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April 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle Wikimedia/State Library of Queelsand Australia’s coffee culture – a source of great national pride – is usually associated with the wave of Greek and Italian migrants who settled in Melbourne and Sydney following the second world war. ... <a title="Who invented the flat white? Italian sugar farmers from regional Queensland likely played a big role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/03/who-invented-the-flat-white-italian-sugar-farmers-from-regional-queensland-likely-played-a-big-role-224747/" aria-label="Read more about Who invented the flat white? Italian sugar farmers from regional Queensland likely played a big role">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Peter Dutton claims Labor’s policy is pushing Australia “over an energy cliff”, with the outlook a decade from now “dire”. In a Wednesday speech released ahead of delivery, Dutton once again talks up his nuclear option ahead of ... <a title="Peter Dutton says Labor is pushing Australia ‘over an energy cliff’ as he talks up nuclear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/03/peter-dutton-says-labor-is-pushing-australia-over-an-energy-cliff-as-he-talks-up-nuclear-226965/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton says Labor is pushing Australia ‘over an energy cliff’ as he talks up nuclear">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University How much were prices rising in January when Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor said inflation was “rampant”? The prices that give us a good steer on inflation were falling, by 0.4%. That’s the change that month ... <a title="From where we work to what we spend, the ABS knows more about us than ever before: here’s what’s changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/03/from-where-we-work-to-what-we-spend-the-abs-knows-more-about-us-than-ever-before-heres-whats-changing-226814/" aria-label="Read more about From where we work to what we spend, the ABS knows more about us than ever before: here’s what’s changing">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The New York-based media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says the announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to ban Al Jazeera follows a similar pattern of media interference, including the killing of media workers. “We’ve seen this kind of language before from Netanyahu and Israeli officials in which ... <a title="Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/israels-al-jazeera-ban-alarms-media-watchdog-on-free-press-stranglehold/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Indonesia’s military regional command in Papua has denied claims made by a pro-independence West Papuan group that abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens more than a year ago that the army had staged a bombing attack, The Jakarta Post reports. Responding to a claim by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) ... <a title="Indonesian military deny bombing Papua district in bid to free NZ pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/indonesian-military-deny-bombing-papua-district-in-bid-to-free-nz-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military deny bombing Papua district in bid to free NZ pilot">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliana S. Oliveira, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physical Activity, University of Sydney Philip Ackermann/Pexels Daylight saving ends this weekend. The days are shorter and getting colder. It’s less appealing to cycle to work, walk after dinner, or wake up early to hit the gym. But we all know ... <a title="Days are getting shorter and colder. 6 tips for sticking to your fitness goals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/days-are-getting-shorter-and-colder-6-tips-for-sticking-to-your-fitness-goals-226619/" aria-label="Read more about Days are getting shorter and colder. 6 tips for sticking to your fitness goals">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Wooden, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne gruizza/Getty Over the last two years, growth in wages and salaries have not kept up with rises in the cost of living. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates the cost of living for the average “employee household” rose by ... <a title="It’s getting even harder to find full-time work. So more people are taking second part-time jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/its-getting-even-harder-to-find-full-time-work-so-more-people-are-taking-second-part-time-jobs-226719/" aria-label="Read more about It’s getting even harder to find full-time work. So more people are taking second part-time jobs">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A community-based Asia-Pacific network of academics, journalists and activists has now gone online with an umbrella website for its publications, current affairs and research. The nonprofit Asia Pacific Media Network, publishers of Pacific Journalism Review research journal, has until now relied on its Facebook page. “The APMN is addressing a gap in ... <a title="Asia Pacific community and media research group goes online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/asia-pacific-community-and-media-research-group-goes-online/" aria-label="Read more about Asia Pacific community and media research group goes online">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Herbert, Associate professor, University of Sydney The horrific Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20 burned more than 8 million hectares of vegetation across southeastern Australia. An estimated 3 billion animals were caught in the fire zone. Intense media coverage often included graphic images of koalas and other ... <a title="Hundreds of animals were rescued after the Black Summer bushfires – but how many actually survived?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/hundreds-of-animals-were-rescued-after-the-black-summer-bushfires-but-how-many-actually-survived-225699/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of animals were rescued after the Black Summer bushfires – but how many actually survived?">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Singapore cargo ship Dali chartered by Maersk, which collapsed the Baltimore bridge in the United States last month, was carrying 764 tonnes of hazardous materials to Sri Lanka, reports Colombo’s Daily Mirror. The materials were mostly corrosives, flammables, miscellaneous hazardous materials, and Class-9 hazardous materials — including explosives and lithium-ion batteries ... <a title="Baltimore bridge crash ship carrying toxic waste to Sri Lanka, says Mirror" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/baltimore-bridge-crash-ship-carrying-toxic-waste-to-sri-lanka-says-mirror/" aria-label="Read more about Baltimore bridge crash ship carrying toxic waste to Sri Lanka, says Mirror">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Daley, Senior Lecturer, Youth Work & Youth Studies, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University Shutterstock The Victorian government has recently announced a plan to trial electronic monitoring devices for young people on bail and abandon proposed reforms to bail laws for young people. This is at ... <a title="The Victorian government wants to trial electronic monitoring devices on young people. It’s a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/the-victorian-government-wants-to-trial-electronic-monitoring-devices-on-young-people-its-a-bad-idea-226498/" aria-label="Read more about The Victorian government wants to trial electronic monitoring devices on young people. It’s a bad idea">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martien Lubberink, Associate Professor of Economics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Andrzej Rostek/Getty Images The New Zealand Commerce Commission recently released a draft report on the state of personal banking services in New Zealand. Unsurprisingly, the market study found a marked lack of competition ... <a title="ComCom diagnoses the problem with NZ’s banking industry – but will its solutions offer a real fix?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/comcom-diagnoses-the-problem-with-nzs-banking-industry-but-will-its-solutions-offer-a-real-fix-226952/" aria-label="Read more about ComCom diagnoses the problem with NZ’s banking industry – but will its solutions offer a real fix?">Read more</a>
