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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Waghorn, Lecturer, School of Education, RMIT University Tomertu/ Shutterstock It’s almost the end of the school year. And that means it’s “awards season” for school students. Before the holidays, students, teachers and families will gather for speech days where awards will be handed out for academic ... <a title="Should we give students awards at school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/should-we-give-students-awards-at-school-245358/" aria-label="Read more about Should we give students awards at school?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Danks, Associate professor in Cinema and Media Studies, RMIT University IMDB Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, released on December 9 1974, is a fascinating composite of both 1970s New Hollywood and the legacy of the women-centred melodrama of the 1930s and ‘40s. It is now mostly ... <a title="Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore at 50: the film that marks a path not taken in Scorsese’s career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/alice-doesnt-live-here-anymore-at-50-the-film-that-marks-a-path-not-taken-in-scorseses-career-243460/" aria-label="Read more about Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore at 50: the film that marks a path not taken in Scorsese’s career">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Jones, Lecturer in Ecology, Griffith University What can plants or animals do when faced with harsh conditions? Two options for survival seem most obvious: move elsewhere or adapt to their environment. Some organisms have a third option. They can escape not through space but through time, ... <a title="New research reveals a key evolutionary benefit of sleeping for a season – or for centuries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/new-research-reveals-a-key-evolutionary-benefit-of-sleeping-for-a-season-or-for-centuries-243804/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals a key evolutionary benefit of sleeping for a season – or for centuries">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane The first large-scale environmental impact assessment of Rio Tinto’s abandoned Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea has found local communities face life-threatening risks from its legacy. The independent study was initiated after frustrated landowners in PNG’s Autonomous Region of Bougainville took their longstanding grievances against Rio Tinto to the Australian ... <a title="Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine clean-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/panguna-human-rights-report-fuels-bougainville-demands-for-rio-tinto-funded-mine-clean-up/" aria-label="Read more about Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine clean-up">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University The swift and unexpected fall of the Syrian capital, Damascus, to Sunni opposition forces marks a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East. Bashar al-Assad’s regime had withstood more than a decade of uprisings, civil ... <a title="Bashar al-Assad’s regime has fallen in Syria. How will this impact an already fractured region?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/bashar-al-assads-regime-has-fallen-in-syria-how-will-this-impact-an-already-fractured-region-245539/" aria-label="Read more about Bashar al-Assad’s regime has fallen in Syria. How will this impact an already fractured region?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Governor Powes Parkop of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby has appealed to West Papuans living in his country to carry on the self-determination struggle for future generations and to not lose hope. Parkop, a staunch supporter of the West Papua cause, reminded Papuans at their Independence Day last Sunday of the ... <a title="PNG’s Parkop tells exiled Papuans ‘don’t lose hope – keep up the freedom struggle’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/pngs-parkop-tells-exiled-papuans-dont-lose-hope-keep-up-the-freedom-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Parkop tells exiled Papuans ‘don’t lose hope – keep up the freedom struggle’">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the reactions to incidents of antisemitism, many people observe a contrast between New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Over the past year, Minns has seemed quicker off the mark and more on point than ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese announces more funding for Jewish security, labels synagogue firebomb ‘terrorism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/view-from-the-hill-albanese-announces-more-funding-for-jewish-security-labels-synagogue-firebomb-terrorism-245537/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese announces more funding for Jewish security, labels synagogue firebomb ‘terrorism’">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International officials at a rally in Auckland today doubled down on their global report this week accusing Israel of genocide and called on Aotearoa New Zealand to take more action over the atrocities in the besieged enclave of Gaza. The global human rights movement’s 296-page fully documented report says Israel has ... <a title="Amnesty International doubles down on Israeli Gaza ‘genocide, atrocities’ report at NZ rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/amnesty-international-doubles-down-on-israeli-gaza-genocide-atrocities-report-at-nz-rally/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty International doubles down on Israeli Gaza ‘genocide, atrocities’ report at NZ rally">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2024
RNZ Pacific A group of concerned alumni of the University of the South Pacific has called the regional institution’s delay in releasing the outcomes of the 98th USP Council meeting held in Rarotonga late last month “totally unacceptable”. The group released a statement on Thursday, stating that the regional university’s main decision-making body and support ... <a title="Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/07/alumni-group-slams-usps-failure-to-release-council-meeting-outcomes/" aria-label="Read more about Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein The incoming Trump administration will bring a dangerous brew of Christian nationalism and anti-Palestinian racism Things can always get worse. Much worse. The Biden/Harris administration has bank-rolled and funded Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza, the sight of the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world. Israeli soldiers wilfully ... <a title="Israeli extremism has a new best friend in the White House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/07/israeli-extremism-has-a-new-best-friend-in-the-white-house/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli extremism has a new best friend in the White House">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr is inviting US President-elect Donald Trump to “visit the Pacific” to see firsthand the impacts of the climate crisis. Palau is set to host the largest annual Pacific leaders meeting in 2026, and the country’s leader Whipps told RNZ Pacific he would “love” ... <a title="Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis impacts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/palaus-president-invites-trump-to-visit-pacific-to-see-climate-crisis-impacts/" aria-label="Read more about Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis impacts">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Shutterstock When the police and intelligence agencies of the five nations of the Five Eyes intelligence community come together and release a report, it’s a significant event. The report, released on ... <a title="Rates of youth radicalisation are climbing in Australia and abroad. Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/rates-of-youth-radicalisation-are-climbing-in-australia-and-abroad-heres-what-to-look-out-for-245459/" aria-label="Read more about Rates of youth radicalisation are climbing in Australia and abroad. Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
