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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has ruled out attempting to displace Amelia Hamer as the Liberals’ candidate for Kooyong. Frydenberg’s quick decision comes after a public backlash against the possibility he could push aside an already preselected woman. It had also ... <a title="Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/josh-frydenberg-rules-out-seeking-kooyong-preselection-231487/" aria-label="Read more about Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
By Alakihihifo Vailala of PMN News Flipped “back in time” is how New Zealand author, journalist and media educator Dr David Robie describes the crisis in New Caledonia. Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media and educated Pacific journalists for more than four decades. He reported on the indigenous Kanak pro-independence uprising in ... <a title="King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/kings-birthday-honours-nz-journalist-reflects-on-work-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Post-COVID housing stress has been especially intense in Queensland. Brisbane property prices have climbed by 65% since the pandemic began. That’s almost double the Australian capital city average (34%). According ... <a title="The housing crisis hit Queensland hard. Jolted into action, the state has raised its game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/the-housing-crisis-hit-queensland-hard-jolted-into-action-the-state-has-raised-its-game-230870/" aria-label="Read more about The housing crisis hit Queensland hard. Jolted into action, the state has raised its game">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Livingstone, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University Creative Cat Studio/Shutterstock What’s the difference? is a new editorial product that explains the similarities and differences between commonly confused health and medical terms, and why they ... <a title="What’s the difference between vegan and vegetarian?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/whats-the-difference-between-vegan-and-vegetarian-225275/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between vegan and vegetarian?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
RNZ Pacific Tributes are pouring in for an acclaimed American Samoan poet and teacher who was murdered last Saturday in Apia allegedly by a fellow poet. According to local police Dr Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, a retired professor from the University of Hawai’i Manoa, was found dead at the Galu Moana Theatre in Vaivase-Uta. The Samoa Observer ... <a title="Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/outpouring-of-grief-following-death-of-acclaimed-samoan-poet-and-writer/" aria-label="Read more about Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cahyani Widi Larasakti, PhD Student in International Relations, The University of Melbourne MMES Studio/Shutterstock Australia and Indonesia have long had an uneasy relationship, over issues ranging from Timor-Leste’s independence to asylum seekers and bans on live cattle export to the aftermath of the Bali bombings. While the ... <a title="Could a green investment deal help Indonesia and Australia overcome their past tensions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/could-a-green-investment-deal-help-indonesia-and-australia-overcome-their-past-tensions-229913/" aria-label="Read more about Could a green investment deal help Indonesia and Australia overcome their past tensions?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Raven, Senior Scientia Lecturer (Research), UNSW Sydney wk1003mike / Shutterstock Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed on a new treaty aimed at preventing the for-profit piracy of traditional knowledge. So-called “biopiracy”, in which companies lift ... <a title="Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/patents-based-on-traditional-knowledge-are-often-biopiracy-a-new-international-treaty-will-finally-combat-this-231272/" aria-label="Read more about Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior lecturer, International Migration and Refugee Law, University of Technology Sydney Anyone following recent news reporting may rightly think Australia’s migration system is in “crisis”. Much of this reporting is fixated on the perceived threat posed by non-citizens to the safety or prosperity of the ... <a title="Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/migration-has-been-in-the-news-a-lot-lately-whats-going-on-231270/" aria-label="Read more about Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Being able to afford health care is a pressing issue for many Australians. And encouraging GPs to bulk bill is one measure the government is taking to ease the strain. So what would it ... <a title="Australia can afford to bulk bill all GP visits. So why don’t we?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/australia-can-afford-to-bulk-bill-all-gp-visits-so-why-dont-we-230204/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can afford to bulk bill all GP visits. So why don’t we?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Davern, Associate Professor, Director Australian Urban Observatory, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Abdul Razak Latif/Shutterstock Less than 1% of the 12 million Australians who travelled to work on Census Day in 2021 rode a bicycle to get there. Bicycles are readily available and affordable. Cycling ... <a title="Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/why-do-so-few-people-cycle-for-transport-in-australia-6-ideas-on-how-to-reap-all-the-benefits-of-bikes-229811/" aria-label="Read more about Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Photoroyalty/Shutterstock As the government consults on potential reforms to points-tested visas for skilled migrants, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Skilled migrants contribute enormously to Australia’s prosperity – shaping our diverse society, making us more productive and boosting Australians’ earnings. ... <a title="How should the skilled migration points test be reformed? It’s an $84 billion question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/how-should-the-skilled-migration-points-test-be-reformed-its-an-84-billion-question-231283/" aria-label="Read more about How should the skilled migration points test be reformed? It’s an $84 billion question">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arvid O. I. Hoffmann, Professor of Marketing, University of Adelaide About half the states in the United States have introduced so-called universal demand laws that make it harder for aggrieved shareholders to sue company directors and hold managers personally liable for decisions that have harmed the company. ... <a title="Sue me, if you can. How laws that prevent directors being sued make firms less likely to recall potentially dangerous products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/sue-me-if-you-can-how-laws-that-prevent-directors-being-sued-make-firms-less-likely-to-recall-potentially-dangerous-products-224360/" aria-label="Read more about Sue me, if you can. How laws that prevent directors being sued make firms less likely to recall potentially dangerous products">Read more</a>
