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  • Jewish Groups Call For Resignation Or Removal Of Stephen Rainbow As Chief Human Rights Commissioner
    “I have written to Paul Goldsmith, the Minister of Justice, asking for an independent investigation into Dr Rainbow’s fitness for the job. This is the first step to remove him from the role,” says Philippa Yasbek. ...
    Scoop politics
    46 minutes ago

  • Just what does drive so much of this global, Right-wing populism we all see at present?
    Movements clustered around the Right, and Far Right as well, are rising globally. Despite the recent defeats we’ve seen in the last day or so with the win of a Democrat-backed challenger, Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, over her Republican counterpart, Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel, in the battle for ...
    exhALANtBy exhalantblog
    1 hour ago

  • Two-part webinar about the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming
    In February 2025, John Cook gave two webinars for republicEN explaining the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change. 20 February 2025: republicEN webinar part 1 - BUST or TRUST? The scientific consensus on climate change In the first webinar, Cook explained the history of the 20-year scientific consensus on climate change. How do ...
    Skeptical Science
    1 hour ago

  • Govt investment sought for Eden Park upgrade plan – CEO
    The chief executive of Eden Park, Nick Sautner, says he has approached the government to try to secure funds for the stadium's upgrade. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    2 hours ago

  • New research lays bare the harsh realities facing artists and arts workers
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace McQuilten, Associate professor, RMIT University Australia’s visual arts and craft workers are facing increasingly deteriorating conditions, according to research published today. Our four-year study reveals workers are abandoning the visual art sector, largely because of unstable employment, below-average salaries and ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    2 hours ago

  • Bookshelf: ‘Vampire state: The rise and fall of the Chinese economy’
    After three decades of record-breaking growth, at about the same time as Xi Jinping rose to power in 2012, China’s economy started the long decline to its current state of stagnation. The Chinese Communist Party ...
    The StrategistBy Robert Wihtol
    3 hours ago

  • Can you tell the difference between real and fake news photos? Take the quiz to find out
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University A (real) photo of a protester dressed as Pikachu in Paris on March 29 2025. Remon Haazen / Getty Images You wouldn’t usually associate Pikachu with protest. But a ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    4 hours ago

  • Too complacent, too greedy
    The Pike River Coal mine was a ticking time bomb.Ventilation systems designed to prevent methane buildup were incomplete or neglected.Gas detectors that might warn of danger were absent or broken.Rock bolting was skipped, old tunnels left unsealed, communication systems failed during emergencies.Employees and engineers kept warning management about the … ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    4 hours ago

  • US Senator Cory Booker just spoke for 25 hours in Congress. What was he trying to achieve?
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney The Democrats have been under intense pressure to find an effective way to challenge US President Donald Trump without control of either chamber of Congress or a de facto opposition ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    4 hours ago

  • One third of New Zealanders waiting more than two weeks to see GP – poll
    More than one in six people wait three or four weeks, or even longer, according to the first RNZ-Reid Research poll. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    4 hours ago

  • It’s time to imagine how China would act as regional hegemon
    Regional hegemons come in different shapes and sizes. Australia needs to think about what kind of hegemon China would be, and become, should it succeed in displacing the United States in Asia. It’s time to ...
    The StrategistBy Andrew Forrest
    4 hours ago

  • Privileges Committee hearing to go ahead without Te Pāti Māori MPs
    Rawiri Waititi, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke say they are being denied natural justice, ...
    Radio NZ – political
    5 hours ago

  • The Medical Research Future Fund has grown far beyond its target. Why is so much of the money unused...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney AshTproductions/Shutterstock Australian researchers are reeling from the international reach of the Trump administration’s ideological war on science and research, which threatens local research projects that receive ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    5 hours ago

  • New NZ TV series Happiness gives us an engaging musical peak behind the amateur theatre curtain
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Camp, Senior Lecturer, School of Music, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Warner Bros Discovery The last few decades have seen many attempts to make musical TV shows. Some of them applied the aesthetics of musicals (where people spontaneously ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    5 hours ago

