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Year: 2022

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Is this the beginning of the end for Vladimir Putin?

October 3, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Vladimir Putin’s bizarre ceremonies formalising Russia’s annexation of some 15% of Ukraine once again revealed the yawning chasm between Kremlin triumphalism and reality. Never mind Russian forces didn’t even fully control the territories Putin brought under ... <a title="Is this the beginning of the end for Vladimir Putin?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/03/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-vladimir-putin-191058/" aria-label="Read more about Is this the beginning of the end for Vladimir Putin?">Read more</a>

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One of the worst stadium tragedies in history: an expert explains what led to the soccer stampede in Indonesia

October 3, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Hutton, Professor, University of Newcastle Yudha Prabowo/AP At least 125 soccer fans have died in Indonesia, and more than 300 injured, in what is being reported as one of the worst sports stadium tragedies in history. The disaster happened on Saturday night at the Kanjuruhan stadium ... <a title="One of the worst stadium tragedies in history: an expert explains what led to the soccer stampede in Indonesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/03/one-of-the-worst-stadium-tragedies-in-history-an-expert-explains-what-led-to-the-soccer-stampede-in-indonesia-191756/" aria-label="Read more about One of the worst stadium tragedies in history: an expert explains what led to the soccer stampede in Indonesia">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: TOP offering the transformation lacking in other parties

October 3, 2022

Political Roundup: TOP offering the transformation lacking in other parties The Opportunities Party (TOP) is putting other political parties to shame with its bold and innovative policies. Yesterday TOP announced their latest tax, housing, and income policies, and they were the sort of bold and transformative innovations that supporters of parties like Labour and the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: TOP offering the transformation lacking in other parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-top-offering-the-transformation-lacking-in-other-parties/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: TOP offering the transformation lacking in other parties">Read more</a>

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Australia’s first Binar spacecraft just came down to Earth as a fireball. Here’s what we learned

October 3, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fergus Downey, PhD Student, Curtin University This weekend marked a milestone for Western Australia’s Binar Space Program as its first satellite Binar-1 lived up to its name. Binar is the word for “fireball” in the Noongar language spoken by the Aboriginal people of Perth. Binar-1 became a ... <a title="Australia’s first Binar spacecraft just came down to Earth as a fireball. Here’s what we learned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/03/australias-first-binar-spacecraft-just-came-down-to-earth-as-a-fireball-heres-what-we-learned-191677/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s first Binar spacecraft just came down to Earth as a fireball. Here’s what we learned">Read more</a>

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Many parents use melatonin gummies to help children sleep. So how do they work and what are the risks?

October 3, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Blunden, Professor and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research, CQUniversity Australia Image by Daniela Dimitrova from Pixabay , CC BY Sleep is important for psychological and physiological health, but many children have trouble getting to sleep, or getting back to sleep when they wake in the night. ... <a title="Many parents use melatonin gummies to help children sleep. So how do they work and what are the risks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/03/many-parents-use-melatonin-gummies-to-help-children-sleep-so-how-do-they-work-and-what-are-the-risks-190129/" aria-label="Read more about Many parents use melatonin gummies to help children sleep. So how do they work and what are the risks?">Read more</a>

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Will the teal independents be disruptors in Victorian politics?

October 3, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zareh Ghazarian, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University Victorians will be heading to the polls on November 26 to select their next state government. This will be the first election since Labor won national government in May, and it will also be the first election ... <a title="Will the teal independents be disruptors in Victorian politics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/03/will-the-teal-independents-be-disruptors-in-victorian-politics-191072/" aria-label="Read more about Will the teal independents be disruptors in Victorian politics?">Read more</a>

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Optus under fire from government over delaying information handover

October 2, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bianca De Marchi/AAP The government has stepped up pressure on Optus to immediately hand over the information it has on people whose data was breached by the hacking of the telecommunications giant. Optus has also been told bluntly that it ... <a title="Optus under fire from government over delaying information handover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/02/optus-under-fire-from-government-over-delaying-information-handover-191746/" aria-label="Read more about Optus under fire from government over delaying information handover">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Te Pāti Māori and vested interests

October 1, 2022

Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Te Pāti Māori and vested interests Controversial Māori politician and president of Te Pāti Māori, John Tamihere, is in hot water over large financial donations relating to his 2019 Auckland Mayoral campaign and Te Pāti Māori’s 2020 election campaign. For him and his supporters, the allegations are “inherently racist”. ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Te Pāti Māori and vested interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-te-pati-maori-and-vested-interests/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Te Pāti Māori and vested interests">Read more</a>

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Evo Morales: “A democratic rebellion is underway throughout Latin America and the Caribbean”

October 1, 2022

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Alina Duarte Mexico City Evo Morales, former President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and President of the Six Federations of the Tropic of Cochabamba, was a special guest of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during festivities marking the 212th anniversary of Mexico’s independence. The other international ... <a title="Evo Morales: “A democratic rebellion is underway throughout Latin America and the Caribbean”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/01/evo-morales-a-democratic-rebellion-is-underway-throughout-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/" aria-label="Read more about Evo Morales: “A democratic rebellion is underway throughout Latin America and the Caribbean”">Read more</a>

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If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock COVID is an exceptional disease and was at its deadliest this year, causing more deaths in Australia between June and August 2022 than at any other time. There ... <a title="If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/if-you-think-scrapping-covid-isolation-periods-will-get-us-back-to-work-and-past-the-pandemic-think-again-191670/" aria-label="Read more about If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again">Read more</a>

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So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Shutterstock AGL Energy – Australia’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases – announced this week it will shut the Loy Yang A power station in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley in 2035, a decade earlier than planned. This is significant for the ... <a title="So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/so-long-loy-yang-shutting-australias-dirtiest-coal-plant-a-decade-early-wont-jeopardise-our-electricity-supply-191577/" aria-label="Read more about So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply">Read more</a>

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A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney The Irawaddy, CC BY-SA Australian Sean Turnell, economic adviser to Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in prison since the military coup of February 2021, awaiting trial for the supposed crime of ... <a title="A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/a-sham-sentence-after-a-secret-trial-for-aung-san-suu-kyis-australian-economic-adviser-191667/" aria-label="Read more about A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser">Read more</a>