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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krystian Seibert, Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology The final two sitting weeks of parliament this year have provided both good and bad news for Australian charities. Last week provided the good news, with new government regulations that would have curtailed the ability ... <a title="Are charities being silenced? Why a new law is alarming activists and could scuttle their election campaigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/are-charities-being-silenced-why-a-new-law-is-alarming-activists-and-could-scuttle-their-election-campaigns-173056/" aria-label="Read more about Are charities being silenced? Why a new law is alarming activists and could scuttle their election campaigns">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Education minister Alan Tudge has stood aside from his portfolio while a claim by his former staffer Rachelle Miller that he abused her in their relationship, including kicking her out of bed, is investigated. Miller, who revealed her consensual affair ... <a title="Tudge stands aside while claim of kicking former staffer investigated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/tudge-stands-aside-while-claim-of-kicking-former-staffer-investigated-173064/" aria-label="Read more about Tudge stands aside while claim of kicking former staffer investigated">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Taylor, Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University Shutterstock Researchers around the world are trying to work out whether existing COVID vaccines protect us from the latest variant, Omicron. The worst-case scenario is the virus has mutated ... <a title="Omg, Omicron! Why it’s too soon to panic about COVID vaccines and the new variant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/omg-omicron-why-its-too-soon-to-panic-about-covid-vaccines-and-the-new-variant-172949/" aria-label="Read more about Omg, Omicron! Why it’s too soon to panic about COVID vaccines and the new variant">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney “Tik-a-Tok-a-Who?”, was Adele’s response to her management’s suggestion to promote her music to younger audiences on Tiktok, the video-sharing platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance. “If everyone’s making music for the TikTok, who’s making music for ... <a title="Love it or hate it, TikTok is changing the music industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/love-it-or-hate-it-tiktok-is-changing-the-music-industry-171482/" aria-label="Read more about Love it or hate it, TikTok is changing the music industry">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Response, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts As Australia braces for another bushfire season, new research from Edith Cowan University has revealed how our volunteer firefighters are still reeling from the effects of ... <a title="‘I was told if I couldn’t hack it, I should hand in my uniform.’ Volunteers share suicidal thoughts after fighting bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/i-was-told-if-i-couldnt-hack-it-i-should-hand-in-my-uniform-volunteers-share-suicidal-thoughts-after-fighting-bushfires-171486/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I was told if I couldn’t hack it, I should hand in my uniform.’ Volunteers share suicidal thoughts after fighting bushfires">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Beardsmore, Senior Fellow in Crustal Heat Flow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock About 650 metres beneath the Latrobe Valley, the heart of Victoria’s coal country, lies a little-known, naturally hot 65℃ pool of water in an enormous aquifer. This aquifer is a source of geothermal energy ... <a title="There’s an enormous geothermal pool under the Latrobe Valley that can give us cheap, clean energy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/theres-an-enormous-geothermal-pool-under-the-latrobe-valley-that-can-give-us-cheap-clean-energy-166829/" aria-label="Read more about There’s an enormous geothermal pool under the Latrobe Valley that can give us cheap, clean energy">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning consider and analyse the most significant global issues that define 2021. The topics include: - Leadership: Trump, Putin, Xi, Biden; - Pandemic: Impact of Covid-19 & variants on global security; - Security: Afghanistan, AUKUS, Autonomous Weapons, Cyber-Hackers/Attackers.
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Lukas Coch/AAP The final days of parliament for 2021 have been marked by a spate of floor crossings. This includes Tasmanian Liberal Bridget Archer who backed Independent Helen Haines’ integrity commission bill and conservative Coalition MPs ... <a title="A sign of healthy democracy or a ‘rudderless’ nation? How crossing the floor has changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/a-sign-of-healthy-democracy-or-a-rudderless-nation-how-crossing-the-floor-has-changed-172849/" aria-label="Read more about A sign of healthy democracy or a ‘rudderless’ nation? How crossing the floor has changed">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Opposition leader Matthew Wale has rejected the prime minister’s claim that he and other opposition members were behind last week’s rioting in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara. Wale claimed that the false statements were aimed towards diverting the public’s attention from Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s “own failures” in dealing ... <a title="PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/pm-must-take-responsibility-for-honiara-tragedy-says-wale/" aria-label="Read more about PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk From Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa New Zealand to Paris, France, and from Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara to Jayapura and far beyond, thousands of people across the world today raised the Morning Star flag — banned by Indonesian authorities — in simple acts of defiance and solidarity with West Papuans. They honoured ... <a title="Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act of solidarity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/raising-west-papuas-banned-morning-star-flag-a-global-act-of-solidarity/" aria-label="Read more about Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act of solidarity">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific ReportIncoming new vice-chancellor for Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Toelesulusulu Dr Damon Ieremia Salesa is keenly aware that he has broken through another glass ceiling. The son of a factory worker made New Zealand history last week, as the first Pacific person to be ... <a title="AUT’s new academic head seeks to build relationships around Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/auts-new-academic-head-seeks-to-build-relationships-around-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about AUT’s new academic head seeks to build relationships around Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
RNZ Pacific The New Zealand government is deploying dozens of Defence Force and police personnel to Honiara in the coming days “to help restore peace and stability”. Since rioting and looting started in the Solomon Islands last week, Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea have sent troops to help keep the peace there. An initial ... <a title="New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/new-zealand-forces-deployed-to-solomon-islands-in-wake-of-riots/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots">Read more</a>
