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March 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Vanderduys, Research Projects Officer, CSIRO Adam McKeown, CSIRO Flying foxes, or fruit bats, are familiar to many Australians. So it may come as a surprise to learn two of the four mainland species, both grey-headed and spectacled flying foxes, are threatened with extinction. But our decade-long ... <a title="Grey-headed flying-fox population is stable – 10 years of monitoring reveals this threatened species is doing well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/grey-headed-flying-fox-population-is-stable-10-years-of-monitoring-reveals-this-threatened-species-is-doing-well-226319/" aria-label="Read more about Grey-headed flying-fox population is stable – 10 years of monitoring reveals this threatened species is doing well">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney There is a prominent view in Australia that bilateral relations with China remain inherently “fragile”. Canberra and Beijing might have started talking to each other again after Labor returned to power in May 2022. ... <a title="Positive outlook, with a dash of humour: Wang Yi’s visit sets the tone for a real diplomatic reboot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/positive-outlook-with-a-dash-of-humour-wang-yis-visit-sets-the-tone-for-a-real-diplomatic-reboot-226232/" aria-label="Read more about Positive outlook, with a dash of humour: Wang Yi’s visit sets the tone for a real diplomatic reboot">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Johns, Associate Professor, Digital and Social Media, School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney During the COVID pandemic, social media platforms were swarmed by far-right and anti-vaccination communities that spread dangerous conspiracy theories. These included the false claims that vaccines are a form of population control, ... <a title="Conspiracy theorist tactics show it’s too easy to get around Facebook’s content policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/conspiracy-theorist-tactics-show-its-too-easy-to-get-around-facebooks-content-policies-226118/" aria-label="Read more about Conspiracy theorist tactics show it’s too easy to get around Facebook’s content policies">Read more</a>
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March 22, 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 The Tasmanian state election is this Saturday. The 35 total lower house seats will be elected in five seven-member electorates using the proportional Hare Clark system, up ... <a title="Liberals likely to easily win most seats in Tasmania; huge swings to LNP at Queensland byelections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/liberals-likely-to-easily-win-most-seats-in-tasmania-huge-swings-to-lnp-at-queensland-byelections-225987/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals likely to easily win most seats in Tasmania; huge swings to LNP at Queensland byelections">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Blair, Teaching Fellow in Music, University of Otago Musician Steve Harley’s death last week came as a shock to me. After four months analysing his music and visual performances for my doctoral thesis on British glam rock, I’d come to feel like I somehow knew him. ... <a title="Theatrical, camp and truly original: glam-rock pioneer Steve Harley’s influence lives on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/theatrical-camp-and-truly-original-glam-rock-pioneer-steve-harleys-influence-lives-on-226116/" aria-label="Read more about Theatrical, camp and truly original: glam-rock pioneer Steve Harley’s influence lives on">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph attended the second Japan Pacific Islands Defence Dialogue (JPIDD) in Tokyo, Japan, this week on his first overseas engagement. The JPIDD is one of the pillars of the regional security architecture initiated by Japan and contributes to regional peace and security ... <a title="‘Help us help ourselves’ PNG plea over free and open Indo-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/help-us-help-ourselves-png-plea-over-free-and-open-indo-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Help us help ourselves’ PNG plea over free and open Indo-Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Cashin, Professor of Nursing, School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University Stokkete/Shutterstock Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg describes herself as having Asperger’s while others on the autism spectrum, such as Australian comedian Hannah Gatsby, describe themselves as “autistic”. But what’s the difference? Today, the ... <a title="What’s the difference between autism and Asperger’s disorder?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/whats-the-difference-between-autism-and-aspergers-disorder-223643/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between autism and Asperger’s disorder?">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Visiting Scholar in Politics, City, University of London If you live in New Zealand and you’re feeling poorer, you’re not imagining it. Stats NZ has revealed the economy was in recession over the second half of last year. GDP fell in the September and December ... <a title="NZ is in recession – so far there are few signs the government has a plan to stimulate and grow the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/nz-is-in-recession-so-far-there-are-few-signs-the-government-has-a-plan-to-stimulate-and-grow-the-economy-226383/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is in recession – so far there are few signs the government has a plan to stimulate and grow the economy">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Te Kuaka, an independent foreign policy advocacy group with a strong focus on the Pacific, has called for urgent changes to the law governing New Zealand’s security agency. “Pacific countries will be asking legitimate questions about whether . . . spying in the Pacific was happening out of NZ,” it said today. ... <a title="Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns over Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/te-kuaka-calls-for-urgent-law-change-on-spy-agency-warns-over-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns over Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Schrader, Lecturer in Plant Ecology, Macquarie University Cornelia Sattler, CC BY For ecologists, one of the most pressing questions is to understand how ecosystems will change or adapt as the climate changes rapidly. We are already seeing many species of plant and animal moving uphill and ... <a title="Almost a third of Australia’s plant species may have to migrate south if we hit 3 degrees of warming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/almost-a-third-of-australias-plant-species-may-have-to-migrate-south-if-we-hit-3-degrees-of-warming-226009/" aria-label="Read more about Almost a third of Australia’s plant species may have to migrate south if we hit 3 degrees of warming">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Xerri, Senior Lecturer in Human Resources, Griffith University This month, the Fair Work Commission handed Australia’s aged care workforce an historic pay rise, with some groups’ wages set to increase by more than 28%. The news was a welcome relief for much of the female-dominated workforce, ... <a title="Aged care workers have won a huge pay rise. What about the cleaners, cooks and admin staff who support them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/aged-care-workers-have-won-a-huge-pay-rise-what-about-the-cleaners-cooks-and-admin-staff-who-support-them-226236/" aria-label="Read more about Aged care workers have won a huge pay rise. What about the cleaners, cooks and admin staff who support them?">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Outhwaite, PhD Candidate, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock The tribute music scene has evolved time and again since it first emerged more than 60 years ago. Beginning with Elvis impersonators, tribute acts garnered somewhat of a “grubby” reputation through the 1970s ... <a title="From Taylor Sheesh to The Smyths: why tribute acts can no longer be considered just cheap copies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/from-taylor-sheesh-to-the-smyths-why-tribute-acts-can-no-longer-be-considered-just-cheap-copies-225788/" aria-label="Read more about From Taylor Sheesh to The Smyths: why tribute acts can no longer be considered just cheap copies">Read more</a>
