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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treasure McGuire, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Mater Health SEQ in conjoint appointment as Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Bond University and Associate Professor (Clinical), The University of Queensland sh Shutterstock Mental health is key to health and wellbeing. Yet two in five Australians aged 16 to 85 (44%) ... <a title="Considering going off antidepressants? Here’s what to think about first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/considering-going-off-antidepressants-heres-what-to-think-about-first-198880/" aria-label="Read more about Considering going off antidepressants? Here’s what to think about first">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Moseby, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney If you want to see some of Australia’s most charismatic threatened mammals such as bilbies, boodies and stick-nest rats, chances are you’ll have to go to a zoo – or a safe haven. What’s a safe haven? An area safe from ... <a title="Threatened species recover in fenced safe havens. But their safety is only temporary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/threatened-species-recover-in-fenced-safe-havens-but-their-safety-is-only-temporary-200548/" aria-label="Read more about Threatened species recover in fenced safe havens. But their safety is only temporary">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Wreford, Professor Applied Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Kerry Marshall/Getty Images Hawke’s Bay, one of New Zealand’s most productive regions and the hub of the fruit-growing sector, is among the areas worst hit by Cyclone Gabrielle and ongoing rain. Horticulture underpins the local economy, with apple ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle hit NZ’s main fruit-growing region hard — now orchardists face critical climate choices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/cyclone-gabrielle-hit-nzs-main-fruit-growing-region-hard-now-orchardists-face-critical-climate-choices-200252/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle hit NZ’s main fruit-growing region hard — now orchardists face critical climate choices">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Branwen Morgan, Research Director and Minimising AMR Mission Lead, CSIRO The next time you need to take antibiotics, they may not work. So you may be prescribed a different antibiotic, which also may not work. Maybe nothing works. This is what happens when bacteria develop resistance to ... <a title="Climate change is fuelling the rise of superbugs. What can we do to save ourselves?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/climate-change-is-fuelling-the-rise-of-superbugs-what-can-we-do-to-save-ourselves-200707/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is fuelling the rise of superbugs. What can we do to save ourselves?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny Liu, Associate Professor in Academic Development and Leadership, University of Sydney Wes Hicks/Unsplash Universities around Australia are starting the academic year under yet another cloud of uncertainty. After surviving the disruptions of COVID, teachers and students begin this semester under the apparent threat of ChatGPT, which ... <a title="As uni goes back, here’s how teachers and students can use ChatGPT to save time and improve learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/as-uni-goes-back-heres-how-teachers-and-students-can-use-chatgpt-to-save-time-and-improve-learning-199884/" aria-label="Read more about As uni goes back, here’s how teachers and students can use ChatGPT to save time and improve learning">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tyler Reysenbach, Research associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The biggest review of Australia’s migration system in decades is due to be delivered to the federal government. Commissioned by the Albanese government last September, its task is to identify reforms that will increase economic productivity, address challenges such as ... <a title="How to improve the migration system for the good of temporary migrants – and Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/how-to-improve-the-migration-system-for-the-good-of-temporary-migrants-and-australia-199520/" aria-label="Read more about How to improve the migration system for the good of temporary migrants – and Australia">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hughes, Professor of Social Work, Southern Cross University Steven Saphore/ AAP World Pride has come to Sydney, with the annual Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday having returned to its Oxford Street home for the first time in three years. The 17-day festival is expected to host ... <a title="For some LGBTQ+ older people, events like World Pride can be isolating – we need to better understand how to support them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/for-some-lgbtq-older-people-events-like-world-pride-can-be-isolating-we-need-to-better-understand-how-to-support-them-200533/" aria-label="Read more about For some LGBTQ+ older people, events like World Pride can be isolating – we need to better understand how to support them">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
NBC News Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has revealed that about K100,000 (about NZ$46,000) was paid to the kidnappers for the release of the three remaining hostages in the Bosavi mountains in the Southern Highlands province at the weekend. The three hostages, an Australian-resident New Zealand professor and his two female colleagues, were ... <a title="Marape clarifies kidnappers were paid K100,000 for freeing PNG hostages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/marape-clarifies-kidnappers-were-paid-k100000-for-freeing-png-hostages/" aria-label="Read more about Marape clarifies kidnappers were paid K100,000 for freeing PNG hostages">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Mong Palatino Various stakeholders have warned that the draft National Media Development Policy released by Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on February 5 could undermine media freedom if approved by the government. The DICT asked stakeholders to share their input within 12 days, but this was extended for ... <a title="PNG’s proposed policy could lead to government control of the press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/pngs-proposed-policy-could-lead-to-government-control-of-the-press/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s proposed policy could lead to government control of the press">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Enga Governor Sir Peter Ipatas has told the Papua New Guinean government and national leaders to allow the media to carry out its role “unfettered” and accept public criticism. “You are in a public office. As leaders, we must be prepared for anything. If they write negative reports, let’s ... <a title="‘Leave media alone – let them do their job,’ Ipatas tells PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/leave-media-alone-let-them-do-their-job-ipatas-tells-png/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Leave media alone – let them do their job,’ Ipatas tells PNG">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
By Sri Krishnamurthi Fiji Drua beat Moana Pasifika in both teams’ first match of Super Rugby Pacific 2023 in a pulsating game that went to the wire before Fiji Drua triumphed 36-34 at Mt Smart stadium. There were 11 tries in a fast-paced encounter on Saturday, with the Drua’s sixth score, in the 77th minute ... <a title="Halftime chat fires up Fiji Drua to thrilling win over Moana Pasifika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/halftime-chat-fires-up-fiji-drua-to-thrilling-win-over-moana-pasifika/" aria-label="Read more about Halftime chat fires up Fiji Drua to thrilling win over Moana Pasifika">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
ANALYSIS: By David Robie Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese. On February 7, a militant cell of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), the armed wing of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) — a fragmented organisation that been fighting ... <a title="Two countries, two kidnappings – but Jakarta and Port Moresby responses different with 3 PNG hostages freed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/two-countries-two-kidnappings-but-jakarta-and-port-moresby-responses-different-with-3-png-hostages-freed/" aria-label="Read more about Two countries, two kidnappings – but Jakarta and Port Moresby responses different with 3 PNG hostages freed">Read more</a>