  • Māoriland: When Ōtaki becomes a destination
    The small town on the Kāpiti Coast shines every March with Māoriland. “We give out gloves with this one,” she said, handing me a pair of blue surgical gloves alongside what I thought would be an ordinary cheeseburger. I shouldn’t have even ordered a cheeseburger given I was standing at ...
    The SpinoffBy Madeleine Chapman
    5 hours ago

  • We don’t need the fast track to kill fossil fuels
    RNZ has a story this morning about the expansion of solar farms in Aotearoa, driven by today's ground-breaking ceremony at the Tauhei solar farm in Te Aroha: From starting out as a tiny player in the electricity system, solar power generated more electricity than coal and gas combined for ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    6 hours ago

  • KiwiRail’s $8m bill for consultants is unacceptable – minister
    KiwiRail did not tell the government it had contracted the firm until two months after engaging them, says Winston Peters. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    6 hours ago

  • Why your next pay could be a little smaller
    It's part of a raft of changes that came in on 1 April. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    6 hours ago

  • Release: Worst February for building consents in over a decade
    The National Government’s choices have contributed to a slow-down in the building sector, as thousands of people have lost their jobs in construction. ...
    Labour Blog
    7 hours ago

  • Government consulting with Māori landowners over changes to governing legislation
    The proposed changes are aimed at boosting Māori economic development. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    7 hours ago

  • Climate change is a real financial risk, Super Fund managers say
    The managers of the New Zealand Super Fund say they apply a climate lens to every activity. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    7 hours ago

  • Cutting emissions not ‘woke’ just sensible say NZ Super Fund investment managers
    "Climate is a real financial risk," they say ...
    Radio NZ – political
    7 hours ago

  • An AI companion chatbot is inciting self-harm, sexual violence and terror attacks
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raffaele F Ciriello, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Kathryn Conrad/Better Images of AI, CC BY In 2023, the World Health Organization declared loneliness and social isolation as a pressing health threat. This crisis is driving millions to ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    7 hours ago

  • A new COVID variant is on the rise. Here’s what to know about LP.8.1
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University NicoElNino/Shutterstock More than five years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we’re still facing the regular emergence of new variants of the virus, SARS-CoV-2. The latest variant on the rise is ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    7 hours ago

  • Living in ‘garbage time’: when 500 million Chinese change their spending habits, the world feels...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Yao, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington B.Zhou/Shutterstock China’s economic rocket ride appears to be ending – or slowing, at least. Growth has declined from 8.4% in 2021 to 4.5% today, youth unemployment ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    7 hours ago

  • Could you watch 8 plays in 12 hours? How The Player Kings creates binge-worthy Shakespeare
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Sport For Jove Some say Shakespeare invented the “history play” – but he had a lot of help. Shakespeare was mainly writing comedies in the early 1590s when he ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    7 hours ago

  • How world order changes
    After the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, and almost a year before the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, US President George H W Bush proclaimed a ‘new world order’. Now, just two months ...
    The StrategistBy Joseph S Nye Jr
    7 hours ago

  • ‘People absolutely hate me’: Rachel Paris on her dream run as a debut novelist
    Claire Mabey talks to Rachel Paris, whose debut novel See How They Fall is a crime story about rot at the core of a dynastically wealthy family in Sydney. Rachel Paris’s debut novel is a sleek, fast-paced, arsenic-infused whodunnit that centres on devastated mum, Skye, and brilliant but flawed detective, Mei. ...
    The SpinoffBy Claire Mabey
    7 hours ago

  • Social Contracts Are Breaking
    Warning: Some images may be distressing. Thank you for those who support my work. It means a lot.A shopfront in Australia shows Liberal leader Peter Dutton and mining magnate Gina Rinehart depicted with Nazi imageryUS Government Seeks Death Penalty for Luigi MangioneMangione was publicly walked in front of media in ...
    Mountain TuiBy Mountain Tūī
    7 hours ago

  • Planned health and safety law changes miss bigger problems – union
    The legislation aims to clarify the responsibilities of the day-to-day management of health and safety risks. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    8 hours ago

  • Wednesday 2 April
    Aged care workers rallying against potential roster changes say Bupa, which runs retirement homes across the country, needs to focus on care instead of money. More than half of New Zealand workers wish they had chosen a different career according to a new survey. Consumers are likely to see a ...
    NZCTUBy Jack McDonald
    8 hours ago

