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August 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Shutterstock Our cities are complex places of work, industry and residential activities. This often makes it hard to pin down the spread of different contaminants throughout them. This can be a ... <a title="How bees can monitor pollution for us – everything from toxic metals to antimicrobial resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/how-bees-can-monitor-pollution-for-us-everything-from-toxic-metals-to-antimicrobial-resistance-211739/" aria-label="Read more about How bees can monitor pollution for us – everything from toxic metals to antimicrobial resistance">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura de Zwaan, Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. It’s no secret that the cost of living has increased substantially over the ... <a title="Shop around, take lunch, catch the bus. It is possible to ease the squeeze on your budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/shop-around-take-lunch-catch-the-bus-it-is-possible-to-ease-the-squeeze-on-your-budget-210895/" aria-label="Read more about Shop around, take lunch, catch the bus. It is possible to ease the squeeze on your budget">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Russell, Lecturer from the School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University MIFF I’ve been talking to my film students lately about the way that viewing contexts affect how we receive a film – whether this means different hardware, locations, moods and modes of engaging. While ... <a title="The five best films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/the-five-best-films-at-this-years-melbourne-international-film-festival-210965/" aria-label="Read more about The five best films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rafal Chomik, Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW Sydney Commonwealth Treasury The Australian government has just released the latest iteration of its Intergenerational Report, the sixth since the first was published in 2002. Each provides a snapshot of the sort ... <a title="Slower ageing, but slower economic growth: the Intergenerational Report in 7 charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/slower-ageing-but-slower-economic-growth-the-intergenerational-report-in-7-charts-211695/" aria-label="Read more about Slower ageing, but slower economic growth: the Intergenerational Report in 7 charts">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
By Hilaire Bule in Port Vila Benny Wenda, the interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), has welcomed the Melanesian Spearhead Group’s confirmation that its application for full membership would be discussed at the 22nd MSG Leaders’ Summit in Port Vila — but warned it would be a test. Wenda conveyed ... <a title="‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders over West Papua, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/the-world-is-watching-its-a-test-for-melanesian-leaders-over-west-papua-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders over West Papua, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Australian National University Perhaps the most unexpected thing about the plane crash that reportedly killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic head of Russia’s infamous Wagner group, is that it happened a full ... <a title="Analysis – Wagner chief Prigozhin reportedly killed, but has Putin cooked his own goose?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/wagner-chief-prigozhin-reportedly-killed-but-has-putin-cooked-his-own-goose-212180/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis – Wagner chief Prigozhin reportedly killed, but has Putin cooked his own goose?">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Japan’s release of more than one million tonnes of treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific is officially underway. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings has confirmed that the disposal started at 1pm local time today. “This is a big step and punctuating moment in the process of decommissioning,” TEPCO ... <a title="‘This is a big step’ – Japan releases nuclear wastewater into Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/this-is-a-big-step-japan-releases-nuclear-wastewater-into-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is a big step’ – Japan releases nuclear wastewater into Pacific">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Crellin, PhD Student / FNRS Aspirant, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) VanderWolf Images, Shutterstock As the world warms and the climate changes, people are experiencing more frequent and intense extreme weather events. Just this year, heatwaves blasted southern Europe, the United States and China; wildfires lit ... <a title="Bushfires focus public attention on climate change for months, but it’s different for storms and floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/bushfires-focus-public-attention-on-climate-change-for-months-but-its-different-for-storms-and-floods-212096/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfires focus public attention on climate change for months, but it’s different for storms and floods">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University The Y chromosome is a never-ending source of fascination (particularly to men) because it bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm. It’s also small and seriously weird; it carries few genes and is ... <a title="The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works, and how it evolved?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/the-weird-male-y-chromosome-has-finally-been-fully-sequenced-can-we-now-understand-how-it-works-and-how-it-evolved-212112/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works, and how it evolved?">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University Shutterstock There is increasing attention on the lack of progress around sexual harassment and assault on Australian university campuses. On Wednesday, Education Minister Jason Clare acknowledged community concerns, ... <a title="Sexual harassment impacts university staff – our research shows how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/sexual-harassment-impacts-university-staff-our-research-shows-how-211996/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual harassment impacts university staff – our research shows how">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila The 22nd Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders’ Summit was declared open at the National Convention Centre in Port Vila yesterday with host Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau hailing opportunities to “galvanise our efforts as a United Melanesia”. Prime Minister Kalsakau welcomed all the delegations and said how happy and privileged ... <a title="MSG a ‘building block’ for stronger Pacific cooperation, says Kalsakau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/msg-a-building-block-for-stronger-pacific-cooperation-says-kalsakau/" aria-label="Read more about MSG a ‘building block’ for stronger Pacific cooperation, says Kalsakau">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guineans engaged in tribal fights will face life imprisonment once Parliament has its way with the amendment of the Tribal Fights Act in October. And the PNG government is looking at amending laws to also give police additional powers and immunity under special operations to protect the lives of policemen and ... <a title="PNG to upgrade Tribal Fights Act with life in jail for ‘domestic terrorists’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/png-to-upgrade-tribal-fights-act-with-life-in-jail-for-domestic-terrorists/" aria-label="Read more about PNG to upgrade Tribal Fights Act with life in jail for ‘domestic terrorists’">Read more</a>
