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August 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Saintilan, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Simon Albert Much of the world’s natural coastline is protected by living habitats, most notably mangroves in warmer waters and tidal marshes closer to the poles. These ecosystems support fisheries and wildlife, absorb the impact of crashing waves ... <a title="We studied more than 1,500 coastal ecosystems – they will drown if we let the world warm above 2C" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/31/we-studied-more-than-1-500-coastal-ecosystems-they-will-drown-if-we-let-the-world-warm-above-2c-211431/" aria-label="Read more about We studied more than 1,500 coastal ecosystems – they will drown if we let the world warm above 2C">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, VC Fellow LaTrobe University, La Trobe University We have never been more spoilt for choice when it comes to what we can watch on (streaming) television. But the downside of this gluttony of riches is the sheer overwhelm that can come from having to choose ... <a title="Romantic comedies, Japanese reality television and New Zealand true crime: the best of streaming this September" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/31/romantic-comedies-japanese-reality-television-and-new-zealand-true-crime-the-best-of-streaming-this-september-212011/" aria-label="Read more about Romantic comedies, Japanese reality television and New Zealand true crime: the best of streaming this September">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shutterstock A suite of protections for gig workers will be contained in legislation to be introduced into parliament by Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke next week. The government argues the changes balance protections with work flexibility. The new regime will ... <a title="Gig economy workers set for new protections in Albanese government’s legislation introduced next week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/31/gig-economy-workers-set-for-new-protections-in-albanese-governments-legislation-introduced-next-week-212541/" aria-label="Read more about Gig economy workers set for new protections in Albanese government’s legislation introduced next week">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The stakes in the October referendum are high. For Anthony Albanese, who has made the Voice his great social cause of his first term. For Peter Dutton, who has defied those who say he is on the “wrong side of ... <a title="View from The Hill: Australians go into the referendum divided – can the country emerge united?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/view-from-the-hill-australians-go-into-the-referendum-divided-can-the-country-emerge-united-212448/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Australians go into the referendum divided – can the country emerge united?">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
By Len Garae in Port Vila The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has failed West Papua, says a Vanuatu government champion of West Papuan self-determination. Minister for Climate Change Adaptation Ralph Regenvanu, a former foreign minister and who is also a pioneer spokesman for freedom for the Melanesian people of West Papua, said this when delivering ... <a title="Sad Regenvanu condemns MSG for ‘failing’ people of West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/sad-regenvanu-condemns-msg-for-failing-people-of-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Sad Regenvanu condemns MSG for ‘failing’ people of West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Flinders University TikTok TikTok can be a confusing place, with users going from extreme yassified glamour, to rotating through 20 eyebrow shapes, to turning into a crispy old man with a simple click. This is all thanks to the magic of filters. ... <a title="From old and crispy to bold glamour – TikTok filters are helping us tell stories online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/from-old-and-crispy-to-bold-glamour-tiktok-filters-are-helping-us-tell-stories-online-211908/" aria-label="Read more about From old and crispy to bold glamour – TikTok filters are helping us tell stories online">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Calais Ferreira, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Young people in contact with the criminal justice system – be it under community-based orders or in youth detention – are among the most marginalised in our society. And the health and health-care disadvantage faced by ... <a title="Too many young people who’ve been in detention die prematurely. They deserve better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/too-many-young-people-whove-been-in-detention-die-prematurely-they-deserve-better-211046/" aria-label="Read more about Too many young people who’ve been in detention die prematurely. They deserve better">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Guhlin, Postdoctoral Researcher with Genomics Aotearoa, University of Otago Shutterstock/FeatherStalker Don The genetic mapping of almost the entire kākāpō population has shed new light on specific traits that will help conservation biologists in their efforts to save the critically endangered flightless night parrots. It also provides ... <a title="How gene mapping almost all remaining kākāpō will help NZ’s rare night parrot survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/how-gene-mapping-almost-all-remaining-kakapo-will-help-nzs-rare-night-parrot-survive-212451/" aria-label="Read more about How gene mapping almost all remaining kākāpō will help NZ’s rare night parrot survive">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The National Party’s newly released tax package makes a clear and politically prudent play for the middle-income vote. Proposing to alleviate the financial pain of this “squeezed middle”, it may ... <a title="Taxing questions: is National glossing over the likely cost of administering its new ‘revenue measures’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/taxing-questions-is-national-glossing-over-the-likely-cost-of-administering-its-new-revenue-measures-212529/" aria-label="Read more about Taxing questions: is National glossing over the likely cost of administering its new ‘revenue measures’?">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University The United States military plans to start using thousands of autonomous weapons systems in the next two years in a bid to counter China’s growing power, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced in a speech on ... <a title="US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/us-military-plans-to-unleash-thousands-of-autonomous-war-robots-over-next-two-years-212444/" aria-label="Read more about US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra October 14, is the day Australians will head to their polling booths to vote for or against an Indigenous Voice being enshrined in the Constitution. Anthony Albanese announced the date in a speech in Adelaide on Wednesday, as politicians across ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of The Voice – Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin and former deputy prime minister John Anderson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/politics-with-michelle-grattan-battle-of-the-voice-yes23-campaign-director-dean-parkin-and-former-deputy-prime-minister-john-anderson-212471/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of The Voice – Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin and former deputy prime minister John Anderson">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sana Nakata, Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images of deceased people. Today, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced an October 14 date for a national referendum on whether to amend the Constitution ... <a title="A divided Australia will soon vote on the most significant referendum on Indigenous rights in 50 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/a-divided-australia-will-soon-vote-on-the-most-significant-referendum-on-indigenous-rights-in-50-years-212259/" aria-label="Read more about A divided Australia will soon vote on the most significant referendum on Indigenous rights in 50 years">Read more</a>