  • The Green’s Identity Bubble Problem.
    The scurrilous attacks on Benjamin Doyle, a list Green MP, over his supposed inappropriate behaviour towards children has dominated headlines and social media this past week, led by frothing Rightwing agitators clutching their pearls and fanning the flames of moral panic over pedophiles and and perverts. Winston Peter decided that ...
    KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
    8 hours ago

  • Fabian Fundraiser – Twilight Time
    Twilight Time Lighthouse Cuba, Wigan Street, Wellington, Sunday 6 April, 5:30pm for 6pm start. Twilight Time looks at the life and work of Desmond Ball, (1947-2016), a barefooted academic from ‘down under’ who was hailed by Jimmy Carter as “the man who saved the world”, as he proved the fallacy ...
    Fabians
    9 hours ago

  • Echo Chamber: Winston Peters, whale rider
    Call him Winnie, call him Ishmael, but never call Winston Peters a man who’s lacking in one-liners. Echo Chamber is The Spinoff’s dispatch from the press gallery, recapping sessions in the House. Columns are written by politics reporter Lyric Waiwiri-Smith and Wellington editor Joel MacManus. The centre of absurdity in ...
    The SpinoffBy Lyric Waiwiri-Smith
    9 hours ago

  • RNZRSA Supports Willie Apiata VC’s Stand To Drive Change To Veterans’ Support Act
    The RSA has long advocated for changes to the Veteran Support Act. In its current form the Act is discriminatory and leaves many of our service personnel who have been affected by their service unable to access the support they need. ...
    Scoop politics
    9 hours ago

  • That’s Democracy?
    The landedAnd the wealthyAnd the piousAnd the healthyAnd the straight onesAnd the pale onesAnd we only mean the male ones!If you're all of the above, then you're ok!As we build a new tomorrow here today!Lyrics Glenn Slater and Allan Menken.Ah, Democracy - can you smell it?It's presently a sulphurous odour, ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    9 hours ago

  • Think laterally: government air and shipping services can boost Australian defence
    US President Donald Trump’s unconventional methods of conducting international relations will compel the next federal government to reassess whether the United States’ presence in the region and its security assurances provide a reliable basis for ...
    The StrategistBy Michael Webster
    9 hours ago

  • Te Pāti Māori MPs’ absence from Privileges Committee won’t stop hearing – law ex...
    Professor Andrew Geddis says the refusal shows the 'stand-off' between the tikanga of Parliament and tikanga Māori. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    10 hours ago

  • Te Pāti Māori MPs’ absence from Privileges Committee won’t stop hearing – law ex...
    Professor Andrew Geddis says the refusal shows the 'stand-off' between the tikanga of Parliament and tikanga Māori. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    10 hours ago

  • Reserve Bank, bank capital etc
    Things seem to be at a pretty low ebb in and around the Reserve Bank. There was, in particular, the mysterious, sudden, and as-yet unexplained resignation of the Governor (we’ve had four Governors since the Bank was given its operational autonomy 35 years ago, and only two have completed their ...
    Croaking CassandraBy Michael Reddell
    10 hours ago

  • The case for being a night owl
    On all the joy that can be had – and admin that can be done – when you stay up late.  In primary school, I loved diorama assignments. A Jurassic scene complete with a volcano, a historic building made of cake – these were my Super Bowl. I could’ve worked ...
    The SpinoffBy Liv Sisson
    10 hours ago

  • The case for being a night owl
    On all the joy that can be had – and admin that can be done – when you stay up late.  In primary school, I loved diorama assignments. A Jurassic scene complete with a volcano, a historic building made of cake – these were my Super Bowl. I could’ve worked ...
    The SpinoffBy Liv Sisson
    10 hours ago

  • Should Shakespeare be compulsory? A student’s perspective
    A secondary school student debates the proposal that Shakespeare become compulsory for year 12 and 13 students. The new draft for the New Zealand English curriculum has proposed compulsory Shakespeare for all year 12 and 13 students. It also has suggested texts including World War I poets, Winston Churchill’s World ...
    The SpinoffBy JJ Mathias
    10 hours ago

