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Year: 2024

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Murray Valley encephalitis: summer is over but mosquito-borne disease remains a risk in northern Australia

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney encierro/Shutterstock Cooler temperatures are fading our memories of summer and reducing numbers of mosquitoes in southern parts of Australia. But up north, warmer temperatures and plenty of rain will keep mosquitoes active. While their bites ... <a title="Murray Valley encephalitis: summer is over but mosquito-borne disease remains a risk in northern Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/murray-valley-encephalitis-summer-is-over-but-mosquito-borne-disease-remains-a-risk-in-northern-australia-227573/" aria-label="Read more about Murray Valley encephalitis: summer is over but mosquito-borne disease remains a risk in northern Australia">Read more</a>

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Australia’s live music crisis is essentially a crisis of confidence. How could we bring it back?

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Davies, Lecturer in Popular Music, Monash University It has been a big few weeks in the Australian live music scene. The cancellations of major festivals Groovin’ the Moo and Splendour in the Grass have ushered in a stream of news reports about the challenges affecting live ... <a title="Australia’s live music crisis is essentially a crisis of confidence. How could we bring it back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/australias-live-music-crisis-is-essentially-a-crisis-of-confidence-how-could-we-bring-it-back-227160/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s live music crisis is essentially a crisis of confidence. How could we bring it back?">Read more</a>

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Australia is playing catch-up with the Future Made in Australia Act. Will it be enough?

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naoise McDonagh, Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University IM Imagery/Shutterstock Australia is a trading nation. Its economy relies on a strong and open global trade environment. Australian governments have historically rejected protectionist industrial policies that undermine fair competition, and Canberra has long been ... <a title="Australia is playing catch-up with the Future Made in Australia Act. Will it be enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/australia-is-playing-catch-up-with-the-future-made-in-australia-act-will-it-be-enough-227762/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is playing catch-up with the Future Made in Australia Act. Will it be enough?">Read more</a>

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Tickle vs Giggle: in a world where transgender people are under attack, this is a test case for Australia

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Gerber, Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University Around the world, the human rights of transgender people are under attack. Media reports of trans women being vilified, excluded and discriminated against are frequent, and the consequences of this rise in hatred towards trans people can be ... <a title="Tickle vs Giggle: in a world where transgender people are under attack, this is a test case for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/tickle-vs-giggle-in-a-world-where-transgender-people-are-under-attack-this-is-a-test-case-for-australia-227702/" aria-label="Read more about Tickle vs Giggle: in a world where transgender people are under attack, this is a test case for Australia">Read more</a>

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The politics of recognition: Australia and the question of Palestinian statehood

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Micaela Sahhar, Lecturer, History of Ideas, Trinity College, The University of Melbourne What is the significance of the Australian government signalling this week that it may finally recognise Palestinian statehood? Though not universally popular, Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s diplomatic gesture towards Palestinian statehood has been welcomed in ... <a title="The politics of recognition: Australia and the question of Palestinian statehood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/the-politics-of-recognition-australia-and-the-question-of-palestinian-statehood-227563/" aria-label="Read more about The politics of recognition: Australia and the question of Palestinian statehood">Read more</a>

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Australia is playing catchup with the Future Made in Australia Act. Will it be enough?

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naoise McDonagh, Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University IM Imagery/Shutterstock Australia is a trading nation. Its economy relies on a strong and open global trade environment. Australian governments have historically rejected protectionist industrial policies that undermine fair competition, and Canberra has long been ... <a title="Australia is playing catchup with the Future Made in Australia Act. Will it be enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/australia-is-playing-catchup-with-the-future-made-in-australia-act-will-it-be-enough-227762/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is playing catchup with the Future Made in Australia Act. Will it be enough?">Read more</a>

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Indigenous rights flag-burning protest rocks CNMI community

April 12, 2024

By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent A man on Saipan has burned the official CNMI flag in protest, saying that it does not truly represent Indigenous people of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI). A public video of the flag-burning was posted by Raymond Quitugua that has stirred various ... <a title="Indigenous rights flag-burning protest rocks CNMI community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/indigenous-rights-flag-burning-protest-rocks-cnmi-community/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous rights flag-burning protest rocks CNMI community">Read more</a>

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No, beetroot isn’t vegetable Viagra. But here’s what else it can do

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland CLICKMANIS/Shutterstock Beetroot has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Supply issues in recent months have seen a shortage of tinned beetroot on Australian supermarket shelves. At one point, a tin was reportedly ... <a title="No, beetroot isn’t vegetable Viagra. But here’s what else it can do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/no-beetroot-isnt-vegetable-viagra-but-heres-what-else-it-can-do-222508/" aria-label="Read more about No, beetroot isn’t vegetable Viagra. But here’s what else it can do">Read more</a>

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Green economy summit: how can Australia get more from its relationship with Vietnam?

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trang Nguyen, Southeast Asia Lead, Climateworks Centre Nguyen Quang Ngoc Tonkin, Shutterstock Next week, more than 100 green energy, technology, education and finance companies from Australia and Vietnam will gather in Ho Chi Minh City. The meeting is billed as the first “green economy summit” between the ... <a title="Green economy summit: how can Australia get more from its relationship with Vietnam?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/green-economy-summit-how-can-australia-get-more-from-its-relationship-with-vietnam-226822/" aria-label="Read more about Green economy summit: how can Australia get more from its relationship with Vietnam?">Read more</a>

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City planners love infill development. So why are cities struggling with it, and how can they do better?

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil G Sipe, Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland Forestville, Adelaide Renewal SA, CC BY Infill development is an increasingly hot topic in Australian cities. It involves building on unused or underutilised land within existing urban areas. City planners see infill development as essential. It’s ... <a title="City planners love infill development. So why are cities struggling with it, and how can they do better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/city-planners-love-infill-development-so-why-are-cities-struggling-with-it-and-how-can-they-do-better-223189/" aria-label="Read more about City planners love infill development. So why are cities struggling with it, and how can they do better?">Read more</a>

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The Petrov affair: how a real-life Cold War defection became a soothing spy story for anxious Australians

April 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Brand, Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, Macquarie University This year marks 70 years since Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov sensationally defected to Australia shortly before the 1954 election, beginning what came to be known as the “Petrov affair”. The defection itself is interesting – but what’s equally fascinating ... <a title="The Petrov affair: how a real-life Cold War defection became a soothing spy story for anxious Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/the-petrov-affair-how-a-real-life-cold-war-defection-became-a-soothing-spy-story-for-anxious-australians-226494/" aria-label="Read more about The Petrov affair: how a real-life Cold War defection became a soothing spy story for anxious Australians">Read more</a>

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Geopolitical reasons why Warner Bros were always going to mutilate NZ’s Newshub

April 12, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog The day the news axe fell: Presenters, insiders fear ‘huge blow for democracy’ The future of New Zealand’s media landscape is becoming clearer by the day, with confirmation that it will no longer feature one of the country’s big two TV news networks. Warner Bros. Discovery ... <a title="Geopolitical reasons why Warner Bros were always going to mutilate NZ’s Newshub" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/geopolitical-reasons-why-warner-bros-were-always-going-to-mutilate-nzs-newshub/" aria-label="Read more about Geopolitical reasons why Warner Bros were always going to mutilate NZ’s Newshub">Read more</a>