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July 5, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Benny Wenda We celebrated the 51st anniversary of the independence declaration of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) at Markas Victoria on July 1, 1971. The declaration, signed by Seth Rumkoren and Jacob Prai — who sadly passed away last month — was a direct rejection of Indonesian colonialism. It sent a powerful message ... <a title="OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/opm-day-celebrating-the-1971-papuan-independence-proklamasi/" aria-label="Read more about OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, Climate & Energy College, The University of Melbourne Nico Smit/Unsplash, CC BY Restoring degraded environments, such as by planting trees, is often touted as a solution to the climate crisis. But our new research shows this, while important, is no substitute for preventing ... <a title="No more excuses: restoring nature is not a silver bullet for global warming, we must cut emissions outright" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/no-more-excuses-restoring-nature-is-not-a-silver-bullet-for-global-warming-we-must-cut-emissions-outright-186048/" aria-label="Read more about No more excuses: restoring nature is not a silver bullet for global warming, we must cut emissions outright">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elodie Camprasse, Research fellow in spider crab ecology, Deakin University Julian Finn/Museums Victoria Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s series introducing you to little-known Australian animals that need our help. Every winter in shallow waters off Australia’s southern coast, armies of ... <a title="Thousands of giant crabs amass off Australia’s coast. Scientists need your help to understand the phenomenon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/thousands-of-giant-crabs-amass-off-australias-coast-scientists-need-your-help-to-understand-the-phenomenon-183342/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of giant crabs amass off Australia’s coast. Scientists need your help to understand the phenomenon">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Lansbury, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland In Australia, most states have introduced initiatives to provide people who menstruate with free period care products in public schools. The Queensland government’s recent announcement of free period care products for state schools is excellent ... <a title="Free period care products in Queensland schools is just a first step. Remote communities need access to these items as well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/free-period-care-products-in-queensland-schools-is-just-a-first-step-remote-communities-need-access-to-these-items-as-well-185700/" aria-label="Read more about Free period care products in Queensland schools is just a first step. Remote communities need access to these items as well">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tomas Fitzgerald, Lecturer in Law, Curtin University A brainy machine? Shakey, the world’s first AI-based robot. SRI International It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that the machines are taking over. What is less clear is whether the machines know that. Recent claims by a Google engineer that ... <a title="Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/why-we-talk-about-computers-having-brains-and-why-the-metaphor-is-all-wrong-185705/" aria-label="Read more about Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Robert Cook, Associate professor, The University of Melbourne In the aftermath of destructive floods, we often seek out someone to blame. Common targets are the “negligent local council”, the “greedy developer”, “the builder cutting corners”, and the “foolish home owner.” Unfortunately, it’s not that simple, as ... <a title="To stop risky developments in floodplains, we have to tackle the profit motive – and our false sense of security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/to-stop-risky-developments-in-floodplains-we-have-to-tackle-the-profit-motive-and-our-false-sense-of-security-184062/" aria-label="Read more about To stop risky developments in floodplains, we have to tackle the profit motive – and our false sense of security">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Rae, Associate Professor, English and Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne Julio Donoso/Sygma via Getty Images I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that ... <a title="An ever innovative director, Peter Brook reminded us how high the stakes of theatre can be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/an-ever-innovative-director-peter-brook-reminded-us-how-high-the-stakes-of-theatre-can-be-186290/" aria-label="Read more about An ever innovative director, Peter Brook reminded us how high the stakes of theatre can be">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil R. Cummins, Professor, Geoscience Australia Brendan Esposito/AAP Earthquakes can be especially devastating for developing countries, where competing priorities can stymie resource allocation towards earthquake resilience. Even in tectonically active areas, where tectonic plates meet and scrape against one another, large earthquakes may not occur often enough ... <a title="Not if, but when: unless Papua New Guinea prepares now, the next big earthquake could wreak havoc in Lae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/not-if-but-when-unless-papua-new-guinea-prepares-now-the-next-big-earthquake-could-wreak-havoc-in-lae-185708/" aria-label="Read more about Not if, but when: unless Papua New Guinea prepares now, the next big earthquake could wreak havoc in Lae">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University ‘Peace for our time’: British prime minister Neville Chamberlain displaying the Anglo-German declaration, known as the Munich Agreement, in September 1938. Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Can historians influence government policy? Should they? And, ... <a title="Are we learning the wrong lessons from history?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/are-we-learning-the-wrong-lessons-from-history-186199/" aria-label="Read more about Are we learning the wrong lessons from history?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Glasziou, Professor of Medicine, Bond University Engin Akyurt/Unsplash Since Australia’s first Omicron wave after borders opened late last year, the pandemic has largely faded from the news and public perception. Gone are the daily briefings with updates on the numbers of cases, hospitalisations and deaths. But ... <a title="Flu may be back, but COVID is far from over. How do they compare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/flu-may-be-back-but-covid-is-far-from-over-how-do-they-compare-184551/" aria-label="Read more about Flu may be back, but COVID is far from over. How do they compare?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julianna Santos, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne David Mariuz/AAP About 100 of Australia’s unique land mammals face extinction. Of the many threats contributing to the crisis, certain fire regimes are among the most pervasive. In a new paper, we reveal how “inappropriate” fire patterns put 88% ... <a title="Research reveals fire is pushing 88% of Australia’s threatened land mammals closer to extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/research-reveals-fire-is-pushing-88-of-australias-threatened-land-mammals-closer-to-extinction-185965/" aria-label="Read more about Research reveals fire is pushing 88% of Australia’s threatened land mammals closer to extinction">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maryanne Macdonald, Lecturer, Indigenous Education, Edith Cowan University Floods, fires and droughts in Australia devastate lives, destroy wildlife and damage property. These disasters also cost billions of dollars through loss of agricultural and economic productivity, environmental vitality and costs to mental health. People are looking for long-term ... <a title="Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/recognising-indigenous-knowledges-is-not-just-culturally-sound-its-good-science-184444/" aria-label="Read more about Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science">Read more</a>