  • Should Shakespeare be compulsory? A student’s perspective
    A secondary school student debates the proposal that Shakespeare become compulsory for year 12 and 13 students. The new draft for the New Zealand English curriculum has proposed compulsory Shakespeare for all year 12 and 13 students. It also has suggested texts including World War I poets, Winston Churchill’s World ...
    The SpinoffBy JJ Mathias
    10 hours ago

  • Chief human rights commissioner accused of Islamophobia by Jewish groups
    The alleged comments were made in a meeting with a Jewish community leader. Three New Zealand community groups, two representing Jewish voices, are calling for Stephen Rainbow to resign from his role as chief human rights commissioner after what they believe were Islamophobic comments made during an official meeting with ...
    The SpinoffBy Madeleine Chapman
    10 hours ago

  • Chief human rights commissioner accused of Islamophobia by Jewish groups
    The alleged comments were made in a meeting with a Jewish community leader. Three New Zealand community groups, two representing Jewish voices, are calling for Stephen Rainbow to resign from his role as chief human rights commissioner after what they believe were Islamophobic comments made during an official meeting with ...
    The SpinoffBy Madeleine Chapman
    10 hours ago

  • Ukraine a case study in how NZ needs to change defence spending – Hipkins
    The Labour leader says an increase in defence spending is justified regardless of whether New Zealanders support it or not. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    11 hours ago

  • Ukraine a case study in how NZ needs to change defence spending – Hipkins
    The Labour leader says an increase in defence spending is justified regardless of whether New Zealanders support it or not. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    11 hours ago

  • Health NZ reveals scrapped digital projects, says they’re unrelated to staff data breach
    The agency has stopped or delayed 136 initiatives, including a much-lauded patient information system. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    11 hours ago

  • Health NZ reveals scrapped digital projects, says they’re unrelated to staff data breach
    The agency has stopped or delayed 136 initiatives, including a much-lauded patient information system. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    11 hours ago

  • Winston Peters Rails Against “Marxists” And Declares “War On Woke”
    Peters promised to carry out a “war on woke", a term which the far-right uses to refer to everything from identity politics & affirmative action programs, to education about the brutal history of colonisation, protections against discrimination, environmental ...
    Scoop politics
    11 hours ago

  • Rainbow Wellington Condemns Threats Against Rainbow MP
    People are entitled to their opinions on what language is acceptable for MPs to use in social media. However, to imply that a rainbow parent is unsafe to their child without any evidence is completely unacceptable. ...
    Scoop politics
    11 hours ago

  • Release: Labour supports Willie Apiata’s selfless act
    Willie Apiata’s decision to hand over his Victoria Cross to the Minister for Veterans is a powerful and selfless act, made on behalf of all those who have served our country. ...
    Labour Blog
    11 hours ago

  • CubaDupa captured a sense of defiant joy
    Wellingtonians are so used to negative media narratives that celebrating their city feels like a radical act. In that context, CubaDupa’s ‘communal joy’ theme made perfect sense, write Joel MacManus and Lyric Waiwiri-Smith. The theme of this year’s CubaDupa was “communal joy”. At first glance, it’s an eye-roller; less of ...
    The SpinoffBy Joel MacManus
    11 hours ago

  • CubaDupa captured a sense of defiant joy
    Wellingtonians are so used to negative media narratives that celebrating their city feels like a radical act. In that context, CubaDupa’s ‘communal joy’ theme made perfect sense, write Joel MacManus and Lyric Waiwiri-Smith. The theme of this year’s CubaDupa was “communal joy”. At first glance, it’s an eye-roller; less of ...
    The SpinoffBy Joel MacManus
    11 hours ago

  • You don’t have to be called Steve to be a stevedore
    As the Govt changes the law to prioritise ‘merit-based appointments’, the Port of Auckland’s boss explains why diversity and inclusion is good business The post You don’t have to be called Steve to be a stevedore appeared first on Newsroom. ...
    NewsroomBy Jonathan Milne
    11 hours ago

