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September 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martino Malerba, ARC DECRA Fellow, Deakin University Shutterstock Frogs are in trouble. While many of the world’s animal species are now at risk from habitat loss, climate change and other human pressures, frogs are particularly at risk. That’s because they rely on fresh water – and rivers, ... <a title="Our unsung farm dams provide vital habitat to threatened species of frogs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/14/our-unsung-farm-dams-provide-vital-habitat-to-threatened-species-of-frogs-213072/" aria-label="Read more about Our unsung farm dams provide vital habitat to threatened species of frogs">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland This year’s string of record-breaking disasters – from deadly wildfires and catastrophic floods to record-high ocean temperatures and record-low sea ice in Antarctica – seems like an acceleration of human-induced climate change. And it is. But not ... <a title="How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/14/how-rising-water-vapour-in-the-atmosphere-is-amplifying-warming-and-making-extreme-weather-worse-213347/" aria-label="Read more about How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Kooyman, Learning Adviser, Australian National University © Disney In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?” ... <a title="A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh’s 20th film – what do we make of his prodigious output?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/14/a-haunting-in-venice-is-kenneth-branaghs-20th-film-what-do-we-make-of-his-prodigious-output-209790/" aria-label="Read more about A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh’s 20th film – what do we make of his prodigious output?">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2023
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week that may come back to bite him as Papua New Guinea prepares for its 48th anniversary of independence this Saturday. Critics have been stunned by the opening of a PNG embassy ... <a title="PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/14/pngs-marape-makes-foreign-policy-gaffes-over-israel-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2023
RNZ Pacific The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared it will now base itself in the Pacific region after years of partial exile. At a conference in Port Vila late last month — coinciding with the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders’ Summit — UK-based Benny Wenda stood down as interim president. Menase Tabuni ... <a title="Benny Wenda stands down as head of West Papuan liberation group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/14/benny-wenda-stands-down-as-head-of-west-papuan-liberation-group/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda stands down as head of West Papuan liberation group">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2023
By Theophiles Singh in Port Moresby Living in the Papua New Guinea capital of Port Moresby without a house or a source of income is a death sentence, says Raymond Green. He highlights the struggles of sleeping in the streets, begging for his daily bread and wandering around aimlessly — living a life of quiet ... <a title="Being homeless in PNG is a ‘death sentence’, says Moresby’s Raymond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/being-homeless-in-png-is-a-death-sentence-says-moresbys-raymond/" aria-label="Read more about Being homeless in PNG is a ‘death sentence’, says Moresby’s Raymond">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2023
Northland MP Willow-Jean Prime walked into the lion’s den when she took part in an election debate in Kerikeri last night. The traditionally blue seat is currently held by Labour — the election of 2020 was the first time it had been won by the left since 1938 — but polls suggest that won’t last ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Raucous Northland debate crowd rails at covid, te reo Māori mentions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/nz-election-2023-raucous-northland-debate-crowd-rails-at-covid-te-reo-maori-mentions/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Raucous Northland debate crowd rails at covid, te reo Māori mentions">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Doddridge, Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania For most of us, Antarctic sea ice is an abstraction – something far away we may have seen on a documentary. But the radiant white sheets of ice floating on the seas around the snowy continent are ... <a title="Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ‘new abnormal’, study warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/devastatingly-low-antarctic-sea-ice-may-be-the-new-abnormal-study-warns-212376/" aria-label="Read more about Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ‘new abnormal’, study warns">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Integrity20.org Anthony Albanese has now confirmed he’ll be heading to China before the end of the year. He is the first Australian prime minister to visit since 2016, and it is the culmination of an improvement in China-Australia relations since ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Asia expert Richard McGregor on Anthony Albanese’s coming visit to China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-asia-expert-richard-mcgregor-on-anthony-albaneses-coming-visit-to-china-213471/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Asia expert Richard McGregor on Anthony Albanese’s coming visit to China">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney Qantas faces a potentially huge compensation payout to sacked workers, in a further knock to the carrier’s already diminished reputation. On Wednesday the airline lost its bid to have the High Court overturn a ruling that it unlawfully ... <a title="High Court ruling vindicates sacked Qantas workers but doesn’t stop the outsourcing of jobs in the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/high-court-ruling-vindicates-sacked-qantas-workers-but-doesnt-stop-the-outsourcing-of-jobs-in-the-future-213452/" aria-label="Read more about High Court ruling vindicates sacked Qantas workers but doesn’t stop the outsourcing of jobs in the future">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad E Tucker, Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, Australian National University NASA / CSA / ESA / J. Olmsted (STScI) / Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University) Are we alone? This question is nearly as old as humanity itself. Today, this question in astronomy focuses on finding life beyond our planet. Are ... <a title="Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/signs-of-life-why-astronomers-are-excited-about-carbon-dioxide-and-methane-in-the-atmosphere-of-an-alien-world-213458/" aria-label="Read more about Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The Housing Australia Future Fund, or HAFF, will finally pass the Senate this week, most likely on Thursday. Based on a Grattan Institute proposal, the fund is expected to support the construction of 20,000 social homes and 10,000 ... <a title="The Greens were right to agree to pass Australia’s Housing Future Fund bill – the case for further delay was weak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/the-greens-were-right-to-agree-to-pass-australias-housing-future-fund-bill-the-case-for-further-delay-was-weak-213255/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens were right to agree to pass Australia’s Housing Future Fund bill – the case for further delay was weak">Read more</a>
