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Month: May 2024

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We still don’t know the extent of the MediSecure breach, but watch out for these potential scams

May 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University Yavdat/Shutterstock On Thursday last week, Australian media began reporting that an unnamed “commercial health information organisation” had been targeted by cyber criminals. Within hours, reports quickly confirmed that data relating to digital prescriptions for Australian patients had ... <a title="We still don’t know the extent of the MediSecure breach, but watch out for these potential scams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/we-still-dont-know-the-extent-of-the-medisecure-breach-but-watch-out-for-these-potential-scams-230402/" aria-label="Read more about We still don’t know the extent of the MediSecure breach, but watch out for these potential scams">Read more</a>

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Can Iran avoid a political crisis after its president’s death?

May 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research fellow, Middle East studies, Deakin University The death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash this week occurred during one of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s most challenging periods. Raisi, a prominent figure in the political elite, held substantial sway over Iran’s domestic ... <a title="Can Iran avoid a political crisis after its president’s death?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/can-iran-avoid-a-political-crisis-after-its-presidents-death-230406/" aria-label="Read more about Can Iran avoid a political crisis after its president’s death?">Read more</a>

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‘When I’m 80, I want to remember how f***ing hot I looked’: why Bridgerton’s steamy carriage scene breaks new ground

May 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow, Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Netflix There has been much excitement in the lead up to the first four episodes of Bridgerton’s season three, featuring leading couple Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). For anyone ... <a title="‘When I’m 80, I want to remember how f***ing hot I looked’: why Bridgerton’s steamy carriage scene breaks new ground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/when-im-80-i-want-to-remember-how-f-ing-hot-i-looked-why-bridgertons-steamy-carriage-scene-breaks-new-ground-230395/" aria-label="Read more about ‘When I’m 80, I want to remember how f***ing hot I looked’: why Bridgerton’s steamy carriage scene breaks new ground">Read more</a>

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Australian teenagers are curious but have some of the most disruptive maths classes in the OECD

May 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa De Bortoli, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research Taylor Flowe/Unsplash, CC BY Australian teenagers have more disruptive maths classrooms and experience bullying at greater levels than the OECD average, a new report shows. But in better news, Australian students report high levels of curiosity ... <a title="Australian teenagers are curious but have some of the most disruptive maths classes in the OECD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/australian-teenagers-are-curious-but-have-some-of-the-most-disruptive-maths-classes-in-the-oecd-230411/" aria-label="Read more about Australian teenagers are curious but have some of the most disruptive maths classes in the OECD">Read more</a>

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Flu vaccines are no longer free for all under-12s in NZ – children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt

May 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Marsh, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Christoph Soeder/dpa New Zealand’s decision to no longer offer free influenza vaccines for all children under 12 will likely wipe out recent gains in uptake. And it will disproportionately affect those living in ... <a title="Flu vaccines are no longer free for all under-12s in NZ – children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/flu-vaccines-are-no-longer-free-for-all-under-12s-in-nz-children-living-in-poverty-and-at-higher-risk-will-bear-the-brunt-228095/" aria-label="Read more about Flu vaccines are no longer free for all under-12s in NZ – children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt">Read more</a>

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People with dementia aren’t currently eligible for voluntary assisted dying. Should they be?

May 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Inside Creative House/Shutterstock Dementia is the second leading cause of death for Australians aged over 65. More than 421,000 Australians currently live with dementia and this figure is expected ... <a title="People with dementia aren’t currently eligible for voluntary assisted dying. Should they be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/people-with-dementia-arent-currently-eligible-for-voluntary-assisted-dying-should-they-be-224075/" aria-label="Read more about People with dementia aren’t currently eligible for voluntary assisted dying. Should they be?">Read more</a>

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A pest of our own making: revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach

May 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theo Evans, Associate Professor of Applied Entomology, The University of Western Australia Erik Karits, Shutterstock German cockroaches thrive in buildings all over the world. They’re one of the most common cockroach species, causing trouble for people both here and overseas. But in nature, they’re nowhere to be ... <a title="A pest of our own making: revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/a-pest-of-our-own-making-revealing-the-true-origins-of-the-not-so-german-cockroach-228001/" aria-label="Read more about A pest of our own making: revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach">Read more</a>

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‘How a healthy community should be’: how music in youth detention can create new futures

May 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexis Anja Kallio, Deputy Director (Research), Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University Many young people in contact with the justice system come from backgrounds of extreme poverty, parental abuse or neglect, parental incarceration and disrupted education. These complex traumas often manifest as addictions to drugs or alcohol, mental health ... <a title="‘How a healthy community should be’: how music in youth detention can create new futures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/how-a-healthy-community-should-be-how-music-in-youth-detention-can-create-new-futures-227684/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How a healthy community should be’: how music in youth detention can create new futures">Read more</a>

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How Palestine fights ecocide with biodiversity and sustainability resistance

May 21, 2024

Asia Pacific Report For more than 76 years, Palestinians have resisted occupation, dispossession and ethnic cleansing, culminating in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Yet in the midst of this catastrophic seven months of “hell on earth”, it is a paradox that there exists an extraordinary oasis of peace and nature. Nestling in an Al-Karkarfa hillside ... <a title="How Palestine fights ecocide with biodiversity and sustainability resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/how-palestine-fights-ecocide-with-biodiversity-and-sustainability-resistance/" aria-label="Read more about How Palestine fights ecocide with biodiversity and sustainability resistance">Read more</a>

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Any online ‘kidfluencer’ content or images of children can be sexualised, as Four Corners report shows. So what can be done?

May 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Jane Archer, Senior Lecturer, Communication, Edith Cowan University guruXOX/Shutterstock The latest episode of the ABC’s flagship investigative program, Four Corners, makes for grim viewing. It reveals cases of men making inappropriate and sexual comments on online images of children, often posted on accounts run by their ... <a title="Any online ‘kidfluencer’ content or images of children can be sexualised, as Four Corners report shows. So what can be done?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/any-online-kidfluencer-content-or-images-of-children-can-be-sexualised-as-four-corners-report-shows-so-what-can-be-done-230400/" aria-label="Read more about Any online ‘kidfluencer’ content or images of children can be sexualised, as Four Corners report shows. So what can be done?">Read more</a>

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Kiwis trapped in Nouméa: Air NZ won’t fly from New Caledonia for days

May 20, 2024

New Caledonia’s Tontouta International Airport remains closed, and Air New Zealand’s next scheduled flight is on Saturday — although it is not ruling out adding extra services. Air NZ’s Captain David Morgan said on Monday evening flights would only resume when they were assured of the security of the airport and safe access for passengers ... <a title="Kiwis trapped in Nouméa: Air NZ won’t fly from New Caledonia for days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/kiwis-trapped-in-noumea-air-nz-wont-fly-from-new-caledonia-for-days/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwis trapped in Nouméa: Air NZ won’t fly from New Caledonia for days">Read more</a>

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Nakba Gallery: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free

May 20, 2024

Asia Pacific Report As Israel drives the Palestinians deeper into another Nakba in Gaza with its assault on Rafah, the Palestine Youth Aotearoa (PYA) and solidarity supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand tonight commemorated the original Nakba — “the Catastrophe” — of 1948. The 1948 Nakba . . . more than 750,000 Palestinians were forced to ... <a title="Nakba Gallery: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/20/nakba-gallery-from-the-river-to-the-sea-palestine-will-be-free/" aria-label="Read more about Nakba Gallery: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free">Read more</a>