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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Nairn, Professor, College of Education, University of Otago Since taking power last year, the New Zealand government has made rapid changes to the country’s education system including the introduction of structured approaches to literacy and maths and the promotion of charter schools. But these sweeping moves ... <a title="Privatisation by stealth: changes to education in NZ opening the door to private interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/privatisation-by-stealth-changes-to-education-in-nz-opening-the-door-to-private-interests-244499/" aria-label="Read more about Privatisation by stealth: changes to education in NZ opening the door to private interests">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin will remain in a mainland French jail for the time being, a Court of Appeal has ruled in Nouméa. This followed an earlier ruling on October 22 from the Court of Cassation, which is tasked to rule on possible procedural mistakes ... <a title="Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/kanak-pro-independence-leader-christian-tein-to-remain-in-mainland-french-jail/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail">Read more</a>
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December 2, 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 A national YouGov poll, conducted November 15–21 from a sample of 1,515, had a 50–50 tie, unchanged from the previous YouGov poll in September. Primary votes were ... <a title="Under-16 social media ban supported by 77% as economic sentiment lifts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/under-16-social-media-ban-supported-by-77-as-economic-sentiment-lifts-243917/" aria-label="Read more about Under-16 social media ban supported by 77% as economic sentiment lifts">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Twenty five Pacific civil society organisations and solidarity movements have called on Pacific leaders of their “longstanding responsibility” to West Papua, and to urgently address the “ongoing gross human rights abuses” by Indonesia. The organisations — including the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS). Pacific Network on ... <a title="Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over Papua injustices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/civil-society-groups-call-on-pacific-leaders-to-take-responsibility-over-papua-injustices/" aria-label="Read more about Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over Papua injustices">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today, Monday at 12:45pm December 2, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 6:45pm (USEST). In this episode of A View From Afar political scientist Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will analyse how conflicts are expanding, arguably with warring sides taking an opportunity to take ... <a title="LIVE@12:45pm – Conflict Expansion and Opportunism Within a Lame-Duck Window" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/live1245pm-conflict-expansion-and-opportunism-within-a-lame-duck-window/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE@12:45pm – Conflict Expansion and Opportunism Within a Lame-Duck Window">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Enticott, Associate Professor, Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Monash University Overearth/Shutterstock Australian pride in our universal health system is partly derived from our belief that services should be most available to those who most need them. Logically, this should apply just as much to ... <a title="For richer, but not for poorer: how Australia’s mental health system fails those most in need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/for-richer-but-not-for-poorer-how-australias-mental-health-system-fails-those-most-in-need-243370/" aria-label="Read more about For richer, but not for poorer: how Australia’s mental health system fails those most in need">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Dempsey, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury Getty Images Historically, gas in New Zealand traded below NZ$10 per gigajoule. When prices hit $50 per gigajoule in August this year, anyone with gas to sell could have made a lot of money. But there ... <a title="NZ’s gas shortage was not caused by the offshore exploration ban – but it was still a flawed policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/nzs-gas-shortage-was-not-caused-by-the-offshore-exploration-ban-but-it-was-still-a-flawed-policy-242013/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s gas shortage was not caused by the offshore exploration ban – but it was still a flawed policy">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Shutterstock Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, new research shows. ... <a title="A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/a-13-billion-30-year-flop-landmark-study-reveals-stark-failure-to-halt-murray-darling-river-decline-244296/" aria-label="Read more about A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rayan Merkbawi, Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney One of the Albanese government’s top priorities in education is to see more Australians graduating from university. It has set a target of 80% of the workforce having a university degree or TAFE qualification by 2050, up ... <a title="‘I felt lost’: immigrant parents want more support to help their children go to uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/i-felt-lost-immigrant-parents-want-more-support-to-help-their-children-go-to-uni-244817/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I felt lost’: immigrant parents want more support to help their children go to uni">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia The so-called silliest time of the year is here. But for many it can also be a stressful time. Whether you’re frantically planning for Christmas and/or New Year celebrations – or steeling yourself ahead of some ... <a title="Aussie drag, career vampires and a bloody game of hide and seek: what we’re watching in December" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/aussie-drag-career-vampires-and-a-bloody-game-of-hide-and-seek-what-were-watching-in-december-244643/" aria-label="Read more about Aussie drag, career vampires and a bloody game of hide and seek: what we’re watching in December">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Hurst, Adjunct Fellow – Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University Anaiwan Elder and cultural knowledge holder Uncle Les Ahoy at Bulagaranda near Armidale, NSW. From the Rola[STONE] documentary, 2022. Marissa Betts and Mike Terry A lot of things scientists study are part of Country – ... <a title="‘Everything is Country’: these 4 projects blend First Nations knowledge and science to rewrite our understanding of the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/everything-is-country-these-4-projects-blend-first-nations-knowledge-and-science-to-rewrite-our-understanding-of-the-past-243578/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everything is Country’: these 4 projects blend First Nations knowledge and science to rewrite our understanding of the past">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior Lecturer, International Migration and Refugee Law, University of Technology Sydney Last month, US Republican lawmakers renewed calls to sanction officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in retaliation for the arrest warrants it issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister ... <a title="Australia has long aligned with the US on sanctions. With Trump’s return, this is an increasingly dangerous approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/australia-has-long-aligned-with-the-us-on-sanctions-with-trumps-return-this-is-an-increasingly-dangerous-approach-244632/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has long aligned with the US on sanctions. With Trump’s return, this is an increasingly dangerous approach">Read more</a>
