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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images In 2019 the New Zealand government committed an unprecedented NZ$1.9 billion to improving mental health services. This announcement brought hope to a sector that had been treated like the second-class citizen of the ... <a title="It’s 4 years since the NZ government pledged $1.9 billion for better mental health services – why are we still waiting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/its-4-years-since-the-nz-government-pledged-1-9-billion-for-better-mental-health-services-why-are-we-still-waiting-207908/" aria-label="Read more about It’s 4 years since the NZ government pledged $1.9 billion for better mental health services – why are we still waiting?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Ferrill, Lecturer in Financial Crime Studies, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock Australia’s financial crime laws are unfit for purpose. The problem: there are many professionals currently facilitating money laundering within the country who are exempt from the laws and regulations set up to stop it. To illustrate ... <a title="Australia is awash with dirty money – here’s how to close the money-laundering loopholes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/australia-is-awash-with-dirty-money-heres-how-to-close-the-money-laundering-loopholes-206606/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is awash with dirty money – here’s how to close the money-laundering loopholes">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Allard, Post doctoral researcher and medical epidemiologist, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity MargJohnsonVA/Shutterstock When it comes to COVID, people living in disadvantaged communities are hit with a triple whammy. First, they’re more likely to get infected, and when sick, are more likely to ... <a title="Who’s taking COVID antivirals like Paxlovid? Hint: it helps if you’re rich" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/whos-taking-covid-antivirals-like-paxlovid-hint-it-helps-if-youre-rich-207822/" aria-label="Read more about Who’s taking COVID antivirals like Paxlovid? Hint: it helps if you’re rich">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Ruscoe, Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University Australian primary schools are becoming increasingly reliant on commercial programs for teaching students. This means the content and the way students are being taught is outsourced to a third-party provider, who is not your child’s teacher. Pre-pandemic research, ... <a title="Chances are your child’s school uses commercial programs to support teaching: what parents should know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/chances-are-your-childs-school-uses-commercial-programs-to-support-teaching-what-parents-should-know-203062/" aria-label="Read more about Chances are your child’s school uses commercial programs to support teaching: what parents should know">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Boucaut, PhD Candidate & Tutor, Media Department, University of Adelaide Sony “Animation is cinema. Animation is not a genre. And, animation is ready to be taken to the next step – we are all ready for it, please help us, keep animation in the conversation.” This ... <a title="Are the Oscars going to take animated films more seriously?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/are-the-oscars-going-to-take-animated-films-more-seriously-207716/" aria-label="Read more about Are the Oscars going to take animated films more seriously?">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland A long-exposure photo reveals the Sun’s path in the sky every day for a six-month period. Bob Fosbury / Flickr, CC BY-SA Happy solstice everyone! The mid-year solstice in 2023 falls at 2:58 pm UTC on 21 June (or, ... <a title="What is a solstice? An astronomer explains the long and short of days, years and seasons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/21/what-is-a-solstice-an-astronomer-explains-the-long-and-short-of-days-years-and-seasons-208178/" aria-label="Read more about What is a solstice? An astronomer explains the long and short of days, years and seasons">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra There was much celebration in the Albanese government this week at the passage through parliament of the bill to set up the referendum on the Voice. Anthony Albanese sent out a national rallying call ahead of the vote later this ... <a title="View from The Hill: Linda Burney says the Voice won’t be able to advise on Australia Day – but how could that be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/21/view-from-the-hill-linda-burney-says-the-voice-wont-be-able-to-advise-on-australia-day-but-how-could-that-be-208191/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Linda Burney says the Voice won’t be able to advise on Australia Day – but how could that be?">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University For the first time, Australians have been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation into alleged Afghan war crimes. That Senator Jacqui Lambie has instigated this process is even more extraordinary as it’s the first time ... <a title="The International Criminal Court is unlikely to prosecute alleged Australian war crimes – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/21/the-international-criminal-court-is-unlikely-to-prosecute-alleged-australian-war-crimes-heres-why-208180/" aria-label="Read more about The International Criminal Court is unlikely to prosecute alleged Australian war crimes – here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Carroll, PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Sydney In November 2022, Ticketmaster was forced to cancel the general sale for Taylor Swift’s North American Eras tour after unprecedented demand. More than 3.5 million fans had registered to try to get a presale code – a number ... <a title="How does a Taylor Swift fan prove their love? Money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/21/how-does-a-taylor-swift-fan-prove-their-love-money-208177/" aria-label="Read more about How does a Taylor Swift fan prove their love? Money">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2023
In this episode of A View from Afar podcast Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will deep dive into the battle to control a narrative, waged by all sides in a polarised combative world, and how modern mainstream media institutions, like Radio New Zealand, fall vulnerable in the absence of robust all-sides-considered analysis and debate.
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June 21, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The Pandemic can be assessed a bit like games of football, with deaths being the score. (Or, given that there are many ‘teams’ competing together, a better analogy may be a Marathon race. Nevertheless, I will use the language of the football metaphor.) The winning country would be that with the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Mortality Assessment – the Pandemic ‘World Cup’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/21/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-mortality-assessment-the-pandemic-world-cup/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Mortality Assessment – the Pandemic ‘World Cup’">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph Cooney, Professor Emeritus in Advanced Materials, University of Auckland Hauke-Christian Dittrich/picture alliance via Getty Images As the global economy moves away from fossil fuels, green hydrogen could be critical to achieving a zero-carbon world by 2050. Green hydrogen offers a solution to decarbonising “hard-to-abate” industries such ... <a title="Green hydrogen could be a game changer by displacing fossil fuels – we just need the price to come down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/21/green-hydrogen-could-be-a-game-changer-by-displacing-fossil-fuels-we-just-need-the-price-to-come-down-205636/" aria-label="Read more about Green hydrogen could be a game changer by displacing fossil fuels – we just need the price to come down">Read more</a>
