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October 29, 2022
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Eight policemen attached to Mt Hagen police division have been identified as suspects in an election-related shooting that resulted in four people killed and several others wounded on 6 August 2022. The shooting took place in Anglimp-South Waghi electorate in Jiwaka province and investigations were completed last week. The ... <a title="PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/29/png-investigation-identifies-8-police-suspects-in-mt-hagen-election-violence/" aria-label="Read more about PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edgar Liu, Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Urban Environments (HUE) Collaboratory / City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In response to the horror stories of abuse and neglect from the Royal Commission into Aged Care, the new federal Labor government has made legislative changes. Prior to this, ... <a title="Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren’t age-friendly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/most-older-australians-arent-in-aged-care-policy-blind-spots-mean-they-live-in-communities-that-arent-age-friendly-192591/" aria-label="Read more about Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren’t age-friendly">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University With progressive members of the US Congress recently calling for a resumption of direct talks between the West and Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it’s a good time to consider how such talks could look and what might be gained – or ... <a title="Should the West negotiate with Russia? The pros and cons of high-level talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/should-the-west-negotiate-with-russia-the-pros-and-cons-of-high-level-talks-193297/" aria-label="Read more about Should the West negotiate with Russia? The pros and cons of high-level talks">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iftekhar Ahmed, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle People living in the Hunter region of New South Wales know all too well the devastation disasters can bring. After enduring the 2019-2020 horror bushfire season, La Niña settled in for three wet summers and residents experienced back-to-back floods this ... <a title="We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here’s what they need when the next floods strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/we-spoke-to-the-exhausted-flood-response-teams-in-the-hunter-valley-heres-what-they-need-when-the-next-floods-strike-192863/" aria-label="Read more about We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here’s what they need when the next floods strike">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock Billions of dollars in proceeds of crime are being funnelled through clubs and pubs in New South Wales, according to the NSW Crime Commission. Predictably, the industry is claiming it’s not an issue ... <a title="Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/pubs-and-clubs-your-friendly-neighbourhood-money-laundering-service-thanks-to-86-640-pokies-193312/" aria-label="Read more about Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney In this week’s federal budget the costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been revised upwards, with average forecast growth of 14% a year over the next decade. It looks like the NDIS could cost more than ... <a title="The budget sounded warnings of an NDIS ‘blow out’ – but also set aside funds to curb costs and boost productivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/the-budget-sounded-warnings-of-an-ndis-blow-out-but-also-set-aside-funds-to-curb-costs-and-boost-productivity-193315/" aria-label="Read more about The budget sounded warnings of an NDIS ‘blow out’ – but also set aside funds to curb costs and boost productivity">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Cruise ships carrying passengers with COVID are back in the news. The Coral Princess, with an unconfirmed number of people testing positive on board, is set to dock at ... <a title="Cruise ships are back and carrying COVID. No, it’s not 2020. But here’s what needs to happen next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/cruise-ships-are-back-and-carrying-covid-no-its-not-2020-but-heres-what-needs-to-happen-next-193384/" aria-label="Read more about Cruise ships are back and carrying COVID. No, it’s not 2020. But here’s what needs to happen next">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University Shutterstock We can all agree humans need to reduce their impact on the environment. And while most of us think of this in terms of daily activities – such as eating less meat, or being water-wise – this ... <a title="Coffin? Casket? Cremation? How to make your death more environmentally friendly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/coffin-casket-cremation-how-to-make-your-death-more-environmentally-friendly-188456/" aria-label="Read more about Coffin? Casket? Cremation? How to make your death more environmentally friendly">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne David Crosling/AAP The Victorian state election will be held in four weeks, on November 26. A Resolve poll for The Age, conducted October 20-24 from a sample ... <a title="Labor retains large lead in Victorian Resolve poll four weeks from election; also leads in NSW" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/labor-retains-large-lead-in-victorian-resolve-poll-four-weeks-from-election-also-leads-in-nsw-192333/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains large lead in Victorian Resolve poll four weeks from election; also leads in NSW">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Flooding stirs up river sediments, which can spread contaminants in our waterways and floodplains. Flood water can carry sediments bearing contaminants from a range of sources, both historical and new, such as sewage, petrol stations, industrial ... <a title="What’s in the mud? Flood victims’ fears eased by early test results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/whats-in-the-mud-flood-victims-fears-eased-by-early-test-results-193111/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in the mud? Flood victims’ fears eased by early test results">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Jacinda Ardern addressing the UN General Assembly in September 2022. Getty Images Since Jacinda Ardern described the state of world affairs as “bloody messy” earlier this year there have been few, if any, signs of improvement. Ukraine, China, nuclear ... <a title="Dealing with a ‘bloody messy’ world – the urgent foreign policy challenges facing NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/dealing-with-a-bloody-messy-world-the-urgent-foreign-policy-challenges-facing-nz-192935/" aria-label="Read more about Dealing with a ‘bloody messy’ world – the urgent foreign policy challenges facing NZ">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Lunnay, Post-doctoral researcher in Public Health , Torrens University Australia Shutterstock Up to one in ten cases of breast cancer in Australia is linked to drinking alcohol. Midlife women are already at increased risk for breast cancer because of their age, and tend to drink more ... <a title="‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/i-take-it-with-a-pinch-of-salt-why-women-question-health-warnings-linking-alcohol-with-breast-cancer-192179/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast cancer">Read more</a>
