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Year: 2021

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Indigenous recognition is more than a Voice to Government – it’s a matter of political equality

February 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University The government earlier this year released a discussion paper exploring how an Indigenous Voice to government might work. The Voice to government is not the ... <a title="Indigenous recognition is more than a Voice to Government – it’s a matter of political equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/indigenous-recognition-is-more-than-a-voice-to-government-its-a-matter-of-political-equality-154057/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous recognition is more than a Voice to Government – it’s a matter of political equality">Read more</a>

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How to encourage cyber-safe behaviour at work without becoming the office grouch

February 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathalie Collins, Academic Director (National Programs), Edith Cowan University Business etiquette has one golden rule: treat others with respect and care. The same is true for encouraging cyber safety at work, on everything from password security to keeping valuable information like tax file numbers safe. But how ... <a title="How to encourage cyber-safe behaviour at work without becoming the office grouch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/how-to-encourage-cyber-safe-behaviour-at-work-without-becoming-the-office-grouch-152319/" aria-label="Read more about How to encourage cyber-safe behaviour at work without becoming the office grouch">Read more</a>

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COVID’s mental health fallout will last a long time. Here’s how we’re targeting pandemic depression and anxiety

February 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Bryant, Professor & Director of Traumatic Stress Clinic, UNSW Although Australia is now largely COVID-free, the repercussions of the pandemic are ongoing. As the pandemic enters its second year, many people will be continuing to suffer with poor mental health, or facing new mental health challenges. ... <a title="COVID’s mental health fallout will last a long time. Here’s how we’re targeting pandemic depression and anxiety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/covids-mental-health-fallout-will-last-a-long-time-heres-how-were-targeting-pandemic-depression-and-anxiety-155734/" aria-label="Read more about COVID’s mental health fallout will last a long time. Here’s how we’re targeting pandemic depression and anxiety">Read more</a>

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‘Existential threat to our survival’ – see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing

February 26, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Dana M Bergstrom, University of Wollongong; Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University, and Michael Depledge, University of Exeter In 1992, 1700 scientists warned that human beings and the natural world were “on a collision course”. Seventeen years later, scientists described planetary boundaries within which humans and other life could have a ... <a title="‘Existential threat to our survival’ – see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/existential-threat-to-our-survival-see-the-19-australian-ecosystems-already-collapsing/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Existential threat to our survival’ – see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing">Read more</a>

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Papua New Guinea in grief after Grand Chief Somare, 84, passes on

February 26, 2021

Asia Pacific Report Papua New Guineans awoke this morning to great sadness, reports the PNG Post-Courier. As the bells tolled with the sad news of the passing of the much beloved statesman and the founding father of the nation, newsfeeds and social media were abuzz with shock, grief, sadness and tributes to the great man ... <a title="Papua New Guinea in grief after Grand Chief Somare, 84, passes on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/papua-new-guinea-in-grief-after-grand-chief-somare-84-passes-on/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea in grief after Grand Chief Somare, 84, passes on">Read more</a>

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Papuan protesters claim police using covid rapid tests to curb free speech

February 26, 2021

Asia Pacific Report Indonesian police have asked participants at a protest action against Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua to take covid-19 rapid tests at the site of the demonstration in front of the Home Affairs Ministry office in Jakarta this week, reports CNN Indonesia. The protesters refused, saying it was an attempt to silence them. ... <a title="Papuan protesters claim police using covid rapid tests to curb free speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/papuan-protesters-claim-police-using-covid-rapid-tests-to-curb-free-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan protesters claim police using covid rapid tests to curb free speech">Read more</a>

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Fake news was a thing long before Donald Trump — just ask the ancient Greeks

February 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter S. Field, Head of Humanities and Creative Arts and Associate Professor of American History, University of Canterbury The idea of “news” is a pretty new thing. So is the concept of “fake news”, as in false or misleading information presented as news. Accordingly, we don’t expect ... <a title="Fake news was a thing long before Donald Trump — just ask the ancient Greeks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/fake-news-was-a-thing-long-before-donald-trump-just-ask-the-ancient-greeks-155867/" aria-label="Read more about Fake news was a thing long before Donald Trump — just ask the ancient Greeks">Read more</a>

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Obituary: Sir Michael Somare, ‘father’ of PNG and colossus of Pacific politics

February 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Ritchie, Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, former prime minister of Papua New Guinea and a giant of Pacific politics, has died from pancreatic cancer. He was 84. Known as “Mike” to some and “the chief” to others, Somare in more ... <a title="Obituary: Sir Michael Somare, ‘father’ of PNG and colossus of Pacific politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/obituary-sir-michael-somare-father-of-png-and-colossus-of-pacific-politics-155757/" aria-label="Read more about Obituary: Sir Michael Somare, ‘father’ of PNG and colossus of Pacific politics">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 26 2021

February 26, 2021

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Housing Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government’s slow crawl on housing continues Jason Walls (Herald): ‘Kiwis can’t outbid Kāinga Ora:’ Government grilled over $750 million house-buying bill Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): Auditor-General investigates MSD scheme which paid landlords $3k per week for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 26 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-26-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 26 2021">Read more</a>

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Phantom of the forest: how I rediscovered the rare cloaked bee in Australia, hidden for a century

February 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James B. Dorey, PhD Candidate, Flinders University It’s not often you get to cast your eyes on a creature feared to be long-gone. Perhaps that’s why my recent rediscovery of the native bee species Pharohylaeus lactiferus is so exciting — especially after it spent a century eluding ... <a title="Phantom of the forest: how I rediscovered the rare cloaked bee in Australia, hidden for a century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/phantom-of-the-forest-how-i-rediscovered-the-rare-cloaked-bee-in-australia-hidden-for-a-century-156026/" aria-label="Read more about Phantom of the forest: how I rediscovered the rare cloaked bee in Australia, hidden for a century">Read more</a>

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Sexual assault: what can you do if you don’t want to make a formal report to police?

February 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgina Heydon, Associate professor, RMIT University The alleged rape of former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins has raised many questions about how sexual assault gets reported. Members of the Morrison government have repeatedly stressed the appropriate response to allegations of sexual assault is to go to the ... <a title="Sexual assault: what can you do if you don’t want to make a formal report to police?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/sexual-assault-what-can-you-do-if-you-dont-want-to-make-a-formal-report-to-police-155948/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual assault: what can you do if you don’t want to make a formal report to police?">Read more</a>

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‘Existential threat to our survival’: see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing

February 26, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong In 1992, 1,700 scientists warned that human beings and the natural world were “on a collision course”. Seventeen years later, scientists described planetary boundaries within which humans and other life could have a “safe space to operate”. These ... <a title="‘Existential threat to our survival’: see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/existential-threat-to-our-survival-see-the-19-australian-ecosystems-already-collapsing-154077/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Existential threat to our survival’: see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing">Read more</a>