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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Pexels, CC BY Australians are fortunate to have access to safe and healthy drinking water in our towns and cities, which is acknowledged as a basic human need globally. Sadly, the World Health Organization estimates about ... <a title="Travelling around Australia this summer? Here’s how to know if the water is safe to drink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/travelling-around-australia-this-summer-heres-how-to-know-if-the-water-is-safe-to-drink-196294/" aria-label="Read more about Travelling around Australia this summer? Here’s how to know if the water is safe to drink">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Darren England/AAP The Poll Bludger reported on two Queensland polls on December 12. A YouGov poll for The Courier Mail, conducted December 1-8 from a sample of ... <a title="Labor just ahead in two Queensland polls and retains large federal poll lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/labor-just-ahead-in-two-queensland-polls-and-retains-large-federal-poll-lead-196478/" aria-label="Read more about Labor just ahead in two Queensland polls and retains large federal poll lead">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Ratuva, Director, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the world, breathed a collective sigh of relief: the government of coup-maker Frank Bainimarama looked like it had ... <a title="A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a chance to bring back real democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/a-knife-edge-election-in-fiji-sees-power-shift-and-a-chance-to-bring-back-real-democracy-196465/" aria-label="Read more about A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a chance to bring back real democracy">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times It’s the big day today! We will get to know the make-up of our Parliament. The results saw FijiFirst leading the vote count — but failing to gain a majority (26 seats) — followed by the People’s Alliance (21), the National Federation Party (5) and the ... <a title="The Fiji Times: Kingmakers and the big post-election reveal!" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/the-fiji-times-kingmakers-and-the-big-post-election-reveal/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: Kingmakers and the big post-election reveal!">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist The Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) has emerged as the kingmaker in Fiji’s contentious 2022 general election and its leader Viliame Gavoka is in no rush to punch his golden ticket. After a nightmare leadup to the election, with infighting resulting in a massive split in the party, many ... <a title="Last shall be first … Fiji’s kingmaker party considering all options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/last-shall-be-first-fijis-kingmaker-party-considering-all-options/" aria-label="Read more about Last shall be first … Fiji’s kingmaker party considering all options">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Two summers did for Scott Morrison. The first was that of 2019-20, with its fire, smoke and ash. The second occurred two years later when, having earlier ... <a title="‘He played his ukulele as the ship went down’: Frank Bongiorno on the political year that was" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/he-played-his-ukulele-as-the-ship-went-down-frank-bongiorno-on-the-political-year-that-was-194063/" aria-label="Read more about ‘He played his ukulele as the ship went down’: Frank Bongiorno on the political year that was">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Foerster, Associate Professor, Monash University Shutterstock Australian company directors have long had legal obligations to identify, disclose and manage material financial risks to the company. Where risks result from climate change, or from measures to mitigate climate change, they have an obligation to address and report ... <a title="Clearer rules on reporting companies’ climate risks could soon put us on a path to decarbonising corporate Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/clearer-rules-on-reporting-companies-climate-risks-could-soon-put-us-on-a-path-to-decarbonising-corporate-australia-196381/" aria-label="Read more about Clearer rules on reporting companies’ climate risks could soon put us on a path to decarbonising corporate Australia">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ausma Bernot, PhD Candidate, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University Shutterstock A group of researchers studied 15 months of human mobility movement data taken from 1.5 million people and concluded that just four points in space and time were sufficient to identify 95% of them, ... <a title="Not Big Brother, but close: a surveillance expert explains some of the ways we’re all being watched, all the time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/not-big-brother-but-close-a-surveillance-expert-explains-some-of-the-ways-were-all-being-watched-all-the-time-194917/" aria-label="Read more about Not Big Brother, but close: a surveillance expert explains some of the ways we’re all being watched, all the time">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Baumann, Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Bond University Shutterstock You’ve driven home from work along the same route for the past five years. But lately, you’ve been stopping at the same intersection, struggling to remember if you need to turn left or right. Many occasions in ... <a title="How much memory loss is normal with ageing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/how-much-memory-loss-is-normal-with-ageing-193217/" aria-label="Read more about How much memory loss is normal with ageing?">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Lemon, Professor in Education, Swinburne University of Technology Khamkeo Vilaysing/Unsplash Many year 12 students who are receiving their exam results at the moment will go straight to further study and training next year. But others may be planning or dreaming about a break. As a professor ... <a title="Thinking about a gap year? Here are some questions to ask yourself (and a note for anxious parents)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/thinking-about-a-gap-year-here-are-some-questions-to-ask-yourself-and-a-note-for-anxious-parents-196283/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking about a gap year? Here are some questions to ask yourself (and a note for anxious parents)">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorinda Cramer, Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University State Library of Queensland Woollen swimwear, popular a century ago, might soon make a splash on Australian beaches again. In the 19th century, when natural fibres were the only option, beach-goers donned costumes made of wool or cotton. Swimsuits worn ... <a title="Wool swimsuits used to be standard beachwear – is it time to bring them back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/19/wool-swimsuits-used-to-be-standard-beachwear-is-it-time-to-bring-them-back-195103/" aria-label="Read more about Wool swimsuits used to be standard beachwear – is it time to bring them back?">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2022
By Talebula Kate in Suva A possible coalition between the Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) and the ruling FijiFirst Party — which has lost its 16-year majority in Fiji’s Parliament in this week’s general election — or the opposition People’s Alliance Party and National Federation Party partnership is still a work in progress. Sodelpa leader ... <a title="Fiji elections: Indigenous issues ‘paramount with us’, says Gavoka on coalition talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/18/fiji-elections-indigenous-issues-paramount-with-us-says-gavoka-on-coalition-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Indigenous issues ‘paramount with us’, says Gavoka on coalition talks">Read more</a>
