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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne DC Studio/Shutterstock When federal parliament passed legislation last week which will ban under 16s from social media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese celebrated. Posting on X, he said: “We’re doing everything we ... <a title="How can Australia actually keep young people off social media and porn sites? A new trial will test 3 options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/how-can-australia-actually-keep-young-people-off-social-media-and-porn-sites-a-new-trial-will-test-3-options-245021/" aria-label="Read more about How can Australia actually keep young people off social media and porn sites? A new trial will test 3 options">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Hurley-Walker, Radio Astronomer, Curtin University An artist’s impression of the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii. Mark Garlick/University of Warwick/ESO, CC BY Slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers since they were discovered in 2022. In new research, we have for ... <a title="Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/astronomers-have-pinpointed-the-origin-of-mysterious-repeating-radio-bursts-from-space-244920/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Imagine a city where everyone can afford a safe home, reach work or school without long, stressful commutes, and enjoy green parks and clean air. This is Anthony Albanese’s decade-long vision for Australia’s cities after last ... <a title="Cheaper housing and better transport? What you need to know about Australia’s new National Urban Policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/cheaper-housing-and-better-transport-what-you-need-to-know-about-australias-new-national-urban-policy-244947/" aria-label="Read more about Cheaper housing and better transport? What you need to know about Australia’s new National Urban Policy">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Nairn, Professor, College of Education, University of Otago Since taking power last year, the New Zealand government has made rapid changes to the country’s education system including the introduction of structured approaches to literacy and maths and the promotion of charter schools. But these sweeping moves ... <a title="Privatisation by stealth: changes to education in NZ opening the door to private interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/privatisation-by-stealth-changes-to-education-in-nz-opening-the-door-to-private-interests-244499/" aria-label="Read more about Privatisation by stealth: changes to education in NZ opening the door to private interests">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin will remain in a mainland French jail for the time being, a Court of Appeal has ruled in Nouméa. This followed an earlier ruling on October 22 from the Court of Cassation, which is tasked to rule on possible procedural mistakes ... <a title="Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/kanak-pro-independence-leader-christian-tein-to-remain-in-mainland-french-jail/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national YouGov poll, conducted November 15–21 from a sample of 1,515, had a 50–50 tie, unchanged from the previous YouGov poll in September. Primary votes were ... <a title="Under-16 social media ban supported by 77% as economic sentiment lifts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/under-16-social-media-ban-supported-by-77-as-economic-sentiment-lifts-243917/" aria-label="Read more about Under-16 social media ban supported by 77% as economic sentiment lifts">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Twenty five Pacific civil society organisations and solidarity movements have called on Pacific leaders of their “longstanding responsibility” to West Papua, and to urgently address the “ongoing gross human rights abuses” by Indonesia. The organisations — including the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS). Pacific Network on ... <a title="Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over Papua injustices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/civil-society-groups-call-on-pacific-leaders-to-take-responsibility-over-papua-injustices/" aria-label="Read more about Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over Papua injustices">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today, Monday at 12:45pm December 2, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 6:45pm (USEST). In this episode of A View From Afar political scientist Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will analyse how conflicts are expanding, arguably with warring sides taking an opportunity to take ... <a title="LIVE@12:45pm – Conflict Expansion and Opportunism Within a Lame-Duck Window" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/live1245pm-conflict-expansion-and-opportunism-within-a-lame-duck-window/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE@12:45pm – Conflict Expansion and Opportunism Within a Lame-Duck Window">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Enticott, Associate Professor, Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Monash University Overearth/Shutterstock Australian pride in our universal health system is partly derived from our belief that services should be most available to those who most need them. Logically, this should apply just as much to ... <a title="For richer, but not for poorer: how Australia’s mental health system fails those most in need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/for-richer-but-not-for-poorer-how-australias-mental-health-system-fails-those-most-in-need-243370/" aria-label="Read more about For richer, but not for poorer: how Australia’s mental health system fails those most in need">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Dempsey, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury Getty Images Historically, gas in New Zealand traded below NZ$10 per gigajoule. When prices hit $50 per gigajoule in August this year, anyone with gas to sell could have made a lot of money. But there ... <a title="NZ’s gas shortage was not caused by the offshore exploration ban – but it was still a flawed policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/nzs-gas-shortage-was-not-caused-by-the-offshore-exploration-ban-but-it-was-still-a-flawed-policy-242013/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s gas shortage was not caused by the offshore exploration ban – but it was still a flawed policy">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Shutterstock Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, new research shows. ... <a title="A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/a-13-billion-30-year-flop-landmark-study-reveals-stark-failure-to-halt-murray-darling-river-decline-244296/" aria-label="Read more about A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rayan Merkbawi, Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney One of the Albanese government’s top priorities in education is to see more Australians graduating from university. It has set a target of 80% of the workforce having a university degree or TAFE qualification by 2050, up ... <a title="‘I felt lost’: immigrant parents want more support to help their children go to uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/i-felt-lost-immigrant-parents-want-more-support-to-help-their-children-go-to-uni-244817/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I felt lost’: immigrant parents want more support to help their children go to uni">Read more</a>
