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August 10, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This morning, RNZ played the following story: Health stats show 87 people have died in their homes from Covid-19 since March, which references New Zealand’s most media-visible expert, Dr Michael Baker. (And this on today’s Morning Report.) Before commenting on today’s story, it is pertinent to check out a story published ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Public Health Watch: Where Does Michael Baker get his Facts from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/keith-rankin-essay-public-health-watch-where-does-michael-baker-get-his-facts-from/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Public Health Watch: Where Does Michael Baker get his Facts from?">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby In a historic first, the Papua New Guinea Parliament has installed Pangu Pati leader and Tari-Pori MP James Marape by a unanimous majority as the country’s ninth Prime Minister. Immediately, in his address to the House and streamed live to the nation, Marape stuck to ... <a title="Marape continues his leadership in PNG with unanimous majority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/marape-continues-his-leadership-in-png-with-unanimous-majority/" aria-label="Read more about Marape continues his leadership in PNG with unanimous majority">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
By Geraldine Panapasa, editor-in-chief of Wansolwara News in Suva Addressing the training development deficit in the Fiji media industry can stem journalist attrition and improve coverage of election reporting in the country, says University of the South Pacific journalism coordinator Dr Shailendra Singh. Speaking during last week’s launch of the National Media Reporting of the 2018 ... <a title="Journalism training and development vital for better Fiji elections reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/journalism-training-and-development-vital-for-better-fiji-elections-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Journalism training and development vital for better Fiji elections reporting">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karlo Doroc, PhD Candidate in Decision Science, Centre for Brain, Mind and Markets, The University of Melbourne Unsplash/Susan Q Yin Nobel laureate economist Richard Thaler famously quipped: People aren’t dumb, the world is hard. Indeed, we routinely encounter problems in our everyday lives that feel complex – ... <a title="How complex is your life? Computer scientists found a way to measure it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/how-complex-is-your-life-computer-scientists-found-a-way-to-measure-it-187997/" aria-label="Read more about How complex is your life? Computer scientists found a way to measure it">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Huon pine in Tasmania Shutterstock When you think of “conifers”, tall, conical shaped trees often found in public parks or front yards may spring to mind. But these impressive trees are far ... <a title="Southern conifers: meet this vast group of ancient trees with mysteries still unsolved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/southern-conifers-meet-this-vast-group-of-ancient-trees-with-mysteries-still-unsolved-182600/" aria-label="Read more about Southern conifers: meet this vast group of ancient trees with mysteries still unsolved">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Marks, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Strategy, Government and Alliances, Western Sydney University The 1973 Watergate Committee hearings ran for 51 days. The televised revelations drew a huge audience. The pressure built with slow, devastating intensity, devouring then US President Richard Nixon’s agenda, eventually leaving him no option but ... <a title="How ‘fast’ politics has left the NSW government staring into the electoral abyss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/how-fast-politics-has-left-the-nsw-government-staring-into-the-electoral-abyss-188429/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘fast’ politics has left the NSW government staring into the electoral abyss">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University Jeffery Erhunse/Unsplash Egg freezing is promoted as an empowering option for women who want to stop the biological clock and improve their chance of having a baby later in ... <a title="Thinking about freezing your eggs to have a baby later? Here are 3 numbers to help you decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/thinking-about-freezing-your-eggs-to-have-a-baby-later-here-are-3-numbers-to-help-you-decide-187845/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking about freezing your eggs to have a baby later? Here are 3 numbers to help you decide">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penelope Jones, Research Fellow in Environmental Health, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Savanna burning projects in northern Australia provide economic benefits to Indigenous communities and claim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But our research suggests smoke from these projects is harming human health. Northern Australia’s savannas cover about ... <a title="‘Unacceptable costs’: savanna burning under Australia’s carbon credit scheme is harming human health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/unacceptable-costs-savanna-burning-under-australias-carbon-credit-scheme-is-harming-human-health-186778/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Unacceptable costs’: savanna burning under Australia’s carbon credit scheme is harming human health">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Sciberras, Associate Professor, Deakin University Simeon Frank/Unsplash COVID lockdowns and home schooling seemed never-ending for a lot of families. But there were some silver linings. Our new research published in two papers looked at children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during lockdowns to understand what home learning ... <a title="How can you support kids with ADHD to learn? Parents said these 3 things help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/how-can-you-support-kids-with-adhd-to-learn-parents-said-these-3-things-help-187012/" aria-label="Read more about How can you support kids with ADHD to learn? Parents said these 3 things help">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sian Mitchell, Lecturer, Film, Television and Animation, Deakin University Warner Bros Batgirl has become the latest film to be added to a growing list of movies we will never get to see. The US$90 million film had been shot and largely edited, but now the whole thing ... <a title="Never made, destroyed, in a locked safe for 100 years: with Batgirl cancelled, here are 5 other films we will never get to see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/never-made-destroyed-in-a-locked-safe-for-100-years-with-batgirl-cancelled-here-are-5-other-films-we-will-never-get-to-see-188232/" aria-label="Read more about Never made, destroyed, in a locked safe for 100 years: with Batgirl cancelled, here are 5 other films we will never get to see">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Howe, Research Fellow, University of Auckland Getty Images Routine childhood immunisations have dropped so dramatically globally during the COVID-19 pandemic that the World Health Organization and UNICEF are raising the alarm. Internationally, 25 million children in 2021 alone have missed out on life-saving vaccinations. This is ... <a title="NZ children face a ‘perfect storm’ of dangerous diseases as immunisation rates fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/nz-children-face-a-perfect-storm-of-dangerous-diseases-as-immunisation-rates-fall-188157/" aria-label="Read more about NZ children face a ‘perfect storm’ of dangerous diseases as immunisation rates fall">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s incumbent leader, James Marape, has been returned to the top job as the country’s ninth prime minister, reports the ABC’s Port Moresby correspondent Natalie Whiting. “Marape was voted in as prime minister unopposed, with unanimous support from all MPs present in the first parliamentary sitting following the country’s ... <a title="Marape has the numbers to keep PNG’s top post as prime minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/marape-has-the-numbers-to-keep-pngs-top-post-as-prime-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Marape has the numbers to keep PNG’s top post as prime minister">Read more</a>