  • You don’t have to be called Steve to be a stevedore
    As the Govt changes the law to prioritise ‘merit-based appointments’, the Port of Auckland’s boss explains why diversity and inclusion is good business The post You don’t have to be called Steve to be a stevedore appeared first on Newsroom. ...
    NewsroomBy Jonathan Milne
    11 hours ago

  • Luxon’s ‘going for growth’ actually means ‘going for debt reduction’
    Long story short: PM Christopher Luxon said in January his Government was ‘going for growth’ and he wanted New Zealanders to develop a ‘culture of yes.’ Yet his own Government is constantly saying no, or not yet, to anchor investments that would unleash real private business investment and GDP growth. ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    12 hours ago

  • Luxon’s ‘going for growth’ actually means ‘going for debt reduction’
    Long story short: PM Christopher Luxon said in January his Government was ‘going for growth’ and he wanted New Zealanders to develop a ‘culture of yes.’ Yet his own Government is constantly saying no, or not yet, to anchor investments that would unleash real private business investment and GDP growth. ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    12 hours ago

  • Dogs see their world through smell – and scientists are starting to translate it like never before
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University Lorenzooooo/Shutterstock Scent is how dogs largely experience the world, a lot like the way we humans rely on sight. We know little about how dogs interpret scent, but thanks to a ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Dogs see their world through smell – and scientists are starting to translate it like never before
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University Lorenzooooo/Shutterstock Scent is how dogs largely experience the world, a lot like the way we humans rely on sight. We know little about how dogs interpret scent, but thanks to a ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • William Wordsworth’s last home is up for sale – returning it to a private residence would be a l...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Wilcockson, Research assistant, University of Glasgow Until recently, fans of William Wordsworth could visit his final home, Rydal Mount and Gardens, nestled in the heart of England’s green and beautiful Lake District. Renowned as one of the most prominent British poets, ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • William Wordsworth’s last home is up for sale – returning it to a private residence would be a l...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Wilcockson, Research assistant, University of Glasgow Until recently, fans of William Wordsworth could visit his final home, Rydal Mount and Gardens, nestled in the heart of England’s green and beautiful Lake District. Renowned as one of the most prominent British poets, ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • ‘Putin’s brain’: Aleksandr Dugin, the Russian ultra-nationalist who has endorsed Donald Trump
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Riehle, Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University of London Aleksandr Dugin, sometimes referred to as “Putin’s brain” because of his ideological influence on Russian politics, endorsed the policies of Donald Trump in a CNN interview aired on March 30. ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • ‘Putin’s brain’: Aleksandr Dugin, the Russian ultra-nationalist who has endorsed Donald Trump
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Riehle, Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University of London Aleksandr Dugin, sometimes referred to as “Putin’s brain” because of his ideological influence on Russian politics, endorsed the policies of Donald Trump in a CNN interview aired on March 30. ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Canada a 51st state? Here’s how American annexation could actually favour Canada
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felix Arndt, Professor and John F. Wood Chair in Entrepreneurship, University of Guelph When United States President Donald Trump first floated the idea of annexing Canada, many observers rolled their eyes. The common assumption was that this proposal, like much of Trump’s ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Canada a 51st state? Here’s how American annexation could actually favour Canada
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felix Arndt, Professor and John F. Wood Chair in Entrepreneurship, University of Guelph When United States President Donald Trump first floated the idea of annexing Canada, many observers rolled their eyes. The common assumption was that this proposal, like much of Trump’s ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • ‘Sorry mate, I didn’t see you’: when drivers look but don’t see cyclists on the road
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giulio Ponte, Research Engineer at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide Serhii Milekhin/Shutterstock When a vehicle and a cyclist collide, the cyclist almost always emerges worse off. Globally, more than 40,000 cyclists are killed and millions more seriously ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • ‘Sorry mate, I didn’t see you’: when drivers look but don’t see cyclists on the road
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giulio Ponte, Research Engineer at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide Serhii Milekhin/Shutterstock When a vehicle and a cyclist collide, the cyclist almost always emerges worse off. Globally, more than 40,000 cyclists are killed and millions more seriously ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Defence is shaping up to be a key election issue, whether politicians like it or not
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter J. Dean, Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney International and domestic policy have collided in Australia in recent weeks with a force not seen in decades. Foreign policy concerns have dominated media headlines, from ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Defence is shaping up to be a key election issue, whether politicians like it or not
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter J. Dean, Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney International and domestic policy have collided in Australia in recent weeks with a force not seen in decades. Foreign policy concerns have dominated media headlines, from ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • New RNZ-Reid Research poll: Half of Kiwis want defence spending to increase
    It comes on the back of increases announced by Australia, the UK, and other European nations. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    12 hours ago

