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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney Australian Electoral Commission In the coming weeks, Australians will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” to the constitutional amendment to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through establishing a body known as the Voice. Anticipating the referendum, ... <a title="How do the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases stack up? Constitutional law experts take a look" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/how-do-the-yes-and-no-cases-stack-up-constitutional-law-experts-take-a-look-212364/" aria-label="Read more about How do the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases stack up? Constitutional law experts take a look">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute A national review of primary care workforce regulations is investigating ways to increase Australians’ access to quality health care. The review is considering how health-care workers can use more of their skills and training, to work to ... <a title="Pharmacists should be able to work with GPs to prescribe medicines for long-term conditions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/pharmacists-should-be-able-to-work-with-gps-to-prescribe-medicines-for-long-term-conditions-212359/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmacists should be able to work with GPs to prescribe medicines for long-term conditions">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Beasy, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Tasmania Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels Climate change education is increasingly seen as an essential part of schooling. The main international test of 15-year-olds’ progress (which Australia participates in) has just announced the next round of testing will include environmental knowledge ... <a title="‘I tend to be very gentle’: how teachers are navigating climate change in the classroom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/i-tend-to-be-very-gentle-how-teachers-are-navigating-climate-change-in-the-classroom-212370/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I tend to be very gentle’: how teachers are navigating climate change in the classroom">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Andrews, Visiting Fellow and Director – Micro heterogeneity and Macroeconomic Performance program, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia has long had far less competition in consumer markets than the US. New research from the e61 Institute finds that in all but one ... <a title="Flying under the radar: Australia’s silent and growing competition crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/flying-under-the-radar-australias-silent-and-growing-competition-crisis-212116/" aria-label="Read more about Flying under the radar: Australia’s silent and growing competition crisis">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Mason, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Shutterstock For employers wanting to recruit Indigenous workers, two key factors stand in their way: geography combined with lack of job diversity, and a mismatch between educational qualifications and job opportunities. We’ve charted this mismatch with the Indigenous Jobs Map, using ... <a title="To boost Indigenous employment, we need to map job opportunities to skills and qualifications. Our new project does just that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/to-boost-indigenous-employment-we-need-to-map-job-opportunities-to-skills-and-qualifications-our-new-project-does-just-that-212440/" aria-label="Read more about To boost Indigenous employment, we need to map job opportunities to skills and qualifications. Our new project does just that">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cameron, Senior Lecturer, Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, University of Waikato After receiving a head injury from a car accident in 2014, I was given support through the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) to recover and return to work as a health professional. But I am ... <a title="Accident or medical, new research shows we need to treat conditions equally to get people back to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/accident-or-medical-new-research-shows-we-need-to-treat-conditions-equally-to-get-people-back-to-work-211034/" aria-label="Read more about Accident or medical, new research shows we need to treat conditions equally to get people back to work">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
By Asenaca Uluiviti and Sadhana Sen Fiji recently lost Dr Meraia Taufa Vakatale, a monumental woman leader who broke many glass ceilings with her numerous firsts. As an educationalist, diplomat and politician, she profoundly impacted on the lives of tens of thousands in Fiji and the Pacific region, particularly young women in politics and anti-nuclear ... <a title="Obituary: Meraia Taufa Vakatale – Fiji anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/obituary-meraia-taufa-vakatale-fiji-anti-nuclear-activist-and-feminist-trailblazer/" aria-label="Read more about Obituary: Meraia Taufa Vakatale – Fiji anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Asia Pacific Report In spite of again being denied full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed the call from the MSG Leaders’ Summit in Port Vila last week for Indonesia to allow the long-awaited visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to West ... <a title="Wenda welcomes MSG call for UN visit and fights on for full membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/wenda-welcomes-msg-call-for-un-visit-and-fights-on-for-full-membership/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda welcomes MSG call for UN visit and fights on for full membership">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
POLITICAL BYTES: By Ian Powell There is a reported apparent rift within cabinet between Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Defence Minister Andrew Little over Aotearoa New Zealand’s position in the widening conflict between the United States and China. While at its core it is over relative economic power, the conflict is manifested by China’s increased ... <a title="Ian Powell: Context of the ‘New Washington Consensus’ and China ‘threat’ for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/ian-powell-context-of-the-new-washington-consensus-and-china-threat-for-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Powell: Context of the ‘New Washington Consensus’ and China ‘threat’ for New Zealand">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie Segrave, ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, Monash University Shutterstock In our new study, published on Tuesday, we surveyed 701 migrant and refugee women in Australia and found nearly half had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace over the past five years. This harassment was ... <a title="Half of migrant and refugee women we spoke to have been sexually harassed in Australian workplaces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/half-of-migrant-and-refugee-women-we-spoke-to-have-been-sexually-harassed-in-australian-workplaces-212371/" aria-label="Read more about Half of migrant and refugee women we spoke to have been sexually harassed in Australian workplaces">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicky Jones, Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock Last week, the Queensland parliament voted to override its own human rights law in order to enable children to continue to be detained in police watch houses and adult detention facilities. This was not the first time it ... <a title="Queensland is not only trampling the rights of children, it is setting a concerning legal precedent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/queensland-is-not-only-trampling-the-rights-of-children-it-is-setting-a-concerning-legal-precedent-212377/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland is not only trampling the rights of children, it is setting a concerning legal precedent">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Heard, Research fellow, Australian National University and, The University of Queensland In 1993, frogs were found dying en masse in Far North Queensland. When scientists analysed their bodies, they found something weird. Their small bodies were covered in spores. It was an epidemic. An aquatic fungus ... <a title="How a lethal fungus is shrinking living space for our frogs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/how-a-lethal-fungus-is-shrinking-living-space-for-our-frogs-212108/" aria-label="Read more about How a lethal fungus is shrinking living space for our frogs">Read more</a>
