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November 28, 2024
Despite Australia’s draconian anti-protest laws, the world’s biggest coal port was closed for four hours at the weekend with 170 protesters being charged — but climate demonstrations will continue. Twenty further arrests were made at a protest at the Federal Parliament yesterday. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon Newcastle port, the world’s biggest coal port, was ... <a title="Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/climate-protests-to-continue-despite-170-charged-in-newcastle-protestival/" aria-label="Read more about Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader in the Senate, Simon Birmingham, has announced he will retire from parliament at the election, to take up a “new, commercially oriented” career. Birmingham, 50, the most senior Liberal moderate and the shadow foreign minister, leaves a hole ... <a title="Opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham announces surprise retirement at election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/opposition-senate-leader-simon-birmingham-announces-surprise-retirement-at-election-244834/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham announces surprise retirement at election">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Wood, Associate Professor, School of Population and Global Health, University of Notre Dame Australia shutterstock Steve Lovegrove/Shutterstock Homelessness has now taken the lead as Australia’s largest and most damning disparity in life expectancy. A landmark report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare looked at ... <a title="A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/a-new-report-links-being-homeless-in-australia-to-dying-40-years-early-244743/" aria-label="Read more about A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne After this spring’s heat, humidity, rain and storms across Australia, you may be wondering what summer has in store. The Bureau of Meteorology’s long-range summer forecast, released today, gives some indication of how the coming months ... <a title="This summer will likely be wetter and warmer for most Australians, bureau forecast says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/this-summer-will-likely-be-wetter-and-warmer-for-most-australians-bureau-forecast-says-244520/" aria-label="Read more about This summer will likely be wetter and warmer for most Australians, bureau forecast says">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fethi Mansouri, Deakin Distinguished Professor/UNESCO Chair-holder; Founding Director, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Shutterstock The Australian Human Rights Commission this week launched the National Anti-racism Framework. It’s an important moment. For the first time, the country has a comprehensive approach to tackle, if ... <a title="Can we end racism in Australia? Yes, according to the first-ever national plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/can-we-end-racism-in-australia-yes-according-to-the-first-ever-national-plan-244734/" aria-label="Read more about Can we end racism in Australia? Yes, according to the first-ever national plan">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Thomas Rosenzweig/Shutterstock Extreme temperature and rainfall events are increasing around the world, including Australia. What makes them extreme is their rarity and severity compared to the typical climate. A region’s “climate” is defined ... <a title="‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/unprecedented-climate-extremes-are-everywhere-our-baselines-for-whats-normal-will-need-to-change-244298/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia interstid/Shutterstock Picture this: you’ve just woken up and rolled out of bed. Your feet hit the floor, and your legs buckle. They are in absolute agony – that run yesterday has really come back to haunt you. ... <a title="There are 2 main ways to stretch – the one you should choose depends on what you want your body to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/there-are-2-main-ways-to-stretch-the-one-you-should-choose-depends-on-what-you-want-your-body-to-do-244048/" aria-label="Read more about There are 2 main ways to stretch – the one you should choose depends on what you want your body to do">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Derek Arnold, Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Gunter Nuyts/Shutterstock Tell a man he shouldn’t think of a pink elephant and he can’t get that beast out of his mind! This quote, from Curt Siodmak’s 1974 novel City in the Sky, describes how hard it ... <a title="The pink elephant test: what your visual imagination predicts about your ability to control your thoughts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/the-pink-elephant-test-what-your-visual-imagination-predicts-about-your-ability-to-control-your-thoughts-244274/" aria-label="Read more about The pink elephant test: what your visual imagination predicts about your ability to control your thoughts">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand’s hīkoi against the Treaty Principles Bill could be one of the largest rallies that the capital has seen for years, Wellington City Council says. The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti will arrive in Wellington tomorrow, and locals are being warned to expect disruption and plan ahead. Yesterday, about 5000 people filled the ... <a title="Hīkoi day 7: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/hikoi-day-7-significant-disruption-expected-when-thousands-converge-on-capital/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day 7: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University As federal parliament rushes to a close, it’s become clearer that a dedicated agency to enforce the nation’s various whistleblower protection laws will be an important priority for the 48th ... <a title="For the sake of our democracy, Australia urgently needs a whistleblower protection authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/for-the-sake-of-our-democracy-australia-urgently-needs-a-whistleblower-protection-authority-244387/" aria-label="Read more about For the sake of our democracy, Australia urgently needs a whistleblower protection authority">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
By Nacanieli Tuilevuka in Suva Some police officers are unable to effectively investigate cases of gender-based violence, claims Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali. Ali said many officers lacked the training and knowledge to properly handle such cases, leading to significant challenges for victims seeking justice. “There is a lack of training that used ... <a title="Fiji police have ‘patriarchal mindset’, lack training over gender violence, says Ali" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/fiji-police-have-patriarchal-mindset-lack-training-over-gender-violence-says-ali/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police have ‘patriarchal mindset’, lack training over gender violence, says Ali">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk New Caledonia’s Great Chief William Boarat has been found dead and police have arrested a 24-year-old man as investigations continue. Great Chief Boarat was found dead in the early hours of yesterday in circumstances described as involuntary homicide. Public prosecutor Yves Dupas said in a statement ... <a title="New Caledonia’s Great Chief Boarat found dead in Koumac – arrest made" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/new-caledonias-great-chief-boarat-found-dead-in-koumac-arrest-made/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s Great Chief Boarat found dead in Koumac – arrest made">Read more</a>
