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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By M.W. Shores, Lecturer in Japanese, University of Sydney Rakugo is among Japan’s more humble performing arts: a solo performer, dressed in traditional kimono, sits on a plush cushion and narrates stories lasting twenty or thirty minutes, assuming the roles of every character. A simple folding fan and ... <a title="Meet Katsura Niyō: the young female rising star in the traditionally male Japanese art form, rakugo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/meet-katsura-niyo-the-young-female-rising-star-in-the-traditionally-male-japanese-art-form-rakugo-173236/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Katsura Niyō: the young female rising star in the traditionally male Japanese art form, rakugo">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Greens leader Adam Bandt is hopeful his party could have 12 senators in the next parliament. Only three of the party’s nine senators are up for re-election (in Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania). So, assuming they hold their seats, with ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on hopes for a dozen Greens senators and a ‘power-sharing’ parliament." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-adam-bandt-on-hopes-for-a-dozen-greens-senators-and-a-power-sharing-parliament-173430/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on hopes for a dozen Greens senators and a ‘power-sharing’ parliament.">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chari Larsson, Senior Lecturer of art history, Griffith University Yuma Taru The spiral of life – the tongue of the cloth (yan pal ana hmali) – a mutual dialogue 2021 Ramie suspended from metal threads / 500 x 250cm (diam.); installed dimensions variable / Commissioned for APT10 ... <a title="Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art shows how our local differences demand curiosity and care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/asia-pacific-triennial-of-contemporary-art-shows-how-our-local-differences-demand-curiosity-and-care-173241/" aria-label="Read more about Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art shows how our local differences demand curiosity and care">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Roger, Citizen Science Program Lead, CSIRO Shutterstock Thanks to technological advances, citizen science has experienced unprecedented global growth over the past decade. It’s enabled millions of people to get involved in science, whether by gathering data, sharing health information or helping to map galaxies. And just ... <a title="Nature is hiding in every nook of Australia’s cities – just look a little closer and you’ll find it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/nature-is-hiding-in-every-nook-of-australias-cities-just-look-a-little-closer-and-youll-find-it-168256/" aria-label="Read more about Nature is hiding in every nook of Australia’s cities – just look a little closer and you’ll find it">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Baka, Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic Research Network, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University AAP/AP/Koki Kataoka Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics in Beijing in February. This means that while athletes will still ... <a title="Why Australia’s ‘diplomatic boycott’ of the Beijing Winter Olympics is important, but unlikely to have any significant impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/why-australias-diplomatic-boycott-of-the-beijing-winter-olympics-is-important-but-unlikely-to-have-any-significant-impact-173422/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia’s ‘diplomatic boycott’ of the Beijing Winter Olympics is important, but unlikely to have any significant impact">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia will impose a diplomatic boycott on the February Winter Olympics in China. But the Australian team will still take part. The government’s move follows the United States’ lead, triggered by China’s human rights breaches. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, ... <a title="Australia will follow US in diplomatic boycott of China’s Winter Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/australia-will-follow-us-in-diplomatic-boycott-of-chinas-winter-olympics-173425/" aria-label="Read more about Australia will follow US in diplomatic boycott of China’s Winter Olympics">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Joe Emersberger Both Ecuador and Nicaragua elected a president and national assembly this year. Ecuador’s elections took place in February, with the second round of its presidential election in April. Nicaragua’s took place on November 7. Just by scanning headlines in Western media, as most readers do, ... <a title="Contrasting Crackdowns: media coverage of 2021 elections in Ecuador and Nicaragua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/contrasting-crackdowns-media-coverage-of-2021-elections-in-ecuador-and-nicaragua/" aria-label="Read more about Contrasting Crackdowns: media coverage of 2021 elections in Ecuador and Nicaragua">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kendall, PhD Candidate in Law, The University of Queensland www.shutterstock.com Terrorism has been one of Australia’s most significant threats to national security since the September 11 terrorist attacks. But this is set to change. Australia’s domestic spy agency ASIO anticipates espionage – spying – will supplant ... <a title="Espionage is set to overtake terrorism as Australia’s top security concern – are our anti-spy laws good enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/espionage-is-set-to-overtake-terrorism-as-australias-top-security-concern-are-our-anti-spy-laws-good-enough-170462/" aria-label="Read more about Espionage is set to overtake terrorism as Australia’s top security concern – are our anti-spy laws good enough?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By GVS Murthy, Professor of , Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar After a deadly second wave of COVID-19 overwhelmed hospitals in India earlier this year, the country is battling yet another viral outbreak. Hospitals are struggling to treat dengue, a viral disease that spreads through the bite ... <a title="After a horrific COVID wave, India’s health system is now overwhelmed by a different virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/after-a-horrific-covid-wave-indias-health-system-is-now-overwhelmed-by-a-different-virus-172685/" aria-label="Read more about After a horrific COVID wave, India’s health system is now overwhelmed by a different virus">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content National Party reshuffle, leadership change Michael Swanson (The Conversation): History made the National ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 08 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-08-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 08 2021">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Patrick Rule, Research Fellow, Monash University Hany Mahmoud, Author provided The pig-nosed turtle, an endangered freshwater turtle native to the Northern Territory and southern New Guinea, is unique in many respects. Unlike most freshwater turtles, it is almost completely adapted to life in water. It has ... <a title="Rare fossil reveals prehistoric Melbourne was once a paradise for tropical pig-nosed turtles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/rare-fossil-reveals-prehistoric-melbourne-was-once-a-paradise-for-tropical-pig-nosed-turtles-173242/" aria-label="Read more about Rare fossil reveals prehistoric Melbourne was once a paradise for tropical pig-nosed turtles">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Holton, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Shutterstock Most Australians are counting down to a festive season with newfound freedom surrounded by family and friends. Meanwhile, front-line health workers are bracing for a potential summer surge in COVID cases and hospitalisations. They’re also concerned about the potential ... <a title="6 ways to prevent a mass exodus of health workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/6-ways-to-prevent-a-mass-exodus-of-health-workers-172509/" aria-label="Read more about 6 ways to prevent a mass exodus of health workers">Read more</a>
