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July 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Goot, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University What does “the average Australian” look like? After every census, this is one of the questions people like to see answered. Average on one measure or on several? If the latter, would “average Australians” number in ... <a title="The ABS’s notion of the average Australian makes little sense. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/the-abss-notion-of-the-average-australian-makes-little-sense-heres-why-186296/" aria-label="Read more about The ABS’s notion of the average Australian makes little sense. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niro Kandasamy, Lecturer in History, University of Sydney When Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe conceded ten days ago that the Sri Lankan economy has “completely collapsed”, his words would have come as no surprise to the island’s 22 million people. With the country enduring its worst ... <a title="Sri Lanka scrambles for aid – but Australia still seems preoccupied by boats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/sri-lanka-scrambles-for-aid-but-australia-still-seems-preoccupied-by-boats-186293/" aria-label="Read more about Sri Lanka scrambles for aid – but Australia still seems preoccupied by boats">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Shutterstock Australia is heading for its third Omicron wave in the coming weeks, as BA.4 and BA.5 become the dominant COVID strains. BA.4 and BA.5 are more infectious than previous COVID variants and subvariants, and are ... <a title="Australia is heading for its third Omicron wave. Here’s what to expect from BA.4 and BA.5" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/australia-is-heading-for-its-third-omicron-wave-heres-what-to-expect-from-ba-4-and-ba-5-185598/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is heading for its third Omicron wave. Here’s what to expect from BA.4 and BA.5">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University Shutterstock, CC BY-SA Uber Australia’s historic agreement with the Transport Workers’ Union, on the need to regulate the gig economy, is the first step in fundamental reform of gig work. It suggests the direction the Albanese government will ... <a title="How Australia’s gig workers may remain contractors under Labor’s reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/how-australias-gig-workers-may-remain-contractors-under-labors-reforms-186197/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s gig workers may remain contractors under Labor’s reforms">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael David Barbezat, Research fellow, Australian Catholic University Netflix From Kate Bush to Russian villainy, Season Four of Stranger Things revives many parts of the 1980s relevant to our times. Some of these blasts from the past provide welcome nostalgia. Others are like unwanted ghosts that will ... <a title="‘Satanic worship, sodomy and even murder’: how Stranger Things revived the American satanic panic of the 80s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/satanic-worship-sodomy-and-even-murder-how-stranger-things-revived-the-american-satanic-panic-of-the-80s-186292/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Satanic worship, sodomy and even murder’: how Stranger Things revived the American satanic panic of the 80s">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
RNZ Pacific Voting in the Papua New Guinea general election begins today. Voters will elect 118 members of Parliament, including governors of the 22 provinces, from the 3600-plus candidates nominated. There are 6000 polling teams in the 22 provinces. There have also been reports that polling in the capital, Port Moresby has been delayed. #BREAKING: ... <a title="Papua New Guinea voters head to the polls to choose from 3600 candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/papua-new-guinea-voters-head-to-the-polls-to-choose-from-3600-candidates/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea voters head to the polls to choose from 3600 candidates">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A man was held by Papua New Guinean security personnel in Hela Province on Saturday after he was found to have in his possession K1.56 million (about NZ$715,000) in cash carried in a suitcase. The man, who police identified as a local, allegedly told security personnel that the money ... <a title="PNG security detain man with K1.56m in suitcase as elections begin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/png-security-detain-man-with-k1-56m-in-suitcase-as-elections-begin/" aria-label="Read more about PNG security detain man with K1.56m in suitcase as elections begin">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Benny Wenda We celebrated the 51st anniversary of the independence declaration of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) at Markas Victoria on July 1, 1971. The declaration, signed by Seth Rumkoren and Jacob Prai — who sadly passed away last month — was a direct rejection of Indonesian colonialism. It sent a powerful message ... <a title="OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/opm-day-celebrating-the-1971-papuan-independence-proklamasi/" aria-label="Read more about OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, Climate & Energy College, The University of Melbourne Nico Smit/Unsplash, CC BY Restoring degraded environments, such as by planting trees, is often touted as a solution to the climate crisis. But our new research shows this, while important, is no substitute for preventing ... <a title="No more excuses: restoring nature is not a silver bullet for global warming, we must cut emissions outright" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/no-more-excuses-restoring-nature-is-not-a-silver-bullet-for-global-warming-we-must-cut-emissions-outright-186048/" aria-label="Read more about No more excuses: restoring nature is not a silver bullet for global warming, we must cut emissions outright">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elodie Camprasse, Research fellow in spider crab ecology, Deakin University Julian Finn/Museums Victoria Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s series introducing you to little-known Australian animals that need our help. Every winter in shallow waters off Australia’s southern coast, armies of ... <a title="Thousands of giant crabs amass off Australia’s coast. Scientists need your help to understand the phenomenon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/thousands-of-giant-crabs-amass-off-australias-coast-scientists-need-your-help-to-understand-the-phenomenon-183342/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of giant crabs amass off Australia’s coast. Scientists need your help to understand the phenomenon">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Lansbury, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland In Australia, most states have introduced initiatives to provide people who menstruate with free period care products in public schools. The Queensland government’s recent announcement of free period care products for state schools is excellent ... <a title="Free period care products in Queensland schools is just a first step. Remote communities need access to these items as well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/free-period-care-products-in-queensland-schools-is-just-a-first-step-remote-communities-need-access-to-these-items-as-well-185700/" aria-label="Read more about Free period care products in Queensland schools is just a first step. Remote communities need access to these items as well">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tomas Fitzgerald, Lecturer in Law, Curtin University A brainy machine? Shakey, the world’s first AI-based robot. SRI International It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that the machines are taking over. What is less clear is whether the machines know that. Recent claims by a Google engineer that ... <a title="Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/why-we-talk-about-computers-having-brains-and-why-the-metaphor-is-all-wrong-185705/" aria-label="Read more about Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)">Read more</a>
