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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Shannon, Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine, Registered Paramedic, Monash University Health-care systems across Australia are buckling in the wake of COVID waves and the flu season. Pictures of ambulances piling up outside hospitals have become commonplace in the media. Known as “ramping”, it’s the canary in the ... <a title="Ambulance ramping is a signal the health system is floundering. Solutions need to extend beyond EDs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/ambulance-ramping-is-a-signal-the-health-system-is-floundering-solutions-need-to-extend-beyond-eds-187270/" aria-label="Read more about Ambulance ramping is a signal the health system is floundering. Solutions need to extend beyond EDs">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Watson, Professor, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week acknowledged the grave state of Australia’s environment and pledged new laws to go before parliament next year. But talk is cheap. The long-delayed State of the Environment report was not a surprise. Experts ... <a title="Labor won’t overhaul environment laws until next year. Here are 5 easy wins it could aim for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/labor-wont-overhaul-environment-laws-until-next-year-here-are-5-easy-wins-it-could-aim-for-now-184565/" aria-label="Read more about Labor won’t overhaul environment laws until next year. Here are 5 easy wins it could aim for now">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Shutterstock/The Conversation Why don’t whales have teeth like we do? asked by Henry, 6 years old. Great question, Henry. Your teeth are an important part of your body. They help you chew your food so you can eat ... <a title="Curious kids: why don’t whales have teeth like we do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/curious-kids-why-dont-whales-have-teeth-like-we-do-186727/" aria-label="Read more about Curious kids: why don’t whales have teeth like we do?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chad Morrison, Academic Director of Professional Experience, Murdoch University www.shutterstock.com Every few days there is another report about the teacher shortage across Australia. Last week, we learned one of Melbourne’s biggest schools is considering a return to home learning to cope with staff shortages. Read more: COVID ... <a title="Growing numbers of unqualified teachers are being sent into classrooms – this is not the way to ‘fix’ the teacher shortage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/growing-numbers-of-unqualified-teachers-are-being-sent-into-classrooms-this-is-not-the-way-to-fix-the-teacher-shortage-186379/" aria-label="Read more about Growing numbers of unqualified teachers are being sent into classrooms – this is not the way to ‘fix’ the teacher shortage">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Dunn, Lecturer in Classics, University of Tasmania A fresco in Pompeii possibly depicting Demetrius I 50–40 BC. Wikimedia Commons Alexander the Great was a successful conqueror, but a poor planner. He died without an acceptable heir to inherit the empire, just a soon-to-be-born baby son, and ... <a title="Siege warfare, polygamy and sacrilege: meet history’s most outrageous king, Demetrius the Besieger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/siege-warfare-polygamy-and-sacrilege-meet-historys-most-outrageous-king-demetrius-the-besieger-185866/" aria-label="Read more about Siege warfare, polygamy and sacrilege: meet history’s most outrageous king, Demetrius the Besieger">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP If you’re outside staring in, you’d probably say the Albanese government is looking good. If you’re inside gazing out, you’d likely think its challenges appear little short of dire. Next week the new parliament will commence with a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/grattan-on-friday-climate-bill-front-and-centre-when-parliament-starts-but-its-the-least-of-albaneses-problems-187439/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier A brutal massacre in Porgera town yesterday afternoon in which 18 innocent people were killed has rocked Enga province and shocked Papua New Guinea. Local police chief acting Superintendent George Kakas was shocked by the act of violence in the wake of the country’s national elections — he ... <a title="18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/18-people-hacked-to-death-in-porgera-in-under-an-hour-amid-png-elections/" aria-label="Read more about 18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting has ended and what is intriguing is the deafening silence on declining standards of democracy, governance, human rights, media freedom and freedom of speech issues, despite the serious and arguably worsening situation in some regional countries. The emphasis on climate change is ... <a title="Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/australia-and-new-zealands-deafening-silence-on-pacific-democracy-and-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human rights">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP If you’re outside staring in, you’d probably say the Albanese government is looking good. If you’re inside gazing out, you’d likely think its challenges appear little short of dire. Next week the new parliament will commence with a ... <a title="Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/climate-bill-front-and-centre-when-parliament-starts-but-its-the-least-of-albaneses-problems-187439/" aria-label="Read more about Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Lorgelly, Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland Mario Tama/Getty Images Earlier this week, New Zealand health minister Andrew Little stated what most who work in health already know. Healthcare is all about people – the people being cared for and the people doing the caring. ... <a title="Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in crisis – but it’s the same everywhere else" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/despite-what-political-leaders-say-new-zealands-health-workforce-is-in-crisis-but-its-the-same-everywhere-else-187256/" aria-label="Read more about Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in crisis – but it’s the same everywhere else">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Associate Professor of Finance, RMIT University Australia has one of the world’s most concentrated banking sectors, with its four biggest banks – Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Westpac and ANZ – holding more about three-quarters of the market, Read more: Four pillars or four pillows? ... <a title="ANZ’s takeover of Suncorp will reduce bank competition – but will that be enough to block it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/anzs-takeover-of-suncorp-will-reduce-bank-competition-but-will-that-be-enough-to-block-it-187279/" aria-label="Read more about ANZ’s takeover of Suncorp will reduce bank competition – but will that be enough to block it?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Judith Nicholls, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Review: Paper City, directed by Adrian Francis In his first feature-length documentary, Adelaide-born director Adrian Francis offers a rigorous understanding of the American firebombing of Tokyo via survivors’ perspectives. In a brutal attack nearing ... <a title="In Paper City, Japanese survivors recount their experiences of the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/in-paper-city-japanese-survivors-recount-their-experiences-of-the-1945-firebombing-of-tokyo-187353/" aria-label="Read more about In Paper City, Japanese survivors recount their experiences of the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo">Read more</a>
