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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Searchlight Pictures In 1961, aged 19, Bob Dylan left home in Minnesota for New York City and never looked back. Unknown when he arrived, he would later be widely described as the voice of a ... <a title="Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has enormous resonance – but doesn’t break with gender stereotypes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/bob-dylan-biopic-a-complete-unknown-has-enormous-resonance-but-doesnt-break-with-gender-stereotypes-246234/" aria-label="Read more about Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has enormous resonance – but doesn’t break with gender stereotypes">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad has told an international conference in Bangkok that some of the most severely debt-stressed countries are the island states of the Pacific. Dr Prasad, who is also a former economic professor, said the harshest impacts of global economic re-engineering are being felt ... <a title="‘Decolonise’ aid urgent call from Fiji’s Prasad to face Pacific climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/decolonise-aid-urgent-call-from-fijis-prasad-to-face-pacific-climate-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Decolonise’ aid urgent call from Fiji’s Prasad to face Pacific climate crisis">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Russell, ARC DECRA Associate Professor in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies, La Trobe University Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show prisoner numbers are growing in every Australian state and territory — except Victoria. Nationally, our per capita imprisonment rate outpaces Canada, the United Kingdom ... <a title="Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/prisons-dont-create-safer-communities-so-why-is-australia-spending-billions-on-building-them-247238/" aria-label="Read more about Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bioantika, PhD Candidate, Global Centre for Mineral Security, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland An excavator dredges sea sand in Lhokseumawe, Sumatra. Mohd Arafat/Shutterstock Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation. The ban was ... <a title="The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being lifted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/the-last-time-it-was-legal-exports-of-sea-sand-destroyed-dozens-of-indonesian-islands-now-the-ban-is-being-lifted-246325/" aria-label="Read more about The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being lifted">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Vlcek, Lecturer in inclusive education, RMIT University Annie Spratt/Unsplash, CC BY From next week, schools will start to return for term 1. This can be a nervous time for some students, who might be anxious about new teachers, classes and routines. Returning to school after the ... <a title="Is your child nervous about going back to school? Try asking them what they are looking forward to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/is-your-child-nervous-about-going-back-to-school-try-asking-them-what-they-are-looking-forward-to-247798/" aria-label="Read more about Is your child nervous about going back to school? Try asking them what they are looking forward to">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynn Buckley, Senior Lecturer, Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Reforms to the Companies Act are meant to make Aotearoa New Zealand an easier and safer place to do business. But key gaps in the reforms mean they could fall short of achieving these goals. ... <a title="NZ’s Companies Act is finally being reformed – but will the changes go far enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/nzs-companies-act-is-finally-being-reformed-but-will-the-changes-go-far-enough-246038/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Companies Act is finally being reformed – but will the changes go far enough?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tuba Degirmenci, PhD Candidate School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Queensland University of Technology Tsuguliev/Shutterstock We’ve all seen the marketing message “handmade with love”. It’s designed to tug at our heartstrings, suggesting extra care and affection went into crafting a product. As Valentine’s Day approaches, many ... <a title="Does ‘made with love’ sell? Research reveals who values handmade products the most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/does-made-with-love-sell-research-reveals-who-values-handmade-products-the-most-247351/" aria-label="Read more about Does ‘made with love’ sell? Research reveals who values handmade products the most">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University Kerolos Melad/Pexels Last year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued at least nine recall notices on products that didn’t comply with the mandatory standard for nightwear for children. All of these items posed a ... <a title="Your fuzzy flannel pyjamas could be incredibly flammable – here’s what to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/your-fuzzy-flannel-pyjamas-could-be-incredibly-flammable-heres-what-to-know-247448/" aria-label="Read more about Your fuzzy flannel pyjamas could be incredibly flammable – here’s what to know">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Carson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia The war in Gaza will leave its mark in many ways, long after the recently negotiated ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. One legacy relates to how the chaos of war provides the perfect ... <a title="‘Every blast is an open wound’: how the chaos of war breeds deadly superbugs that spread around the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/every-blast-is-an-open-wound-how-the-chaos-of-war-breeds-deadly-superbugs-that-spread-around-the-world-245946/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Every blast is an open wound’: how the chaos of war breeds deadly superbugs that spread around the world">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Israeli forces have been ramping up operations in the occupied West Bank– mainly the Jenin refugee camp – to “distract” from the Gaza ceasefire deal, says political analyst Dr Mohamad Elmasry. The Qatari professor said the ceasefire was being viewed domestically as a “spectacular failure” for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The ceasefire ... <a title="Israel has ramped up West Bank raids to ‘distract’ from ceasefire, says analyst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/israel-has-ramped-up-west-bank-raids-to-distract-from-ceasefire-says-analyst/" aria-label="Read more about Israel has ramped up West Bank raids to ‘distract’ from ceasefire, says analyst">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Maximiliano Véjares Washington DC Chile’s recent local elections, in which moderate, traditional parties staged a comeback, offer a promising sign of political stability. Following five years of uncertainty marked by a social uprising in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic, and two unsuccessful attempts to rewrite the Pinochet-era constitution, ... <a title="Chile: Back to the Future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/chile-back-to-the-future/" aria-label="Read more about Chile: Back to the Future">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Celebration time. Some Palestinian prisoners have been released. A mother reunited with her daughter. A young mother reunited with her babies. Still in prison are people who never received a fair trial, people that independent inquirers say are wrongly imprisoned. Still in prison kids who cursed soldiers who walked into their ... <a title="Palestinians return home to Gaza ashes – if we want peace, face the truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/palestinians-return-home-to-gaza-ashes-if-we-want-peace-face-the-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinians return home to Gaza ashes – if we want peace, face the truth">Read more</a>
