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September 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Shutterstock Technologies to harness the power of water are touted as crucial for a low-emissions future. But over many decades, the hydropower industry has caused serious damage to the environment and people’s lives. More than ... <a title="The hydropower industry is talking the talk. But fine words won’t save our last wild rivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/28/the-hydropower-industry-is-talking-the-talk-but-fine-words-wont-save-our-last-wild-rivers-168252/" aria-label="Read more about The hydropower industry is talking the talk. But fine words won’t save our last wild rivers">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Zaphir, Researcher for the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland Melbourne has seen days of anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination protests with hundreds of arrests made. Many protesters hold right-wing and extremist views. Police say people have been arrested for breaching the chief health ... <a title="Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here’s how to explain this to kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/28/free-speech-doesnt-mean-you-can-say-whatever-you-want-wherever-heres-how-to-explain-this-to-kids-166334/" aria-label="Read more about Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here’s how to explain this to kids">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Joe Castro/AAP If you’re like most Australians, the single biggest chunk of your energy bill — about 40% — goes to a network services company, which owns and operates the transmission lines or pipes delivering electricity or gas ... <a title="Your household power bills could be 15% cheaper, if Australia’s energy regulator was doing its job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/28/your-household-power-bills-could-be-15-cheaper-if-australias-energy-regulator-was-doing-its-job-168280/" aria-label="Read more about Your household power bills could be 15% cheaper, if Australia’s energy regulator was doing its job">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Taylor, Senior Teaching Fellow, Bond University Madman Entertainment A film about the perpetrator of Australia’s worst mass shooting was always going to be controversial. After 25 years, Tasmania’s Port Arthur massacre — in which 35 people were killed and scores more injured — is still raw ... <a title="Nitram review: new film about Port Arthur perpetrator is uncomfortable viewing, but not for the reasons you might expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/28/nitram-review-new-film-about-port-arthur-perpetrator-is-uncomfortable-viewing-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-might-expect-168188/" aria-label="Read more about Nitram review: new film about Port Arthur perpetrator is uncomfortable viewing, but not for the reasons you might expect">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight. Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions, CBS All Access Our writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID. Ever since The West Wing ... <a title="The Good Fight: exhilarating entertainment and a grim warning of what the US could become" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/the-good-fight-exhilarating-entertainment-and-a-grim-warning-of-what-the-us-could-become-167804/" aria-label="Read more about The Good Fight: exhilarating entertainment and a grim warning of what the US could become">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in International History, Flinders University Martin Meissner/AP/AAP On Sunday, Germans went to the polls to decide who will succeed retiring Angela Merkel as chancellor. Read more: From ‘Mädchen’ to ‘Mutti’: as Angela Merkel departs, she leaves a great legacy of leadership With a very ... <a title="Germans have voted to replace Angela Merkel — here are 7 ways to understand the results so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/germans-have-voted-to-replace-angela-merkel-here-are-7-ways-to-understand-the-results-so-far-168744/" aria-label="Read more about Germans have voted to replace Angela Merkel — here are 7 ways to understand the results so far">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Freeman, Dermatologist, Associate Professor, Bond University Linda Evangelista walks down the catwalk wearing Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2008. Photo by Toni Anne Barson Archive/WireImage At the height of her fame in the 1990s, supermodel Linda Evangelista was often quoted as saying she wouldn’t get out of ... <a title="Linda Evangelista says fat freezing made her a recluse. Cryolipolysis can do the opposite to what’s promised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/linda-evangelista-says-fat-freezing-made-her-a-recluse-cryolipolysis-can-do-the-opposite-to-whats-promised-168657/" aria-label="Read more about Linda Evangelista says fat freezing made her a recluse. Cryolipolysis can do the opposite to what’s promised">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chay Brown, Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University Dylan Gillis/Unsplash In the opening panel of the National Summit on Women’s Safety 2021, Professor Marcia Langton called for a separate national plan to address violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Other panels spoke about the importance of ... <a title="Not all men’s violence prevention programs are effective: why women’s voices need to be included" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/not-all-mens-violence-prevention-programs-are-effective-why-womens-voices-need-to-be-included-167639/" aria-label="Read more about Not all men’s violence prevention programs are effective: why women’s voices need to be included">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University Evan Vucci/AP An accelerating arms race in the Indo-Pacific is all but guaranteed now that China finds itself a target of new security arrangements — AUKUS and the Quad — aimed at containing its power and influence. This has the ... <a title="New drives to counter China come with a major risk: throwing fuel on the Indo-Pacific arms race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/new-drives-to-counter-china-come-with-a-major-risk-throwing-fuel-on-the-indo-pacific-arms-race-168734/" aria-label="Read more about New drives to counter China come with a major risk: throwing fuel on the Indo-Pacific arms race">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A new poll shows nearly two out of three New Zealanders want the border to remain closed until at least 90 percent of the country is vaccinated. The poll, in partnership with the country’s leading daily newspaper The New Zealand Herald, which is also running a 90% Project in support of ... <a title="Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/two-thirds-of-new-zealanders-favour-border-safety-first-says-herald-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald poll">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley Fiji’s Assistant Minister for iTaukei Affairs Selai Adimaitoga said quite a lot on Friday in her end of week statement on the Media Industry Development Act 2010 in Parliament. She blamed reckless reporting by journalists as “one of the causes of violence and economic destruction over the ... <a title="The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power to account" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/the-fiji-times-the-role-of-the-media-holding-power-to-account/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power to account">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman has called for an independent inquiry into the attack on health workers in the Kiwirok district, Star Highlands, Papua, saying there are two versions of how the tragedy happened. A healthcare worker, 22-year-old Gabriella Maelani, was killed during the attack by the West ... <a title="Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/lawyer-koman-calls-for-inquiry-into-tragic-death-of-health-worker-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker in Papua">Read more</a>
