Goot, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University Support for embedding an Indigenous Voice to parliament in the Constitution has fallen. The polls provide good evidence once you work out how to find it. However, the voters who have shifted are not Labor voters ... <a title="How much has support for the Voice fallen? It depends on how you ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/how-much-has-support-for-the-voice-fallen-it-depends-on-how-you-ask-199002/" aria-label="Read more about How much has support for the Voice fallen? It depends on how you ask">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock When booking a flight, do you ever think about which seat will protect you the most in an emergency? Probably not. Most people book seats for comfort, such as leg room, or convenience, such as easy access to toilets. ... <a title="Which seat on a plane is the safest? We asked an aviation expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/which-seat-on-a-plane-is-the-safest-we-asked-an-aviation-expert-198672/" aria-label="Read more about Which seat on a plane is the safest? We asked an aviation expert">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby Rumpff, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne David Crosling/AAP The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 were cataclysmic: a landmark in Australia’s environmental history. They burnt more than 10 million hectares, mostly forests in southeast Australia. Many of our most distinctive, ancient and vulnerable species were ... <a title="200 experts dissected the Black Summer bushfires in unprecedented detail. Here are 6 lessons to heed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/200-experts-dissected-the-black-summer-bushfires-in-unprecedented-detail-here-are-6-lessons-to-heed-198989/" aria-label="Read more about 200 experts dissected the Black Summer bushfires in unprecedented detail. Here are 6 lessons to heed">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Grové, Fulbright Scholar and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Monash University Anete Lusina/Pexels School attendance levels in Australia are a massive issue according to Education Minister Jason Clare. As he told reporters last week, he hopes to talk to state colleagues about the issue at a meeting later ... <a title="You can’t fix school refusal with ‘tough love’ but these steps might help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/you-cant-fix-school-refusal-with-tough-love-but-these-steps-might-help-199095/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t fix school refusal with ‘tough love’ but these steps might help">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute Revising the generous fuel tax credits given to businesses should be a priority for the Albanese government, because keeping them would conflict with two other pressing priorities: reducing carbon emissions and repairing the budget. Fuel tax exemptions have ... <a title="How to save $4 billion a year: reform a fuel tax credit scheme with no real rationale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/how-to-save-4-billion-a-year-reform-a-fuel-tax-credit-scheme-with-no-real-rationale-198999/" aria-label="Read more about How to save $4 billion a year: reform a fuel tax credit scheme with no real rationale">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s Reserve Bank is set to push up rates once again at its first meeting for the year on Tuesday, according to all but two of the 29 leading economists ... <a title="Higher interest rates, falling home prices and real wages, but no recession: top economists’ forecasts for 2023" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/05/higher-interest-rates-falling-home-prices-and-real-wages-but-no-recession-top-economists-forecasts-for-2023-198975/" aria-label="Read more about Higher interest rates, falling home prices and real wages, but no recession: top economists’ forecasts for 2023">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2023
By David Robie When Papuan journalist Victor Mambor visited New Zealand almost nine years ago, he impressed student journalists from the Pacific Media Centre and community activists with his refreshing candour and courage. As the founder of the Jubi news media group, he remained defiant that he would tell the truth no matter what the ... <a title="Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/05/papuan-journalist-award-winner-victor-mambor-targeted-for-his-reports/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Enshrining a constitutional Voice to parliament will bring better practical outcomes and give the best chance for Closing the Gap, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will say in a major address on the referendum on Sunday. Albanese will also flatly reject ... <a title="Enshrining the Voice gives best chance for Closing the Gap, Albanese says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/05/enshrining-the-voice-gives-best-chance-for-closing-the-gap-albanese-says-199259/" aria-label="Read more about Enshrining the Voice gives best chance for Closing the Gap, Albanese says">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2023
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ News Te Ao Māori journalist at Waitangi, and Russell Palmer, digital political journalist Iwi leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand have accused opposition parties National and ACT of “fanning the flames of racism”, urging the prime minister to be brave and not walk away from partnership on Three Waters. With Waitangi events and ... <a title="Iwi leaders warn Hipkins not to bow over Three Waters co-governance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/04/iwi-leaders-warn-hipkins-not-to-bow-over-three-waters-co-governance/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi leaders warn Hipkins not to bow over Three Waters co-governance">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2023
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Higher Education Minister Don Polye has condemned a decision by the administration of the University of Papua New Guinea to treat a PNG-born and bred grade 12 school leaver as an “international” student. Roselyn Alog, 19, whose parents are Filipinos, was born and raised in PNG. On Monday, she ... <a title="PNG’s Education Minister slams UPNG ‘discrimination’ against Filipino student" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/04/pngs-education-minister-slams-upng-discrimination-against-filipino-student/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Education Minister slams UPNG ‘discrimination’ against Filipino student">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2023
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s former Elections Supervisor Mohammed Saneem is under investigation by the country’s anti-corruption agency for alleged abuse of office and has been stopped from fleeing the country. The Fijian Elections Office (FEO) said Saneem was alleged to have “on numerous occasions . . . unlawfully authorised payments of sitting allowances” to members of ... <a title="Anti-corruption agency probes Fiji’s ex-elections chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/04/anti-corruption-agency-probes-fijis-ex-elections-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-corruption agency probes Fiji’s ex-elections chief">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Kayt Davies in Perth I wasn’t good at French in my final year of high school. My classmates had five years of language studies behind them. I had three. As a result of my woeful grip on the language, I wrote a terribly bad essay in my final French exam. The more I ... <a title="Kayt Davies: AI will take media jobs but will free up time for fun stuff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/04/kayt-davies-ai-will-take-media-jobs-but-will-free-up-time-for-fun-stuff/" aria-label="Read more about Kayt Davies: AI will take media jobs but will free up time for fun stuff">Read more</a>
