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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wasim Saman, Emeritus Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering, University of South Australia Shutterstock Soaring electricity prices have made 15% of Aussies think about installing solar panels, a recent survey found. Another 6% were already weighing up the move, on top of the 28% who had panels. With ... <a title="How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/how-to-maximise-savings-from-your-home-solar-system-and-slash-your-power-bills-197415/" aria-label="Read more about How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy W. Jones, Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University ACT Up NY Recently, a number of people have questioned or critiqued the use of the word “queer” to describe LGBTIQA+ folk. One writer to the Guardian claimed that the “q-word” was as derogatory and offensive as ... <a title="Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word ‘queer’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/reviled-reclaimed-and-respected-the-history-of-the-word-queer-197533/" aria-label="Read more about Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word ‘queer’">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby An angry tirade on Papua New Guinea and Indonesia border issues in the PNG Parliament yesterday is likely to ignite an international uproar over the alleged behaviour of government officials. During yesterday’s session, Vanimo-Green MP and former soldier Belden Namah, asked why border liaison meetings were always held in ... <a title="Namah blasts PNG government over ‘serious’ Indonesian border issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/namah-blasts-png-government-over-serious-indonesian-border-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Namah blasts PNG government over ‘serious’ Indonesian border issues">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Home affairs Minister has held an urgent meeting with the nation’s military chief after he expressed concern about the new People’s Alliance-led government. The government, a three-party coalition led by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, has been in power for less than a month. Major-General Jone Kalouniwai yesterday warned that the government was ... <a title="Fiji minister’s assurance after military chief expresses ‘shortcut’ concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/fiji-ministers-assurance-after-military-chief-expresses-shortcut-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji minister’s assurance after military chief expresses ‘shortcut’ concerns">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne After three soggy years of La Niña in a row, Australia has endured record-breaking floods, the latest of which has inundated the Kimberley in Western Australia and across north and central Queensland. While the rains may ... <a title="From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/from-floods-to-fire-a-climate-scientist-on-the-chances-el-nino-will-hit-australia-this-year-197408/" aria-label="Read more about From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: National can’t be allowed to sleepwalk to victory Christopher Luxon’s National Party are the odds-on favourites to win the general election this year. They have been consistently ahead of Labour in the polls in recent months, and have a firm coalition partner in Act, which is often polling about ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National can’t be allowed to sleepwalk to victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-national-cant-be-allowed-to-sleepwalk-to-victory/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National can’t be allowed to sleepwalk to victory">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney AAP Renée Geyer’s name is often in histories of Australian music. A pioneering artist, her iconic soul sound opened up the local conversation about what “sounding Australian” meant. Go-Betweens icon and industry legend Lindy Morrison simply said: ... <a title="‘A voice like cigarettes rolled in honey’: celebrating Renée Geyer, Australia’s queen of soul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/a-voice-like-cigarettes-rolled-in-honey-celebrating-renee-geyer-australias-queen-of-soul-197991/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A voice like cigarettes rolled in honey’: celebrating Renée Geyer, Australia’s queen of soul">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Di Winkler, Adjunct Associate Professor, La Trobe University Unsplash/Jon Tyson, CC BY The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to be a market-based system that would shift power from government and providers to consumers. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s Own Motion Inquiry report demonstrates that ... <a title="People with disabilities in group homes are suffering shocking abuse. New housing models could prevent harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/people-with-disabilities-in-group-homes-are-suffering-shocking-abuse-new-housing-models-could-prevent-harm-197989/" aria-label="Read more about People with disabilities in group homes are suffering shocking abuse. New housing models could prevent harm">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute Over the weekend, Peking University released a study that estimated 900 million Chinese had been infected with COVID up until January 11, representing 64% of the population. This compares with 43% of Australians testing positive, although antibody studies indicate ... <a title="China’s COVID cases may have hit 900 million. What’s headed our way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/chinas-covid-cases-may-have-hit-900-million-whats-headed-our-way-197896/" aria-label="Read more about China’s COVID cases may have hit 900 million. What’s headed our way?">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gissing, CEO, Natural Hazards Research Australia, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University It has been 20 years to the day since bushfires burst out of the Brindabella Ranges and into the suburbs of our nation’s bush capital. Four lives were lost, many people were injured and more than ... <a title="20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra’s suburbs – and bushfire science was never the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/20-years-ago-vast-bushfires-razed-canberras-suburbs-and-bushfire-science-was-never-the-same-197899/" aria-label="Read more about 20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra’s suburbs – and bushfire science was never the same">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Australia’s “tax gap” – the gap between what is collected and what would be collected if the law was applied properly – amounts to A$33 billion per year according to Tax Office calculations, which is 7% of ... <a title="9 in 10 landlord tax returns are wrong. Does this make landlords champion tax dodgers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/9-in-10-landlord-tax-returns-are-wrong-does-this-make-landlords-champion-tax-dodgers-195914/" aria-label="Read more about 9 in 10 landlord tax returns are wrong. Does this make landlords champion tax dodgers?">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Fiji’s military commander stirred a wave of anxiety today with an extraordinary statement claiming concern over the “ambition and speed” of political changes since last month’s election that could have “fateful” security consequences. Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai, commander-in-chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), said in the statement that the ... <a title="Fiji military chief’s sharp criticism of ‘ambition, speed’ of changes sparks anxiety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/fiji-military-chiefs-sharp-criticism-of-ambition-speed-of-changes-sparks-anxiety/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji military chief’s sharp criticism of ‘ambition, speed’ of changes sparks anxiety">Read more</a>