  • New RNZ-Reid Research poll: Half of Kiwis want defence spending to increase
    It comes on the back of increases announced by Australia, the UK, and other European nations. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    12 hours ago

  • Cancer patients from migrant backgrounds have a 1 in 3 chance of something going wrong in their care
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashfaq Chauhan, Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University SeventyFour/Shutterstock More than 7 million people in Australia were born overseas. Some 5.8 million people report speaking a language other than English at home. But how well are we ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Cancer patients from migrant backgrounds have a 1 in 3 chance of something going wrong in their care
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashfaq Chauhan, Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University SeventyFour/Shutterstock More than 7 million people in Australia were born overseas. Some 5.8 million people report speaking a language other than English at home. But how well are we ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Australians want nature protected. These 3 environmental problems should be top of the next governme...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Christina Zdenek Australia is a place of great natural beauty, home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. But it’s also particularly vulnerable to ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Australians want nature protected. These 3 environmental problems should be top of the next governme...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Christina Zdenek Australia is a place of great natural beauty, home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. But it’s also particularly vulnerable to ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Giving up a daily coffee or weekly parma? How the cost-of-living crisis is reshaping our spending ha...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Behavioural Business Lab Member, RMIT University Bangkok Click Studio/Shutterstock Remember when grabbing a coffee was just… grabbing a coffee? When a parma at the local was a budget meal? When ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Giving up a daily coffee or weekly parma? How the cost-of-living crisis is reshaping our spending ha...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Behavioural Business Lab Member, RMIT University Bangkok Click Studio/Shutterstock Remember when grabbing a coffee was just… grabbing a coffee? When a parma at the local was a budget meal? When ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • A ban on price gouging and new powers to break up supermarkets are on the table this election. Would...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbora Jedlickova, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, The University of Queensland wisely/Shutterstock With the federal election campaign now underway, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised that if re-elected, Labor would seek to make price gouging illegal in the supermarket sector. A ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • A ban on price gouging and new powers to break up supermarkets are on the table this election. Would...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbora Jedlickova, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, The University of Queensland wisely/Shutterstock With the federal election campaign now underway, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised that if re-elected, Labor would seek to make price gouging illegal in the supermarket sector. A ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Adolescence has sparked fears over teen slang – but emoji don’t cause radicalisation
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kruk, Lecturer in Indonesian Studies and Linguistics, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham’s crime drama Adolescence has earned widespread praise for its portrayal of incel culture and male violence. But the show’s portrayal of ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Adolescence has sparked fears over teen slang – but emoji don’t cause radicalisation
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kruk, Lecturer in Indonesian Studies and Linguistics, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham’s crime drama Adolescence has earned widespread praise for its portrayal of incel culture and male violence. But the show’s portrayal of ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • New Zealand’s concerns over Cook Islands’ ‘shadow fleet’ revealed
    Cook Islands-registered ship, Eagle S, was seized on Christmas day, 2024, in the Baltic Sea. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    12 hours ago

  • Life after D-notices: Australia can learn from Britain’s updated system
    For decades, Britain and Australia had much the same process for regulating media handling of defence secrets. It was the D-notice system, under which media would be asked not to publish. The two countries diverged ...
    The StrategistBy Rebecca Ananian-Welsh
    12 hours ago

  • Life after D-notices: Australia can learn from Britain’s updated system
    For decades, Britain and Australia had much the same process for regulating media handling of defence secrets. It was the D-notice system, under which media would be asked not to publish. The two countries diverged ...
    The StrategistBy Rebecca Ananian-Welsh
    12 hours ago

  • Should Auckland demolish Spaghetti Junction?
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    The SpinoffBy Henry Cooke
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  • Reserve Bank holds rates steady, cautious about the economic outlook
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