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August 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Clelland, Lecturer in Health Education, University of Canterbury Relationship and sexuality education has, yet again, become a political talking point ahead of this year’s election. National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis recently told a public meeting that sex education was a job for her and her ... <a title="Ignore the politics – many parents want to work with schools on sexuality education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/ignore-the-politics-many-parents-want-to-work-with-schools-on-sexuality-education-210968/" aria-label="Read more about Ignore the politics – many parents want to work with schools on sexuality education">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea police have arrested three men and seized a stockpile of unlicensed firearms, ammunition, explosives and other illegal items in a raid in Western Highlands province last week. The arrests identified a further seven men who were alleged to be part of a blackmarket network who move the illegal items from ... <a title="PNG seize big firearms stockpile, arrest 10 in Highlands blackmarket raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/png-seize-big-firearms-stockpile-arrest-10-in-highlands-blackmarket-raid/" aria-label="Read more about PNG seize big firearms stockpile, arrest 10 in Highlands blackmarket raid">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
By Joy Olali and Max Oraka Papua New Guinea’s literacy rate stands at 63.4 percent — the lowest in the Pacific — with the government planning for it to reach 70 percent by 2027, an official says. Career Trackers chief executive Ellenor Lutikoe told the National Content Conference in Port Moresby that according to the ... <a title="PNG’s literacy rate ‘lowest in Pacific’, but government plans boost to 70%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/pngs-literacy-rate-lowest-in-pacific-but-government-plans-boost-to-70/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s literacy rate ‘lowest in Pacific’, but government plans boost to 70%">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Quilty, Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University Shutterstock When it’s hot outside, it’s safer to head for air-conditioned shelter – right? Not always. In northern Australia’s intensely hot climate, air conditioners were once luxury items. Houses were built to catch the breeze, and ... <a title="Could an afternoon nap help us cope with hotter temperatures? It’s worked for Australia’s First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/could-an-afternoon-nap-help-us-cope-with-hotter-temperatures-its-worked-for-australias-first-nations-people-211186/" aria-label="Read more about Could an afternoon nap help us cope with hotter temperatures? It’s worked for Australia’s First Nations people">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Why does Australia provide development assistance to other countries? Is it charity or geostrategic self-interest? Today the government released a new international development policy to answer these questions. The case the new policy makes is a ... <a title="Australia’s new development aid policy provides clear vision and strategic sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/australias-new-development-aid-policy-provides-clear-vision-and-strategic-sense-210976/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new development aid policy provides clear vision and strategic sense">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Quilty, Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University Shutterstock When it’s hot outside, it’s safer to head for air-conditioned shelter – right? Not always. In northern Australia’s intensely hot climate, air conditioners were once luxury items. Houses were built to catch the breeze, and ... <a title="Could an afternoon nap help us cope with hotter temperatures? It’s worked for our First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/could-an-afternoon-nap-help-us-cope-with-hotter-temperatures-its-worked-for-our-first-nations-people-211186/" aria-label="Read more about Could an afternoon nap help us cope with hotter temperatures? It’s worked for our First Nations people">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Western Australian government, announcing it is backing down on its controversial law to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, has apologised to the people of the state for getting it “wrong”. Premier Roger Cook on Tuesday confirmed the retreat, saying the ... <a title="WA Premier Roger Cook says ‘sorry’ as he dumps Aboriginal cultural heritage law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/wa-premier-roger-cook-says-sorry-as-he-dumps-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-law-211202/" aria-label="Read more about WA Premier Roger Cook says ‘sorry’ as he dumps Aboriginal cultural heritage law">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University I’ve got two questions about blockbuster movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer. Why aren’t the cinemas charging more for them, given they’re so popular? Why are they the same price, given Oppenheimer is an hour longer? ... <a title="Beyond Barbie and Oppenheimer, how do cinemas make money? And do we pay too much for movie tickets?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/beyond-barbie-and-oppenheimer-how-do-cinemas-make-money-and-do-we-pay-too-much-for-movie-tickets-211121/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond Barbie and Oppenheimer, how do cinemas make money? And do we pay too much for movie tickets?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Isaacs, Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney In 1972, American cinema was ablaze with the energy of what later came to be called “The New Hollywood”. This was a group of film directors who were bringing a radical kind of cinema to the movie mainstream ... <a title="The incredible creativity of William Friedkin: Oscars, box-office hits – and arthouse, experimental genre cinema" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/the-incredible-creativity-of-william-friedkin-oscars-box-office-hits-and-arthouse-experimental-genre-cinema-211185/" aria-label="Read more about The incredible creativity of William Friedkin: Oscars, box-office hits – and arthouse, experimental genre cinema">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Tang, PhD Scholar in Climate Governance, Australian National University NASA, CC BY Right now, people in coastal China are fleeing successive typhoons. Parts of the Philippines are awash. Typhoons are intense circular storms, which Australians know as tropical cyclones and Americans call hurricanes. Damage from cyclones ... <a title="In the future, we could snuff out cyclones. But weather control comes with new risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/in-the-future-we-could-snuff-out-cyclones-but-weather-control-comes-with-new-risks-210788/" aria-label="Read more about In the future, we could snuff out cyclones. But weather control comes with new risks">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Farrelly, Professor and Head of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania In a general amnesty announced on military television last week, Myanmar’s military junta removed six years from the jail term of Aung San Suu Kyi, the 78-year-old leader of the government removed by a coup in ... <a title="Myanmar junta reducing Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence is an empty gesture from a failing state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/myanmar-junta-reducing-aung-san-suu-kyis-sentence-is-an-empty-gesture-from-a-failing-state-210809/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar junta reducing Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence is an empty gesture from a failing state">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie-Claire Seeley, PhD Candidate, Australian Dysautonomia and Arrhythmia Research Collaborative, University of Adelaide Shutterstock POTS or “postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome” is a poorly recognised condition we’ve been hearing more about recently. When people stand up, get out of bed or off the sofa, their heart races and ... <a title="What is POTS? And how is it related to long COVID?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/what-is-pots-and-how-is-it-related-to-long-covid-208280/" aria-label="Read more about What is POTS? And how is it related to long COVID?">Read more</a>
