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In this, the 23rd episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning analyse the significance of public protests that have challenged authoritarian rule in both the People’s Republic of China and in the Republic of Iran.
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University Trail from BlueWalker 3 above Kitt Peak telescope in Arizona. KPNO/NOIRLab/IAU/SKAO/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks The night sky is a shared wilderness. On a dark night, away from the city lights, you can see the stars in the same way ... <a title="BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/bluewalker-3-an-enormous-and-bright-communications-satellite-is-genuinely-alarming-astronomers-195642/" aria-label="Read more about BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers">Read more</a>
Today marks 1 December 1961 when the West Papuan national flag, the Morning Star was first raised and the date has been honoured across the world ever since. The flag was raised by West Papuan legislators who had been promised independence by then-colonial ruler, the Netherlands, but this hope was dashed by Indonesian annexation in ... <a title="Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/revelations-on-the-murky-fate-of-flag-treason-prisoners-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West Papua">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Adjunct Lecturer, Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University 朝鮮通信社/AP Since the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, FTX, declared bankruptcy earlier this month, the flow-on effects have been felt far and wide. But among the many victims are also some not-so-innocent parties. For the Democratic People’s ... <a title="North Korea’s nuclear program is funded by stolen cryptocurrency. Could it collapse now that FTX has?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/north-koreas-nuclear-program-is-funded-by-stolen-cryptocurrency-could-it-collapse-now-that-ftx-has-195559/" aria-label="Read more about North Korea’s nuclear program is funded by stolen cryptocurrency. Could it collapse now that FTX has?">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Mitchell, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University People who rely on welfare payments to survive are often required to repeatedly tell stories of their personal hardships. In a conditional welfare system, many must regularly attend compulsory appointments, job search training courses, and self-development and treatment programs ... <a title="‘You have to beg for help’: how our welfare system pressures people to perform vulnerability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/you-have-to-beg-for-help-how-our-welfare-system-pressures-people-to-perform-vulnerability-180975/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You have to beg for help’: how our welfare system pressures people to perform vulnerability">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide The Albanese government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is all set to become law, after Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke revealed amendments to secure the support of the Greens and ACT independent David Pocock in the Senate. ... <a title="What the compromise IR deal means for wage negotiations, and pay rises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/what-the-compromise-ir-deal-means-for-wage-negotiations-and-pay-rises-195545/" aria-label="Read more about What the compromise IR deal means for wage negotiations, and pay rises">Read more</a>
LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 6pm USEST – In this, the 23rd episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will analyse the significance of public protests that have challenged authoritarian rule in both the People’s Republic of China and in the Republic of Iran. Paul will ... <a title="Live Midday Today: A People’s Protest Rises Within the PRC and Iran – Buchanan and Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/live-midday-today-a-peoples-protest-rises-within-the-prc-and-iran-buchanan-and-manning/" aria-label="Read more about Live Midday Today: A People’s Protest Rises Within the PRC and Iran – Buchanan and Manning">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Miller-Jones, Professor, Curtin University An unlucky star is torn apart by the strong gravity of a black hole, leading to the launching of a relativistic jet. Carl Knox – OzGrav, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Swinburne University of Technology Some stars just get ... <a title="Astronomers witness the dying flare of a star torn apart by a black hole halfway across the Universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/astronomers-witness-the-dying-flare-of-a-star-torn-apart-by-a-black-hole-halfway-across-the-universe-195453/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers witness the dying flare of a star torn apart by a black hole halfway across the Universe">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa A Williams, Associate professor, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney Unsplash/Kate Trifo, CC BY Although they were only two-and-a-half years ago, the first months of the COVID pandemic and ensuing lockdowns seem like a distant past. We have – perhaps intentionally – let fade our memories of ... <a title="What COVID has taught us about sharing our emotions – and why now’s a good time to share again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/what-covid-has-taught-us-about-sharing-our-emotions-and-why-nows-a-good-time-to-share-again-193098/" aria-label="Read more about What COVID has taught us about sharing our emotions – and why now’s a good time to share again">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Connell, Professor of Human Geography, University of Sydney Shutterstock In 1989, distinguished Australian geographer Gerard Ward wrote that the Pacific was emptying out. As people on smaller islands left to seek opportunity elsewhere, the region risked becoming Earth’s empty quarter. He wrote: Perhaps 100 years hence, ... <a title="‘Earth’s empty quarter’: many Pacific nations now have falling populations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/earths-empty-quarter-many-pacific-nations-now-have-falling-populations-195281/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Earth’s empty quarter’: many Pacific nations now have falling populations">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide The Albanese government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is all set to become law, after Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke revealed amendments to secure the support of the Greens and ACT independent David Pocock in the Senate. ... <a title="What the compromise IR package means for wage negotiations, and pay rises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/what-the-compromise-ir-package-means-for-wage-negotiations-and-pay-rises-195545/" aria-label="Read more about What the compromise IR package means for wage negotiations, and pay rises">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janelle K Johnstone, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University Maslow Entertainment When I was a kid, my dad Max took me to basketball games at Melbourne’s Entertainment Centre. I’d wait in my plastic bucket chair as the cheerleaders shook their pom poms and the teams did lay ups. ... <a title="Am I ever gonna see your face again? Nuanced and thoughtful, Kickin’ Down the Door puts The Angels back in the spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/am-i-ever-gonna-see-your-face-again-nuanced-and-thoughtful-kickin-down-the-door-puts-the-angels-back-in-the-spotlight-194057/" aria-label="Read more about Am I ever gonna see your face again? Nuanced and thoughtful, Kickin’ Down the Door puts The Angels back in the spotlight">Read more</a>