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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yacoub, International refugee lawyer and scholar, UNSW Sydney Australia has finally accepted New Zealand’s offer to settle some of the refugees from the offshore processing regime – about nine years after it was first made in 2013. The NZ deal will provide certainty for 450 people ... <a title="Aus-NZ refugee deal is a bandage on a failed policy. It’s time to end offshore processing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/aus-nz-refugee-deal-is-a-bandage-on-a-failed-policy-its-time-to-end-offshore-processing-180241/" aria-label="Read more about Aus-NZ refugee deal is a bandage on a failed policy. It’s time to end offshore processing">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Essay by Keith Rankin. Earlier this week the final report from the IPCC (press release) on climate change was released. While it indicates that it is still technically possible to limit global warming to 1½ degrees; such an outcome is both unlikely and may require more than lots of trees to pull excess carbon from ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Global Warming: Considering the Lesser Evils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/keith-rankin-essay-global-warming-considering-the-lesser-evils/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Global Warming: Considering the Lesser Evils">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how it is now clear atrocities committed against Ukrainian civilians is widespread, appears systematic, and may be coldly planned by Russian leaders as troops withdraw toward the east. But can justice be achieved?
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of South Australia Shutterstock Despite most of us knowing we should cut down on salt, Australians consume on average almost twice the recommended daily maximum per day. Salt has been used in food preservation for centuries, and ... <a title="Remind me again, why is salt bad for you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/remind-me-again-why-is-salt-bad-for-you-179768/" aria-label="Read more about Remind me again, why is salt bad for you?">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Burns, Senior Research Fellow, Victoria University The Morrison government has spent years bringing in a law supposed to ensure electricity retailers pass on lower prices to customers. Yet so far that law appear to have achieved nothing, except add to regulatory red tape. The so-called “big ... <a title="What has Morrison’s ‘big stick’ to cut power bills achieved? Nothing, as far we can tell" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/what-has-morrisons-big-stick-to-cut-power-bills-achieved-nothing-as-far-we-can-tell-180683/" aria-label="Read more about What has Morrison’s ‘big stick’ to cut power bills achieved? Nothing, as far we can tell">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Baker, Senior Lecturer Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology Clifton Prescod/Netflix In 1999, the low-budget The Blair Witch Project changed the way horror film was shot with its use of “found footage”: a technique that up until then was largely seen in cult films. The innovative ... <a title="Blair Witch, Cloverfield and Archive 81: horror’s love affair with the ‘found footage’ technique" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/blair-witch-cloverfield-and-archive-81-horrors-love-affair-with-the-found-footage-technique-175518/" aria-label="Read more about Blair Witch, Cloverfield and Archive 81: horror’s love affair with the ‘found footage’ technique">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Mick Tsikas The polls presented here are in addition to Monday’s Newspoll (54-46 to Labor) and Ipsos (55-45 to Labor), which I covered here. Overall, Labor still has a large poll lead, with little ... <a title="Gains for Labor in three post-budget polls, as budget has weak response compared with historical record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/gains-for-labor-in-three-post-budget-polls-as-budget-has-weak-response-compared-with-historical-record-180673/" aria-label="Read more about Gains for Labor in three post-budget polls, as budget has weak response compared with historical record">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato GettyImages Defence Minister Peeni Henare may not have won Cabinet approval to provide lethal weaponry to Ukraine, but the decision to apply 35% tariffs to all Russian imports is a clear sign the government knew its response to Russia’s ... <a title="Beyond tougher trade sanctions: 3 more ways NZ can add to global pressure on Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/beyond-tougher-trade-sanctions-3-more-ways-nz-can-add-to-global-pressure-on-russia-180783/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond tougher trade sanctions: 3 more ways NZ can add to global pressure on Russia">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock/Matt Sheumack Past reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had an otherworldly feel. The onset of climate change, let alone the low-emissions transition, seemed abstract and far away. The current ... <a title="IPCC report: how New Zealand could reduce emissions faster and rely less on offsets to reach net zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/ipcc-report-how-new-zealand-could-reduce-emissions-faster-and-rely-less-on-offsets-to-reach-net-zero-180658/" aria-label="Read more about IPCC report: how New Zealand could reduce emissions faster and rely less on offsets to reach net zero">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Reay, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Mental health disorders including depression, schizophrenia, and anorexia show links to biological markers detected in routine blood tests, according to our new study of genetic, ... <a title="We found a genetic link between routine blood test results and mental health disorders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/we-found-a-genetic-link-between-routine-blood-test-results-and-mental-health-disorders-180677/" aria-label="Read more about We found a genetic link between routine blood test results and mental health disorders">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Barnes, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University “Our recovery leads the world,” treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Australia on budget night last week. “We have overcome the biggest economic shock since the Great Depression.” The government has repeatedly emphasised forecasts of ... <a title="Pandemic pain remains as Australia’s economic recovery leaves the poor behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/pandemic-pain-remains-as-australias-economic-recovery-leaves-the-poor-behind-180238/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic pain remains as Australia’s economic recovery leaves the poor behind">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaaren Mathias, Senior Lecturer in public health, University of Canterbury GettyImages The New Zealand government is set to launch a massive overhaul of the health sector later this year. But to create a truly equitable system, local communities should be involved in developing the health services that ... <a title="NZ’s health service is failing some communities: building a better national system requires local partnerships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/nzs-health-service-is-failing-some-communities-building-a-better-national-system-requires-local-partnerships-180774/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s health service is failing some communities: building a better national system requires local partnerships">Read more</a>
