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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martina Linnenluecke, Professor of Environmental Finance at UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Parilov/Shutterstock This year, large businesses in Australia will likely have to begin reporting their environmental impacts, climate risks and climate opportunities. The final draft of Australia’s new mandatory climate disclosure laws are due ... <a title="Big businesses will this year have to report their environmental impacts – but this alone won’t drive change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/big-businesses-will-this-year-have-to-report-their-environmental-impacts-but-this-alone-wont-drive-change-224743/" aria-label="Read more about Big businesses will this year have to report their environmental impacts – but this alone won’t drive change">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia and Professor, La Trobe University, La Trobe University Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong issued a stark warning to Southeast Asian leaders this week: the region could face a “devastating” conflict over the South China Sea unless it strengthens its diplomatic and ... <a title="While the China threat grabs the headlines, these are the maritime issues Southeast Asians want to talk about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/while-the-china-threat-grabs-the-headlines-these-are-the-maritime-issues-southeast-asians-want-to-talk-about-225076/" aria-label="Read more about While the China threat grabs the headlines, these are the maritime issues Southeast Asians want to talk about">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Interview by Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The man being touted by the opposition as the next leader of Papua New Guinea says the first thing his administration would do is put more focus on law and order. East Sepik governor Allan Bird is being put forward as the opposition’s candidate for prime minister ... <a title="East Sepik governor Allan Bird on how to ‘change the trajectory’ of PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/east-sepik-governor-allan-bird-on-how-to-change-the-trajectory-of-png/" aria-label="Read more about East Sepik governor Allan Bird on how to ‘change the trajectory’ of PNG">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Johnstone, PhD Candidate in Criminal Justice, University of Canterbury ACT’s recently proposed amendment to parole legislation fits with the party’s “restoring law and order and personal responsibility” platform enshrined in last year’s coalition agreement. But the rule changes could cause more harm than good. If passed ... <a title="Changes to NZ’s parole laws to improve rehabilitation could lead to even longer prison times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/changes-to-nzs-parole-laws-to-improve-rehabilitation-could-lead-to-even-longer-prison-times-224846/" aria-label="Read more about Changes to NZ’s parole laws to improve rehabilitation could lead to even longer prison times">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louisa Smith, Senior lecturer, Deakin University Readers are advised this article includes an offensive and outdated disability term in a quote from the film. Poor Things is a spectacular film that has garnered critical praise, scooped up awards and has 11 Oscar nominations. That might be the ... <a title="Oscar contender Poor Things is a film about disability. Why won’t more people say so?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/oscar-contender-poor-things-is-a-film-about-disability-why-wont-more-people-say-so-224150/" aria-label="Read more about Oscar contender Poor Things is a film about disability. Why won’t more people say so?">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Wingrove, PhD Candidate at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong Shutterstock New Australian homes are being designed bigger and so require more energy for heating and cooling, wiping out potential gains in energy efficiency, according to our new research. The increasing energy demand is ... <a title="Australian homes are getting bigger and bigger, and it’s wiping out gains in energy efficiency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/australian-homes-are-getting-bigger-and-bigger-and-its-wiping-out-gains-in-energy-efficiency-224741/" aria-label="Read more about Australian homes are getting bigger and bigger, and it’s wiping out gains in energy efficiency">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Leslie, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a focus on Educational Psychology, University of Southern Queensland Jonas Mohamadi/ Pexels, CC BY From March 13, NAPLAN testing for 2024 will begin. Over the following two weeks, all Australian students in years 3,5,7 and 9 are expected to ... <a title="NAPLAN testing is about to start. How can you support an anxious child?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/naplan-testing-is-about-to-start-how-can-you-support-an-anxious-child-225085/" aria-label="Read more about NAPLAN testing is about to start. How can you support an anxious child?">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. With most economists expecting interest rates to start falling later this year, prospective ... <a title="Interest rates are expected to drop but trying to out-think the market won’t guarantee getting a good deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/interest-rates-are-expected-to-drop-but-trying-to-out-think-the-market-wont-guarantee-getting-a-good-deal-224060/" aria-label="Read more about Interest rates are expected to drop but trying to out-think the market won’t guarantee getting a good deal">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will pay superannuation on its paid parental leave from July 1 next year. This will benefit about 180,000 families annually. Minister for Women Katy Gallagher will announce the move on Thursday when she releases Working for Women, a ... <a title="Government to pay super on paid parental leave, benefitting 180,000 families a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/government-to-pay-super-on-paid-parental-leave-benefitting-180-000-families-a-year-225178/" aria-label="Read more about Government to pay super on paid parental leave, benefitting 180,000 families a year">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A report by a media watchdog has revealed the United Kingdom’s media bias in covering the Hamas attack on October 7 and Israel’s five-month genocidal bombardment and ground assault in response. “Much of the news coverage of 7 October refers to Hamas’s attacks on Southern Israel as ground zero, with guests or ... <a title="Media watchdog calls out biased UK reporting over Israel’s war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/media-watchdog-calls-out-biased-uk-reporting-over-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdog calls out biased UK reporting over Israel’s war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Fiji’s Women’s Minister Lynda Tabuya says the decision by the People’s Alliance executive council to remove her as deputy leader of the governing party is “unfair as it is based solely on allegations . . . generated by opponents from outside the party”. Tabuya, who has been at the ... <a title="Lynda Tabuya fights back – ‘it’s unfortunate that as a woman I continue to be targeted’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/lynda-tabuya-fights-back-its-unfortunate-that-as-a-woman-i-continue-to-be-targeted/" aria-label="Read more about Lynda Tabuya fights back – ‘it’s unfortunate that as a woman I continue to be targeted’">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Donald Rothwell, Australian National University In an unprecedented legal development, senior Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation into whether they have aided or supported Israel’s actions in Gaza. The referral, made by the Sydney law firm Birchgrove Legal on behalf of ... <a title="Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/why-have-albanese-and-other-politicians-been-referred-to-the-icc-over-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?">Read more</a>
