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May 23, 2022
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future. Since the Economic and Social Commission for Asia ... <a title="OP-ED: Reclaiming our future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/op-ed-reclaiming-our-future/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Reclaiming our future">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific A female candidate in the Papua New Guinea elections believes it is more important than ever that the country has women MPs in Parliament. Dulciana Somare-Brash is the daughter of the late Sir Michael Somare and she unsuccessfully stood in the East Sepik regional seat in 2017, finishing fourth in the vote count. ... <a title="Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/women-mps-vital-for-pngs-future-says-campaigning-somare-brash/" aria-label="Read more about Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Gilbert’s potoroo, a marsupial that may be extinct in 20 years. Shutterstock It feels a bit strange to publish a paper that we want proved wrong – we have identified the 63 Australian birds, mammals, fish, ... <a title="We identified the 63 animals most likely to go extinct by 2041. We can’t give up on them yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/we-identified-the-63-animals-most-likely-to-go-extinct-by-2041-we-cant-give-up-on-them-yet-182155/" aria-label="Read more about We identified the 63 animals most likely to go extinct by 2041. We can’t give up on them yet">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
PNG Post-Courier “Powes! Powes! Powes!” The city of Port Moresby was ringing with chants of support for its governor for the past 15 years — Powes Parkop. Hundreds of men, women and children from the settlements to the suburbs flocked at the weekend in support of the three-term politician who stands confident of defending his ... <a title="‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/im-ready-energised-port-moresbys-parkop-pledges-to-huge-crowd/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Beasy, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Tasmania You’d be forgiven for not having heard about the long-awaited new Australian Curriculum, which was released with little fanfare in the midst of the election campaign. But this update to the national curriculum (9.0), for foundation to ... <a title="How well does the new Australian Curriculum prepare young people for climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/how-well-does-the-new-australian-curriculum-prepare-young-people-for-climate-change-183356/" aria-label="Read more about How well does the new Australian Curriculum prepare young people for climate change?">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nancy Baxter, Professor and Head of Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne In a poll conducted by the Guardian in August of 2021 about the number of deaths Australians would be willing to accept as restrictions eased, only 3% of respondents felt ... <a title="Cases are high and winter is coming. We need to stop ignoring COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/cases-are-high-and-winter-is-coming-we-need-to-stop-ignoring-covid-183218/" aria-label="Read more about Cases are high and winter is coming. We need to stop ignoring COVID">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock As the polls closed on Saturday night, most election commentary focused on the dispiriting campaign where both major parties avoided any substantial division on policy issues and instead focused on negatively framing the opposing leader. Even ... <a title="The election showed Australia’s huge appetite for stronger climate action. What levers can the new government pull?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/the-election-showed-australias-huge-appetite-for-stronger-climate-action-what-levers-can-the-new-government-pull-183548/" aria-label="Read more about The election showed Australia’s huge appetite for stronger climate action. What levers can the new government pull?">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Norris, Professor, School of Science, Western Sydney University NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS For the past ten years, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been trundling around the surface of Mars, taking photos in its quest to understand the history and geology of the red planet and perhaps even find signs of ... <a title="Did NASA find a mysterious doorway on Mars? No, but that’s no reason to stop looking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/did-nasa-find-a-mysterious-doorway-on-mars-no-but-thats-no-reason-to-stop-looking-183446/" aria-label="Read more about Did NASA find a mysterious doorway on Mars? No, but that’s no reason to stop looking">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarryd Bartle, Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University Shutterstock One of the surprising results from the federal election was a record vote for Legalise Cannabis Australia, a minor party previously known as the Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) party. The party received 2-7% of the Senate vote in most ... <a title="Legalise Cannabis Australia did well at the ballot box – but reform is most likely to come from a cautious approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/legalise-cannabis-australia-did-well-at-the-ballot-box-but-reform-is-most-likely-to-come-from-a-cautious-approach-183612/" aria-label="Read more about Legalise Cannabis Australia did well at the ballot box – but reform is most likely to come from a cautious approach">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia and Associate Professor, La Trobe University, La Trobe University During the election campaign, Anthony Albanese singled out Indonesia as a key regional partner. The new prime minister made a point of declaring he intended his first overseas visit as head of ... <a title="‘Mutual respect and genuine partnership’: how a Labor government could revamp our relationship with Indonesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/mutual-respect-and-genuine-partnership-how-a-labor-government-could-revamp-our-relationship-with-indonesia-183116/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Mutual respect and genuine partnership’: how a Labor government could revamp our relationship with Indonesia">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Casswell, Professor of public health policy, Massey University Getty Images The World Health Organization’s newly released report on regulating cross-border alcohol marketing raises the alarm for countries like Australia and New Zealand, given their light touch towards alcohol advertising. Alcohol is widely consumed in Australasia but ... <a title="Alcohol marketing has crossed borders and entered the metaverse – how do we regulate the new digital risk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/alcohol-marketing-has-crossed-borders-and-entered-the-metaverse-how-do-we-regulate-the-new-digital-risk-183334/" aria-label="Read more about Alcohol marketing has crossed borders and entered the metaverse – how do we regulate the new digital risk?">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
RNZ News A New Caledonian anti-independence candidate has withdrawn from the race for a seat in the French National Assembly just hours before nominations closed. Vaea Frogier pulled out, citing concern about the splits in the anti-independence camp. Seventeen candidates in New Caledonia are standing in next month’s election, with the pro-independence parties jointly fielding ... <a title="New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/new-caledonias-frogier-pulls-out-of-french-national-assembly-race/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race">Read more</a>
