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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images While ostensibly about improving New Zealand’s water infrastructure, the government’s proposed Three Waters reforms have instead become a lightning rod for political division and distrust. Critics cite concerns about local democracy, de facto privatisation and co-governance ... <a title="With the Three Waters reforms under fire, let’s not forget that safe and affordable water is a human right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/with-the-three-waters-reforms-under-fire-lets-not-forget-that-safe-and-affordable-water-is-a-human-right-192933/" aria-label="Read more about With the Three Waters reforms under fire, let’s not forget that safe and affordable water is a human right">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 6pm USEST – In this, the 21st episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will analyse the notion, and perhaps the reality, of Trumpism beyond Trump. In earlier episodes, Paul and Selwyn have examined how Trumpism, and even Bannonism, has been ... <a title="Live Midday Today: Buchanan and Manning on Trumpism Beyond Trump – Brazil, USA, Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/live-midday-today-buchanan-and-manning-on-trumpism-beyond-trump-brazil-usa-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Live Midday Today: Buchanan and Manning on Trumpism Beyond Trump – Brazil, USA, Israel">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, Professor in Law and Co-Convener National Security Hub (University of Canberra) and Research Fellow (adjunct) – The Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa, Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University- NATO Fellow Asia-Pacific, University of Canberra Nathan Dumlao / Unsplash Millions of Australians ... <a title="In the wake of recent data breaches, here’s why you need to check your credit score. It could even help track down criminals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/in-the-wake-of-recent-data-breaches-heres-why-you-need-to-check-your-credit-score-it-could-even-help-track-down-criminals-193537/" aria-label="Read more about In the wake of recent data breaches, here’s why you need to check your credit score. It could even help track down criminals">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ash Porter, Research officer, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Shutterstock The Omicron variant of concern has splintered into multiple subvariants. So we’ve had to get our heads around these mutated forms of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, including BA.1 and the more recent ... <a title="From Centaurus to XBB: your handy guide to the latest COVID subvariants (and why some are more worrying than others)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/from-centaurus-to-xbb-your-handy-guide-to-the-latest-covid-subvariants-and-why-some-are-more-worrying-than-others-192945/" aria-label="Read more about From Centaurus to XBB: your handy guide to the latest COVID subvariants (and why some are more worrying than others)">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Chris LeBoutillier/Unsplash, CC BY World leaders and climate experts will come together this Sunday for pivotal United Nations climate change talks in Egypt. Known as COP27, the conference will aim to put Earth on a path ... <a title="3 things a climate scientist wants world leaders to know ahead of COP27" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/3-things-a-climate-scientist-wants-world-leaders-to-know-ahead-of-cop27-193534/" aria-label="Read more about 3 things a climate scientist wants world leaders to know ahead of COP27">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Hare, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University Shutterstock It’s small wonder a major fossil fuel producer like Australia has relied so heavily on carbon offsets. Plant new forests – or say you will avoid clearing old ones – and you can keep approving new gas and coal developments. ... <a title="Australia relies on controversial offsets to meet climate change targets. We might not get away with it in Egypt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/australia-relies-on-controversial-offsets-to-meet-climate-change-targets-we-might-not-get-away-with-it-in-egypt-193460/" aria-label="Read more about Australia relies on controversial offsets to meet climate change targets. We might not get away with it in Egypt">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Flinders University Howard Carter, Ahmed Gerigar and King Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus, opened three years after the tomb was discovered, in 1925. Wikimedia Commons On November 4 1922, a young Egyptian “water boy” on an archaeological dig is said to have accidentally ... <a title="More than a story of treasures: revisiting Tutankhamun’s tomb 100 years after its discovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/more-than-a-story-of-treasures-revisiting-tutankhamuns-tomb-100-years-after-its-discovery-193293/" aria-label="Read more about More than a story of treasures: revisiting Tutankhamun’s tomb 100 years after its discovery">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
By David Robie A tragic day of mourning. Thousands thronged the West Papuan funeral cortège today and tonight as the banned Morning Star led the way in defiance of the Indonesian military. There haven’t been so many Papuan flags flying under the noses of the security forces since the 2019 Papuan Uprising. Filep Jacob Semuel ... <a title="Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/farewell-filep-karma-the-revered-west-papuan-leader-who-could-have-ushered-in-unity/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2022
RNZ Pacific One of New Caledonia’s pro-independence parties, Palika, says it is prepared to meet the French ministers due in Noumea this month to follow up on the aftermath of the 1998 Noumea Accord. Among a dearth of formal contact this year, the Palika said the talks could be about a possible framework allowing for ... <a title="Pro-independence Palika ready to join dialogue on future of Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/pro-independence-palika-ready-to-join-dialogue-on-future-of-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-independence Palika ready to join dialogue on future of Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The aftermath of the Albanese government’s first budget has seen the political and policy debate turn sharply onto the spectre of households and businesses facing sky-high power prices over the next 18 months. The government is now scrambling to craft ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy expert Bruce Mountain on what to do about the gas crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-energy-expert-bruce-mountain-on-what-to-do-about-the-gas-crisis-193715/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy expert Bruce Mountain on what to do about the gas crisis">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University Artist’s impression of the asteroid discovered toward the Sun. DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine If you surfed the web this morning, you may have seen news of the latest existential threat to humanity: a “planet killer” asteroid named 2022 ... <a title="Astronomers have detected another ‘planet killer’ asteroid. Could we miss one coming our way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/astronomers-have-detected-another-planet-killer-asteroid-could-we-miss-one-coming-our-way-193709/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers have detected another ‘planet killer’ asteroid. Could we miss one coming our way?">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Baragwanath, Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University Brazil’s presidential election result is crucial for the future of the world’s forests. On Sunday, former president and Workers Party candidate Lula da Silva narrowly beat the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro. Deforestation rates had surged under Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro was elected in ... <a title="Lula’s victory in Brazil comes just in time to save the Amazon – can he do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/lulas-victory-in-brazil-comes-just-in-time-to-save-the-amazon-can-he-do-it-193618/" aria-label="Read more about Lula’s victory in Brazil comes just in time to save the Amazon – can he do it?">Read more</a>