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February 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It wasn’t the first time Peter Dutton had said he was sorry for boycotting Kevin Rudd’s 2008’s historic Apology to the Stolen Generations, but Monday’s reiteration was an important moment for the opposition leader. Dutton is struggling to chart a ... <a title="View from The Hill: Dutton apologises for missing Apology’s symbolism but how will he see the Voice’s symbolism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/14/view-from-the-hill-dutton-apologises-for-missing-apologys-symbolism-but-how-will-he-see-the-voices-symbolism-199788/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Dutton apologises for missing Apology’s symbolism but how will he see the Voice’s symbolism?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Ghezelbash, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney, UNSW Sydney Refugees in Australia on temporary protection visas (TPVs) and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (SHEVs) now have a pathway to permanent protection, the federal government has confirmed ... <a title="Changes to temporary protection visas are a welcome development – and they won’t encourage people smugglers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/changes-to-temporary-protection-visas-are-a-welcome-development-and-they-wont-encourage-people-smugglers-199763/" aria-label="Read more about Changes to temporary protection visas are a welcome development – and they won’t encourage people smugglers">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damian Mellifont, Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australia is lagging behind other countries when it comes to employing people with disability. A gulf exists between the employment rates of working-aged Australians with and without disability. The gap here is ... <a title="Australia is lagging when it comes to employing people with disability – quotas for disability services could be a start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/australia-is-lagging-when-it-comes-to-employing-people-with-disability-quotas-for-disability-services-could-be-a-start-199405/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is lagging when it comes to employing people with disability – quotas for disability services could be a start">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Four years ago, then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison famously claimed electric vehicles (EVs) would end the weekend. “It’s not going to tow your trailer. It’s not going to tow your boat. It’s not going to get ... <a title="Electric utes can now power the weekend – and the work week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/electric-utes-can-now-power-the-weekend-and-the-work-week-199600/" aria-label="Read more about Electric utes can now power the weekend – and the work week">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Holloway, Senior Research DECRA Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University Dan Peled/AAP Australia’s education ministers have just announced changes to NAPLAN that will start right away. These include bringing the testing date forward and changing the way results are reported. According ... <a title="What do the NAPLAN test changes mean for schools and students?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/what-do-the-naplan-test-changes-mean-for-schools-and-students-199764/" aria-label="Read more about What do the NAPLAN test changes mean for schools and students?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ausma Bernot, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University Mark Schiefelbein/AP Australian government offices have begun removing more than 900 Chinese-made surveillance cameras, intercoms, electronic entry systems and video recorders. Last week, a government audit found the technology had been installed ... <a title="There are 60,000 Chinese-made surveillance systems in Australia – how concerned should we be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/there-are-60-000-chinese-made-surveillance-systems-in-australia-how-concerned-should-we-be-199734/" aria-label="Read more about There are 60,000 Chinese-made surveillance systems in Australia – how concerned should we be?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Geologist, Monash University Lloyd Homer / GNS Science, Author provided After devastating earthquakes, it’s common to see discussion of earthquake prediction. An earthquake prediction requires, in advance, the specific time, location and magnitude of a future quake. However, earthquake prediction has never been achieved ... <a title="Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/nobody-can-predict-earthquakes-but-we-can-forecast-them-heres-how-199757/" aria-label="Read more about Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yimin Xu, Ph.D student at School of Humanities & Language, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, UNSW Sydney CMC Pictures A prequel to the 2019 film Wandering Earth, the Chinese blockbuster hit Wandering Earth II opens on a futuristic dystopia where the dying Sun is about to ... <a title="What the sci-fi blockbuster Wandering Earth II can teach us about China’s global and local aspirations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/what-the-sci-fi-blockbuster-wandering-earth-ii-can-teach-us-about-chinas-global-and-local-aspirations-198785/" aria-label="Read more about What the sci-fi blockbuster Wandering Earth II can teach us about China’s global and local aspirations">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva While steps are being taken behind the scenes by Fiji’s coalition government to review the country’s existing media legislation, civil society organisation Dialogue Fiji says coming up with a law that protects media freedom and safeguards against reporting that can have negative implications is difficult. Speaking at the launch of ... <a title="Turaga applauds Dialogue Fiji media law report, reaffirms review plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/turaga-applauds-dialogue-fiji-media-law-report-reaffirms-review-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Turaga applauds Dialogue Fiji media law report, reaffirms review plan">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Wilkinson, Professor of Construction Management, Massey University Getty Images Flooded roads, our largest international airport underwater, overwhelmed storm water systems and significant sewage discharge into the sea and streams. The recent floods and then cyclone in Auckland are a stark reminder that our basic infrastructure lacks ... <a title="Flood warning: NZ’s critical infrastructure is too important to fail – greater resilience is urgently needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/flood-warning-nzs-critical-infrastructure-is-too-important-to-fail-greater-resilience-is-urgently-needed-198872/" aria-label="Read more about Flood warning: NZ’s critical infrastructure is too important to fail – greater resilience is urgently needed">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong “Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is — no one ever had anything bad to say about him,” says a colleague of the New Zealand pilot taken hostage last week by members of the West Papuan National Liberation Army (TPN-PB) in the mountainous Nduga Regency. How ... <a title="Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua conflict that the world ignores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/why-a-nz-pilot-is-a-pawn-in-the-west-papua-conflict-that-the-world-ignores/" aria-label="Read more about Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua conflict that the world ignores">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India The first clues to New Zealand’s foreign policy after Jacinda Ardern are beginning to emerge. Chris Hipkins, the new Prime Minister, decided to retain Nanaia Mahuta as his foreign minister – and both Hipkins and Mahuta took to the skies last ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/geoffrey-miller-political-roundup-new-zealand-resets-relationships-with-australia-and-india/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India ">Read more</a>
