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December 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Parker, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Yuriy Golub/Shutterstock Online platforms are awash with ads for so-called “green” products. Power companies are “carbon neutral”. Electronics are “for the planet”. Clothing is “circular” and travel is “sustainable”. Or are they? Our study of more than 8,000 ... <a title="Social media ads are littered with ‘green’ claims. How are we supposed to know they’re true?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/social-media-ads-are-littered-with-green-claims-how-are-we-supposed-to-know-theyre-true-218922/" aria-label="Read more about Social media ads are littered with ‘green’ claims. How are we supposed to know they’re true?">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Supremacism is a cultural belief that an in-group of humanity is inherently superior to other groups, and that those other groups have lesser human rights as a consequence of their presumed inferiority or corruption. The Jewish religion does have texts which can be understood as supremacist. That doesn’t make Judaism a ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay: Supremacism, Israel and Neozionism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/keith-rankin-essay-supremacism-israel-and-neozionism/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay: Supremacism, Israel and Neozionism">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a “loss and damage” fund to compensate poor states for the effects of climate change. Met with a standing ovation in Dubai, ... <a title="COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/cop28-climate-summit-just-approved-a-loss-and-damage-fund-what-does-this-mean-218999/" aria-label="Read more about COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English, University of Sydney Known for his music with The Pogues, and perhaps the most important Irish writer since James Joyce, the venerated and critically acclaimed Shane MacGowan has died in Dublin at the age of 65. MacGowan was the primary ... <a title="With The Pogues, Shane MacGowan perhaps proved himself the most important Irish writer since James Joyce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/with-the-pogues-shane-macgowan-perhaps-proved-himself-the-most-important-irish-writer-since-james-joyce-218038/" aria-label="Read more about With The Pogues, Shane MacGowan perhaps proved himself the most important Irish writer since James Joyce">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Piovarchy, Research Associate, Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia It seems like we have free will. Most of the time, we are the ones who choose what we eat, how we tie our shoelaces and what articles we read on The Conversation. ... <a title="A Stanford professor says science shows free will doesn’t exist. Here’s why he’s mistaken" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/a-stanford-professor-says-science-shows-free-will-doesnt-exist-heres-why-hes-mistaken-218525/" aria-label="Read more about A Stanford professor says science shows free will doesn’t exist. Here’s why he’s mistaken">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neale Cohen, Head of Diabetes Clinics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Shutterstock Monitoring the level of glucose (sugar) in your blood is vital if you have diabetes. You get results in real time, which allows you to adjust your medications, exercise and food accordingly. Because blood glucose ... <a title="Which blood sugar monitor is best?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/which-blood-sugar-monitor-is-best-216079/" aria-label="Read more about Which blood sugar monitor is best?">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Sharam, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University A building group based in Eltham, Victoria. Image: Property Collectives High-performance, affordable housing built in existing suburbs should be a big part of the solution to Australia’s housing crisis. Yet state governments and cities ... <a title="Want to cut your new home costs by 10% or more? That’s what building groups can do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/want-to-cut-your-new-home-costs-by-10-or-more-thats-what-building-groups-can-do-212458/" aria-label="Read more about Want to cut your new home costs by 10% or more? That’s what building groups can do">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland NFSA Since 1988, World AIDS Day has been held each year on December 1. This World AIDS Day, we’re reflecting on one of the most important HIV/AIDS documentaries ever produced: A Kid Called Troy, released in Australia ... <a title="A Kid Called Troy at 30: this beautiful Aussie films was one of the most important HIV/AIDS documentaries ever produced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/a-kid-called-troy-at-30-this-beautiful-aussie-films-was-one-of-the-most-important-hiv-aids-documentaries-ever-produced-218715/" aria-label="Read more about A Kid Called Troy at 30: this beautiful Aussie films was one of the most important HIV/AIDS documentaries ever produced">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Woodward, Professor, School of Population Health, University of Auckland Climate change has many effects, but one of the most significant will feature for the first time at COP28 – its impact on human health. Now under way in Dubai, the latest Conference of the Parties to ... <a title="COP28: the climate summit’s first Health Day points to what needs to change in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/cop28-the-climate-summits-first-health-day-points-to-what-needs-to-change-in-nz-218809/" aria-label="Read more about COP28: the climate summit’s first Health Day points to what needs to change in NZ">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Journalists and media workers have criticised comments made by Aotearoa New Zealand’s newly-elected Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters — who claimed that a 2020 Labour government media funding initiative constituted “bribery” — as a threat to media freedom. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reports that it has joined its union affiliate, ... <a title="IFJ condemns deputy PM’s comments as threat to NZ press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/ifj-condemns-deputy-pms-comments-as-threat-to-nz-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ condemns deputy PM’s comments as threat to NZ press freedom">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Tristan Dunning, University of Queensland, and Martin Kear, University of Sydney While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, there has been a pronounced — and mostly unnoticed — escalation in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and ... <a title="Since the war on Gaza began, violence against Palestinians has surged in the West Bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/since-the-war-on-gaza-began-violence-against-palestinians-has-surged-in-the-west-bank/" aria-label="Read more about Since the war on Gaza began, violence against Palestinians has surged in the West Bank">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Terence Wood In the wake of New Zealand’s recent election, and subsequent coalition negotiations, Winston Peters has emerged as New Zealand’s Foreign Minister again. I’ve never been able to adequately explain why a populist politician leading a party called New Zealand First would have an interest in a post that takes him overseas ... <a title="Peters has track record but NZ aid policy still hard to figure out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/peters-has-track-record-but-nz-aid-policy-still-hard-to-figure-out/" aria-label="Read more about Peters has track record but NZ aid policy still hard to figure out">Read more</a>
