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June 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Gerber, Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University The newly passed Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda has made a country that was already dangerous for LGBTQ+ people truly treacherous. The new law includes the death penalty for the so-called offence of “aggravated homosexuality”, defined as same-sex relations ... <a title="LGBTQ+ people are facing increasing persecution globally, but refugee status is still extremely hard to get" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/23/lgbtq-people-are-facing-increasing-persecution-globally-but-refugee-status-is-still-extremely-hard-to-get-207119/" aria-label="Read more about LGBTQ+ people are facing increasing persecution globally, but refugee status is still extremely hard to get">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arthur Grimes, Professor of Wellbeing and Public Policy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Whether it be repression of free speech under authoritarian regimes or instances of “cancel culture” in various countries, the importance of freedom of expression is being is as hotly ... <a title="Who benefits most from the protection of free speech – the haves or the have-nots?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/23/who-benefits-most-from-the-protection-of-free-speech-the-haves-or-the-have-nots-207706/" aria-label="Read more about Who benefits most from the protection of free speech – the haves or the have-nots?">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacques Raubenheimer, Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics, University of Sydney Shutterstock Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure it’s accurate. Don’t ... <a title="Can a daily multivitamin improve your memory?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/23/can-a-daily-multivitamin-improve-your-memory-208114/" aria-label="Read more about Can a daily multivitamin improve your memory?">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gretta Pecl, Professor, ARC Future Fellow & Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania Shutterstock If you take a plunge in the sea this winter, you might notice it’s warmer than you expect. And if you’re fishing off Sydney and catch a tropical coral ... <a title="Marine species are being pushed towards the poles. From dugong to octopuses, here are 8 marine species you might spot in new places" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/23/marine-species-are-being-pushed-towards-the-poles-from-dugong-to-octopuses-here-are-8-marine-species-you-might-spot-in-new-places-207115/" aria-label="Read more about Marine species are being pushed towards the poles. From dugong to octopuses, here are 8 marine species you might spot in new places">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock It’s that time of the year when reports on student learning come home. Anxiety for students and their parents and caregivers often tags along. Long gone are the days when a school report was handwritten page, ... <a title="Why do I find my child’s school report so hard to understand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/23/why-do-i-find-my-childs-school-report-so-hard-to-understand-207831/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I find my child’s school report so hard to understand?">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Shutterstock Bitcoin boosters like to claim Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, are becoming mainstream. There’s a good reason to want people to believe this. The only way the average punter will profit from crypto ... <a title="New data proves almost no one uses Bitcoin as currency. It’s actually more like gambling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/23/new-data-proves-almost-no-one-uses-bitcoin-as-currency-its-actually-more-like-gambling-207909/" aria-label="Read more about New data proves almost no one uses Bitcoin as currency. It’s actually more like gambling">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Special Minister of State Don Farrell, who’s also minister for trade and tourism and the government’s deputy leader in the Senate, is a numbers man from way back. A powerbroker of the right, in 2012 Farrell (only a parliamentary secretary ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor’s ‘Godfather’ seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/grattan-on-friday-labors-godfather-seeks-deal-on-electoral-reform-but-some-fear-changes-could-disadvantage-community-candidates-208285/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor’s ‘Godfather’ seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Papua New Guinean academic says the new security deals with the United States will militarise his country and anyone who thinks otherwise is naïve. In May, PNG’s Defence Minister Win Barki Daki and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed the Defence Cooperation Agreement and the Shiprider ... <a title="PNG academic says Port Moresby politicians naïve over US defence deals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/png-academic-says-port-moresby-politicians-naive-over-us-defence-deals/" aria-label="Read more about PNG academic says Port Moresby politicians naïve over US defence deals">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: A wild and badly behaved parliamentary fortnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/word-from-the-hill-a-wild-and-badly-behaved-parliamentary-fortnight-208299/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: A wild and badly behaved parliamentary fortnight">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Michael Wood has become a victim of his own complacency about conflicts of interest. He simply didn’t take integrity rules meant to protect the New Zealand political system from corruption seriously. And that’s rightly led to his downfall. Wood’s complacency about corruption-prevention is hardly unique. The whole country has generally ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Era of complacency over political conflicts of interest is over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-era-of-complacency-over-political-conflicts-of-interest-is-over/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Era of complacency over political conflicts of interest is over">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Hardy, Associate Professor, Tourism and Society, University of Tasmania Alan Berner/The Seattle Times/AP The world has watched in shock as rescue crews feverishly search for the Titan submersible vehicle, which disappeared while attempting to take tourists to view the wreckage of the Titanic in the North ... <a title="Why is extreme ‘frontier travel’ booming despite the risks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/why-is-extreme-frontier-travel-booming-despite-the-risks-208201/" aria-label="Read more about Why is extreme ‘frontier travel’ booming despite the risks?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristie Patricia Flannery, Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University Royal Museums Greenwich The question on many minds this week is why did some of the world’s richest men risk death to venture to the bottom of the sea in a cold and ... <a title="Disaster, opulence, and the merciless ocean: why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/disaster-opulence-and-the-merciless-ocean-why-the-titanic-disaster-continues-to-enthral-208200/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster, opulence, and the merciless ocean: why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral">Read more</a>
