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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wilfred Yang Wang, Lecturer in Media & Communications Studies, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The recent Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories? report on diversity in Australian newsrooms revealed some grim, but unsurprising figures. The report found most television news and current affairs presenters on major Australian ... <a title="Ethnic community media can play a key role in a crisis – but it needs our support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/ethnic-community-media-can-play-a-key-role-in-a-crisis-but-it-needs-our-support-195193/" aria-label="Read more about Ethnic community media can play a key role in a crisis – but it needs our support">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The recent claim by Kim Jong Un that North Korea plans to develop the world’s most powerful nuclear force may well have been more bravado than credible threat. But that doesn’t mean it can be ignored. The best guess ... <a title="Kim Jong Un wants North Korea to be a nuclear superpower – the real risk is a regional arms race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/kim-jong-un-wants-north-korea-to-be-a-nuclear-superpower-the-real-risk-is-a-regional-arms-race-195726/" aria-label="Read more about Kim Jong Un wants North Korea to be a nuclear superpower – the real risk is a regional arms race">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea Lachsz, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Content warning – this article discusses acts of violence, suicide, and deaths in custody. Australia appeared before the United Nations Committee against Torture on November 15 and 16 2022. This UN body monitors compliance with the UN Convention ... <a title="The UN committee against torture has found Australia still has work to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/the-un-committee-against-torture-has-found-australia-still-has-work-to-do-195420/" aria-label="Read more about The UN committee against torture has found Australia still has work to do">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Voluntary assisted dying will soon be an option for the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory, now the Senate has just passed a landmark bill. The passing of ... <a title="Territories free to make their own voluntary assisted dying laws, in landmark decision. Here’s what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/territories-free-to-make-their-own-voluntary-assisted-dying-laws-in-landmark-decision-heres-what-happens-next-195291/" aria-label="Read more about Territories free to make their own voluntary assisted dying laws, in landmark decision. Here’s what happens next">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Loughran, Director Radiation Research and Advice (ARPANSA), and Adjunct Associate Professor (UOW), University of Wollongong frantic00/Shutterstock As summer approaches, we need to start remembering to slip on sun-protective clothing, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat, seek shade where possible, and slide on sunglasses. When it ... <a title="There’s a serious ethical problem with some sunscreen testing methods – and you’re probably not aware of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/theres-a-serious-ethical-problem-with-some-sunscreen-testing-methods-and-youre-probably-not-aware-of-it-195359/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a serious ethical problem with some sunscreen testing methods – and you’re probably not aware of it">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University Broad Agenda Amid the scale and sweep of the list of decisions made by the Whitlam government in their first week in office, most people remember the big changes: freeing all draft resisters from prison, or official recognition of Communist ... <a title="Fifty years ago, the new Whitlam government removed the luxury sales tax on the pill. It changed Australian women’s lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/fifty-years-ago-the-new-whitlam-government-removed-the-luxury-sales-tax-on-the-pill-it-changed-australian-womens-lives-194718/" aria-label="Read more about Fifty years ago, the new Whitlam government removed the luxury sales tax on the pill. It changed Australian women’s lives">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Byrne, Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne David Crosling/AAP On December 2 1972, after 23 years in opposition, Gough Whitlam led the Labor party back to government. What followed was three tumultuous years of crisis and transformation, after which Australia ... <a title="50 years ago today, Gough Whitlam was elected. There are some lessons for Albanese in what came next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/50-years-ago-today-gough-whitlam-was-elected-there-are-some-lessons-for-albanese-in-what-came-next-195649/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years ago today, Gough Whitlam was elected. There are some lessons for Albanese in what came next">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lidia Morawska, Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director – Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), Queensland University of Technology IsraelAndrade/Unsplash At the end of the third ... <a title="Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/ventilation-reduces-the-risk-of-covid-so-why-are-we-still-ignoring-it-194820/" aria-label="Read more about Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland An Indigenous person in Indonesia protests against a copper and gold mine. Charles Dharapak/AP Vast quantities of minerals are needed to accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. Minerals and metals ... <a title="54% of projects extracting clean energy minerals overlap with Indigenous lands, research reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/54-of-projects-extracting-clean-energy-minerals-overlap-with-indigenous-lands-research-reveals-195438/" aria-label="Read more about 54% of projects extracting clean energy minerals overlap with Indigenous lands, research reveals">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Niland, Lecturer in Early Childhood, University of Sydney The decision about whether to send a child to school “early” or “hold them back” can be a tortuous one for families who have a child born in the first half of the year. So a recent New ... <a title="A push to raise the school starting age to 6 sounds like good news for parents, but there’s a catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/a-push-to-raise-the-school-starting-age-to-6-sounds-like-good-news-for-parents-but-theres-a-catch-189624/" aria-label="Read more about A push to raise the school starting age to 6 sounds like good news for parents, but there’s a catch">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra National Archives of Australia/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA After leading the Australian Labor Party to its first federal election victory in 23 years, Gough Whitlam wasted no time. The Tuesday after his election on ... <a title="Half a century on, it’s time to reassess the Whitlam government’s economic legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/half-a-century-on-its-time-to-reassess-the-whitlam-governments-economic-legacy-195651/" aria-label="Read more about Half a century on, it’s time to reassess the Whitlam government’s economic legacy">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP Australia has only a year or less to get itself ready to vote on one of the most significant constitutional referendums in its history – to insert an Indigenous Voice into the constitution. And it has to be ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/grattan-on-friday-to-have-the-best-chance-of-success-the-voice-must-be-sold-to-voters-as-a-positive-unifying-story-195733/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story">Read more</a>
