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December 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific Unions in New Caledonia have secured a 4.2 percent increase of the lowest salaries from January 1, 2023. The concession by the employers’ organisation MEDEF was announced as a large crowd rallied for a general strike outside its offices in Noumea. According to police, 1500 people had gathered to press their demands while ... <a title="New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/new-caledonia-unions-win-pay-rise-for-lowest-earners/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year. The report by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) said the police were responsible for 50 of the unlawful killings, with the remainder committed by military personnel. ... <a title="Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/rights-group-says-security-forces-unlawfully-killed-72-papuans-in-past-year/" aria-label="Read more about Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past year">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliet Sefton, Assistant Lecturer, Monash University Mangrove forests on Pohnpei are archives of sea-level change. Juliet Sefton, Author provided Sea levels in Micronesia rose much faster over the past 5,000 years than previously thought, according to our new study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy ... <a title="5,700 years of sea-level change in Micronesia hint at humans arriving much earlier than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/5-700-years-of-sea-level-change-in-micronesia-hint-at-humans-arriving-much-earlier-than-we-thought-196655/" aria-label="Read more about 5,700 years of sea-level change in Micronesia hint at humans arriving much earlier than we thought">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University Shutterstock Neuralink, the biotechnology company co-founded by Elon Musk, has been accused of animal cruelty and is under federal investigation in the United States for potential animal welfare violations. The company has ... <a title="Can we ethically justify harming animals for research? There are several schools of thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/can-we-ethically-justify-harming-animals-for-research-there-are-several-schools-of-thought-196387/" aria-label="Read more about Can we ethically justify harming animals for research? There are several schools of thought">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University National Archives of Australia In the annals of Australian foreign policy, it is arguable that no moment in history has been as significant as December 21 1972. With the possible exception of the ANZUS Treaty of 1951, no other document ... <a title="50 years after Gough Whitlam established diplomatic relations with China, what has changed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/50-years-after-gough-whitlam-established-diplomatic-relations-with-china-what-has-changed-195705/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years after Gough Whitlam established diplomatic relations with China, what has changed?">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Brooke Lark/Unsplash Christmas lunch is at your friend’s house this year, and they’ve asked you to bring a plate. Money is tight. So, you find yourself wondering, “What’s cheap, healthy but also looks impressive?” While ... <a title="Bring a plate! What to take to Christmas lunch that looks impressive (but won’t break the bank)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/bring-a-plate-what-to-take-to-christmas-lunch-that-looks-impressive-but-wont-break-the-bank-196565/" aria-label="Read more about Bring a plate! What to take to Christmas lunch that looks impressive (but won’t break the bank)">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Bean, Research Fellow, Centre for Energy Data Innovation, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Almost one in three Australian households have solar panels on their roofs. Most are motivated by rising electricity prices and environmental concerns. Households are paid a so-called feed-in tariff for surplus energy they ... <a title="How closely monitoring households’ energy data can unleash their solar outputs and (possibly) make them more money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/how-closely-monitoring-households-energy-data-can-unleash-their-solar-outputs-and-possibly-make-them-more-money-196134/" aria-label="Read more about How closely monitoring households’ energy data can unleash their solar outputs and (possibly) make them more money">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James A. T. Lancaster, Lecturer in Studies in Western Religious Traditions, The University of Queensland © The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA The Christmas tree is a modern invention. It is a largely secular symbol, having no basis in the Bible. There are many trees ... <a title="A story of legends, families and capitalism: a candid history of the Christmas tree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/a-story-of-legends-families-and-capitalism-a-candid-history-of-the-christmas-tree-196278/" aria-label="Read more about A story of legends, families and capitalism: a candid history of the Christmas tree">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2022
Peacemonger, the new book published last month to celebrate the life and work of peace researcher and activist Owen Wilkes (1940-2005), is being launched in Auckland on Friday. Here a close friend from Sweden — not featured in the book — remembers his mentor in both New Zealand and Scandinavia. COMMENT: By Paul Claesson in ... <a title="Memories from Sweden of the dedicated peace researcher Owen Wilkes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/memories-from-sweden-of-the-dedicated-peace-researcher-owen-wilkes/" aria-label="Read more about Memories from Sweden of the dedicated peace researcher Owen Wilkes">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Steele, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian National University Drew Beamer / Unsplash In 2017, the Scottish philosopher William MacAskill coined the name “longtermism” to describe the idea “that positively affecting the long-run future is a key moral priority of our time”. The label took off among ... <a title="Longtermism – why the million-year philosophy can’t be ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/longtermism-why-the-million-year-philosophy-cant-be-ignored-193538/" aria-label="Read more about Longtermism – why the million-year philosophy can’t be ignored">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea lawbreakers who disrupt public order and ruin other people’s festive season will be arrested, charged and be placed in police cells across the country, says Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr. As the festive weekend commences this Friday, provincial police commands across the country are already ... <a title="PNG police warn of crackdown on lawbreakers during festive period" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/png-police-warn-of-crackdown-on-lawbreakers-during-festive-period/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police warn of crackdown on lawbreakers during festive period">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP Australia’s relations with China will take another major step forward this week with Foreign Minister Penny Wong travelling to Beijing for the resumption of the bilateral Foreign and Strategic Dialogue, which has been on hold since 2018. The ... <a title="Wong to visit Beijing as ‘strategic dialogue’ restarts in new breakthrough in Australia-China relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/wong-to-visit-beijing-as-strategic-dialogue-restarts-in-new-breakthrough-in-australia-china-relations-196799/" aria-label="Read more about Wong to visit Beijing as ‘strategic dialogue’ restarts in new breakthrough in Australia-China relations">Read more</a>
