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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonine Jancey, Academic and Director Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University Despite their widespread reputation as a “safer” alternative to cigarettes, e-cigarettes (also known as electronic cigarettes or vapes) are far from harmless, particularly for adolescents, whose developing brains may suffer lifelong ... <a title="Vaping and e-cigarettes are glamourised on social media, putting young people in harm’s way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/vaping-and-e-cigarettes-are-glamourised-on-social-media-putting-young-people-in-harms-way-159436/" aria-label="Read more about Vaping and e-cigarettes are glamourised on social media, putting young people in harm’s way">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health and Director of the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Alarm bells rang internationally last week when Taiwan announced it was moving to its second highest COVID alert level after a recent surge of cases. The country last year recorded zero ... <a title="COVID is surging in unvaccinated Taiwan. Australia should take heed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/covid-is-surging-in-unvaccinated-taiwan-australia-should-take-heed-161341/" aria-label="Read more about COVID is surging in unvaccinated Taiwan. Australia should take heed">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deepika Mathur, Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University Installing solar panels is an easy way to lower your carbon footprint and cut electricity bills. But our recent research found there are many incentives to remove them prematurely, adding to Australia’s massive waste problem. Researchers predict Australia ... <a title="Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/stop-removing-your-solar-panels-early-please-its-creating-a-huge-waste-problem-for-australia-160546/" aria-label="Read more about Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Dennis, Professor of Anthropology and Head of School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that women are underrepresented in leadership roles in many industries. This has led to a proliferation of women-only mentoring programs designed to challenge ... <a title="Why mentoring for women risks propping up patriarchal structures instead of changing them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/why-mentoring-for-women-risks-propping-up-patriarchal-structures-instead-of-changing-them-157965/" aria-label="Read more about Why mentoring for women risks propping up patriarchal structures instead of changing them">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas’s three-pronged strategy to raise an extra A$2.7 billion in property taxes over the next four years is a case of two out of three ain’t bad. Land tax ✅ First, Pallas will raise $1.5 billion ... <a title="The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/the-lesson-for-australia-out-of-victorias-property-tax-hikes-two-out-of-three-aint-bad-161353/" aria-label="Read more about The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. Along a dusty path on the outskirts of the Château de Versailles ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/if-i-could-go-anywhere-marie-antoinettes-private-boudoir-and-mechanical-mirror-room-at-versailles-160599/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
By Sina Retzlaff in Apia Samoa’s Parliament will convene tomorrow as originally planned The Supreme Court has issued orders to uphold the original proclamation, dated 20 May 2021, by the Head of State of Samoa to convene the country’s 17th Parliament following the April 9 general election. The orders of the court were signed and ... <a title="Supreme Court upholds original proclamation in Samoan crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/supreme-court-upholds-original-proclamation-in-samoan-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Supreme Court upholds original proclamation in Samoan crisis">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
RNZ Pacific An urgent legal challenge against a shock proclamation by the Samoan head of state is being heard in the Supreme Court Chambers in Apia. Without explanation, the Head of State Tuimalealiifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi announced he was suspending tomorrow’s sitting of Parliament. The opposition FAST party had been expected to secure a majority of ... <a title="Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/samoa-supreme-court-hears-fast-party-challenge-over-shock-edict/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Activists from the Papua People’s Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia’s policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel’s war on Palestine, likening it to the West Papuan struggle against colonialism. The protest against Special Autonomy (Otsus) was held in front of the Merdeka building in the West Java provincial capital ... <a title="Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/protest-in-bandung-rejects-papuan-otsus-militarism-war-on-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk More than 2000 people took part in Auckland today in a demonstration for justice for Palestine and against “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing”. While speakers welcomed the ceasefire on Thursday night in the Israeli attack on Gaza after 11 days of bombardment, they lamented the lack of progress in addressing the “root ... <a title="Gallery: Free Palestine rally in Auckland rejects Israeli ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/gallery-free-palestine-rally-in-auckland-rejects-israeli-genocide-and-ethnic-cleansing/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Free Palestine rally in Auckland rejects Israeli ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific churches have condemned the media blackout in West Papua, military crackdown in parts of the territory and the silencing of dissenting voices. They have also criticised the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for “allowing Indonesia into their fold”. In a statement, the Suva-based Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) said it had ... <a title="Pacific churches condemn ‘silencing’ of Papuan voices and media blackout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/pacific-churches-condemn-silencing-of-papuan-voices-and-media-blackout/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific churches condemn ‘silencing’ of Papuan voices and media blackout">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Despite overwhelmingly endorsing the general stance of the 2021 budget, only a few of the 56 leading economists surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation are prepared to give it top marks. ... <a title="Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/23/great-approach-weak-execution-economists-decline-to-give-budget-top-marks-161347/" aria-label="Read more about Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marks">Read more</a>
