CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lucy, Deputy Science + Technology Editor Hundreds of scientists from across the country have gathered at the Australian Museum in Sydney for the presentation of the Eureka Prizes. Awarded annually since 1990, the prizes recognise outstanding contributions to science and the public understanding of science. Some ... <a title="Birdwatching, immune responses and evolutionary mapping honoured at 2023 Eureka Prizes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/birdwatching-immune-responses-and-evolutionary-mapping-honoured-at-2023-eureka-prizes-212102/" aria-label="Read more about Birdwatching, immune responses and evolutionary mapping honoured at 2023 Eureka Prizes">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A Japanese government spokesperson says it is “not wilfully trying to divide the Pacific” over the Fukushima treated nuclear wastewater release. Japan is set to start discharging more than one million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean tomorrow (local time). This comes 12 years after a ... <a title="Countdown starts as Japan poised to release first batch of treated nuclear wastewater" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/countdown-starts-as-japan-poised-to-release-first-batch-of-treated-nuclear-wastewater/" aria-label="Read more about Countdown starts as Japan poised to release first batch of treated nuclear wastewater">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) is like a big house or boat, says Reverend Dr Ambirek G. Socratez Yoman, owned by the people and the nation of West Papua. Upon this big boat rests prayers, hopes, longings, struggles, dreams, and ideals with a profound sense of justice, ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: Rev Yoman’s message of hope and prayers for the Papuan dream in Vanuatu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/yamin-kogoya-rev-yomans-message-of-hope-and-prayers-for-the-papuan-dream-in-vanuatu/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: Rev Yoman’s message of hope and prayers for the Papuan dream in Vanuatu">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The “problem” of Australia’s ageing population has been a concern for decades. Indeed, I have aged along with it. The first official report on the subject was produced in a report of the National Population Council entitled ... <a title="The intergenerational report will try to scare us about ageing. It’s an old fear, and wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/the-intergenerational-report-will-try-to-scare-us-about-ageing-its-an-old-fear-and-wrong-212003/" aria-label="Read more about The intergenerational report will try to scare us about ageing. It’s an old fear, and wrong">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Date for Voice referendum to be announced on Wednesday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/word-from-the-hill-date-for-voice-referendum-to-be-announced-on-wednesday-212113/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Date for Voice referendum to be announced on Wednesday">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia Wason Wanichakorn/AP More than three months after Thailand’s national elections – and many anti-democratic manoeuvres in parliament – the country finally has a new prime minister, Srettha Thavisin. But, given the chaotic nature of Thai politics, this ... <a title="In one chaotic day, Thailand sees one PM elected, one ex-PM sent to jail. Where does the country go from here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/in-one-chaotic-day-thailand-sees-one-pm-elected-one-ex-pm-sent-to-jail-where-does-the-country-go-from-here-212092/" aria-label="Read more about In one chaotic day, Thailand sees one PM elected, one ex-PM sent to jail. Where does the country go from here?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Holloway, Senior Research DECRA Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University This year’s national NAPLAN results are out, with the news only two-thirds of Australian students met minimum achievement levels in literacy and numeracy. The headlines are everything we would expect them ... <a title="The latest NAPLAN results don’t look great but we need to go beyond the headline figures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/the-latest-naplan-results-dont-look-great-but-we-need-to-go-beyond-the-headline-figures-212101/" aria-label="Read more about The latest NAPLAN results don’t look great but we need to go beyond the headline figures">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney BBC International music press has reported this week that Queen’s song Fat Bottomed Girls has not been included in a greatest hits compilation aimed at children. While there was no formal justification given, presumably lyrics “fat bottomed” ... <a title="Censorship or sensible: is it bad to listen to Fat Bottomed Girls with your kids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/censorship-or-sensible-is-it-bad-to-listen-to-fat-bottomed-girls-with-your-kids-212093/" aria-label="Read more about Censorship or sensible: is it bad to listen to Fat Bottomed Girls with your kids?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Gair, Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Arts, Society & Education, James Cook University Shutterstock Youth crime in Australia has been the subject of sensationalist media coverage and growing community concern, particularly in north Queensland. Read more: Why the media aren’t helping to solve the ‘youth crime ... <a title="‘We can’t go shopping without police coming’: north Queensland’s at-risk youth feel excluded and heavily surveilled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/we-cant-go-shopping-without-police-coming-north-queenslands-at-risk-youth-feel-excluded-and-heavily-surveilled-211885/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can’t go shopping without police coming’: north Queensland’s at-risk youth feel excluded and heavily surveilled">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Ita Buttrose has announced she will not seek a second term as ABC chair, which means her term will expire in March 2024. Buttrose’s appointment as chair of the ABC in February 2019 was ... <a title="As ABC chair, Ita Buttrose stood up for the broadcaster’s independence. It’s time others did the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/as-abc-chair-ita-buttrose-stood-up-for-the-broadcasters-independence-its-time-others-did-the-same-212018/" aria-label="Read more about As ABC chair, Ita Buttrose stood up for the broadcaster’s independence. It’s time others did the same">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralf Steinhauser, Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock You see a fantastic offer, like a hotel room. You decide to book. Then it turns out there is a service fee. Then a cleaning fee. Then a few other extra costs. By the time you pay the ... <a title="Junk fees and drip pricing: the underhanded tactics we hate yet still fall for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/junk-fees-and-drip-pricing-the-underhanded-tactics-we-hate-yet-still-fall-for-211117/" aria-label="Read more about Junk fees and drip pricing: the underhanded tactics we hate yet still fall for">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard de Grijs, Professor of Astrophysics / Executive Director, International Space Science Institute-Beijing, Macquarie University This week, the Russian space agency Roscosmos had hoped to return to the Moon after an absence of nearly 50 years. Instead, on Saturday it lost control of its Luna-25 lander. The ... <a title="Russia has declared a new space race, hoping to join forces with China. Here’s why that’s unlikely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/russia-has-declared-a-new-space-race-hoping-to-join-forces-with-china-heres-why-thats-unlikely-211993/" aria-label="Read more about Russia has declared a new space race, hoping to join forces with China. Here’s why that’s unlikely">Read more</a>
