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Month: October 2023

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We don’t need a hydrotherapy pool in every school, but we do need quality public education for all kids

October 6, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Armstrong, Senior Lecturer in Special and Inclusive Education, RMIT University Shutterstock The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s 222 recommendations could mean for a more inclusive Australia. ... <a title="We don’t need a hydrotherapy pool in every school, but we do need quality public education for all kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/we-dont-need-a-hydrotherapy-pool-in-every-school-but-we-do-need-quality-public-education-for-all-kids-214716/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t need a hydrotherapy pool in every school, but we do need quality public education for all kids">Read more</a>

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Climate change is disrupting ocean currents. We’re using satellites and ships to understand how

October 6, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Keating, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Oceanography, UNSW Sydney CNES Earth’s ocean is incredibly vast. Some parts of it are so remote that the nearest human habitation is the International Space Station. As the world warms, what happens in the ocean – and what happens to ... <a title="Climate change is disrupting ocean currents. We’re using satellites and ships to understand how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/climate-change-is-disrupting-ocean-currents-were-using-satellites-and-ships-to-understand-how-214962/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is disrupting ocean currents. We’re using satellites and ships to understand how">Read more</a>

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Marape seeks help from Australia, Singapore to fight PNG corruption

October 6, 2023

By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s government has appealed to the Australian Federal Police and the Singapore Police to assist PNG police to link money laundering trails. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister James Marape said Australia and Singapore had been the major hub of transit for possible money laundering activities. He ... <a title="Marape seeks help from Australia, Singapore to fight PNG corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/marape-seeks-help-from-australia-singapore-to-fight-png-corruption/" aria-label="Read more about Marape seeks help from Australia, Singapore to fight PNG corruption">Read more</a>

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The Voice could advise on how to address natural disasters like bushfires

October 6, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney After three wet years, bushfire season has begun again. We have been warned this season could be a bad one. With the last few years of epic rain, more fuel has grown to burn ... <a title="The Voice could advise on how to address natural disasters like bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/the-voice-could-advise-on-how-to-address-natural-disasters-like-bushfires-214556/" aria-label="Read more about The Voice could advise on how to address natural disasters like bushfires">Read more</a>

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Campaign trail threats and abuse reinforce the need to protect NZ’s women politicians – before they quit for good

October 6, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Mudgway, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury A female candidate slapped after a public debate, another whose home was vandalised, a man trespassed for entering the same house, shouts and jeers directed at another woman candidate for using te reo Māori – the 2023 election ... <a title="Campaign trail threats and abuse reinforce the need to protect NZ’s women politicians – before they quit for good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/campaign-trail-threats-and-abuse-reinforce-the-need-to-protect-nzs-women-politicians-before-they-quit-for-good-214828/" aria-label="Read more about Campaign trail threats and abuse reinforce the need to protect NZ’s women politicians – before they quit for good">Read more</a>

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6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now

October 6, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Jonas Weckschmied/Unsplash The world is very warm right now. We’re not only seeing record temperatures, but the records are being broken by record-wide margins. Take the preliminary September global-average temperature anomaly of 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels, ... <a title="6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/6-reasons-why-global-temperatures-are-spiking-right-now-215140/" aria-label="Read more about 6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Jordon Steele-John on the disability royal commission and Bill Shorten’s NDIS reforms

October 6, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s 222 recommendations could mean for a more inclusive Australia. The federal government last week ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Jordon Steele-John on the disability royal commission and Bill Shorten’s NDIS reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/politics-with-michelle-grattan-greens-jordon-steele-john-on-the-disability-royal-commission-and-bill-shortens-ndis-reforms-215072/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Jordon Steele-John on the disability royal commission and Bill Shorten’s NDIS reforms">Read more</a>

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People with private health insurance save the government $550 a year, on average

October 6, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francesco Paolucci, Professor of Health Economics, University of Bologna, University of Newcastle Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio The federal government has, for a long time, encouraged Australians to get private health insurance, in an attempt to reduce the financial burden on the public health system. To make private health insurance ... <a title="People with private health insurance save the government $550 a year, on average" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/people-with-private-health-insurance-save-the-government-550-a-year-on-average-212787/" aria-label="Read more about People with private health insurance save the government $550 a year, on average">Read more</a>

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‘No safe space in society’: new UN report reveals the extent of systemic racism faced by people of African descent in Australia

October 6, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen Openshaw, Lecturer in School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University Shutterstock A special UN working group this week tabled its first-ever report on the experiences of people of African descent in Australia to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. The report documents what people ... <a title="‘No safe space in society’: new UN report reveals the extent of systemic racism faced by people of African descent in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/no-safe-space-in-society-new-un-report-reveals-the-extent-of-systemic-racism-faced-by-people-of-african-descent-in-australia-213365/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No safe space in society’: new UN report reveals the extent of systemic racism faced by people of African descent in Australia">Read more</a>

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Noumea’s ‘newspaper’ Les Nouvelles is back – free and online only

October 6, 2023

Pacific Media Watch New Caledonia’s daily newspaper Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes is back six months after it closed — but with a big difference. It is online only and free, almost. The return of the news outlet which had been an institution for half a century is welcomed in many quarters, but some local mayors would ... <a title="Noumea’s ‘newspaper’ Les Nouvelles is back – free and online only" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/noumeas-newspaper-les-nouvelles-is-back-free-and-online-only/" aria-label="Read more about Noumea’s ‘newspaper’ Les Nouvelles is back – free and online only">Read more</a>

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Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria for democracy statements, lawyer says

October 6, 2023

RNZ News The Algerian democracy advocate Ahmed Zaoui, a New Zealand citizen, has been arrested by Algerian security forces after commenting on human rights violations at a political meeting at his home. His New Zealand lawyer Deborah Manning said Zaoui had been detained at a police station in the city of Medea since he was ... <a title="Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria for democracy statements, lawyer says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/06/ahmed-zaoui-detained-in-algeria-for-democracy-statements-lawyer-says/" aria-label="Read more about Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria for democracy statements, lawyer says">Read more</a>