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August 22, 2022
By Rebecca Kuku of The National, PNG One of the survivors of a horrifying sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) attack and torture of nine women in Papua New Guinea falsely accused last month of using sorcery to kill a leading businessman tells her story of survival. She does not want to be named as the situation ... <a title="‘Her screams pierced our hearts, I knew I was going to die too’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/her-screams-pierced-our-hearts-i-knew-i-was-going-to-die-too/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Her screams pierced our hearts, I knew I was going to die too’">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese flagged at the weekend he was open to calling an inquiry into the ramifications of Scott Morrison’s power grab, as Barnaby Joyce revealed he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison for overruling a Nationals minister. Albanese on Monday ... <a title="Barnaby Joyce says he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison over resources power grab" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/21/barnaby-joyce-says-he-feared-retribution-if-he-crossed-morrison-over-resources-power-grab-189112/" aria-label="Read more about Barnaby Joyce says he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison over resources power grab">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2022
PNG Post-Courier The Southern Highlands capital — Mendi — has turned into a battlefield in Papua New Guinea this week as supporters of different candidates for the regional seat went on a warpath. The warring parties –– believed to be supporters of the incumbent governor against the other regional candidates –– shut down the town ... <a title="Mendi a battlefield as disgruntled PNG election rivals raid police station" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/20/mendi-a-battlefield-as-disgruntled-png-election-rivals-raid-police-station/" aria-label="Read more about Mendi a battlefield as disgruntled PNG election rivals raid police station">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2022
IndoLeft News Indonesia’s Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy says that the presidential decree (Keppres) on the formation of a team for the non-judicial resolution of past gross human rights violations — signed recently by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo — will reinforce impunity and absolve perpetrators of past human rights violations. According to Setara Institute ... <a title="Jokowi accused of whitewashing rights crimes in latest ‘impunity’ decree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/20/jokowi-accused-of-whitewashing-rights-crimes-in-latest-impunity-decree/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi accused of whitewashing rights crimes in latest ‘impunity’ decree">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific Residents of Nelson in Aotearoa New Zealand’s South Island are cleaning up and counting the cost of flood damage across the region, while authorities work to fix roads, clear slips and rebuild infrastructure. More than 400 homes had to be evacuated over the past few days after the Maitai River burst its banks ... <a title="A river runs through city – Nelson surveys damage and clean-up ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/20/a-river-runs-through-city-nelson-surveys-damage-and-clean-up-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about A river runs through city – Nelson surveys damage and clean-up ahead">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vita Pilkington, Research Assistant, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne With the recent sudden death of former rugby league coach and player Paul Green, conversations about the mental health of elite coaching staff are paramount. Our research in 2020, published in July this year, found more than ... <a title="More than 40% of elite sport coaches we surveyed suffered mental ill-health. They need our support, not stigma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/more-than-40-of-elite-sport-coaches-we-surveyed-suffered-mental-ill-health-they-need-our-support-not-stigma-188728/" aria-label="Read more about More than 40% of elite sport coaches we surveyed suffered mental ill-health. They need our support, not stigma">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The chart above shows New Zealand’s aggregate weekly deaths from 2015. The normal winter experience is obvious, with 2015 to 2019 influenza peaks mainly in July and August, though in late June in 2019. New Zealand is different from most European countries in that it has significantly faster population growth. (Although ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Demography: New Zealand in context of North and West Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-demography-new-zealand-in-context-of-north-and-west-europe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Demography: New Zealand in context of North and West Europe">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Behavioural Business Lab Member, RMIT University Shutterstock With the world is experiencing inflation levels not seen since the 1980s, central banks are caught between warning of the dangers of an 1970s-style inflationary spiral, and contributing ... <a title="Inflationary psychology could make things worse, but for now it’s in check" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/inflationary-psychology-could-make-things-worse-but-for-now-its-in-check-188723/" aria-label="Read more about Inflationary psychology could make things worse, but for now it’s in check">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University NASA / JPL On August 20 1977, 45 years ago, an extraordinary spacecraft left this planet on a journey like no other. Voyager 2 was going to show us, for the first time, what the outer ... <a title="After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/after-45-years-the-5-billion-year-legacy-of-the-voyager-2-interstellar-probe-is-just-beginning-188077/" aria-label="Read more about After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginning">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. They dissect the revelation Scott Morrison secretly had himself sworn into multiple ministries without the knowledge of his cabinet. Where ... <a title="VIDEO: Morrison, Hurley and all those ministries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/video-morrison-hurley-and-all-those-ministries-189044/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Morrison, Hurley and all those ministries">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Mishal ibrahim/unsplash, CC BY-SA There’s some pretty bad advice out there for families impacted by alcohol and other drug use. Some of it not only doesn’t work but could actually make things worse. Most people ... <a title="From tough love to interventions, what works when a loved one is struggling with addiction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/from-tough-love-to-interventions-what-works-when-a-loved-one-is-struggling-with-addiction-184138/" aria-label="Read more about From tough love to interventions, what works when a loved one is struggling with addiction?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Goodall, Research Associate, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology Under Cover/SA Films The Australian documentary Under Cover, premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival, presents the voices and faces of older women’s housing insecurity. Many of us would have seen the figures: the number ... <a title="‘We’ve all done the right things’: in Under Cover, older women tell their stories of becoming homeless" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/weve-all-done-the-right-things-in-under-cover-older-women-tell-their-stories-of-becoming-homeless-188356/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve all done the right things’: in Under Cover, older women tell their stories of becoming homeless">Read more</a>
