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June 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sven Teske, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock The International Energy Agency (IEA) last month made global headlines when it declared there is no room for new fossil fuel investment if we’re to avoid catastrophic climate change. However, our new research suggests ... <a title="Even without new fossil fuel projects, global warming will still exceed 1.5℃. But renewables might make it possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/even-without-new-fossil-fuel-projects-global-warming-will-still-exceed-1-5-but-renewables-might-make-it-possible-162591/" aria-label="Read more about Even without new fossil fuel projects, global warming will still exceed 1.5℃. But renewables might make it possible">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Jeffrey, Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne Wikipedia South Asia is crucial to the future of Australia. But Australia has just one (small) program focused on South Asian studies across its many universities. This has not always been the case. In the mid-1970s, 13 of ... <a title="From 13 unis to 1: why Australia needs to reverse the loss of South Asian studies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/from-13-unis-to-1-why-australia-needs-to-reverse-the-loss-of-south-asian-studies-161006/" aria-label="Read more about From 13 unis to 1: why Australia needs to reverse the loss of South Asian studies">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Salvador Melendez/AP Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, has got himself a pair of laser eyes – on his Twitter profile at least. Laser eyes are something social media users give ... <a title="Can Bitcoin become a real currency? Here’s what’s wrong with El Salvador’s crypto plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/can-bitcoin-become-a-real-currency-heres-whats-wrong-with-el-salvadors-crypto-plan-162348/" aria-label="Read more about Can Bitcoin become a real currency? Here’s what’s wrong with El Salvador’s crypto plan">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Judith Nicholls, Honorary Senior Lecturer, ANU, Australian National University Reconstruction of traditional dwelling, Lake Condah, 2020. Photo: Peter Sutton Eminent Australian anthropologist Peter Sutton and respected field archaeologist Keryn Walshe have co-authored a meticulously researched new book, Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate. It’s set ... <a title="Book review: Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate rigorously critiques Bruce Pascoe’s argument" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/book-review-farmers-or-hunter-gatherers-the-dark-emu-debate-rigorously-critiques-bruce-pascoes-argument-161877/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate rigorously critiques Bruce Pascoe’s argument">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fifty-one cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Fiji tonight, with 35 of them from the fastest-growing cluster at Nadi. This takes the total number of infections since the outbreak started in April to 900, with 684 active cases currently in isolation. The Health Ministry said two cases were from the Lami-Nausori containment ... <a title="51 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji with fast-growing Nadi cluster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/51-new-covid-cases-confirmed-in-fiji-with-fast-growing-nadi-cluster/" aria-label="Read more about 51 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji with fast-growing Nadi cluster">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Retired politics professor and historian Robert “Robbie” Robertson, 69, co-author of the book Shattered Coups about the 1987 coups led by then Lieutenant-Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka, has died in Melbourne, his family has confirmed. Dr Robertson wrote the book with his partner Akosita Tamanisau, then a Fiji journalist. It was published in ... <a title="Former USP academic and author of Fiji coup books Robbie Robertson dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/former-usp-academic-and-author-of-fiji-coup-books-robbie-robertson-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Former USP academic and author of Fiji coup books Robbie Robertson dies">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk “We take the pain and problems of victims home and it gives us nightmares many times.” A police woman serving at the Family Sexual Violence Unit (FSVU) of the Papua New Guinea’s Waigani police station in the capital Port Moresby has shared her experience of how officers deal with victims being ... <a title="‘It gives us nightmares,’ says PNG police officer dealing with domestic violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/it-gives-us-nightmares-says-png-police-officer-dealing-with-domestic-violence/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It gives us nightmares,’ says PNG police officer dealing with domestic violence">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Five police officers are among 39 new cases of covid-19 in Fiji while the government announced late last night that 32 of the latest cases are from existing clusters. Another 11 cases were reported from the country’s main hospital in the capital Suva. Health Secretary Dr James ... <a title="Five police officers among 39 new covid cases in Fiji as strategy unveiled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/five-police-officers-among-39-new-covid-cases-in-fiji-as-strategy-unveiled/" aria-label="Read more about Five police officers among 39 new covid cases in Fiji as strategy unveiled">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has condemned an attack by male students at the University of Papua New Guinea on a media team covering a protest staged by female students on Tuesday, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The council said that the actions of these students was an act against ... <a title="Media Council condemns ‘mob rule’ to intimidate female students, media at UPNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/media-council-condemns-mob-rule-to-intimidate-female-students-media-at-upng/" aria-label="Read more about Media Council condemns ‘mob rule’ to intimidate female students, media at UPNG">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Papua New Guinean government should protect women accused of practicing “sorcery” from violence and hold the attackers to account, says the advocacy group Human Rights Watch. At least five women have been attacked in the past three months since March 2021 — one of whom was killed. “The Papua New ... <a title="Protect women accused of ‘sorcery’ and punish attackers, watchdog tells PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/protect-women-accused-of-sorcery-and-punish-attackers-watchdog-tells-png/" aria-label="Read more about Protect women accused of ‘sorcery’ and punish attackers, watchdog tells PNG">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Kennedy, Senior Lecturer In Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University Bullying and harassment are having devastating effects on young Indigenous people and their communities. Getty images Social media offers many benefits to Indigenous peoples, such as ways to establish and navigate identity, build and maintain strong connections to ... <a title="97% of Indigenous people report seeing negative social media content weekly. Here’s how platforms can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/97-of-indigenous-people-report-seeing-negative-social-media-content-weekly-heres-how-platforms-can-help-162353/" aria-label="Read more about 97% of Indigenous people report seeing negative social media content weekly. Here’s how platforms can help">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of South Australia Shutterstock Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make ... <a title="Do vegan diets make kids shorter and weaker?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/do-vegan-diets-make-kids-shorter-and-weaker-162420/" aria-label="Read more about Do vegan diets make kids shorter and weaker?">Read more</a>
