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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Julie Ji, Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia Unsplash/Niklas Hamann, CC BY Reports about the latest COVID variant of concern, Omicron, have exploded all over the news. No sooner had we learned its name, it had arrived in Australia. Waves ... <a title="Not again … how to protect your mental health in the face of uncertainty and another COVID variant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/not-again-how-to-protect-your-mental-health-in-the-face-of-uncertainty-and-another-covid-variant-172847/" aria-label="Read more about Not again … how to protect your mental health in the face of uncertainty and another COVID variant">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock Up to 216 Australian birds are now threatened – compared with 195 a decade ago – and climate change is now the main driver pushing threatened birds closer to extinction, landmark new research has found. ... <a title="More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the biggest danger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/more-than-200-australian-birds-are-now-threatened-with-extinction-and-climate-change-is-the-biggest-danger-172751/" aria-label="Read more about More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the biggest danger">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Della Bosca, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney Julie Favell, Author provided In the rocky upland wilderness of Wiradjuri Country two hours west of Sydney lies a new protected area with a nine-decade-long history of dogged environmental activism: the Gardens ... <a title="Breathtaking wilderness in the heart of coal country: after a 90-year campaign, Gardens of Stone is finally protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/breathtaking-wilderness-in-the-heart-of-coal-country-after-a-90-year-campaign-gardens-of-stone-is-finally-protected-172503/" aria-label="Read more about Breathtaking wilderness in the heart of coal country: after a 90-year campaign, Gardens of Stone is finally protected">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristina Nicholls, Director, Academic Integrity, Torrens University Australia Shutterstock When students use a commercial contract cheating service, getting caught by their lecturers is just one of many serious consequences that could damage them and those who trust them. They also expose themselves to blackmail and extortion. Despite ... <a title="Students who cheat don’t just have to worry about getting caught. They risk blackmail and extortion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/students-who-cheat-dont-just-have-to-worry-about-getting-caught-they-risk-blackmail-and-extortion-172403/" aria-label="Read more about Students who cheat don’t just have to worry about getting caught. They risk blackmail and extortion">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry/Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’ Medici and Luigi de’ Rossi, circa 1518 The Capodimonte Museum/Wikimedia Commons Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici, who died 500 ... <a title="The ostentatious story of the ‘young pope’ Leo X: his pet elephant, the cardinal he killed and his anal fistula" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/the-ostentatious-story-of-the-young-pope-leo-x-his-pet-elephant-the-cardinal-he-killed-and-his-anal-fistula-171499/" aria-label="Read more about The ostentatious story of the ‘young pope’ Leo X: his pet elephant, the cardinal he killed and his anal fistula">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
By David Robie Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to its flawed rule in “the land of Papua”. Critics have intensified their condemnation of the intransigent “no negotiations” stance of authorities as West Papuans mark their national day today on ... <a title="Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/pressure-mounts-on-jakarta-for-dialogue-not-brutal-war-on-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government is setting up a parliamentary inquiry to put big tech companies “under the microscope” over dangers posed to people’s wellbeing by toxic material on their sites. In its latest strike against big tech, Scott Morrison said the ... <a title="Parliamentary inquiry to put behaviour of ‘big tech’ under scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/parliamentary-inquiry-to-put-behaviour-of-big-tech-under-scrutiny-172878/" aria-label="Read more about Parliamentary inquiry to put behaviour of ‘big tech’ under scrutiny">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversation’s politics ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Politicians condemn bad behaviour, and then behave badly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/politics-with-michelle-grattan-politicians-condemn-bad-behaviour-and-then-behave-badly-172876/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Politicians condemn bad behaviour, and then behave badly">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Former business executive Christopher Luxon has been voted the new leader of New Zealand’s opposition National Party after main rival Simon Bridges moved to support him. It followed Judith Collins’ tumultuous exit as leader last week, after she summarily demoted Bridges last week. Shellshocked, MPs went into a hastily called caucus the next morning and ... <a title="Ex-Air NZ chief Christopher Luxon voted new National Party leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/ex-air-nz-chief-christopher-luxon-voted-new-national-party-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Ex-Air NZ chief Christopher Luxon voted new National Party leader">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A contingent of 50 Republic of Fiji Military Forces troops flew to Honiara today to help restore security and stability in the Solomon Islands after three days of rioting last week. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama had pledged Fijian support for his Solomon Islands counterpart Manasseh Sogavare. The request was accepted and ... <a title="50 Fiji troops join Australian, PNG forces boosting Honiara security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/50-fiji-troops-join-australian-png-forces-boosting-honiara-security/" aria-label="Read more about 50 Fiji troops join Australian, PNG forces boosting Honiara security">Read more</a>
