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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Allen, Senior Lecturer in Public Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock New Zealand has a reputation for being transparent and free from corruption – but how true is this really? Recent events suggest there could be cause for concern, especially at a ... <a title="Ethics and avoiding conflicts of interest are vital in the public service – can New Zealanders be confident in the system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/ethics-and-avoiding-conflicts-of-interest-are-vital-in-the-public-service-can-new-zealanders-be-confident-in-the-system-172752/" aria-label="Read more about Ethics and avoiding conflicts of interest are vital in the public service – can New Zealanders be confident in the system?">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tauel Harper, Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication, UWA, The University of Western Australia Scott Lewis/Flickr, CC BY When Martin Forsey was presented with a proposal for change at his workplace that lacked a logical argument and used flawed data, he brought a case to the Fair Work ... <a title="Low bar for ‘genuine consultation’ set by UWA case feeds into crisis of legitimacy for Australian institutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/low-bar-for-genuine-consultation-set-by-uwa-case-feeds-into-crisis-of-legitimacy-for-australian-institutions-172480/" aria-label="Read more about Low bar for ‘genuine consultation’ set by UWA case feeds into crisis of legitimacy for Australian institutions">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University Radioactive waste from nuclear medicine facilities around Australia will be trucked to and buried near the South Australian town of Kimba, the federal government announced this week. The site, Napandee, comprises 211 hectares of government-acquired land, with radioactive ... <a title="3 reasons the announcement to dump radioactive waste in South Australia is extremely premature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/3-reasons-the-announcement-to-dump-radioactive-waste-in-south-australia-is-extremely-premature-172766/" aria-label="Read more about 3 reasons the announcement to dump radioactive waste in South Australia is extremely premature">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonya Suares, Guest Lecturer, WAAPA, Edith Cowan University Nick Simpson-Deeks, Vidya Makan and company in the Watch This production of Sunday in the Park With George, 2019. Watch This/Jodie Hutchinson, Author provided What did Stephen Sondheim mean to me? This is an attempt to bring order to ... <a title="Stephen Sondheim showed me the beauty, terror and exquisite pain of being alive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/stephen-sondheim-showed-me-the-beauty-terror-and-exquisite-pain-of-being-alive-172768/" aria-label="Read more about Stephen Sondheim showed me the beauty, terror and exquisite pain of being alive">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content National Party Luke Malpass (Stuff): National Party leadership: Now Christopher Luxon’s big job ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 01 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-01-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 01 2021">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Julie Ji, Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia Unsplash/Niklas Hamann, CC BY Reports about the latest COVID variant of concern, Omicron, have exploded all over the news. No sooner had we learned its name, it had arrived in Australia. Waves ... <a title="Not again … how to protect your mental health in the face of uncertainty and another COVID variant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/not-again-how-to-protect-your-mental-health-in-the-face-of-uncertainty-and-another-covid-variant-172847/" aria-label="Read more about Not again … how to protect your mental health in the face of uncertainty and another COVID variant">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock Up to 216 Australian birds are now threatened – compared with 195 a decade ago – and climate change is now the main driver pushing threatened birds closer to extinction, landmark new research has found. ... <a title="More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the biggest danger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/more-than-200-australian-birds-are-now-threatened-with-extinction-and-climate-change-is-the-biggest-danger-172751/" aria-label="Read more about More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the biggest danger">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Della Bosca, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney Julie Favell, Author provided In the rocky upland wilderness of Wiradjuri Country two hours west of Sydney lies a new protected area with a nine-decade-long history of dogged environmental activism: the Gardens ... <a title="Breathtaking wilderness in the heart of coal country: after a 90-year campaign, Gardens of Stone is finally protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/breathtaking-wilderness-in-the-heart-of-coal-country-after-a-90-year-campaign-gardens-of-stone-is-finally-protected-172503/" aria-label="Read more about Breathtaking wilderness in the heart of coal country: after a 90-year campaign, Gardens of Stone is finally protected">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristina Nicholls, Director, Academic Integrity, Torrens University Australia Shutterstock When students use a commercial contract cheating service, getting caught by their lecturers is just one of many serious consequences that could damage them and those who trust them. They also expose themselves to blackmail and extortion. Despite ... <a title="Students who cheat don’t just have to worry about getting caught. They risk blackmail and extortion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/students-who-cheat-dont-just-have-to-worry-about-getting-caught-they-risk-blackmail-and-extortion-172403/" aria-label="Read more about Students who cheat don’t just have to worry about getting caught. They risk blackmail and extortion">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry/Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’ Medici and Luigi de’ Rossi, circa 1518 The Capodimonte Museum/Wikimedia Commons Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici, who died 500 ... <a title="The ostentatious story of the ‘young pope’ Leo X: his pet elephant, the cardinal he killed and his anal fistula" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/the-ostentatious-story-of-the-young-pope-leo-x-his-pet-elephant-the-cardinal-he-killed-and-his-anal-fistula-171499/" aria-label="Read more about The ostentatious story of the ‘young pope’ Leo X: his pet elephant, the cardinal he killed and his anal fistula">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
By David Robie Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to its flawed rule in “the land of Papua”. Critics have intensified their condemnation of the intransigent “no negotiations” stance of authorities as West Papuans mark their national day today on ... <a title="Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/pressure-mounts-on-jakarta-for-dialogue-not-brutal-war-on-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government is setting up a parliamentary inquiry to put big tech companies “under the microscope” over dangers posed to people’s wellbeing by toxic material on their sites. In its latest strike against big tech, Scott Morrison said the ... <a title="Parliamentary inquiry to put behaviour of ‘big tech’ under scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/parliamentary-inquiry-to-put-behaviour-of-big-tech-under-scrutiny-172878/" aria-label="Read more about Parliamentary inquiry to put behaviour of ‘big tech’ under scrutiny">Read more</a>
