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March 29, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Nash’s sacking means a deeper probe into Cabinet “insider trading” is required Cabinet Minister Stuart Nash was sacked last night for violating Cabinet Collective Responsibility rules, when it was revealed he disclosed sensitive Government information to business supporters who had donated money to him. The breach of the Cabinet ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Nash’s sacking means a deeper probe into Cabinet “insider trading” is required" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nashs-sacking-means-a-deeper-probe-into-cabinet-insider-trading-is-required/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Nash’s sacking means a deeper probe into Cabinet “insider trading” is required">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Old, Associate Professor, Biology, Zoology, Animal Science, Western Sydney University Shutterstock If you look at where wombats deposit their poo, you realise they must be able to perform some surprising acrobatics. It has always amazed me to see wombat scats on top of grass tussocks or ... <a title="A rare video of wombats having sex sideways offers a glimpse into the bizarre realm of animal reproduction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/a-rare-video-of-wombats-having-sex-sideways-offers-a-glimpse-into-the-bizarre-realm-of-animal-reproduction-202146/" aria-label="Read more about A rare video of wombats having sex sideways offers a glimpse into the bizarre realm of animal reproduction">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney This is the first article in our three-part series explaining Voice, Treaty and Truth. This week, the government will introduce a constitutional amendment into parliament to establish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. If successful, it will go ... <a title="The Voice: what is it, where did it come from, and what can it achieve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/the-voice-what-is-it-where-did-it-come-from-and-what-can-it-achieve-202138/" aria-label="Read more about The Voice: what is it, where did it come from, and what can it achieve?">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Work isn’t just about getting paid. Employment can provide a number of benefits for people in terms of health, wellbeing, social, economic and financial inclusion. It can also reduce reliance on government income supports. Arguably, work is even ... <a title="Part-time work is valuable to people with disability – but full time is more likely to attract government support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/part-time-work-is-valuable-to-people-with-disability-but-full-time-is-more-likely-to-attract-government-support-202711/" aria-label="Read more about Part-time work is valuable to people with disability – but full time is more likely to attract government support">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Herb Marsh, Distinguished Professor of educational psychology, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Your child comes home from school and tells you three classmates are teasing her constantly. One even put chewed gum in her hair as she was listening to the teacher. The other two smiled, laughed and ... <a title="Our new study provides a potential breakthrough on school bullying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/our-new-study-provides-a-potential-breakthrough-on-school-bullying-195716/" aria-label="Read more about Our new study provides a potential breakthrough on school bullying">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate lecturer, Flinders University Netflix Review: Wellmania, Netflix. What does it mean to be well? Wellmania, inspired by Brigid Delaney’s book of the same name, attempts to answer this question. Liv (Celeste Barber) is stranded in Australia after losing her green card, desperate to ... <a title="Green juice, microdosing, cupping and … cocaine? Netflix’s Wellmania takes a humorous dive into the heady world of wellness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/green-juice-microdosing-cupping-and-cocaine-netflixs-wellmania-takes-a-humorous-dive-into-the-heady-world-of-wellness-202235/" aria-label="Read more about Green juice, microdosing, cupping and … cocaine? Netflix’s Wellmania takes a humorous dive into the heady world of wellness">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Petousis-Harris, Associate Professor Primary Health, University of Auckland Bastiaan Beentjes/Getty Images Following the deaths of two infants, doctors and scientists worry New Zealand’s whooping cough epidemic could be the worst in years. Known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, whooping cough is a bacterial respiratory infection ... <a title="Low vaccination and immunity rates mean NZ faces a harsh whooping cough winter – what needs to happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/low-vaccination-and-immunity-rates-mean-nz-faces-a-harsh-whooping-cough-winter-what-needs-to-happen-202499/" aria-label="Read more about Low vaccination and immunity rates mean NZ faces a harsh whooping cough winter – what needs to happen">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) command holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage, RNZ Pacific can confirm. The operation was launched at 1am local time on Thursday, March 23, in ... <a title="Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/indonesian-security-forces-attack-west-papuan-rebels-holding-nz-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
By Gorothy Kenneth in Port Moresby Private security companies are currently holding Papua New Guinea together with the largest workforce of 29,445 and supporting the police in managing law and order issues. There are only 6832 policemen and women serving the country currently, according to reports. Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr told Parliament that ... <a title="Private security companies ‘holding PNG together’, claims minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/private-security-companies-holding-png-together-claims-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Private security companies ‘holding PNG together’, claims minister">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego California on 13 March 2023. Image: RNZ Pacific/Jim Watson/AFP “But it is what it is,” he said of the tripartite arrangement. ‘Escalation of tension’“We’ve already seen it will lead to ... <a title="Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/aukus-going-against-pacific-nuclear-free-treaty-cook-islands-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Labor and the Greens on Monday announced a deal to strengthen a key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism, by introducing a hard cap on industrial sector emissions. But the Greens failed in their bid to ... <a title="Australia’s safeguard mechanism deal is only a half-win for the Greens, and for the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/australias-safeguard-mechanism-deal-is-only-a-half-win-for-the-greens-and-for-the-climate-202612/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s safeguard mechanism deal is only a half-win for the Greens, and for the climate">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Senator Lidia Thorpe’s defection from the Greens changed the power dynamic in the Senate. Now the government needs two crossbenchers (and the Greens) to pass legislation opposed by the Coalition. Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie and her colleague Tammy Tyrrell can ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lambie urges return of former employment program for Indigenous communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/politics-with-michelle-grattan-lambie-urges-return-of-former-employment-program-for-indigenous-communities-202722/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lambie urges return of former employment program for Indigenous communities">Read more</a>
