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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor of Visual Communication in the School of Design, University of Technology Sydney NASA/STScI, CC BY-SA The first task I give photography students is to create a starscape. To do this, I ask them to sweep the floor beneath them, collect the dust and ... <a title="How the James Webb deep field images reminded me the divide between science and art is artificial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/how-the-james-webb-deep-field-images-reminded-me-the-divide-between-science-and-art-is-artificial-186818/" aria-label="Read more about How the James Webb deep field images reminded me the divide between science and art is artificial">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
ANALYSIS: The restrictions on Pacific news media during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent Pacific trip are only the most recent example of a media sector under siege, writes Shailendra Singh. For the Pacific news media sector, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent eight-nation South Pacific tour may be over, but it should not be ... <a title="How China’s creeping influence undermines Pacific media freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/how-chinas-creeping-influence-undermines-pacific-media-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about How China’s creeping influence undermines Pacific media freedom">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
RNZ Pacific United States Vice-President Kamala Harris has assured Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Fiji capital Suva that Washington will “significantly deepen” its engagement in the region. Harris joined the regional leaders today to announce half a dozen new commitments to signal America’s renewed commitment to the region. The commitments included the establishment ... <a title="US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/us-tells-pacific-leaders-it-will-deepen-commitment-to-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby The Indonesian government has filed a K105.6 million (US$30 million) writ against Papua New Guinea, naming two senior officials as persons of interest toward the illegal shipments of hazardous materials. The two officials named are acting managing director for Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) Gunther Joku and State ... <a title="Indonesia sues PNG for K105m over storage of ‘illegal’ oil shipments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/indonesia-sues-png-for-k105m-over-storage-of-illegal-oil-shipments/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia sues PNG for K105m over storage of ‘illegal’ oil shipments">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With COVID cases surging in a new wave and half the winter still ahead, the news from Health Minister Mark Butler isn’t good. “We haven’t reached the peak of the wave yet,” he tells the podcast. “Case numbers are going ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler warns COVID wave will worsen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-health-minister-mark-butler-warns-covid-wave-will-worsen-186915/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler warns COVID wave will worsen">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karl Glazebrook, ARC Laureate Fellow & Distinguished Professor, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology NASA/JWST Today we saw the release of the first batch of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This is something we have both been waiting on for nearly ... <a title="Two experts break down the James Webb Space Telescopes’s first images, and explain what we’ve already learnt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/two-experts-break-down-the-james-webb-space-telescopess-first-images-and-explain-what-weve-already-learnt-186738/" aria-label="Read more about Two experts break down the James Webb Space Telescopes’s first images, and explain what we’ve already learnt">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Kathryn Ryan: “Why is there a six-month gap between boosters?” Siouxsie Wiles: “I can’t answer that for you. It doesn’t make sense based on the data that we have. … In Israel they got it at least four months after, for the over-60s at least. It was really good at preventing ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Covid Vaccine Policy Fail: Priority groups under-protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/keith-rankin-essay-covid-vaccine-policy-fail-priority-groups-under-protected/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Covid Vaccine Policy Fail: Priority groups under-protected">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prue Vines, Professor, Law Faculty, UNSW Sydney Actor Chadwick Boseman, star of Marvel’s Black Panther, died in 2020 aged 43 from colon cancer. It came to light last month his estate would be split evenly between his widow and his parents, following a legal process. Although he ... <a title="What happens if you die without a will?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/what-happens-if-you-die-without-a-will-186384/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if you die without a will?">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury plastic Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty. This initiative has ... <a title="We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/we-have-international-laws-to-stop-plastic-pollution-from-fishing-vessels-now-why-are-we-not-enforcing-them-185951/" aria-label="Read more about We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, Macquarie University Shutterstock Come on, you know you do it. Whether you’re in the trusted company of your spouse, or sneaking a quick one when you think nobody’s looking, we all pick our noses. Other primates do ... <a title="When you pick your nose, you’re jamming germs and contaminants up there too. 3 scientists on how to deal with your boogers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/when-you-pick-your-nose-youre-jamming-germs-and-contaminants-up-there-too-3-scientists-on-how-to-deal-with-your-boogers-185052/" aria-label="Read more about When you pick your nose, you’re jamming germs and contaminants up there too. 3 scientists on how to deal with your boogers">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Hutton, Professor, University of Newcastle Krists Luhaers/Unsplash On Monday night, Splendour in the Grass, an annual three-day music festival in Byron, New South Wales, posted to social media the news that all patrons under the age of 18 “must be accompanied by a responsible adult at ... <a title="Enforcing adult chaperones of teens at Splendour in the Grass actually undermines public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/enforcing-adult-chaperones-of-teens-at-splendour-in-the-grass-actually-undermines-public-health-186831/" aria-label="Read more about Enforcing adult chaperones of teens at Splendour in the Grass actually undermines public health">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arman Pili, PhD candidate, Monash University Shutterstock Cane toads are invasive frogs that threaten the survival of several Australian wildlife species. Scientists and conservation managers have long grappled with how to stop the toad’s march across the continent. That’s where our new research comes in. A paper ... <a title="‘The ultimate invader’: high-tech tool promises scientists an edge over the cane toad scourge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/the-ultimate-invader-high-tech-tool-promises-scientists-an-edge-over-the-cane-toad-scourge-186542/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The ultimate invader’: high-tech tool promises scientists an edge over the cane toad scourge">Read more</a>
