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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn C. Savage, Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne The Albanese government has released details of the next funding agreement for Australian schools. The Better and Fairer Schools Agreement is a new ten-year agreement that will have significant power ... <a title="There’s a new 10-year plan for Australian schools. But will all states agree to sign on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/theres-a-new-10-year-plan-for-australian-schools-but-will-all-states-agree-to-sign-on-235872/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a new 10-year plan for Australian schools. But will all states agree to sign on?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cynthia Mehboob, PhD Scholar in Department of International Relations, Australian National University Undersea Internet cable in Atlantic shore Laiotz/shutterstock The Australian government this week announced it would spend A$18 million over four years on a new centre aimed at keeping safe the undersea cables that power the ... <a title="Only 15 known underwater internet cables connect Australia to the world – and they’re under threat from fishing boats, spies and natural disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/only-15-known-underwater-internet-cables-connect-australia-to-the-world-and-theyre-under-threat-from-fishing-boats-spies-and-natural-disasters-235772/" aria-label="Read more about Only 15 known underwater internet cables connect Australia to the world – and they’re under threat from fishing boats, spies and natural disasters">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Fox, Professor, School of Economics; Director of the Centre for Applied Economic Research, UNSW Sydney Stokkete/Shutterstock If the price of a cup of coffee goes up, coffee drinkers are worse off if their income doesn’t increase by at least the same amount – they have less ... <a title="What’s inflation – and how exactly do we measure it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/whats-inflation-and-how-exactly-do-we-measure-it-235673/" aria-label="Read more about What’s inflation – and how exactly do we measure it?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Romanchini/Shutterstock After falling for five consecutive quarters to less than half of its 7.8% peak, inflation climbed slightly in the June quarter, from 3.6% to 3.8% for the year to June. A rate ... <a title="Australia’s 3.8% inflation rate is concerning, but not enough to trigger a rate rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/australias-3-8-inflation-rate-is-concerning-but-not-enough-to-trigger-a-rate-rise-233242/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s 3.8% inflation rate is concerning, but not enough to trigger a rate rise">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Imogen Warren In most mammals, including humans, females have two copies of the X chromosome while males have only one (accompanied by a Y). So you might think females get a double dose of ... <a title="What’s the secret of genetic equality between the sexes? New platypus chromosome research may hold the key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/whats-the-secret-of-genetic-equality-between-the-sexes-new-platypus-chromosome-research-may-hold-the-key-235214/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the secret of genetic equality between the sexes? New platypus chromosome research may hold the key">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fan Yang, Research fellow at Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society., The University of Melbourne Shutterstock When an election rolls around, most of us know what to do on voting day. With varying degrees of ... <a title="About half the Asian migrants we surveyed said they didn’t fully understand how our voting systems work. It’s bad for our democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/about-half-the-asian-migrants-we-surveyed-said-they-didnt-fully-understand-how-our-voting-systems-work-its-bad-for-our-democracy-235304/" aria-label="Read more about About half the Asian migrants we surveyed said they didn’t fully understand how our voting systems work. It’s bad for our democracy">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle Today the federal government released its response to 222 recommendations made in the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability final report. Released back in the September last year, the recommendations called for the ... <a title="‘Lacklustre’ and ‘disappointing’ – experts react to the government’s disability royal commission response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/lacklustre-and-disappointing-experts-react-to-the-governments-disability-royal-commission-response-235770/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lacklustre’ and ‘disappointing’ – experts react to the government’s disability royal commission response">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today is ‘tax cut day’. The present round of income tax cuts has been controversial, despite the fact that they are not ‘real’ tax cuts, only bracket adjustments which partially compensate for CPI inflation this decade. (Here is an interview today with University of Auckland economist Susan St John, which suggests ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Tax Cuts: 1982 and 2024" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/keith-rankin-analysis-tax-cuts-1982-and-2024/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Tax Cuts: 1982 and 2024">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Galea, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney The Paris Olympics has commenced with much excitement as fans soak in athletic achievements, medal counts and inspiring stories of success and triumph. While we celebrate these accomplishments, we must also consider the price paid for these medals. Not ... <a title="The 3 changes Australian sport must make after Volleyball Australia’s shocking abuse report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/the-3-changes-australian-sport-must-make-after-volleyball-australias-shocking-abuse-report-235661/" aria-label="Read more about The 3 changes Australian sport must make after Volleyball Australia’s shocking abuse report">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Bennetts, Lecturer in applied mathematics, University of Adelaide The Southern Ocean is wild and dynamic. It experiences Earth’s strongest winds and largest waves. It is home to city-sized icebergs and the biggest ocean current on the globe, as well as tiny turbulent flows that fit inside ... <a title="Giant waves, monster winds and Earth’s strongest current: here’s why the Southern Ocean is a global engine room" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/giant-waves-monster-winds-and-earths-strongest-current-heres-why-the-southern-ocean-is-a-global-engine-room-233669/" aria-label="Read more about Giant waves, monster winds and Earth’s strongest current: here’s why the Southern Ocean is a global engine room">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Jackson, Adjunct Researcher, College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Social media has once again lit up with the spectacle of aurora australis, also known as the Southern Lights, as it became visible in some skies across the southern states last night. The ... <a title="10 times the aurora australis inspired remarkable works of art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/10-times-the-aurora-australis-inspired-remarkable-works-of-art-228629/" aria-label="Read more about 10 times the aurora australis inspired remarkable works of art">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images New Zealand may be a long way geographically from Gaza, and the government’s ability to influence the course of events there may be limited, but the nation’s inconsistent position on the ... <a title="An ambiguous foreign policy on Gaza risks undermining NZ’s global reputation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/an-ambiguous-foreign-policy-on-gaza-risks-undermining-nzs-global-reputation-235653/" aria-label="Read more about An ambiguous foreign policy on Gaza risks undermining NZ’s global reputation">Read more</a>
