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August 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pasi Sahlberg, Professor of Education, Southern Cross University Federal Education Minister Jason Clare and his state colleagues met in Canberra on Friday. Lukas Coch/AAP Last Friday, Australia’s state and federal education ministers met with emotional teachers, who spoke of working on weekends and Mothers’ Day to cope ... <a title="It’s great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/its-great-education-ministers-agree-the-teacher-shortage-is-a-problem-but-their-new-plan-ignores-the-root-causes-188660/" aria-label="Read more about It’s great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causes">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Russel Norman, executive director of Greenpeace Aotearoa Only people power can ensure genuine enduring progress on climate and people need to know the truth if they are to act on it. For that reason greenwashing is the enemy of progress on climate and where you stand on greenwashing is the Rubicon of our ... <a title="Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of real climate action is dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/russel-norman-dont-be-fooled-by-nz-greenwashing-the-lack-of-real-climate-action-is-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of real climate action is dangerous">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai says he will seek a further extension from the Governor-General for the return of writ for Southern Highlands provincial seat which has faced protracted delays in counting. He said any discussions and talks of “failing” an election and calling for a supplementary or a byelection was ... <a title="PNG elections chief Sinai seeks extra extension for Southern Highlands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/png-elections-chief-sinai-seeks-extra-extension-for-southern-highlands/" aria-label="Read more about PNG elections chief Sinai seeks extra extension for Southern Highlands">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Shutterstock Australia’s energy ministers on Friday voted to make emissions reduction a key national energy goal, in a major step forward in the clean energy transition. Federal, state and territory energy ministers agreed to include emissions in what’s known as the ... <a title="Historic new deal puts emissions reduction at the heart of Australia’s energy sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/historic-new-deal-puts-emissions-reduction-at-the-heart-of-australias-energy-sector-188296/" aria-label="Read more about Historic new deal puts emissions reduction at the heart of Australia’s energy sector">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wadham, Director, Open Door: Understanding and Supporting Service Personnel and their Families, Flinders University The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has released its interim report after more than 1,900 submissions and 194 witnesses. It includes recommendations considered so urgent the royal commission is making ... <a title="Royal commission delivers damning interim report on defence and veteran suicide. Here’s what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/royal-commission-delivers-damning-interim-report-on-defence-and-veteran-suicide-heres-what-happens-next-188579/" aria-label="Read more about Royal commission delivers damning interim report on defence and veteran suicide. Here’s what happens next">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathieu O’Neil, Associate Professor of Communication, News and Media Research Centre, University of Canberra GettyImages Donald Trump derided any critical news coverage as “fake news” and his unwillingness to concede the 2020 presidential election eventually led to the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol. For ... <a title="Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/three-reasons-why-disinformation-is-so-pervasive-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-188457/" aria-label="Read more about Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stan Karanasios, Associate professor, The University of Queensland Rob Hampson/Unsplash On August 9 2022, Australia’s COVIDSafe app was officially decommissioned, and all its features removed. People were encouraged to uninstall the app. Reports of its closure have made international news. On ceasing COVIDSafe, health minister Mark Butler ... <a title="The COVIDSafe app is dead. What can we learn from this ‘failure’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/the-covidsafe-app-is-dead-what-can-we-learn-from-this-failure-188582/" aria-label="Read more about The COVIDSafe app is dead. What can we learn from this ‘failure’?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 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 Vice-Chancellor Professor Paddy Nixon talk about this week in politics. They discuss Australia’s relationship with China as tensions rise over Taiwan, the inquiry into that New York post former ... <a title="VIDEO: China tensions, the Barilaro affair, Albanese’s jobs summit, and more teals on the move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/video-china-tensions-the-barilaro-affair-albaneses-jobs-summit-and-more-teals-on-the-move-188642/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: China tensions, the Barilaro affair, Albanese’s jobs summit, and more teals on the move">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominique Allen, Associate Professor, Monash University Photo by Sora Shimazaki/Pexels, CC BY You might have heard of jobseekers being asked to complete a “personality test” as part of a job application, or been through the process yourself. The questions can range from the innocuous to the deeply ... <a title="Personality testing in job applications: what can and can’t employers ask you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/personality-testing-in-job-applications-what-can-and-cant-employers-ask-you-188516/" aria-label="Read more about Personality testing in job applications: what can and can’t employers ask you?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A new Aotearoa New Zealand book focusing on activists and their causes against militarism and for social struggles and climate justice across the Asia-Pacific is being launched in Wellington today. Peace Action: Struggles for a decolonised and demilitarised Oceania and East Asia, edited by Wellington-based activist Valerie Morse, is the first ... <a title="New book has focus on Pacific activists against militarism, for climate justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/new-book-has-focus-on-pacific-activists-against-militarism-for-climate-justice/" aria-label="Read more about New book has focus on Pacific activists against militarism, for climate justice">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The head of the Solomon Islands state-owned broadcaster has defended its role in the face of the government tightening control — a move that critics say is squarely aimed at controlling and censoring the news. The government said last Friday that the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) would retain editorial control ... <a title="SIBC chief defends ‘free’ state media broadcaster in face of tighter controls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/sibc-chief-defends-free-state-media-broadcaster-in-face-of-tighter-controls/" aria-label="Read more about SIBC chief defends ‘free’ state media broadcaster in face of tighter controls">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Mehigan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury Getty Images However you look at it, the National Party has selected someone who once committed an act of criminal violence to represent the Tauranga electorate in parliament. It’s an unfortunate move for a self-styled party of law ... <a title="Sam Uffindell was lucky to avoid NZ’s criminal justice system as a schoolboy – but it was the right outcome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/sam-uffindell-was-lucky-to-avoid-nzs-criminal-justice-system-as-a-schoolboy-but-it-was-the-right-outcome-188531/" aria-label="Read more about Sam Uffindell was lucky to avoid NZ’s criminal justice system as a schoolboy – but it was the right outcome">Read more</a>
