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August 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristie Patricia Flannery, Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University HBO House of the Dragon chronicles the fall of the Targaryen dynasty some two centuries before life on the continent of Westeros is upended by war and a mini ice age – the ... <a title="Madness, miscarriages and incest: as in House of the Dragon, real-life royal families have seen it all throughout history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/26/madness-miscarriages-and-incest-as-in-house-of-the-dragon-real-life-royal-families-have-seen-it-all-throughout-history-189225/" aria-label="Read more about Madness, miscarriages and incest: as in House of the Dragon, real-life royal families have seen it all throughout history">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2022
By Lorraine Wohi in Port Moresby The Bank of Papua New Guinea’s Financial Analysis and Supervision Unit has reported more than 5000 cases as a result of anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing investigations still awaiting prosecution. Acting governor for BPNG Benny Popoitai said the FASU had identified persons of interest and companies and referred ... <a title="PNG bank agency probes 5000 money-laundering cases – but no prosecutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/26/png-bank-agency-probes-5000-money-laundering-cases-but-no-prosecutions/" aria-label="Read more about PNG bank agency probes 5000 money-laundering cases – but no prosecutions">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2022
RNZ News Floods have struck the West Papuan city of Sorong following heavy rains early this week. There are reports of 1.5 metre-high flooding and landslides with two people killed. Roads and thousands of houses in the city were inundated by floodwater. Two people died when their house was engulfed by a landslide. They were ... <a title="Two die in heavy floods in West Papuan city Sorong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/26/two-die-in-heavy-floods-in-west-papuan-city-sorong/" aria-label="Read more about Two die in heavy floods in West Papuan city Sorong">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The escalating cost of living is your ally when you’re an opposition seeking election, but when you’re in office, it’s a rampaging beast to manage, economically and politically. Labor railed about real wages stagnating under the Coalition. Now grappling with ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Can Albanese government wring consensus from union-business impasse over industrial relations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/grattan-on-friday-can-albanese-government-wring-consensus-from-union-business-impasse-over-industrial-relations-189392/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Can Albanese government wring consensus from union-business impasse over industrial relations?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Baker, Speech Pathology Research and Clinical Practice Lead, Monash Health; Adjunct research fellow, La Trobe University Seventy three-year-old Australian music icon John Farnham is in a stable condition in intensive care after undergoing surgery to remove an oral cancer. Farnham’s family paid tribute to the health-care ... <a title="What is oral cancer, the condition John Farnham is being treated for?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/what-is-oral-cancer-the-condition-john-farnham-is-being-treated-for-189375/" aria-label="Read more about What is oral cancer, the condition John Farnham is being treated for?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Jan-Rune Smenes Reite/Pexels, CC BY Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King yesterday handed Australia’s fossil fuel industry two significant wins. The minister announced oil and gas exploration will be allowed at ten new Australian ocean sites – comprising almost 47,000 ... <a title="Opening 10 new oil and gas sites is a win for fossil fuel companies but a staggering loss for the rest of Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/opening-10-new-oil-and-gas-sites-is-a-win-for-fossil-fuel-companies-but-a-staggering-loss-for-the-rest-of-australia-189374/" aria-label="Read more about Opening 10 new oil and gas sites is a win for fossil fuel companies but a staggering loss for the rest of Australia">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John McKay, Honorary Professor in Development Studies, Deakin University Sweden’s decision to apply for NATO membership following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has generally been greeted with enthusiasm, as a further demonstration of Western unity in the face of Vladimir Putin’s aggression. But even two years ago, such ... <a title="Sweden has broken its neutrality convention and sided with Ukraine. Does this matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/sweden-has-broken-its-neutrality-convention-and-sided-with-ukraine-does-this-matter-189062/" aria-label="Read more about Sweden has broken its neutrality convention and sided with Ukraine. Does this matter?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra podcast image for newsletter David Littleproud runs his own race. In opposition he’s Nationals leader first and Coalitionist second. Thus he was quick out of the blocks criticising Scott Morrison’s power grab, and when Peter Dutton rejected an invitation to ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: David Littleproud on charting his course in opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-david-littleproud-on-charting-his-course-in-opposition-189384/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: David Littleproud on charting his course in opposition">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Ireland-Piper, Associate Professor of Constitutional and International Law, Bond University Judith Prins/Unsplash What do farm animals have to do with the Australian Constitution? Should the public know what happens in abattoirs and farms? Do we have the right to publish footage of what happens to animals ... <a title="What the High Court decision on filming animals in farms and abattoirs really means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/what-the-high-court-decision-on-filming-animals-in-farms-and-abattoirs-really-means-177146/" aria-label="Read more about What the High Court decision on filming animals in farms and abattoirs really means">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chantel Carr, ARC DECRA Fellow, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong Shutterstock More frequent and extreme weather associated with climate change is creating uncertainty across society. In particular, it raises challenges for the workers required to fix and maintain things. In a warming world ... <a title="Spare a thought for air-conditioning repair people. As the planet warms, they’re really up against it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/spare-a-thought-for-air-conditioning-repair-people-as-the-planet-warms-theyre-really-up-against-it-187143/" aria-label="Read more about Spare a thought for air-conditioning repair people. As the planet warms, they’re really up against it">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images Dominic Bryce Abelen has been described as a “warrior until the end”. He is also New Zealand’s first serving soldier to be killed fighting in Ukraine. His death puts renewed focus on the status of foreign fighters ... <a title="With the death of a Kiwi fighter in Ukraine, should the government make it harder for volunteers to go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/with-the-death-of-a-kiwi-fighter-in-ukraine-should-the-government-make-it-harder-for-volunteers-to-go-189367/" aria-label="Read more about With the death of a Kiwi fighter in Ukraine, should the government make it harder for volunteers to go?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse whether the sun is setting on former United States President Donald Trump and Trumpism in general. Specifically, they examine how numerous law suits and federal investigations are eroding Trump's credibility and the power behind what was once a president of populism and who was seemingly untouchable.
