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May 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mairin Hennebry-Leung, Lecturer in Languages and TESOL, University of Tasmania People learn a second language for many reasons, including work, to better understand the world, an interest in the culture of the language itself, and love. Learning a language has many benefits. For children, it can improve ... <a title="Is your kid studying a second language at school? How much they learn will depend on where you live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/06/is-your-kid-studying-a-second-language-at-school-how-much-they-learn-will-depend-on-where-you-live-155219/" aria-label="Read more about Is your kid studying a second language at school? How much they learn will depend on where you live">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Imogen Wegman, Lecturer in Humanities, University of Tasmania This week, a farmer in the Belgian town of Erquelinnes caused an international ruckus when he moved a stone standing in his tractor’s path. This stone marked the boundary between Belgium and France. By moving it 2.29 metres, he ... <a title="A Belgian farmer moved a rock and accidentally annexed France: the weird and wonderful history of man-made borders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/06/a-belgian-farmer-moved-a-rock-and-accidentally-annexed-france-the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-man-made-borders-160342/" aria-label="Read more about A Belgian farmer moved a rock and accidentally annexed France: the weird and wonderful history of man-made borders">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra More than $500 million of a $1.2 billion digital economy strategy in Tuesday’s budget will be spent on overhauling the federal government’s myGov and My Health Record sites. The initiatives, to be announced by Scott Morrison on Thursday, include $200.1 ... <a title="Upgrades for myGov and My Health Record sites in budget’s $1.2 billion digital strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/06/upgrades-for-mygov-and-my-health-record-sites-in-budgets-1-2-billion-digital-strategy-160387/" aria-label="Read more about Upgrades for myGov and My Health Record sites in budget’s $1.2 billion digital strategy">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia is unleashing a massive military crackdown in West Papua with the use of “demon troops” and spurning human rights, warns a Papuan leader. Benny Wenda, interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP), said in a statement today that cutting off the internet was a repeat of ... <a title="Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/wenda-warns-over-massive-demon-troops-military-crackdown-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
RNZ Pacific The decision by Samoa’s head of state to call a second election will be challenged in the courts, as the country’s month-long political stalemate descends into legal quagmire. Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II on Tuesday announced he would revoke the results of the general election held on April 9, and Samoans would return to ... <a title="More twists in Samoa election saga, with more court action likely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/more-twists-in-samoa-election-saga-with-more-court-action-likely/" aria-label="Read more about More twists in Samoa election saga, with more court action likely">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva Information as a public good is a powerful theme for this year’s World Press Freedom Day and serves as a reminder to Pacific Island governments that the public have a right to information that affects their lives, says a Fiji-based media educator. Associate Professor Shailendra Singh, coordinator of the regional ... <a title="Pacific journos call on governments to uphold public right to information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/pacific-journos-call-on-governments-to-uphold-public-right-to-information/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journos call on governments to uphold public right to information">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra What do business and union leaders believe should be in a budget that is designed in part to pitch to women? Jennifer Westacott, CEO of the Business Council of Australia, says as well as spending on childcare – which we ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: what should the budget do for women? Jennifer Westacott (BCA) and Michele O’Neil (ACTU)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-what-should-the-budget-do-for-women-jennifer-westacott-bca-and-michele-oneil-actu-160368/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: what should the budget do for women? Jennifer Westacott (BCA) and Michele O’Neil (ACTU)">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shreya Mcleod, PhD candidate in sport-related concussion, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle News emerged last week that AFLW player Jacinda Barclay, who died last year at age 29 following a short period of mental illness, had abnormalities in her brain tissue. Barclay was ... <a title="Sports concussions affect men and women differently. Female athletes need more attention in brain research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/sports-concussions-affect-men-and-women-differently-female-athletes-need-more-attention-in-brain-research-160097/" aria-label="Read more about Sports concussions affect men and women differently. Female athletes need more attention in brain research">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shreya Mcleod, PhD candidate in sport-related concussion, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle News emerged last week that AFLW player Jacinda Barclay, who died last year at age 29 following a short period of mental illness, had abnormalities in her brain tissue. Barclay was ... <a title="Sport concussion in women: are they increasing, and are there long-term cumulative effects?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/sport-concussion-in-women-are-they-increasing-and-are-there-long-term-cumulative-effects-160097/" aria-label="Read more about Sport concussion in women: are they increasing, and are there long-term cumulative effects?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Karg, Associate Professor, Business School, Swinburne University of Technology Some buy sporting memorabilia for love. Others for money. The world record for most money paid for a sports-related item goes to the original Olympic manifesto written in 1892 by International Olympic Committee founder Pierre de Coubertin. ... <a title="NFTs hit the big league, but not everyone will win from this new sports craze" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/nfts-hit-the-big-league-but-not-everyone-will-win-from-this-new-sports-craze-158762/" aria-label="Read more about NFTs hit the big league, but not everyone will win from this new sports craze">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Moore, Professor of English, UNSW Any social movement needs inspiration. It needs people who can imagine a different future and, more than that, make that future graspable. Kate Jennings did that for the Australian women’s movement — with her incandescent anger, her sharp tongue and her ... <a title="‘Famously fed up’. How the work of feminist writer Kate Jennings changed Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/famously-fed-up-how-the-work-of-feminist-writer-kate-jennings-changed-australia-160267/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Famously fed up’. How the work of feminist writer Kate Jennings changed Australia">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Glitsos, Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University New South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro is reportedly threatening legal action against YouTuber and political satirist Jordan Shanks, better known as friendlyjordies, over allegedly defamatory and “racist” comments. Shanks’s parodying of Barilaro has included imitating him ... <a title="NSW deputy premier threatens to sue FriendlyJordies, reminding us that parody hits in a way traditional media can’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/nsw-deputy-premier-threatens-to-sue-friendlyjordies-reminding-us-that-parody-hits-in-a-way-traditional-media-cant-159345/" aria-label="Read more about NSW deputy premier threatens to sue FriendlyJordies, reminding us that parody hits in a way traditional media can’t">Read more</a>
