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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silke Meyer, Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University Photo by Ron Lach/Pexels, CC BY Federal, state and territory governments this week released Australia’s ten-year National Plan to end Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, which is framed by the ... <a title="To end gender-based violence in one generation, we must fix how the system responds to children and young people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/to-end-gender-based-violence-in-one-generation-we-must-fix-how-the-system-responds-to-children-and-young-people-192839/" aria-label="Read more about To end gender-based violence in one generation, we must fix how the system responds to children and young people">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Diego Fidele/AAP Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe has been sacked as a deputy leader of the Greens, after revelations she failed to disclose she was in a relationship with the former president of the Victorian Rebels outlaw motorcyle gang. At the ... <a title="Lidia Thorpe sacked as a Greens deputy leader after failing to disclose relationship with bikie figure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/lidia-thorpe-sacked-as-a-greens-deputy-leader-after-failing-to-disclose-relationship-with-bikie-figure-192947/" aria-label="Read more about Lidia Thorpe sacked as a Greens deputy leader after failing to disclose relationship with bikie figure">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Who should have the right to vote? A common answer is adult citizens of a country. Indeed, the national electoral laws of most countries – including Australia – adopt this approach. But what about the approximately 3.4 ... <a title="Why permanent residents and long-term temporary visa holders should be able to vote in federal elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/why-permanent-residents-and-long-term-temporary-visa-holders-should-be-able-to-vote-in-federal-elections-192593/" aria-label="Read more about Why permanent residents and long-term temporary visa holders should be able to vote in federal elections">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock It’s the end the line for coal in Victoria, after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews today announced plans for 95% renewables within 13 years. Until now, the industrialised state has been aiming for 50% by 2030. But it’s also the ... <a title="Victoria signals end of coal by announcing a new 95% renewable target. It’s a risky but vital move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/victoria-signals-end-of-coal-by-announcing-a-new-95-renewable-target-its-a-risky-but-vital-move-192941/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria signals end of coal by announcing a new 95% renewable target. It’s a risky but vital move">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health and Director of the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock If you have trouble falling asleep or getting a good night’s sleep, it seems intuitive to work harder to solve the problem by using some of the sleep apps, bracelets ... <a title="Is tracking your sleep a good idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/is-tracking-your-sleep-a-good-idea-190231/" aria-label="Read more about Is tracking your sleep a good idea?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Chile is an important comparator country to New Zealand; in terms of physical geography, political economy, and demography (including conflict between indigenous peoples and ‘colonisers’). In terms of physical geography, it is mostly temperate; and, most importantly, it is in the southern hemisphere. The above chart shows excess deaths in Chile ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in Chile (across the ‘big ditch’) and New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-in-chile-across-the-big-ditch-and-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in Chile (across the ‘big ditch’) and New Zealand">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldicott, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Malcolm McLeod/ANU, Author provided Imagine, if you will, a small plastic baggy containing a mixture of crystals and powder. The person presenting it thinks “it might be ketamine?”, but admits the subjective effects are different to what they’re used to. ... <a title="An entirely new illicit drug has been discovered by Australian chemists. Here’s how they did it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/an-entirely-new-illicit-drug-has-been-discovered-by-australian-chemists-heres-how-they-did-it-192855/" aria-label="Read more about An entirely new illicit drug has been discovered by Australian chemists. Here’s how they did it">Read more</a>
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October 20, 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 Michael Reynolds/EPA/AAP The United States midterm elections will be held in nearly three weeks, on November 8. All 435 House of Representatives seats are up for election, ... <a title="Republicans gain in US midterm polls with three weeks until election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/republicans-gain-in-us-midterm-polls-with-three-weeks-until-election-192332/" aria-label="Read more about Republicans gain in US midterm polls with three weeks until election">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaaren Mathias, Senior Lecturer in public health, University of Canterbury Getty Images Technological solutions to fill the gap in mental health care are alluring. They can appear to be a cheap, scalable way to solve the knotty problem of mental distress, without requiring investment in people, communities ... <a title="Pixels are not people: mental health apps are increasingly popular but human connection is still key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/pixels-are-not-people-mental-health-apps-are-increasingly-popular-but-human-connection-is-still-key-192247/" aria-label="Read more about Pixels are not people: mental health apps are increasingly popular but human connection is still key">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today HAMILTON WEST BY-ELECTION Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Who is pulling Sharma’s strings? Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Wealthy businessman Roshan Nauhria willing to financially back ... <a title="Newsletter – New Zealand Politics Daily – October 20, 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-20-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – New Zealand Politics Daily – October 20, 2022">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Skalicky, Senior Lecturer in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of America’s best-known satirical publication The Onion, you might be surprised by how serious it suddenly became ... <a title="4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong – why The Onion’s defence of satire should be heard by the US Supreme Court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/4-3-trillion-readers-cant-be-wrong-why-the-onions-defence-of-satire-should-be-heard-by-the-us-supreme-court-192730/" aria-label="Read more about 4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong – why The Onion’s defence of satire should be heard by the US Supreme Court">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurits Skov, Postdoctoral research associate, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology A Neanderthal father and his daughter. Tom Björklund, Author provided Our closest evolutionary relatives, the Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), were once spread across Europe and as far east as the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia. Yet more ... <a title="First-ever genetic analysis of a Neanderthal family paints a fascinating picture of a close-knit community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/first-ever-genetic-analysis-of-a-neanderthal-family-paints-a-fascinating-picture-of-a-close-knit-community-192595/" aria-label="Read more about First-ever genetic analysis of a Neanderthal family paints a fascinating picture of a close-knit community">Read more</a>
