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Year: 2022

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Niue faces covid-19 community transmission for first time

December 1, 2022

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The Niue government has confirmed the country is experiencing covid-19 community transmission for the first time since the virus was recorded at the border in March. “We don’t have additional resources to be finding sources of infection, previously we haven’t done that before. “This is the first time we ... <a title="Niue faces covid-19 community transmission for first time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/niue-faces-covid-19-community-transmission-for-first-time/" aria-label="Read more about Niue faces covid-19 community transmission for first time">Read more</a>

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Word from The Hill: Federal parliament’s ‘salt mines’ final week

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Federal parliament’s ‘salt mines’ final week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/word-from-the-hill-federal-parliaments-salt-mines-final-week-195653/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Federal parliament’s ‘salt mines’ final week">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Scott Morrison makes parliamentary history – for the worst of reasons

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Among the slew of mostly predictable speeches that culminated in the first-ever House of Representatives censure of a former prime minister, one stood out. Bridget Archer, Liberal backbencher from Tasmania, was brief and brave, as she told the house she’d ... <a title="View from The Hill: Scott Morrison makes parliamentary history – for the worst of reasons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/view-from-the-hill-scott-morrison-makes-parliamentary-history-for-the-worst-of-reasons-195648/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Scott Morrison makes parliamentary history – for the worst of reasons">Read more</a>

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20 years of tracking sexual harassment at work shows little improvement. But that could be about to change

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Heap, Doctoral Researcher, RMIT University Shutterstock The fifth national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces, published today, shows little has changed since the last survey in 2018 – or indeed since the first survey in 2003. It points to the importance of the legislative changes ... <a title="20 years of tracking sexual harassment at work shows little improvement. But that could be about to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/20-years-of-tracking-sexual-harassment-at-work-shows-little-improvement-but-that-could-be-about-to-change-195554/" aria-label="Read more about 20 years of tracking sexual harassment at work shows little improvement. But that could be about to change">Read more</a>

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Curious Kids: What would happen if all animals on Earth were herbivores?

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mitchell G. Nye-Wood, Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock What would happen if all animals on Earth were herbivores? – Molly, age 9, Melbourne Thanks for the great question, Molly! We hear a lot about how humans eating meat is bad for the planet. That’s because making ... <a title="Curious Kids: What would happen if all animals on Earth were herbivores?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/curious-kids-what-would-happen-if-all-animals-on-earth-were-herbivores-193458/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: What would happen if all animals on Earth were herbivores?">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Essay – How do Left-Wing Elites Make their Money?

November 30, 2022

Analysis by Keith Rankin. The academic study of history, more than anything else, is about the relationships between social elites and the lower classes. Yet, when it comes to the present, the relationships between elites and wider society is under-discussed, both popularly and academically. (In academia, it is the province of sociology, a social ‘science’ ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – How do Left-Wing Elites Make their Money?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/keith-rankin-essay-how-do-left-wing-elites-make-their-money/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – How do Left-Wing Elites Make their Money?">Read more</a>

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Could the Nationals’ refusal to support a Voice to Parliament derail the referendum?

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong Mick Tsikas/AAP The Nationals have declared they will support the No case for the Voice referendum. This position has not been endorsed by all the Nationals, with the Western Australian Nationals and federal MP Andrew ... <a title="Could the Nationals’ refusal to support a Voice to Parliament derail the referendum?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/could-the-nationals-refusal-to-support-a-voice-to-parliament-derail-the-referendum-195552/" aria-label="Read more about Could the Nationals’ refusal to support a Voice to Parliament derail the referendum?">Read more</a>

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Chlorophyll water can’t clear your skin or detox your liver. But this TikTok trend got one thing right

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Senior Lecturer (Food Science and Human Nutrition), School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Shutterstock If you follow health trends online, you might have heard about “chlorophyll water”. Claims range from clearing your skin, stopping body odour, increasing energy and oxygen, to detoxing ... <a title="Chlorophyll water can’t clear your skin or detox your liver. But this TikTok trend got one thing right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/chlorophyll-water-cant-clear-your-skin-or-detox-your-liver-but-this-tiktok-trend-got-one-thing-right-194251/" aria-label="Read more about Chlorophyll water can’t clear your skin or detox your liver. But this TikTok trend got one thing right">Read more</a>

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Australia’s national anti-corruption agency arrives. Will it stand the test of time?

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Australia’s long-awaited National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has become a legislative reality, after the House of Representatives today accepted a final amendment imposed by the Senate on Tuesday. It’s the biggest ... <a title="Australia’s national anti-corruption agency arrives. Will it stand the test of time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/australias-national-anti-corruption-agency-arrives-will-it-stand-the-test-of-time-195560/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s national anti-corruption agency arrives. Will it stand the test of time?">Read more</a>

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Women are often told their fertility ‘falls off a cliff’ at 35, but is that right?

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock It’s a fact women’s fertility declines as they age. But the common description of fertility decline after age 35 as a “cliff” is more anxiety-provoking than factual. If ... <a title="Women are often told their fertility ‘falls off a cliff’ at 35, but is that right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/women-are-often-told-their-fertility-falls-off-a-cliff-at-35-but-is-that-right-189978/" aria-label="Read more about Women are often told their fertility ‘falls off a cliff’ at 35, but is that right?">Read more</a>

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‘A three-storey, luminous birdcage with suspended hanging gardens and an extensive crypt below’: Sydney Modern is open at last

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Aerial view of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ new SANAA – designed building, 2022. Photo © Iwan Baan The Sydney Modern Project had the odds stacked against it since its inception in 2013. It has ... <a title="‘A three-storey, luminous birdcage with suspended hanging gardens and an extensive crypt below’: Sydney Modern is open at last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/a-three-storey-luminous-birdcage-with-suspended-hanging-gardens-and-an-extensive-crypt-below-sydney-modern-is-open-at-last-194451/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A three-storey, luminous birdcage with suspended hanging gardens and an extensive crypt below’: Sydney Modern is open at last">Read more</a>

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Coastal property prices and climate risks are both soaring. We must pull our heads out of the sand

November 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayanah O’Donnell, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University Australians’ well-documented affinity with the sun, surf and sand continues to fuel coastal property market growth. This growth defies rising interest rates and growing evidence of the impacts of climate change on people living in vulnerable coastal locations. People ... <a title="Coastal property prices and climate risks are both soaring. We must pull our heads out of the sand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/coastal-property-prices-and-climate-risks-are-both-soaring-we-must-pull-our-heads-out-of-the-sand-195357/" aria-label="Read more about Coastal property prices and climate risks are both soaring. We must pull our heads out of the sand">Read more</a>