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November 5, 2021
By Ajay Bhai Amrit in Suva Critics in Fiji are concerned about climate change hypocrisy at the COP26 Leaders Summit this week. Fiji Times contributor Ajay Bhai Amrit was moved to comment about the problem of the government’s “gas guzzler” vehicle fleet. Bula readers! First and foremost, this article is not a criticism of the ... <a title="‘Practise what you preach’ climate message to Fiji over COP26" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/practise-what-you-preach-climate-message-to-fiji-over-cop26/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Practise what you preach’ climate message to Fiji over COP26">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papua indigenous independence leaders today launched “Green State Vision” at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, pledging to take decisive action to address the climate emergency and the impact of natural resource extraction in an independent West Papua. The Green State Vision was drafted with the assistance of international lawyers, ... <a title="West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global rainforest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/west-papuans-pledge-to-make-ecocide-serious-crime-in-key-global-rainforest/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global rainforest">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Several times this week, protesters have forced Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to abandon events aimed to support the COVID vaccination rollout. Over the past few weeks, thousands have gathered, in breach of COVID restrictions and public ... <a title="Protesting during a pandemic: New Zealand’s balancing act between a long tradition of protests and COVID rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/protesting-during-a-pandemic-new-zealands-balancing-act-between-a-long-tradition-of-protests-and-covid-rules-171104/" aria-label="Read more about Protesting during a pandemic: New Zealand’s balancing act between a long tradition of protests and COVID rules">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grayson Cooke, Associate Professor, Chair of Creative Arts, Southern Cross University Grayson Cooke, Author provided Clouds have been objects of reverie and wonder throughout human history, inspiring art and imagination, and of course warning of extreme weather events. Clouds are also central players in Earth’s climate. They ... <a title="Clouds in a new light: rejected satellite data gives a fresh view of our floating companions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/clouds-in-a-new-light-rejected-satellite-data-gives-a-fresh-view-of-our-floating-companions-168373/" aria-label="Read more about Clouds in a new light: rejected satellite data gives a fresh view of our floating companions">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Cunneen, Senior Lecturer in English and Literacy Education, Student Success and LANTITE coordinator, University of Canberra Shutterstock At the start of each university year, we ask first-year students a question: how many have been told by their secondary teachers not to use Wikipedia? Without fail, nearly ... <a title="Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it’s a trustworthy source" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/students-are-told-not-to-use-wikipedia-for-research-but-its-a-trustworthy-source-168834/" aria-label="Read more about Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it’s a trustworthy source">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Jennifer Wallace/Shutterstock Here’s a story from the Bible. As far as I know, it’s the first reported instance of the branch of economics known as “implementation theory”. It’s from the First Book of Kings, Chapter 3, starting at Verse 16. Two ... <a title="Vital Signs: Borrowing from King Solomon, economists are getting closer to working out how good leaders can make good decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/vital-signs-borrowing-from-king-solomon-economists-are-getting-closer-to-working-out-how-good-leaders-can-make-good-decisions-171106/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Borrowing from King Solomon, economists are getting closer to working out how good leaders can make good decisions">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University Rapper Lil Nas X in a Cinderalla-style, toile-inspired gown designed by Andrea Grossi Jordan Strauss/AP More famous men are wearing dresses: from actor Billy Porter on the red carpet to singer-songwriter Harry Styles on the cover of Vogue. They have ... <a title="Friday essay: will the perfect men’s dress ever exist – and would men wear it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/friday-essay-will-the-perfect-mens-dress-ever-exist-and-would-men-wear-it-170112/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: will the perfect men’s dress ever exist – and would men wear it?">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Alex Ellinghausen/The Age/SMH When Scott Morrison fronted the travelling media at a stopover in Dubai on his way home, he looked drained. Here was a man in need of a steaming hot bath, and a big political reset. He’s presumably ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: If the government is re-elected it may be in spite of Scott Morrison rather than because of him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/grattan-on-friday-if-the-government-is-re-elected-it-may-be-in-spite-of-scott-morrison-rather-than-because-of-him-171213/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: If the government is re-elected it may be in spite of Scott Morrison rather than because of him">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne AAP/Dan Himbrechts So the Parrot, as H. G. Nelson called him, has been pushed off his perch, Sky News having refused to renew his contract. Over 36 years, Alan Jones became one of the ... <a title="The last squawk? Alan Jones finally seems to have nowhere to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/the-last-squawk-alan-jones-finally-seems-to-have-nowhere-to-go-171212/" aria-label="Read more about The last squawk? Alan Jones finally seems to have nowhere to go">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The global influenza epidemic of late 2016 to early 2018 was a pandemic in all but name. For the United States, see The Perfect Storm Behind This Year’s Nasty Flu Season, The Atlantic 14 Jan 2018; and Last year’s flu broke records for deaths and illnesses new CDC numbers show,Washington Post, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Influenza: Global Epidemic 2017 versus the Flu Season of 2019/20" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/keith-rankin-analysis-influenza-global-epidemic-2017-versus-the-flu-season-of-2019-20/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Influenza: Global Epidemic 2017 versus the Flu Season of 2019/20">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Newman, Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne Four-year-old Cleo Smith was found by Western Australian police earlier this week, 18 days after going missing from a remote campsite. Being taken and removed from one’s family is a significantly traumatic event for any child. It ... <a title="When missing children return: how can we avoid adding to Cleo Smith’s trauma?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/when-missing-children-return-how-can-we-avoid-adding-to-cleo-smiths-trauma-171200/" aria-label="Read more about When missing children return: how can we avoid adding to Cleo Smith’s trauma?">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Shutterstock Virgin birth – which involves the development of an unfertilised egg – has preoccupied humans for aeons. And although it can’t happen in mammals, it does seem to be possible in other animals ... <a title="The endangered condor surprised researchers by producing fatherless chicks. Could ‘virgin birth’ rescue the species?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/the-endangered-condor-surprised-researchers-by-producing-fatherless-chicks-could-virgin-birth-rescue-the-species-170965/" aria-label="Read more about The endangered condor surprised researchers by producing fatherless chicks. Could ‘virgin birth’ rescue the species?">Read more</a>
