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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Clark, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington www.shutterstock.com Given all parliamentary parties have said they oppose conversion practices being performed on LGBTQ+ people, you could be forgiven for wondering why the first reading of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation ... <a title="Why New Zealand’s proposed law banning gay conversion practices is so unlikely to criminalise parents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/why-new-zealands-proposed-law-banning-gay-conversion-practices-is-so-unlikely-to-criminalise-parents-165740/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand’s proposed law banning gay conversion practices is so unlikely to criminalise parents">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Writer C.R Read cautioned in 1853 “that Englishmen going to the Australian digging should search their souls and ask themselves ‘if they can stand a little colonial slang’”. This slang – our Australian slang – ... <a title="Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/yeah-nah-aussie-slang-hasnt-carked-it-but-we-do-want-to-know-more-about-it-165746/" aria-label="Read more about Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Shutterstock In the wake of the Tokyo Olympics, another international scorecard has been released, and Australia does well here too. The US-based Commonwealth Fund conducts regular surveys of health care in 11 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New ... <a title="How does Australia’s health system rate internationally? This year it wins bronze" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/how-does-australias-health-system-rate-internationally-this-year-it-wins-bronze-165805/" aria-label="Read more about How does Australia’s health system rate internationally? This year it wins bronze">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Associate professor, Australian National University Shutterstock This week’s landmark report on the state of the climate paints a sobering picture. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that, without deep and immediate cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, the world is very likely headed for ... <a title="Fossil fuel misinformation may sideline one of the most important climate change reports ever released" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/fossil-fuel-misinformation-may-sideline-one-of-the-most-important-climate-change-reports-ever-released-165887/" aria-label="Read more about Fossil fuel misinformation may sideline one of the most important climate change reports ever released">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Bessell, Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University www.shutterstock.com As the pandemic swept the globe in 2020, Australia stood out as a model for how to contain the virus and support its citizens. A year later, Australia is struggling with vaccination ... <a title="Australia was a model for protecting people from COVID-19 — and then we dumped half a million people back into poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/australia-was-a-model-for-protecting-people-from-covid-19-and-then-we-dumped-half-a-million-people-back-into-poverty-165813/" aria-label="Read more about Australia was a model for protecting people from COVID-19 — and then we dumped half a million people back into poverty">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Dernelley, PhD Candidate in History, La Trobe University, La Trobe University S. T. Gill, 34. Iron Bark Eagle Hawk, in Original Sketches, 1844-1866. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. In February 1852, 46-year-old ... <a title="Hidden women of history: how mother of 8, Mary Anne Allen, made do on the goldfields amid gunshots, rain and sly grog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/hidden-women-of-history-how-mother-of-8-mary-anne-allen-made-do-on-the-goldfields-amid-gunshots-rain-and-sly-grog-161354/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: how mother of 8, Mary Anne Allen, made do on the goldfields amid gunshots, rain and sly grog">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
By Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby A five-man Supreme Court bench has quashed by a majority decision National Court temporary orders that have stayed the death sentence of 14 prisoners on death row in Papua New Guinea. The court ruled that the lower court lacked jurisdiction at the time to commence the proceedings on its ... <a title="Court lifts temporary block to PNG executions after 70 years – 14 to die" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/court-lifts-temporary-block-to-png-executions-after-70-years-14-to-die/" aria-label="Read more about Court lifts temporary block to PNG executions after 70 years – 14 to die">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Speaker Job Pomat walked into an empty chamber of Papua New Guinea’s Parliament after the bell was rung about 2pm yesterday, declared a lack of quorum, and left — reportedly disappointed that MPs were late again. It is understood that government MPs were held up in a caucus meeting ... <a title="Parliamentarians ‘no show’ in PNG – session adjourned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/parliamentarians-no-show-in-png-session-adjourned/" aria-label="Read more about Parliamentarians ‘no show’ in PNG – session adjourned">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific Journalist The Pacific’s coral reef systems and coastal fisheries are set for extinction if wealthy nations don’t drastically and immediately cut greenhouse gas emissions. An Intergovernmetal Panel on Climate Change report released on Monday night pegs temperatures hitting as much as 3.9 degrees above industrial times, twice the 1.5 degree ... <a title="There’s no time left for empty climate promises, says Pacific activist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/theres-no-time-left-for-empty-climate-promises-says-pacific-activist/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no time left for empty climate promises, says Pacific activist">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
By David Robie Pacific journalism educators are worried that the global covid pandemic has threatened media development programmes in a vast region of island microstates at a time when expertise in health and climate change reporting has never been greater. The news media industry in some countries has recognised this need and is trying to ... <a title="Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/pacific-voice-of-the-voiceless-media-in-renewed-post-covid-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Murrumbidgee River, near Yass Nick Pitsas, CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The Murray-Darling Basin is Australia’s biggest agricultural region, producing almost 40% of the national food supply during the growing season from April to ... <a title="The Murrumbidgee River’s wet season height has dropped by 30% since the 1990s — and the outlook is bleak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/11/the-murrumbidgee-rivers-wet-season-height-has-dropped-by-30-since-the-1990s-and-the-outlook-is-bleak-165764/" aria-label="Read more about The Murrumbidgee River’s wet season height has dropped by 30% since the 1990s — and the outlook is bleak">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Hronis, Clinical Psychologist, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock For the millions of Australians currently living under lockdowns — many without clarity on when things might return to “normal” — there’s no doubt the restrictions on our day-to-day lives present a variety of challenges and hardships. But ... <a title="If you’re drinking or betting more in lockdown, you’re not alone. But watch for these signs of addiction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/11/if-youre-drinking-or-betting-more-in-lockdown-youre-not-alone-but-watch-for-these-signs-of-addiction-165621/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re drinking or betting more in lockdown, you’re not alone. But watch for these signs of addiction">Read more</a>
