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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia It’s been a depressing year for regional aviation. Rex airlines has just become the second Australian airline to go into voluntary administration this year, after Bonza’s collapse in April. Is Qantas’ Chief Executive Vanessa Hudson right – that there simply ... <a title="What is ‘slot hoarding’ – and is it locking out regional airlines like Rex?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/what-is-slot-hoarding-and-is-it-locking-out-regional-airlines-like-rex-235960/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘slot hoarding’ – and is it locking out regional airlines like Rex?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Manero, Research Fellow, Australian National University Ever since Polynesian pioneers took to the ocean on wooden rafts, people have been hooked on riding waves. Today, surfing is one of the world’s fastest-growing sports and one of the latest additions to the Olympic games. Surfing is especially ... <a title="Save our waves: surfing pumps $2.71 billion into the Australian economy and boosts wellbeing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/save-our-waves-surfing-pumps-2-71-billion-into-the-australian-economy-and-boosts-wellbeing-235579/" aria-label="Read more about Save our waves: surfing pumps $2.71 billion into the Australian economy and boosts wellbeing">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University The photo of returning prisoners in an American plane, all grinning from ear to ear, says it all: the joy, the relief and the success of an incredibly complicated mission. The freeing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan ... <a title="The US-Russia prisoner swap shows how journalists risk being used as geopolitical bargaining chips" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/the-us-russia-prisoner-swap-shows-how-journalists-risk-being-used-as-geopolitical-bargaining-chips-236052/" aria-label="Read more about The US-Russia prisoner swap shows how journalists risk being used as geopolitical bargaining chips">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Prudence Upton/Ensemble Theatre Virginia Woolf always maintained that, of all of the great writers, the British novelist Jane Austen “is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness”. To my mind, the groundbreaking ... <a title="Joanna Murray-Smith’s new adaptation of Uncle Vanya reminds us Chekhov’s play is both timeless and timely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/joanna-murray-smiths-new-adaptation-of-uncle-vanya-reminds-us-chekhovs-play-is-both-timeless-and-timely-235201/" aria-label="Read more about Joanna Murray-Smith’s new adaptation of Uncle Vanya reminds us Chekhov’s play is both timeless and timely">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Ware, Associate Professor in International & Community Development, Deakin University Mass protests have rocked Bangladesh over the past few weeks. The military was deployed to the streets with shoot-on-sight orders. News agencies have reported some 266 deaths, with 7,000 people injured and more than 10,000 arrested. ... <a title="With Bangladesh on a knife’s edge, trapped Rohingya refugees are forced to turn to people smugglers or violent gangs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/with-bangladesh-on-a-knifes-edge-trapped-rohingya-refugees-are-forced-to-turn-to-people-smugglers-or-violent-gangs-235676/" aria-label="Read more about With Bangladesh on a knife’s edge, trapped Rohingya refugees are forced to turn to people smugglers or violent gangs">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid McCarthy, Lecturer in Journalism, La Trobe University Women’s gymnastics is finally ageing. In fact, four of the five United States athletes who took team gold in Paris were women in their 20s attending their second Olympics. And after picking up the all-around gold, 27-year-old Simone Biles ... <a title="From ‘teenage pixies’ to a grown woman’s domain – Olympic gymnastics is finally evolving for the better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/from-teenage-pixies-to-a-grown-womans-domain-olympic-gymnastics-is-finally-evolving-for-the-better-235581/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘teenage pixies’ to a grown woman’s domain – Olympic gymnastics is finally evolving for the better">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karinna Saxby, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne A majority of Australians voted “no” to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. But if we dig deeper into the data from the 2023 referendum, there is more to learn, especially about ... <a title="We found opposition to the Voice is linked to poorer Indigenous health. And in some regions, the link is striking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/we-found-opposition-to-the-voice-is-linked-to-poorer-indigenous-health-and-in-some-regions-the-link-is-striking-235410/" aria-label="Read more about We found opposition to the Voice is linked to poorer Indigenous health. And in some regions, the link is striking">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: By Aubrey Belford of the OCCRP High in the forested mountains of Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island lies an abandoned, kilometer-wide crater cut deep into the earth. Formerly one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines, the open pit now serves as an unsightly monument to the environmental and social chaos that ... <a title="Lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville – but some say it’s a cash grab" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/lawsuit-promises-justice-for-rio-tintos-mining-disaster-in-bougainville-but-some-say-its-a-cash-grab/" aria-label="Read more about Lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville – but some say it’s a cash grab">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Mason, Adjunct Senior Fellow in Renewable Energy Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury Getty Images The recent failure of a deal to deliver hydrogen-powered trucks to New Zealand, and the removal of a NZ$100 million government rebate scheme for green hydrogen users in the 2024 budget, make ... <a title="Hope or hype? NZ needs to be realistic about the clean energy potential of green hydrogen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/hope-or-hype-nz-needs-to-be-realistic-about-the-clean-energy-potential-of-green-hydrogen-234137/" aria-label="Read more about Hope or hype? NZ needs to be realistic about the clean energy potential of green hydrogen">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teagan Goolmeer, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne Teagan Goolmer Globally, many Indigenous people want to help protect their traditional lands and waters, drawing on knowledge stretching back millenia. Indigenous people have an obligation to look after species and habitat which are culturally important to them. But ... <a title="Indigenous Australians want a seat at the table when it comes to conservation. Here’s how we might get there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/indigenous-australians-want-a-seat-at-the-table-when-it-comes-to-conservation-heres-how-we-might-get-there-235954/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Australians want a seat at the table when it comes to conservation. Here’s how we might get there">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karinna Saxby, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne Community-level opposition to marriage equality and the stress that came with it is still making some Australians in same-sex relationships sick years after the vote, our study suggests. In research published ... <a title="Stigma around same-sex marriage affected Australians’ health. Here’s what happened in your electorate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/stigma-around-same-sex-marriage-affected-australians-health-heres-what-happened-in-your-electorate-234357/" aria-label="Read more about Stigma around same-sex marriage affected Australians’ health. Here’s what happened in your electorate">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martien Lubberink, Associate Professor of Accounting and Capital, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington. To sell, or not to sell – that is the question various governments have asked since Kiwibank was established in 2002. Now it’s the turn of the current National-led coalition to ... <a title="Owner beware: 4 reasons why selling part of Kiwibank could do more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/owner-beware-4-reasons-why-selling-part-of-kiwibank-could-do-more-harm-than-good-235885/" aria-label="Read more about Owner beware: 4 reasons why selling part of Kiwibank could do more harm than good">Read more</a>
