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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Bryant, Professor & Director of Traumatic Stress Clinic, UNSW Although Australia is now largely COVID-free, the repercussions of the pandemic are ongoing. As the pandemic enters its second year, many people will be continuing to suffer with poor mental health, or facing new mental health challenges. ... <a title="COVID’s mental health fallout will last a long time. Here’s how we’re targeting pandemic depression and anxiety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/covids-mental-health-fallout-will-last-a-long-time-heres-how-were-targeting-pandemic-depression-and-anxiety-155734/" aria-label="Read more about COVID’s mental health fallout will last a long time. Here’s how we’re targeting pandemic depression and anxiety">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Dana M Bergstrom, University of Wollongong; Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University, and Michael Depledge, University of Exeter In 1992, 1700 scientists warned that human beings and the natural world were “on a collision course”. Seventeen years later, scientists described planetary boundaries within which humans and other life could have a ... <a title="‘Existential threat to our survival’ – see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/existential-threat-to-our-survival-see-the-19-australian-ecosystems-already-collapsing/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Existential threat to our survival’ – see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Asia Pacific Report Papua New Guineans awoke this morning to great sadness, reports the PNG Post-Courier. As the bells tolled with the sad news of the passing of the much beloved statesman and the founding father of the nation, newsfeeds and social media were abuzz with shock, grief, sadness and tributes to the great man ... <a title="Papua New Guinea in grief after Grand Chief Somare, 84, passes on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/papua-new-guinea-in-grief-after-grand-chief-somare-84-passes-on/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea in grief after Grand Chief Somare, 84, passes on">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Asia Pacific Report Indonesian police have asked participants at a protest action against Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua to take covid-19 rapid tests at the site of the demonstration in front of the Home Affairs Ministry office in Jakarta this week, reports CNN Indonesia. The protesters refused, saying it was an attempt to silence them. ... <a title="Papuan protesters claim police using covid rapid tests to curb free speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/papuan-protesters-claim-police-using-covid-rapid-tests-to-curb-free-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan protesters claim police using covid rapid tests to curb free speech">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter S. Field, Head of Humanities and Creative Arts and Associate Professor of American History, University of Canterbury The idea of “news” is a pretty new thing. So is the concept of “fake news”, as in false or misleading information presented as news. Accordingly, we don’t expect ... <a title="Fake news was a thing long before Donald Trump — just ask the ancient Greeks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/fake-news-was-a-thing-long-before-donald-trump-just-ask-the-ancient-greeks-155867/" aria-label="Read more about Fake news was a thing long before Donald Trump — just ask the ancient Greeks">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Ritchie, Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, former prime minister of Papua New Guinea and a giant of Pacific politics, has died from pancreatic cancer. He was 84. Known as “Mike” to some and “the chief” to others, Somare in more ... <a title="Obituary: Sir Michael Somare, ‘father’ of PNG and colossus of Pacific politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/obituary-sir-michael-somare-father-of-png-and-colossus-of-pacific-politics-155757/" aria-label="Read more about Obituary: Sir Michael Somare, ‘father’ of PNG and colossus of Pacific politics">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James B. Dorey, PhD Candidate, Flinders University It’s not often you get to cast your eyes on a creature feared to be long-gone. Perhaps that’s why my recent rediscovery of the native bee species Pharohylaeus lactiferus is so exciting — especially after it spent a century eluding ... <a title="Phantom of the forest: how I rediscovered the rare cloaked bee in Australia, hidden for a century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/phantom-of-the-forest-how-i-rediscovered-the-rare-cloaked-bee-in-australia-hidden-for-a-century-156026/" aria-label="Read more about Phantom of the forest: how I rediscovered the rare cloaked bee in Australia, hidden for a century">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgina Heydon, Associate professor, RMIT University The alleged rape of former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins has raised many questions about how sexual assault gets reported. Members of the Morrison government have repeatedly stressed the appropriate response to allegations of sexual assault is to go to the ... <a title="Sexual assault: what can you do if you don’t want to make a formal report to police?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/sexual-assault-what-can-you-do-if-you-dont-want-to-make-a-formal-report-to-police-155948/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual assault: what can you do if you don’t want to make a formal report to police?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong In 1992, 1,700 scientists warned that human beings and the natural world were “on a collision course”. Seventeen years later, scientists described planetary boundaries within which humans and other life could have a “safe space to operate”. These ... <a title="‘Existential threat to our survival’: see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/existential-threat-to-our-survival-see-the-19-australian-ecosystems-already-collapsing-154077/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Existential threat to our survival’: see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Patfield, Postdoctoral Fellow, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle It’s that time of year again when hundreds of thousands of Australian students start university for the first time. Commencing students account for about 40% of the more than 1.6 million Australians enrolled in university ... <a title="Odds are against ‘first in family’ uni students but equity policies are blind to them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/odds-are-against-first-in-family-uni-students-but-equity-policies-are-blind-to-them-155647/" aria-label="Read more about Odds are against ‘first in family’ uni students but equity policies are blind to them">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Australia’s electricity market is unsustainable. Texas shows us why. A week ago Texas experienced a bout of severe weather as arctic air reached deep into the state, driving temperature down to levels that had not been experienced for ... <a title="Texas was a warning. Australia needs to rethink the design of its electricity market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/texas-was-a-warning-australia-needs-to-rethink-the-design-of-its-electricity-market-155856/" aria-label="Read more about Texas was a warning. Australia needs to rethink the design of its electricity market">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Stokes, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University Tim Hart was sitting on his couch one evening in November 2011 when he got an email with the subject line: “I’m watching”. The message that followed was short and to the point … Did you hear me? I’m ... <a title="Friday essay: How can the dead send us emails? The ethical dilemma of digital souls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/friday-essay-how-can-the-dead-send-us-emails-the-ethical-dilemma-of-digital-souls-154646/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: How can the dead send us emails? The ethical dilemma of digital souls">Read more</a>
