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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The first question that will have to be answered before the case against the alleged perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque attacks can proceed is whether he is fit to stand trial. When there is no debate about whether a ... <a title="Establishing fitness to stand trial as the first step in Christchurch attack court process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/establishing-fitness-to-stand-trial-as-the-first-step-in-christchurch-attack-court-process-118587/" aria-label="Read more about Establishing fitness to stand trial as the first step in Christchurch attack court process">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Fisher, Assistant Professor in Journalism, University of Canberra Australian news consumers access news less often and have lower interest in it compared to citizens in many other countries. At the same time, Australians are more likely to think the news media are doing a good job ... <a title="Australians are less interested in news and consume less of it compared to other countries, survey finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/australians-are-less-interested-in-news-and-consume-less-of-it-compared-to-other-countries-survey-finds-118333/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are less interested in news and consume less of it compared to other countries, survey finds">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newdesk A Kiwi photographer was stabbed last week during a roadside robbery in Papua New Guinea. Colin Monteath, 71, and Australians Chris Hoy and Greg Mortimer had all their belongings stolen near the city of Mt Hagen while on their way to visit the popular destination Rondon Ridge Lodge, reports the Otago ... <a title="Kiwi photographer stabbed during roadside robbery in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/kiwi-photographer-stabbed-during-roadside-robbery-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi photographer stabbed during roadside robbery in PNG">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Fiji expects a total value of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2019-2020 to be F$154.4 million, reports FBC News. According to FBC’s northern editor Elenoa Turagaiviu, this will consist of $13.8 million to be disbursed as cash grants and $140.6 million of aid-in-kind contributions. According to the 2019-2020 Budget Supplement, the ... <a title="$154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/154m-earmarked-for-development-assistance-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about $154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Walters, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology Playing sports has clear social, physical and mental health benefits for children. But evidence shows that youth sports in Western societies have become increasingly controlled and regulated by adults, which takes the fun out for ... <a title="Children have fun playing sports and don’t need to satisfy adults’ ambitions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/children-have-fun-playing-sports-and-dont-need-to-satisfy-adults-ambitions-115373/" aria-label="Read more about Children have fun playing sports and don’t need to satisfy adults’ ambitions">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Defence Wayne Mapp (Spinoff): This belated withdrawal suggests the 2015 Iraq controversy wasn’t all it seemed Gordon Campbell: On the military withdrawal from Iraq No Right Turn: Finally Richard Harman (Politik): How Ron Mark persuaded ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 12 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-12-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 12 2019">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Blaskovich, Senior Research Officer, The University of Queensland To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at some of the elements used by researchers in their work. Today’s focus is silver, an element seen as a marker of ... <a title="Silver makes beautiful bling but it’s also good for keeping the bacterial bugs away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/silver-makes-beautiful-bling-but-its-also-good-for-keeping-the-bacterial-bugs-away-115367/" aria-label="Read more about Silver makes beautiful bling but it’s also good for keeping the bacterial bugs away">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Burn, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney We might not want to believe it, but human trafficking and slavery happens in Australia. Slavery is not an historical artefact, but a tragic reality for millions of people around the world, including in Australia. Recently, the ... <a title="Human trafficking and slavery still happen in Australia. This comic explains how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/human-trafficking-and-slavery-still-happen-in-australia-this-comic-explains-how-112294/" aria-label="Read more about Human trafficking and slavery still happen in Australia. This comic explains how">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Mulraney, Postdoctoral research fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Three-quarters of Australian children with mental health disorders aren’t getting professional help, according to our new research. Girls, younger children and families from non-English-speaking backgrounds are the least likely to access mental health services. We looked at the ... <a title="3 out of 4 kids with mental health disorders aren’t accessing care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/3-out-of-4-kids-with-mental-health-disorders-arent-accessing-care-118597/" aria-label="Read more about 3 out of 4 kids with mental health disorders aren’t accessing care">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chloe Lucas, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania So much for Australia’s “climate election”. In the event, voters in last month’s federal poll didn’t put climate policy at the top of their wish list. Contrary to opinion polls predicting a groundswell of support for Labor’s relatively progressive ... <a title="Not everyone cares about climate change, but reproach won’t change their minds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/not-everyone-cares-about-climate-change-but-reproach-wont-change-their-minds-118255/" aria-label="Read more about Not everyone cares about climate change, but reproach won’t change their minds">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Ho, Senior Lecturer, Social & Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has re-ignited the ongoing debate about selective schools by announcing a new selective school will be built in the “key growth area” of southwest Sydney. In announcing the school, the premier ... <a title="Selective schools mainly ‘select’ advantage, so another one won’t ease Sydney’s growing pains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/selective-schools-mainly-select-advantage-so-another-one-wont-ease-sydneys-growing-pains-118449/" aria-label="Read more about Selective schools mainly ‘select’ advantage, so another one won’t ease Sydney’s growing pains">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Research Professor, University of Technology Sydney Loneliness is increasingly recognised worldwide as a critical social issue and one of the major health hazards of our time. Our research shows older private renters are at high risk of loneliness and anxiety. This is a growing concern ... <a title="‘I really have thought this can’t go on’: loneliness looms for rising numbers of older private renters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/i-really-have-thought-this-cant-go-on-loneliness-looms-for-rising-numbers-of-older-private-renters-118046/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I really have thought this can’t go on’: loneliness looms for rising numbers of older private renters">Read more</a>
