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Month: May 2022

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‘It’s almost like a second home’: why students want schools to do more about mental health

May 24, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Grové, Fulbright Scholar and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Educational Psychology & Counselling, Monash University Shutterstock Psychological distress is on the rise among young people in Australia. The implications of COVID-19 and the strain on the training and availability of psychologists are likely to add to ... <a title="‘It’s almost like a second home’: why students want schools to do more about mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/its-almost-like-a-second-home-why-students-want-schools-to-do-more-about-mental-health-179644/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s almost like a second home’: why students want schools to do more about mental health">Read more</a>

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Ancient Rome didn’t have specific domestic violence legislation – but the laws they had give us a window into a world of abuse

May 24, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor Cowan, Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Sydney Francesco Solimena, Death of Messalina (about 1704/1712) The Getty Readers are advised this story includes depictions of domestic violence and violence against women. Domestic violence was endemic in the Roman world. Rome was a slave-owning, patriarchal, militarised culture ... <a title="Ancient Rome didn’t have specific domestic violence legislation – but the laws they had give us a window into a world of abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/ancient-rome-didnt-have-specific-domestic-violence-legislation-but-the-laws-they-had-give-us-a-window-into-a-world-of-abuse-179460/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient Rome didn’t have specific domestic violence legislation – but the laws they had give us a window into a world of abuse">Read more</a>

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Why Labor is likely to win a House of Representatives majority despite a 33% primary vote

May 23, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch With 73% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is calling 73 of the 151 House of Representatives seats for Labor, 54 for the Coalition, 15 Others and nine in doubt. Labor is ... <a title="Why Labor is likely to win a House of Representatives majority despite a 33% primary vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/why-labor-is-likely-to-win-a-house-of-representatives-majority-despite-a-33-primary-vote-183601/" aria-label="Read more about Why Labor is likely to win a House of Representatives majority despite a 33% primary vote">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Government exits amid shredding snowstorm, Labor ministers make staged entry

May 23, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The transition from one government to another involves a democratic miracle and a physical mess. In parliament house’s ministerial wing on Monday, shredding machines were working flat out, fragments of their massive output leaving a light snowstorm on the blue ... <a title="View from The Hill: Government exits amid shredding snowstorm, Labor ministers make staged entry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/view-from-the-hill-government-exits-amid-shredding-snowstorm-labor-ministers-make-staged-entry-183653/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Government exits amid shredding snowstorm, Labor ministers make staged entry">Read more</a>

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OP-ED: Reclaiming our future

May 23, 2022

OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future.  Since the Economic and Social Commission for Asia ... <a title="OP-ED: Reclaiming our future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/op-ed-reclaiming-our-future/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Reclaiming our future">Read more</a>

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Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash

May 23, 2022

RNZ Pacific A female candidate in the Papua New Guinea elections believes it is more important than ever that the country has women MPs in Parliament. Dulciana Somare-Brash is the daughter of the late Sir Michael Somare and she unsuccessfully stood in the East Sepik regional seat in 2017, finishing fourth in the vote count. ... <a title="Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/women-mps-vital-for-pngs-future-says-campaigning-somare-brash/" aria-label="Read more about Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash">Read more</a>

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We identified the 63 animals most likely to go extinct by 2041. We can’t give up on them yet

May 23, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Gilbert’s potoroo, a marsupial that may be extinct in 20 years. Shutterstock It feels a bit strange to publish a paper that we want proved wrong – we have identified the 63 Australian birds, mammals, fish, ... <a title="We identified the 63 animals most likely to go extinct by 2041. We can’t give up on them yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/we-identified-the-63-animals-most-likely-to-go-extinct-by-2041-we-cant-give-up-on-them-yet-182155/" aria-label="Read more about We identified the 63 animals most likely to go extinct by 2041. We can’t give up on them yet">Read more</a>

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‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd

May 23, 2022

PNG Post-Courier “Powes! Powes! Powes!” The city of Port Moresby was ringing with chants of support for its governor for the past 15 years — Powes Parkop. Hundreds of men, women and children from the settlements to the suburbs flocked at the weekend in support of the three-term politician who stands confident of defending his ... <a title="‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/im-ready-energised-port-moresbys-parkop-pledges-to-huge-crowd/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd">Read more</a>

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How well does the new Australian Curriculum prepare young people for climate change?

May 23, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Beasy, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Tasmania You’d be forgiven for not having heard about the long-awaited new Australian Curriculum, which was released with little fanfare in the midst of the election campaign. But this update to the national curriculum (9.0), for foundation to ... <a title="How well does the new Australian Curriculum prepare young people for climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/how-well-does-the-new-australian-curriculum-prepare-young-people-for-climate-change-183356/" aria-label="Read more about How well does the new Australian Curriculum prepare young people for climate change?">Read more</a>

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Cases are high and winter is coming. We need to stop ignoring COVID

May 23, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nancy Baxter, Professor and Head of Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne In a poll conducted by the Guardian in August of 2021 about the number of deaths Australians would be willing to accept as restrictions eased, only 3% of respondents felt ... <a title="Cases are high and winter is coming. We need to stop ignoring COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/cases-are-high-and-winter-is-coming-we-need-to-stop-ignoring-covid-183218/" aria-label="Read more about Cases are high and winter is coming. We need to stop ignoring COVID">Read more</a>

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The election showed Australia’s huge appetite for stronger climate action. What levers can the new government pull?

May 23, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock As the polls closed on Saturday night, most election commentary focused on the dispiriting campaign where both major parties avoided any substantial division on policy issues and instead focused on negatively framing the opposing leader. Even ... <a title="The election showed Australia’s huge appetite for stronger climate action. What levers can the new government pull?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/the-election-showed-australias-huge-appetite-for-stronger-climate-action-what-levers-can-the-new-government-pull-183548/" aria-label="Read more about The election showed Australia’s huge appetite for stronger climate action. What levers can the new government pull?">Read more</a>

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Did NASA find a mysterious doorway on Mars? No, but that’s no reason to stop looking

May 23, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Norris, Professor, School of Science, Western Sydney University NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS For the past ten years, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been trundling around the surface of Mars, taking photos in its quest to understand the history and geology of the red planet and perhaps even find signs of ... <a title="Did NASA find a mysterious doorway on Mars? No, but that’s no reason to stop looking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/did-nasa-find-a-mysterious-doorway-on-mars-no-but-thats-no-reason-to-stop-looking-183446/" aria-label="Read more about Did NASA find a mysterious doorway on Mars? No, but that’s no reason to stop looking">Read more</a>