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August 9, 2024
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura and Pizaro Gozali Idrus in Jakarta Indonesian human rights groups have called for an independent investigation into the death of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in a remote part of Papua province earlier this week. The pilot, identified as Glen Malcolm Conning, was reportedly killed by an armed group shortly ... <a title="Indonesian human rights groups seek independent probe of NZ pilot’s death in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/indonesian-human-rights-groups-seek-independent-probe-of-nz-pilots-death-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian human rights groups seek independent probe of NZ pilot’s death in Papua">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor France has approved a high-level Pacific “fact-finding mission” to New Caledonia to gather information from all sides involved in the ongoing crisis. “We are welcoming a mission of the troika for a fact-finding mission in New Caledonia before the [Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting],” the French Ambassador to ... <a title="Macron gives Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia green light, says diplomat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/macron-gives-pacific-mission-to-kanaky-new-caledonia-green-light-says-diplomat/" aria-label="Read more about Macron gives Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia green light, says diplomat">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
By Mick Hall A leading peace campaigner is calling Aotearoa New Zealand’s decision to stay away from a peace event in Nagasaki paying tribute to victims of the Japanese city’s 1945 nuclear bombing “outrageous”. Former trade union leader Robert Reid said New Zealand could have acted as a strong independent Pacific voice by attending today’s ... <a title="Advocate slams NZ snub of Nagasaki peace tribute as ‘outrageous’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/advocate-slams-nz-snub-of-nagasaki-peace-tribute-as-outrageous/" aria-label="Read more about Advocate slams NZ snub of Nagasaki peace tribute as ‘outrageous’">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government next week will introduce legislation to force the appointment of an administrator into the recalcitrant CFMEU, after the union tried a delaying tactic to drag out court action. Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt announced on Friday the ... <a title="Albanese government will introduce legislation next week to force an administrator into the CFMEU" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/albanese-government-will-introduce-legislation-next-week-to-force-an-administrator-into-the-cfmeu-236493/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government will introduce legislation next week to force an administrator into the CFMEU">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elisa Hill-Yardin, Professor and Head, Gut-Brain Axis Laboratory, RMIT University Oporty786/Shutterstock A study out recently has prompted much media attention about the role of plastics in developing autism. In particular, the study focused on exposure to a component of hard plastics – bisphenol A, or BPA – ... <a title="Do plastics cause autism? Here’s what the latest study really says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/do-plastics-cause-autism-heres-what-the-latest-study-really-says-236401/" aria-label="Read more about Do plastics cause autism? Here’s what the latest study really says">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Taylor, PhD Candidate in climate justice, Queensland University of Technology paintings, Shutterstock This week, a Senate committee examining Australia’s disaster resilience tabled its long-awaited report in parliament. The 151-page report makes ten recommendations. These concern funding arrangements, mental health supports, emergency volunteering models, and the need ... <a title="Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/disaster-season-looms-but-the-senate-inquiry-has-failed-to-empower-communities-236124/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Brown, Head of Policy and Engagement, Climateworks Centre Much of the climate conversation in Australia to date has centred on actions to limit global warming, recognising that each increment of warming contributes to worsening climate extremes. In a recently released book, Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving ... <a title="‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-australias-survival-in-a-warmer-world-will-be-a-mammoth-multi-tasking-effort-236337/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta-Anne Zimmerman, Senior Lecturer/Program Advisor, Griffith Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Program, Griffith University MedVecArt/Shutterstock Google searches for “NSW scabies outbreak” have spiked over recent days in light of an outbreak of the contagious skin condition in New South Wales. According to the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health ... <a title="Scabies: what to know about the outbreak of this contagious skin condition in hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/scabies-what-to-know-about-the-outbreak-of-this-contagious-skin-condition-in-hospitals-236482/" aria-label="Read more about Scabies: what to know about the outbreak of this contagious skin condition in hospitals">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad E Tucker, Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, Australian National University For the more than 100,000 years humans have been on Earth, we have looked up at night and seen the stars and our celestial home, the Milky Way galaxy. Cultures all around the world have stories and records incorporating this ... <a title="Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris. Here’s how we can get the night sky back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/only-100-years-ago-the-milky-way-was-visible-from-central-paris-heres-how-we-can-get-the-night-sky-back-236221/" aria-label="Read more about Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris. Here’s how we can get the night sky back">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hensher, Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney MT-R/Shutterstock Announcing the directive to work “primarily in an approved office”, NSW Premier Chris Minns said overseas studies showed people were less productive when working from home. “There is a drop in mentorship. There is ... <a title="Making workers return to the office might not make them any more productive, despite what the NSW premier says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/making-workers-return-to-the-office-might-not-make-them-any-more-productive-despite-what-the-nsw-premier-says-236310/" aria-label="Read more about Making workers return to the office might not make them any more productive, despite what the NSW premier says">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hopkins, Lecturer in Communication, University of Southern Queensland Over the course of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Charlotte Dujardin went from being Great Britain’s most successful Olympics dressage rider to one of the most digitally shamed athletes in the history of the internet. A video emerged which ... <a title="The Paris Olympics horse-whipping scandal shows the dangers of ‘Disneyfication’ in horse sports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/the-paris-olympics-horse-whipping-scandal-shows-the-dangers-of-disneyfication-in-horse-sports-235672/" aria-label="Read more about The Paris Olympics horse-whipping scandal shows the dangers of ‘Disneyfication’ in horse sports">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nancy Kong, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney MikeDotta/Shutterstock Loneliness isn’t just awful for individuals – it has society-wide impacts too. It significantly contributes to mental health issues, sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, and early death. Researchers have even ... <a title="Lonely extroverts, happy hermits: why being alone isn’t the same as being lonely – and why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/lonely-extroverts-happy-hermits-why-being-alone-isnt-the-same-as-being-lonely-and-why-it-matters-235767/" aria-label="Read more about Lonely extroverts, happy hermits: why being alone isn’t the same as being lonely – and why it matters">Read more</a>
