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March 21, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk An “organic law” to postpone New Caledonia’s provincial elections has passed the final hurdle and been endorsed by the French National Assembly. During a session on Monday marked by poor attendance (only 104 MPs out of 577) and sometimes heated debates, 71 French MPs voted ... <a title="New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/new-caledonias-provincial-elections-delay-passes-final-voting-hurdle/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julaine Allan, Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University X owner Elon Musk recently described using small amounts of ketamine “once every other week” to manage the “chemical tides” that cause his depression. He says it’s helpful to get out of ... <a title="Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/elon-musk-says-ketamine-can-get-you-out-of-a-negative-frame-of-mind-what-does-the-research-say-226223/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
In Papua New Guinea, sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) remains a significant form of violence across many parts of the country. Many of the hundreds of cases that are reported end up before the village court system, which has been the focus of a study by the PNG Institute of National Research in partnership with the ... <a title="Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/pivotal-role-of-pngs-village-courts-in-curbing-sorcery-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Research Fellow, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania The billboards are fading in the harsh sun. Antony Green is doing his vocal warm-up exercises. The 2024 Tasmanian election campaign is almost done and it’s now over to the voters. The five-week campaign has been largely ... <a title="From power prices to chocolate fountains, the Tasmanian election campaign has been a promise avalanche" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/from-power-prices-to-chocolate-fountains-the-tasmanian-election-campaign-has-been-a-promise-avalanche-225783/" aria-label="Read more about From power prices to chocolate fountains, the Tasmanian election campaign has been a promise avalanche">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chloe Lucas, Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Every day, more children discover they are living in a climate crisis. This makes many children feel sad, anxious, angry, powerless, confused and frightened about ... <a title="‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research reveals what Australian kids want to know about our warming world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/how-long-before-climate-change-will-destroy-the-earth-research-reveals-what-australian-kids-want-to-know-about-our-warming-world-226122/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research reveals what Australian kids want to know about our warming world">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Wardlaw, Research Associate, University of Tasmania Nicolas Rakotopare Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests are globally significant. They accumulate carbon faster than any other natural forest ecosystem in the world. But climate change is making it harder for these forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store ... <a title="Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests will be wiped out by heatwaves unless we step in to help them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/tasmanias-tall-eucalypt-forests-will-be-wiped-out-by-heatwaves-unless-we-step-in-to-help-them-224335/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests will be wiped out by heatwaves unless we step in to help them">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bunce, Honarary Professor in Environmental Genomics, University of Otago Getty Images/Julia Crim New Zealand’s rivers are not in a good shape. The Ministry for the Environment’s latest freshwater report shows an estimated 45% of total river length is no longer suitable for swimming and 48% is ... <a title="We need faster, better ways to monitor NZ’s declining river health – using environmental DNA can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/we-need-faster-better-ways-to-monitor-nzs-declining-river-health-using-environmental-dna-can-help-225564/" aria-label="Read more about We need faster, better ways to monitor NZ’s declining river health – using environmental DNA can help">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuan-Sen Ting, Associate Professor, Astrophysics, Australian National University Intouchable / Openverse How stable are planetary systems? Will Earth and its seven siblings always continue in their steady celestial paths, or might we one day be randomly ejected from our cosmic home? Physicists understand the rules that govern ... <a title="Planet cannibalism is common, says cosmic ‘twin study’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/planet-cannibalism-is-common-says-cosmic-twin-study-225990/" aria-label="Read more about Planet cannibalism is common, says cosmic ‘twin study’">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Baxter, Research Fellow, Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research, Queensland University of Technology Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock Feeding babies and toddlers can be challenging at the best of times. But when families can’t afford enough food, let alone the recommended range of different coloured vegetables, or iron-rich meats, it’s ... <a title="Feeding young kids on a budget? Parents say the mental load is crushing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/feeding-young-kids-on-a-budget-parents-say-the-mental-load-is-crushing-225350/" aria-label="Read more about Feeding young kids on a budget? Parents say the mental load is crushing">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra Jacob Lund/Shutterstock The Australian government wants to make sure its contracts – worth almost A$75 billion annually – don’t just deliver taxpayers value for money, but also promote gender equity. Under proposed procurement policy changes announced earlier this ... <a title="Companies vying for government contracts could soon have to meet gender targets. Will we finally see real progress?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/companies-vying-for-government-contracts-could-soon-have-to-meet-gender-targets-will-we-finally-see-real-progress-226018/" aria-label="Read more about Companies vying for government contracts could soon have to meet gender targets. Will we finally see real progress?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology Jada Narkle photographed by T.J. Garvie. Between COVID, increasing production and transport costs, and changing audience tastes, the country’s largest arts festivals have had to rebadge themselves. Festivals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth have all undergone major ... <a title="Adelaide Festival 2024: a moving marriage of local and international works – with Indigenous voices front and centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/adelaide-festival-2024-a-moving-marriage-of-local-and-international-works-with-indigenous-voices-front-and-centre-226004/" aria-label="Read more about Adelaide Festival 2024: a moving marriage of local and international works – with Indigenous voices front and centre">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
By Wendy Bacon in Sydney Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have taken pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war on Gaza to an unprecedented level. In a new development, hundreds of protesters joined in a street theatre performance outside Albanese’s electorate office on ... <a title="Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/hundreds-stage-sydney-die-in-to-protest-massacres-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza">Read more</a>
