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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renae Barker, Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia The latest census results are out and the number of Australians who selected “no religion” has risen again to 38.9%, up from 30.1% in 2016. This makes them the second-largest “religious group” after Christians, who make up 43.9% ... <a title="‘No religion’ is Australia’s second-largest religious group – and it’s having a profound effect on our laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/no-religion-is-australias-second-largest-religious-group-and-its-having-a-profound-effect-on-our-laws-185697/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No religion’ is Australia’s second-largest religious group – and it’s having a profound effect on our laws">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Matt Paul Catalano/Unsplash Australia’s Omicron wave earlier this year was much larger than we thought, recent research has confirmed. We also heard Health Minister Mark Butler acknowledge Australia can expect a “very big wave” ... <a title="We need to brace for a tsunami of long COVID. But we’re not quite sure the best way to treat it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/we-need-to-brace-for-a-tsunami-of-long-covid-but-were-not-quite-sure-the-best-way-to-treat-it-183824/" aria-label="Read more about We need to brace for a tsunami of long COVID. But we’re not quite sure the best way to treat it">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake M Robinson, Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University Gontran Isnard/Unsplash, CC BY Technology has undoubtedly contributed to global biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. Where forests once stood, artificial lights now illuminate vast urban jungles. Where animals once roamed, huge factories now churn out microchips, computers, and cars. ... <a title="Drones and DNA tracking: we show how these high-tech tools are helping nature heal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/drones-and-dna-tracking-we-show-how-these-high-tech-tools-are-helping-nature-heal-185140/" aria-label="Read more about Drones and DNA tracking: we show how these high-tech tools are helping nature heal">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University Shutterstock When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared victory on election night, he said he wanted to unite Australians around “our shared values of fairness and opportunity, and hard work and kindness ... <a title="What does equity in schools look like? And how is it tied to growing teacher shortages?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/what-does-equity-in-schools-look-like-and-how-is-it-tied-to-growing-teacher-shortages-185394/" aria-label="Read more about What does equity in schools look like? And how is it tied to growing teacher shortages?">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Dean Lewins/AAP Census data to be released Tuesday shows Australia changing rapidly before COVID, gaining an extra one million residents from overseas in the past five years, almost all of them in the three years ... <a title="Australians are more millennial, multilingual and less religious: what the census reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/australians-are-more-millennial-multilingual-and-less-religious-what-the-census-reveals-185845/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are more millennial, multilingual and less religious: what the census reveals">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic Redfern, Associate Professor, RMIT University Raemar, Blue, 1969, Tate: Presented by the Tate Americas Foundation, partial purchase and partial gift of Doris J. Lockhart 2013. © James Turrell. Photo: Chen Hao Review: Light: Works from The Tate’s Collection, ACMI The first room of Light: Works from ... <a title="Light: Works from the Tate’s Collection honours the body and its sensations – this is art which is meant to be felt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/light-works-from-the-tates-collection-honours-the-body-and-its-sensations-this-is-art-which-is-meant-to-be-felt-184162/" aria-label="Read more about Light: Works from the Tate’s Collection honours the body and its sensations – this is art which is meant to be felt">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor Former National MP and Justice Minister Amy Adams says opposition leader Christopher Luxon is right to rule out restricting abortion laws in Aotearoa New Zealand, calling the alternative “absolutely soul-destroying”. Speaking to RNZ, Adams also sounded a note of warning to her socially conservative former colleagues that ... <a title="Former National justice minister says NZ abortion law must stay – alternative is ‘soul-destroying’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/former-national-justice-minister-says-nz-abortion-law-must-stay-alternative-is-soul-destroying/" aria-label="Read more about Former National justice minister says NZ abortion law must stay – alternative is ‘soul-destroying’">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Tuvalu government has withdrawn from a UN Oceans Conference in Portugal after China blocked Taiwanese delegates in its team. An officer with Tuvalu’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Jessica Marinaccio, told RNZ Pacific that Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe was already en route to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, for the summit on ... <a title="Tuvalu quits UN Oceans summit in protest after China blocks delegates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/tuvalu-quits-un-oceans-summit-in-protest-after-china-blocks-delegates/" aria-label="Read more about Tuvalu quits UN Oceans summit in protest after China blocks delegates">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ivan Charles Hanigan, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Impact Assessment and Senior Lecturer in Climate Change and Health, , Faculty of Health Science, School of Population Health, Curtin University., Curtin University Shutterstock New research has found suicide increases during drought among men in Australia’s rural ... <a title="Drought increases rural suicide, and climate change will make drought worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/drought-increases-rural-suicide-and-climate-change-will-make-drought-worse-185392/" aria-label="Read more about Drought increases rural suicide, and climate change will make drought worse">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Davies, Lecturer in popular music and songwriting, Monash University Shutterstock Most of the music we listen to is made by session musicians. These guns for hire are experts in their field, much sought after and often bring a unique sound – that extra thing that helps ... <a title="Australia is one of few countries that doesn’t pay session musicians ongoing royalties. Our music industry suffers as a result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/australia-is-one-of-few-countries-that-doesnt-pay-session-musicians-ongoing-royalties-our-music-industry-suffers-as-a-result-185022/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is one of few countries that doesn’t pay session musicians ongoing royalties. Our music industry suffers as a result">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2022
Analysis by By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s acceptance of an invitation to speak at this week’s NATO leaders’ summit in Madrid has fuelled a narrative that New Zealand’s independent foreign policy is falling victim to a new Cold War.
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June 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Winter, Associate Professor (New Testament Studies), University of Divinity In many churches across the United States of America, and even perhaps here in Australia, Sunday worship would have been an opportunity to celebrate the decision of the US Supreme Court to overturn the protections established in ... <a title="The Bible says nothing about abortion. So being anti-choice is a cultural and political decision, not a biblical one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/the-bible-says-nothing-about-abortion-so-being-anti-choice-is-a-cultural-and-political-decision-not-a-biblical-one-185858/" aria-label="Read more about The Bible says nothing about abortion. So being anti-choice is a cultural and political decision, not a biblical one">Read more</a>
