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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Fox-Harding, Lecturer/Researcher, Edith Cowan University As the world’s best athletes head to Paris for the upcoming Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is trying to make it easier for new parents to compete at their best. Led by an initiative from the IOC Athletes’ Commission, the ... <a title="The Olympics and FIFA are trying to better support ‘mum-aletes’ – what are Australian sports doing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/the-olympics-and-fifa-are-trying-to-better-support-mum-aletes-what-are-australian-sports-doing-233218/" aria-label="Read more about The Olympics and FIFA are trying to better support ‘mum-aletes’ – what are Australian sports doing?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm July 15, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 8:45pm (USEDT). The Trump Assassination Attempt, Security Failures, The Politics and What Happens Next? – Firstly, in this episode of A View from Afar, political scientist and former Pentagon analyst, Dr Paul Buchanan, ... <a title="LIVE RECORDING: The Trump Assassination Attempt, Security, The Politics, What Happens Next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/live-recording-the-trump-assassination-attempt-security-failures-the-politics-what-happens-next/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE RECORDING: The Trump Assassination Attempt, Security, The Politics, What Happens Next">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonali Gnanenthiran, Cardiologist and Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Program, George Institute for Global Health Miljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock About one-third of adults have high blood pressure. Two-thirds of these have uncontrolled high blood pressure. A key driver of poor blood pressure control is people not taking their tablets as prescribed. ... <a title="Injectables for high blood pressure are in the works. Could they mean no more daily pills?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/injectables-for-high-blood-pressure-are-in-the-works-could-they-mean-no-more-daily-pills-224623/" aria-label="Read more about Injectables for high blood pressure are in the works. Could they mean no more daily pills?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Grace, Adjunct Professor, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, The University of Western Australia Viewfoto studio, Shutterstock Before renewables came along, coal-fired power stations pumped out electricity (and carbon emissions) 24 hours a day. But now, this type of “always on” baseload power is no longer necessary ... <a title="No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your solar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/no-room-for-nuclear-power-unless-the-coalition-switches-off-your-solar-234156/" aria-label="Read more about No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your solar">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Lecturer – Creative Industries, University of South Australia The Western Australian government subsidised two exclusive 2023 concerts by Coldplay to the tune of A$8 million, Guardian Australia reported last week. The November performances at Perth’s Optus Stadium were described by the government as a “major ... <a title="The WA government spent $8 million on Coldplay – but this tourism sugar hit comes at the expense of local music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/the-wa-government-spent-8-million-on-coldplay-but-this-tourism-sugar-hit-comes-at-the-expense-of-local-music-234370/" aria-label="Read more about The WA government spent $8 million on Coldplay – but this tourism sugar hit comes at the expense of local music">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington On the face of it, the government’s recently announced targets for improving mental health care are laudable. But without more detail about how those targets will be achieved – and funded – New Zealand’s struggling ... <a title="Mental health targets aren’t enough – unless NZ backs them up with more detail and funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/mental-health-targets-arent-enough-unless-nz-backs-them-up-with-more-detail-and-funding-234161/" aria-label="Read more about Mental health targets aren’t enough – unless NZ backs them up with more detail and funding">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University Shutterstock While most adults have nostalgic memories of being young, and the freedom, exploration and learning that entails, this will be less likely for the current generation of youth. Newly published ... <a title="Young Australians feel they are ‘missing out’ on being young: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/young-australians-feel-they-are-missing-out-on-being-young-new-research-234360/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians feel they are ‘missing out’ on being young: new research">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was a mood of euphoria at the impressive event, especially from politicians who talked about journalism being the “oxygen of democracy”. The dumping of the draconian and widely hated Fiji Media ... <a title="When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/when-media-freedom-as-the-oxygen-of-democracy-and-hypocrisy-share-the-same-pacific-arena/" aria-label="Read more about When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University The shots fired at Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday are being investigated as an assassination attempt of the former president and current Republican presidential nominee. Assassination attempts on presidents ... <a title="A bloodied, defiant Trump could become the defining image of the US election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/14/a-bloodied-defiant-trump-could-become-the-defining-image-of-the-us-election-234629/" aria-label="Read more about A bloodied, defiant Trump could become the defining image of the US election">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2024
By Kelvin Joe and Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby Two widows and their children were among other Papua New Guinean squatters who had to dismantle their homes as the eviction exercise started at portion 2157 at Nine-Mile’s Bush Wara this week. Agnes Kamak, 52, from Jiwaka’s South Waghi, and Jen Emeke, from Enga’s Wapenamanda, said ... <a title="‘We slept in the open,’ say PNG evicted widows who bought Bush Wara land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/14/we-slept-in-the-open-say-png-evicted-widows-who-bought-bush-wara-land/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We slept in the open,’ say PNG evicted widows who bought Bush Wara land">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk More armoured vehicles and firetrucks have been delivered for Kanaky New Caledonia’s security forces, including police and firemen. The France-freighted shipment consignment arrived aboard a cargo vessel, the Calao, the French High Commission announced on Thursday. It contained 10 more armoured vehicles for the security forces, ... <a title="New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/14/new-riot-vehicle-shipment-arrives-for-police-firemen-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2024
Wansolwara News Here is the speech by Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Timothy Masiu, at the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference dinner at the Holiday Inn, Suva, on July 4: I thank the School of Journalism of the University of the South Pacific (USP) for the invitation to address this august ... <a title="PNG Communications Minister calls for media to ‘protect, preserve Pacific identity’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/14/png-communications-minister-calls-for-media-to-protect-preserve-pacific-identity/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Communications Minister calls for media to ‘protect, preserve Pacific identity’">Read more</a>
