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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Niland, Lecturer in Early Childhood, University of Sydney The decision about whether to send a child to school “early” or “hold them back” can be a tortuous one for families who have a child born in the first half of the year. So a recent New ... <a title="A push to raise the school starting age to 6 sounds like good news for parents, but there’s a catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/a-push-to-raise-the-school-starting-age-to-6-sounds-like-good-news-for-parents-but-theres-a-catch-189624/" aria-label="Read more about A push to raise the school starting age to 6 sounds like good news for parents, but there’s a catch">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra National Archives of Australia/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA After leading the Australian Labor Party to its first federal election victory in 23 years, Gough Whitlam wasted no time. The Tuesday after his election on ... <a title="Half a century on, it’s time to reassess the Whitlam government’s economic legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/half-a-century-on-its-time-to-reassess-the-whitlam-governments-economic-legacy-195651/" aria-label="Read more about Half a century on, it’s time to reassess the Whitlam government’s economic legacy">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Reports of threats by Indonesia against “Free West Papua” activists have come to light on the anniversary of the first raising of West Papua’s emblem of independence. “The security level is increased, they send direct threats, phone calls or SMS and in the past three days many of our ... <a title="Pacific marks 61st year flying of Papua’s banned Morning Star flag" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/pacific-marks-61st-year-flying-of-papuas-banned-morning-star-flag/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific marks 61st year flying of Papua’s banned Morning Star flag">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP Australia has only a year or less to get itself ready to vote on one of the most significant constitutional referendums in its history – to insert an Indigenous Voice into the constitution. And it has to be ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/grattan-on-friday-to-have-the-best-chance-of-success-the-voice-must-be-sold-to-voters-as-a-positive-unifying-story-195733/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Coral Gartner, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash, CC BY-SA This week’s announcement of a raft of new tobacco control measures – including banning menthol products and proposing health warnings on individual cigarettes – are important ... <a title="Banning menthol cigarettes and more health warnings are only the start. Australia could look to NZ for how to do tobacco control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/banning-menthol-cigarettes-and-more-health-warnings-are-only-the-start-australia-could-look-to-nz-for-how-to-do-tobacco-control-195710/" aria-label="Read more about Banning menthol cigarettes and more health warnings are only the start. Australia could look to NZ for how to do tobacco control">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharynne Hamilton, Senior Research Fellow, Co-Head, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, Telethon Kids Institute Shutterstock The latest Family Matters report reveals a grim lack of progress to eliminate the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. The report – released by the Secretariat of ... <a title="New report reveals grim lack of progress to cut overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in out-of-home-care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/new-report-reveals-grim-lack-of-progress-to-cut-overrepresentation-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-kids-in-out-of-home-care-195355/" aria-label="Read more about New report reveals grim lack of progress to cut overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in out-of-home-care">Read more</a>
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December 1, 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 Con Chronis/AAP There has been much more counting for the Victorian upper house since Saturday night, when under 30% had been counted in most of the eight ... <a title="Labor, Greens and Legalise Cannabis likely to have combined majority in Victorian upper house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/labor-greens-and-legalise-cannabis-likely-to-have-combined-majority-in-victorian-upper-house-195439/" aria-label="Read more about Labor, Greens and Legalise Cannabis likely to have combined majority in Victorian upper house">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Byron, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Wollongong Spotify Now that we’ve hit December, many people looking on their social media feeds will be seeing end-of-year listening roundups like Instafest, Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay. These roundups analyse your music listening for the year to generate ... <a title="Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and Instafest: what do end of year music wrap-ups say about our listening habits?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/spotify-wrapped-apple-music-replay-and-instafest-what-do-end-of-year-music-wrap-ups-say-about-our-listening-habits-195556/" aria-label="Read more about Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and Instafest: what do end of year music wrap-ups say about our listening habits?">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Nicky Hager strikes a win for media freedom and democracy Do New Zealand state spies unlawfully surveil the government’s political critics? Do they spy on critical journalists? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. And yesterday the government domestic security agency was forced to apologise for one instance when they were ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Nicky Hager strikes a win for media freedom and democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nicky-hager-strikes-a-win-for-media-freedom-and-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Nicky Hager strikes a win for media freedom and democracy">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Price, The Erdi Foundation Child Health Equity (COVID-19) Scholar, Centre for Community Child Health | Honorary, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne | Team Leader / Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Pexels/Sarah Chai Bringing home a new baby can be one of the most ... <a title="Why do nurse home visits stop a few weeks after giving birth? Extending them to 2 years benefits the whole family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/why-do-nurse-home-visits-stop-a-few-weeks-after-giving-birth-extending-them-to-2-years-benefits-the-whole-family-194643/" aria-label="Read more about Why do nurse home visits stop a few weeks after giving birth? Extending them to 2 years benefits the whole family">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
OPEN LETTER: The Ōtepoti Declaration by the Indigenous Caucus of the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania Conference On the 61st anniversary of the first raising of West Papua’s symbol of independence — 1 December 1961 — the Morning Star flag: We, the Indigenous caucus of the movement for self-determination, decolonisation, nuclear justice, and demilitarisation of the ... <a title="Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/oceania-indigenous-guardians-call-for-self-determination-on-west-papua-day/" aria-label="Read more about Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Jefferson, Lecturer, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/Fabrizio Guarisco New Zealand law has generally treated agriculture, biodiversity conservation and the protection of Indigenous knowledge (mātauranga Māori) as separate areas. This changed last month when parliament passed a major reform of the law covering plant variety rights. The red ... <a title="A new law offers better protection for indigenous plants of significance to Māori, but no requirement to share profits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/a-new-law-offers-better-protection-for-indigenous-plants-of-significance-to-maori-but-no-requirement-to-share-profits-195435/" aria-label="Read more about A new law offers better protection for indigenous plants of significance to Māori, but no requirement to share profits">Read more</a>
