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May 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The third Chalmers’ budget will deliver a surplus of $9.3 billion for this financial year – the second successive surplus of the Albanese government. This will be the first time there have been back-to-back surpluses in nearly two decades. But ... <a title="Jim Chalmers’ third budget will have a surplus of $9.3 billion for this financial year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/14/jim-chalmers-third-budget-will-have-a-surplus-of-9-3-billion-for-this-financial-year-229009/" aria-label="Read more about Jim Chalmers’ third budget will have a surplus of $9.3 billion for this financial year">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2024
RNZ News A New Zealand pro-Palestinian protester who climbed onto the roof of the Christchurch City Council building has been handcuffed and taken away in a police car. About 20 protesters gathered near the Christchurch Art Gallery today. Officers were called to the scene near Worcester Boulevard about 11.20am, and police and firefighters worked to ... <a title="NZ pro-Palestine protester climbs onto Christchurch City Council roof" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/14/nz-pro-palestine-protester-climbs-onto-christchurch-city-council-roof/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pro-Palestine protester climbs onto Christchurch City Council roof">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annette Greenhow, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University In recent years, a growing number of professional athletes are medically retiring from sport, particularly in some of Australia’s most popular football codes. In April, Collingwood player Nathan Murphy, 24, medically retired due to advice about his concussion ... <a title="What is the process of an athlete being ‘medically retired’ due to concussion?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/what-is-the-process-of-an-athlete-being-medically-retired-due-to-concussion-229710/" aria-label="Read more about What is the process of an athlete being ‘medically retired’ due to concussion?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Scott, Professor of Health Economics, Monash University David Fuentes Prieto/Shutterstock Deciding whether to wait and see if your health condition improves or go to a GP can be a difficult task. You might be unsure about where to go, whom to see, how much it will ... <a title="It’s so hard to see a doctor right now. What are my options?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/its-so-hard-to-see-a-doctor-right-now-what-are-my-options-229191/" aria-label="Read more about It’s so hard to see a doctor right now. What are my options?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi Gardner, Professor, Law School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Wirestock/Getty Images Last week’s headlines warning of electricity shortfalls brought the issue of access to energy into (increasingly chilly) homes around the country. The threat of power cuts due to an unseasonable cold snap and low ... <a title="NZ’s big chill was an early winter warning: power should be subsidised for struggling households" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/nzs-big-chill-was-an-early-winter-warning-power-should-be-subsidised-for-struggling-households-229795/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s big chill was an early winter warning: power should be subsidised for struggling households">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Carniel, Associate professor in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland Every year claims to be the most controversial year in the Eurovision Song Contest’s history, but it will take a lot to beat the 68th contest. The 2024 Eurovision contest, which took place in Malmö, Sweden, was ... <a title="Boycotts, protests, harassment: Eurovision’s future is on the line after its most controversial year yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/boycotts-protests-harassment-eurovisions-future-is-on-the-line-after-its-most-controversial-year-yet-229369/" aria-label="Read more about Boycotts, protests, harassment: Eurovision’s future is on the line after its most controversial year yet">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Schmidt, Professor of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney Last week, a huge solar flare sent a wave of energetic particles from the Sun surging out through space. Over the weekend, the wave reached Earth, and people around the world enjoyed the sight of unusually vivid aurora in both ... <a title="What causes the different colours of the aurora? An expert explains the electric rainbow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/what-causes-the-different-colours-of-the-aurora-an-expert-explains-the-electric-rainbow-229899/" aria-label="Read more about What causes the different colours of the aurora? An expert explains the electric rainbow">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Ordway, Associate Professor Sport Management and Sport Integrity Lead, University of Canberra Sport has a role to play in creating a culture of respect, yet women in sport are often seen as “less than” on almost every measure: salaries, sponsorship, broadcasting, leadership, access, media, coaching, officiating, ... <a title="A minute’s silence is fine but when it comes to violence against women, being quiet isn’t enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/a-minutes-silence-is-fine-but-when-it-comes-to-violence-against-women-being-quiet-isnt-enough-229718/" aria-label="Read more about A minute’s silence is fine but when it comes to violence against women, being quiet isn’t enough">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Buckley, Lecturer in Molecular Ecology and Environmental Management, Edith Cowan University Greta Valley Landcare Group, CC BY The southern pygmy perch hadn’t been seen in Bendigo Creek since the mid-19th-century goldrush, when a booming town sprang up around the central Victorian waterway. This attractive small fish, ... <a title="How a long-lost fish species was brought back to Bendigo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/how-a-long-lost-fish-species-was-brought-back-to-bendigo-225800/" aria-label="Read more about How a long-lost fish species was brought back to Bendigo">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A National Union of Workers (NUW) official is hopeful Fiji Water employees who have been on strike for almost a week will return to work shortly. Last Tuesday, a group of workers for Fiji Water went on strike over pay disputes at the multi-million dollar US-owned company’s water bottling ... <a title="Fiji Water workers strike almost a week – but union ‘hopeful’ for deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/fiji-water-workers-strike-almost-a-week-but-union-hopeful-for-deal/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Water workers strike almost a week – but union ‘hopeful’ for deal">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Clement, Lecturer in Visual Art and McGlade Gallery Director, Australian Catholic University Tracey Clement, Impossible Numbers. Tracey Clement I slip the needle through a small loop of black thread, pull it tight and snip. Done. I have just tied off the very last stitch on an ... <a title="15,000 squares, 500 hours, 19 months: how I used embroidery to make sense of Australia’s catastrophic fires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/15-000-squares-500-hours-19-months-how-i-used-embroidery-to-make-sense-of-australias-catastrophic-fires-227907/" aria-label="Read more about 15,000 squares, 500 hours, 19 months: how I used embroidery to make sense of Australia’s catastrophic fires">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jochen Kaempf, Associate Professor of Natural Sciences (Oceanography), Flinders University Gonzalo Buzonni/Shutterstock From around 1996 to 2010, Australia was gripped by the millennium drought. As water shortages bit hard, most of Australia’s capital cities built large seawater desalination plants – Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. Remote ... <a title="More desalination is coming to Australia’s driest states – but super-salty outflows could trash ecosystems and fisheries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/more-desalination-is-coming-to-australias-driest-states-but-super-salty-outflows-could-trash-ecosystems-and-fisheries-229629/" aria-label="Read more about More desalination is coming to Australia’s driest states – but super-salty outflows could trash ecosystems and fisheries">Read more</a>
