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October 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Robert Cook, Associate professor, The University of Melbourne As the Victorian city of Echuca prepared for flooding this week, the council moved rapidly to build a temporary earthen levee as others sandbagged. This kept some homes dry, likely worsened flooding in others, and prompted blame from ... <a title="Floods are natural, but human decisions make disasters. We need to reflect on the endless cycles of blame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/31/floods-are-natural-but-human-decisions-make-disasters-we-need-to-reflect-on-the-endless-cycles-of-blame-192930/" aria-label="Read more about Floods are natural, but human decisions make disasters. We need to reflect on the endless cycles of blame">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Mason, Research Fellow in Renewable Energy Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/TDway New Zealand agriculture contributed 50% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, an unusually high proportion by world standards. Dairy farming was responsible for about half of the 39.1 megatonnes of carbon dioxide ... <a title="From farming to fermentation: how New Zealand could ‘brew up’ new foods to reduce agricultural emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/31/from-farming-to-fermentation-how-new-zealand-could-brew-up-new-foods-to-reduce-agricultural-emissions-192934/" aria-label="Read more about From farming to fermentation: how New Zealand could ‘brew up’ new foods to reduce agricultural emissions">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alasdair Macintyre, Associate lecturer visual arts, artist, PhD, Australian Catholic University Alasdair Macintyre, Ghost Kid on Stairs 2, 2019. aecap/flickr, Author provided Do you believe in ghosts? Every year, Halloween serves up the usual images of spooks, skeletons and witches – but these ideas aren’t just the ... <a title="Are you haunted by ghosts of the past and phantoms of your future? Welcome to the spooky realm of hauntology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/31/are-you-haunted-by-ghosts-of-the-past-and-phantoms-of-your-future-welcome-to-the-spooky-realm-of-hauntology-191843/" aria-label="Read more about Are you haunted by ghosts of the past and phantoms of your future? Welcome to the spooky realm of hauntology">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand’s Green Party has again urged the government to step up its condemnation of Iran. About 50 protesters burned headscarves and passports outside the Iranian embassy in the capital Wellington yesterday. There has been a wave of protest in Iran and around the world over the death in custody of Mahsa ... <a title="Green Party tells NZ ‘don’t hold back’ on protests over Iran crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/29/green-party-tells-nz-dont-hold-back-on-protests-over-iran-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about Green Party tells NZ ‘don’t hold back’ on protests over Iran crackdown">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) wants to delay the next meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body with the Papua New Guinea government, claiming Port Moresby is “dragging the chain” on drawing up critical constitutional regulations.. The key focus of the ABG is on achieving independence by 2027 by the latest. This latest dispute ... <a title="Bougainville says PNG ‘dragging chain’ over independence issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/29/bougainville-says-png-dragging-chain-over-independence-issue/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville says PNG ‘dragging chain’ over independence issue">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2022
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Education Department headquarters in Waigani, National Capital District (NCD), will be locked by 5pm on Monday if the state fails to pay K39 million (NZ$19 million) in unpaid rent. The arrears — accumulating since 2017 — are owed to Grand Columbia Limited, owner of Fincorp Haus. ... <a title="PNG’s Education Department faces lockout over K39m unpaid rent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/29/pngs-education-department-faces-lockout-over-k39m-unpaid-rent/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Education Department faces lockout over K39m unpaid rent">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2022
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Eight policemen attached to Mt Hagen police division have been identified as suspects in an election-related shooting that resulted in four people killed and several others wounded on 6 August 2022. The shooting took place in Anglimp-South Waghi electorate in Jiwaka province and investigations were completed last week. The ... <a title="PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/29/png-investigation-identifies-8-police-suspects-in-mt-hagen-election-violence/" aria-label="Read more about PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edgar Liu, Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Urban Environments (HUE) Collaboratory / City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In response to the horror stories of abuse and neglect from the Royal Commission into Aged Care, the new federal Labor government has made legislative changes. Prior to this, ... <a title="Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren’t age-friendly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/most-older-australians-arent-in-aged-care-policy-blind-spots-mean-they-live-in-communities-that-arent-age-friendly-192591/" aria-label="Read more about Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren’t age-friendly">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University With progressive members of the US Congress recently calling for a resumption of direct talks between the West and Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it’s a good time to consider how such talks could look and what might be gained – or ... <a title="Should the West negotiate with Russia? The pros and cons of high-level talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/should-the-west-negotiate-with-russia-the-pros-and-cons-of-high-level-talks-193297/" aria-label="Read more about Should the West negotiate with Russia? The pros and cons of high-level talks">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iftekhar Ahmed, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle People living in the Hunter region of New South Wales know all too well the devastation disasters can bring. After enduring the 2019-2020 horror bushfire season, La Niña settled in for three wet summers and residents experienced back-to-back floods this ... <a title="We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here’s what they need when the next floods strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/we-spoke-to-the-exhausted-flood-response-teams-in-the-hunter-valley-heres-what-they-need-when-the-next-floods-strike-192863/" aria-label="Read more about We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here’s what they need when the next floods strike">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock Billions of dollars in proceeds of crime are being funnelled through clubs and pubs in New South Wales, according to the NSW Crime Commission. Predictably, the industry is claiming it’s not an issue ... <a title="Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/pubs-and-clubs-your-friendly-neighbourhood-money-laundering-service-thanks-to-86-640-pokies-193312/" aria-label="Read more about Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney In this week’s federal budget the costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been revised upwards, with average forecast growth of 14% a year over the next decade. It looks like the NDIS could cost more than ... <a title="The budget sounded warnings of an NDIS ‘blow out’ – but also set aside funds to curb costs and boost productivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/the-budget-sounded-warnings-of-an-ndis-blow-out-but-also-set-aside-funds-to-curb-costs-and-boost-productivity-193315/" aria-label="Read more about The budget sounded warnings of an NDIS ‘blow out’ – but also set aside funds to curb costs and boost productivity">Read more</a>
