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July 22, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. All wars incur economic costs, and not only to the directly belligerent countries. The biggest costs arise when a war becomes a prolonged stalemate. The present war in Ukraine can be characterised, differently, as a Russian Civil War (that’s the Russian view), as ‘just another’ Eastern European conflict that will go ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – The Economic Cost of War, especially World War" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/keith-rankin-essay-the-economic-cost-of-war-especially-world-war/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – The Economic Cost of War, especially World War">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images The recent assertion by Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s security council (and former president), that the invasion of Ukraine will “achieve all its goals” and that peace will be “on our terms” raises an obvious question: ... <a title="Russia says peace in Ukraine will be ‘on our terms’ – but what can the West accept and at what cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/russia-says-peace-in-ukraine-will-be-on-our-terms-but-what-can-the-west-accept-and-at-what-cost-187349/" aria-label="Read more about Russia says peace in Ukraine will be ‘on our terms’ – but what can the West accept and at what cost?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Manns, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Have you heard? Barry Crocker’s having a … well, Barry Crocker (“shocker”) of a time with those Reg Grundies (“undies”) people. Karens everywhere can relate – they know it’s Jeffed up when your Danned ... <a title="Is Australian rhyming slang in a bit of froth and bubble? Let’s take a Captain Cook (spoiler: the billy lids may hold the key)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/is-australian-rhyming-slang-in-a-bit-of-froth-and-bubble-lets-take-a-captain-cook-spoiler-the-billy-lids-may-hold-the-key-186731/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australian rhyming slang in a bit of froth and bubble? Let’s take a Captain Cook (spoiler: the billy lids may hold the key)">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Shannon, Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine, Registered Paramedic, Monash University Health-care systems across Australia are buckling in the wake of COVID waves and the flu season. Pictures of ambulances piling up outside hospitals have become commonplace in the media. Known as “ramping”, it’s the canary in the ... <a title="Ambulance ramping is a signal the health system is floundering. Solutions need to extend beyond EDs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/ambulance-ramping-is-a-signal-the-health-system-is-floundering-solutions-need-to-extend-beyond-eds-187270/" aria-label="Read more about Ambulance ramping is a signal the health system is floundering. Solutions need to extend beyond EDs">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Watson, Professor, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week acknowledged the grave state of Australia’s environment and pledged new laws to go before parliament next year. But talk is cheap. The long-delayed State of the Environment report was not a surprise. Experts ... <a title="Labor won’t overhaul environment laws until next year. Here are 5 easy wins it could aim for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/labor-wont-overhaul-environment-laws-until-next-year-here-are-5-easy-wins-it-could-aim-for-now-184565/" aria-label="Read more about Labor won’t overhaul environment laws until next year. Here are 5 easy wins it could aim for now">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Shutterstock/The Conversation Why don’t whales have teeth like we do? asked by Henry, 6 years old. Great question, Henry. Your teeth are an important part of your body. They help you chew your food so you can eat ... <a title="Curious kids: why don’t whales have teeth like we do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/curious-kids-why-dont-whales-have-teeth-like-we-do-186727/" aria-label="Read more about Curious kids: why don’t whales have teeth like we do?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chad Morrison, Academic Director of Professional Experience, Murdoch University www.shutterstock.com Every few days there is another report about the teacher shortage across Australia. Last week, we learned one of Melbourne’s biggest schools is considering a return to home learning to cope with staff shortages. Read more: COVID ... <a title="Growing numbers of unqualified teachers are being sent into classrooms – this is not the way to ‘fix’ the teacher shortage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/growing-numbers-of-unqualified-teachers-are-being-sent-into-classrooms-this-is-not-the-way-to-fix-the-teacher-shortage-186379/" aria-label="Read more about Growing numbers of unqualified teachers are being sent into classrooms – this is not the way to ‘fix’ the teacher shortage">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Dunn, Lecturer in Classics, University of Tasmania A fresco in Pompeii possibly depicting Demetrius I 50–40 BC. Wikimedia Commons Alexander the Great was a successful conqueror, but a poor planner. He died without an acceptable heir to inherit the empire, just a soon-to-be-born baby son, and ... <a title="Siege warfare, polygamy and sacrilege: meet history’s most outrageous king, Demetrius the Besieger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/siege-warfare-polygamy-and-sacrilege-meet-historys-most-outrageous-king-demetrius-the-besieger-185866/" aria-label="Read more about Siege warfare, polygamy and sacrilege: meet history’s most outrageous king, Demetrius the Besieger">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP If you’re outside staring in, you’d probably say the Albanese government is looking good. If you’re inside gazing out, you’d likely think its challenges appear little short of dire. Next week the new parliament will commence with a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/grattan-on-friday-climate-bill-front-and-centre-when-parliament-starts-but-its-the-least-of-albaneses-problems-187439/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier A brutal massacre in Porgera town yesterday afternoon in which 18 innocent people were killed has rocked Enga province and shocked Papua New Guinea. Local police chief acting Superintendent George Kakas was shocked by the act of violence in the wake of the country’s national elections — he ... <a title="18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/18-people-hacked-to-death-in-porgera-in-under-an-hour-amid-png-elections/" aria-label="Read more about 18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting has ended and what is intriguing is the deafening silence on declining standards of democracy, governance, human rights, media freedom and freedom of speech issues, despite the serious and arguably worsening situation in some regional countries. The emphasis on climate change is ... <a title="Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/australia-and-new-zealands-deafening-silence-on-pacific-democracy-and-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human rights">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP If you’re outside staring in, you’d probably say the Albanese government is looking good. If you’re inside gazing out, you’d likely think its challenges appear little short of dire. Next week the new parliament will commence with a ... <a title="Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/climate-bill-front-and-centre-when-parliament-starts-but-its-the-least-of-albaneses-problems-187439/" aria-label="Read more about Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems">Read more</a>
