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April 23, 2024
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters is putting off recognition of Palestine as a state, despite opposition Labour’s formal request that he make the move. Peters said diplomatic recognition of Palestine was a matter of “when not if”, but doing so now could impede progress towards a ... <a title="NZ’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters ‘defers’ recognition of Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/23/nzs-foreign-minister-winston-peters-defers-recognition-of-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters ‘defers’ recognition of Palestine">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior research associate, University of Sydney Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has ordered social media platform “X” (formerly known as Twitter) to remove graphic videos of the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney last week from the site. The incident was captured on the church’s ... <a title="Elon Musk is mad he’s been ordered to remove Sydney church stabbing videos from X. He’d be more furious if he saw our other laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/elon-musk-is-mad-hes-been-ordered-to-remove-sydney-church-stabbing-videos-from-x-hed-be-more-furious-if-he-saw-our-other-laws-228380/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk is mad he’s been ordered to remove Sydney church stabbing videos from X. He’d be more furious if he saw our other laws">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Turnbull, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney John Turnbull, CC BY-NC-ND In past bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef, the southern region has sometimes been spared worst of the bleaching. Not this time. This year’s intense underwater heat has triggered the most severe heat stress ... <a title="More than coral: the unseen casualties of record-breaking heat on the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/more-than-coral-the-unseen-casualties-of-record-breaking-heat-on-the-great-barrier-reef-227906/" aria-label="Read more about More than coral: the unseen casualties of record-breaking heat on the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Darren Gill/Mackey, Darling & Collaborators The relationship between witchcraft and teenage girls has been the subject of many books, films and television shows. Over time, the traditional image of witch as crone has been replaced and reclaimed by ... <a title="New play The Exact Dimensions of Hell explores the chaos and contradiction of teenage girlhood – and witchcraft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/new-play-the-exact-dimensions-of-hell-explores-the-chaos-and-contradiction-of-teenage-girlhood-and-witchcraft-225164/" aria-label="Read more about New play The Exact Dimensions of Hell explores the chaos and contradiction of teenage girlhood – and witchcraft">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards, Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Calling all journalists, academics, planners, lawyers, political activists, environmentalists, and other members of the public who believe that the relationships between vested interests and politicians need to be scrutinised. We need to work together to make sure that the new Fast-Track Approvals Bill – currently being pushed ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Analysis – Time for “Fast-Track Watch”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/bryce-edwards-analysis-time-for-fast-track-watch/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Analysis – Time for “Fast-Track Watch”">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Andres Siimon/Unsplash There are no silver bullets, magic tricks or secret hacks to solving complex public health problems. Taking on the global tobacco industry and reducing the devastating consequences of smoking has taken decades of incremental ... <a title="The UK plans to phase out smoking. What does this new law mean for tobacco control in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/the-uk-plans-to-phase-out-smoking-what-does-this-new-law-mean-for-tobacco-control-in-australia-228186/" aria-label="Read more about The UK plans to phase out smoking. What does this new law mean for tobacco control in Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam B. Watts, Research Associate in galaxy evolution, The University of Western Australia ESO/A. Watts et al., CC BY We breathe oxygen and nitrogen gas in our atmosphere every day, but did you know that these gases also float through space, around and between galaxies? Our team ... <a title="We mapped a massive explosion in space, showing how galaxies ‘pollute’ the cosmos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/we-mapped-a-massive-explosion-in-space-showing-how-galaxies-pollute-the-cosmos-228287/" aria-label="Read more about We mapped a massive explosion in space, showing how galaxies ‘pollute’ the cosmos">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Nielsen, Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University Maxime Bhm/Unsplash A new group of drugs called nitazenes has been detected in Australia. They have been sold as heroin as well as other drugs like ketamine. Concerns about the potential harms associated with these ... <a title="Opioids more potent than fentanyl have been detected in Australia. So what are nitazenes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/opioids-more-potent-than-fentanyl-have-been-detected-in-australia-so-what-are-nitazenes-226749/" aria-label="Read more about Opioids more potent than fentanyl have been detected in Australia. So what are nitazenes?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor emerita, University of Sydney Image from Bradlow + Bock campaign Can the job of being a federal member of parliament be shared by two or more persons? Two prospective candidates for the inner-Melbourne federal seat of Higgins, Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock, have announced ... <a title="Two people want to share the job of MP for Higgins. Is it constitutional?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/two-people-want-to-share-the-job-of-mp-for-higgins-is-it-constitutional-228379/" aria-label="Read more about Two people want to share the job of MP for Higgins. Is it constitutional?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Rathus, Senior Lecturer in Law, Griffith University Shutterstock In October 2023, the federal parliament passed major changes to how children’s cases are decided under the Family Law Act, which kick in next month. Among other things, they repeal a controversial legal presumption introduced in 2006. It ... <a title="Family law has been overhauled. With the new changes about to kick in, how will they affect children?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/family-law-has-been-overhauled-with-the-new-changes-about-to-kick-in-how-will-they-affect-children-227154/" aria-label="Read more about Family law has been overhauled. With the new changes about to kick in, how will they affect children?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wes Hill, Associate Professor, art history and visual culture, Southern Cross University Archie Moore in kith and kin 2024. Australia Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024. Photographer Andrea Rossetti. © the artist. Image courtesy of the artist and The Commercial This article mentions ongoing colonial violence towards Aboriginal ... <a title="Archie Moore’s Venice triumph: the sublime kith and kin is simultaneously somber and stirring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/archie-moores-venice-triumph-the-sublime-kith-and-kin-is-simultaneously-somber-and-stirring-228275/" aria-label="Read more about Archie Moore’s Venice triumph: the sublime kith and kin is simultaneously somber and stirring">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
By Salwa Amor in Istanbul Palestine solidarity activists are preparing a flotilla to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid to Gaza, vowing to break Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory on board the Akdeniz, a seven-deck passenger ship. Currently docked in Istanbul, the ship will carry 800 people from more than 30 nations, from Indonesia to ... <a title="Activists defy Israel with Gaza-bound ‘freedom’ flotilla and humanitarian aid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/activists-defy-israel-with-gaza-bound-freedom-flotilla-and-humanitarian-aid/" aria-label="Read more about Activists defy Israel with Gaza-bound ‘freedom’ flotilla and humanitarian aid">Read more</a>
