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May 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s election-winning FAST party leader Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has been named the country’s first woman Prime Minister, in a swearing-in ceremony her rival called “treason”. She named her cabinet this afternoon in the ceremony in a large marque tent erected on the Fale Fono (Parliament) grounds. Whether this ad-hoc ceremony will be recognised ... <a title="Samoa’s caretaker leader rejects swearing in of first woman PM as ‘treason’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/samoas-caretaker-leader-rejects-swearing-in-of-first-woman-pm-as-treason/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s caretaker leader rejects swearing in of first woman PM as ‘treason’">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia will shut its residential embassy in Afghanistan before its troops leave the country, amid concerns of an expected worsening security situation. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a Tuesday statement the embassy building in ... <a title="Australian embassy in Afghanistan to close its doors as security situation worsens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/australian-embassy-in-afghanistan-to-close-its-doors-as-security-situation-worsens-161499/" aria-label="Read more about Australian embassy in Afghanistan to close its doors as security situation worsens">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia A. O’Brien, Visiting Fellow, School of History, Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University New battlelines in Samoa’s ongoing political crisis were drawn this week. After an evening swearing-in ceremony on the lawn of parliament house, Samoa now has two governments claiming ... <a title="Samoan democracy hangs in the balance as a constitutional arm wrestle plays out — with the world watching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/samoan-democracy-hangs-in-the-balance-as-a-constitutional-arm-wrestle-plays-out-with-the-world-watching-161490/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan democracy hangs in the balance as a constitutional arm wrestle plays out — with the world watching">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Associate professor, Australian National University The International Energy Agency confirmed last week what many already knew: the world is undergoing a huge transformation in global energy markets. Fossil fuels are dying and renewables are on the rise. Much of the focus has been on what ... <a title="We could be a superpower: 3 ways Australia can take advantage of the changing geopolitics of energy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/we-could-be-a-superpower-3-ways-australia-can-take-advantage-of-the-changing-geopolitics-of-energy-161343/" aria-label="Read more about We could be a superpower: 3 ways Australia can take advantage of the changing geopolitics of energy">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Scott, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Astronomy, University of Sydney It’s no surprise the Milky Way is the most-studied galaxy in the universe, given it’s where we live. But studying just one galaxy can only tell us so much about the complex processes by which galaxies form ... <a title="Stellar secrets of a distant galaxy suggest our Milky Way isn’t so special after all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/stellar-secrets-of-a-distant-galaxy-suggest-our-milky-way-isnt-so-special-after-all-161419/" aria-label="Read more about Stellar secrets of a distant galaxy suggest our Milky Way isn’t so special after all">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Lewis, Research Associate at the Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology As the Israel-Palestine ceasefire agreement holds, social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram (which is owned by Facebook), continue to come under fire over the censorship of pro-Palestinian content. In times of conflict, ... <a title="Social media platforms are complicit in censoring Palestinian voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/social-media-platforms-are-complicit-in-censoring-palestinian-voices-161094/" aria-label="Read more about Social media platforms are complicit in censoring Palestinian voices">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University History shows that Labor took too much heart when Labor leader Kim Beazley unexpectedly pushed John Howard to the edge of extinction in 1998. Howard, a first-term prime minister, suffered a 4.6% swing, surrendering the popular vote but ... <a title="Upper Hunter byelection reveals the dangers that lurk for Albanese and federal Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/upper-hunter-byelection-reveals-the-dangers-that-lurk-for-albanese-and-federal-labor-161424/" aria-label="Read more about Upper Hunter byelection reveals the dangers that lurk for Albanese and federal Labor">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Last week’s ceasefire in Gaza is holding, but if history is any guide this will not be the last time the Israel-Palestine conflict flares up. In the past 12 years, Israel and Hamas have clashed seriously four times. May’s ... <a title="3 practical ways New Zealand could help with the Israel-Palestine conflict from afar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/3-practical-ways-new-zealand-could-help-with-the-israel-palestine-conflict-from-afar-161408/" aria-label="Read more about 3 practical ways New Zealand could help with the Israel-Palestine conflict from afar">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hetrick, Associate Professor of Youth Mental Health, University of Auckland Even before COVID-19 lockdowns, school closures and strict social distancing, depression was on the rise in children and teenagers around the globe. By the age of 19, around 25% of adolescents are estimated to have experienced ... <a title="Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren’t very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/best-evidence-suggests-antidepressants-arent-very-effective-in-kids-and-teens-what-can-be-done-instead-160758/" aria-label="Read more about Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren’t very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead?">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda van Heerwaarden, Future Fellow, The University of Melbourne Evidence of declining fertility in humans and wildlife is growing. While chemicals in our environment have been identified as a major cause, our new research shows there’s another looming threat to animal fertility: climate change. We know animals ... <a title="Fly infertility shows we’re underestimating how badly climate change harms animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/fly-infertility-shows-were-underestimating-how-badly-climate-change-harms-animals-161410/" aria-label="Read more about Fly infertility shows we’re underestimating how badly climate change harms animals">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Thomson, Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research Almost one in four (23%) Australian year 8 students were being taught maths in 2018 by teachers whose major qualification was in a field other than maths, new analysis reveals. Internationally, on average, just one in ten ... <a title="1 in 4 Australian year 8s have teachers unqualified in maths — this hits disadvantaged schools even harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/1-in-4-australian-year-8s-have-teachers-unqualified-in-maths-this-hits-disadvantaged-schools-even-harder-161100/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 4 Australian year 8s have teachers unqualified in maths — this hits disadvantaged schools even harder">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Moerman, Professor, University of Wollongong Funeral schemes come in various forms but work on the same basic idea. They promise a guaranteed payout upon death to cover funeral expenses. The idea of a scheme to provide for a funeral is not new. In 18th century Britain ... <a title="From body snatchers to dodgy marketers: the dirty history of funeral schemes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/from-body-snatchers-to-dodgy-marketers-the-dirty-history-of-funeral-schemes-160699/" aria-label="Read more about From body snatchers to dodgy marketers: the dirty history of funeral schemes">Read more</a>
