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September 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University Imagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000 years ago. You’re an accomplished sailor of the small watercraft ... <a title="Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/small-populations-of-stone-age-people-drove-dwarf-hippos-and-elephants-to-extinction-on-cyprus-238999/" aria-label="Read more about Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images As the government’s plan to increase speed limits begins to roll out, a group of local and international road safety and health experts has warned the move will lead to more death ... <a title="Faster is not always better: why the case for higher speed limits is fatally flawed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/faster-is-not-always-better-why-the-case-for-higher-speed-limits-is-fatally-flawed-239181/" aria-label="Read more about Faster is not always better: why the case for higher speed limits is fatally flawed">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Ronken, Industry Fellow in the Centre of Justice, Queensland University of Technology fizkes/Shutterstock Warning: This article discusses details of child sexual abuse On one hand I would struggle to know that my abuse material was out there being circulated to even the well meaning authorities. But ... <a title="‘Held at ransom’: victim-survivors open up about the use of child sex abuse material to fight crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/held-at-ransom-victim-survivors-open-up-about-the-use-of-child-sex-abuse-material-to-fight-crime-237659/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Held at ransom’: victim-survivors open up about the use of child sex abuse material to fight crime">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Partington, Research Fellow (Health Economics), Flinders University Jsme MILA/Pexels Australia is facing a surge in hospital presentations in older adults. Between 2015–16 and 2019–20, hospitalisations among people aged 75–84 increased by an average of 3% annually, the largest rise of any age group. This growing demand ... <a title="Could geriatric hospitals reduce pressure on the health system? Maybe – but improving aged care is paramount" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/could-geriatric-hospitals-reduce-pressure-on-the-health-system-maybe-but-improving-aged-care-is-paramount-238226/" aria-label="Read more about Could geriatric hospitals reduce pressure on the health system? Maybe – but improving aged care is paramount">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Fahey, Adjunct Fellow in molecular ecology, Macquarie University Matt Sheumack/Shutterstock For millennia, Indigenous knowledge holders have passed down lore to the next generation. Much lore describes the relationships between people and Country, including custodial responsibilities to care for other species as kin. Each species carries a ... <a title="Walking the trees: we traced how First Nations groups moved bunya pine and black bean trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/walking-the-trees-we-traced-how-first-nations-groups-moved-bunya-pine-and-black-bean-trees-229914/" aria-label="Read more about Walking the trees: we traced how First Nations groups moved bunya pine and black bean trees">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Humphrys, Lecturer and Head of Discipline, Social and Political Sciences & Climate, Society and Environment Research Centre (C-SERC), University of Technology Sydney Recent weeks have seen mobilisations of construction workers protesting the imposition of an administrator on their union by the government. Protesters were decked out ... <a title="The deep political power of fluro: how hi-vis became a symbol of working class masculinity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/the-deep-political-power-of-fluro-how-hi-vis-became-a-symbol-of-working-class-masculinity-238584/" aria-label="Read more about The deep political power of fluro: how hi-vis became a symbol of working class masculinity">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Mario Tama/Getty Images The recent proposal by Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa to recognise ecocide as a crime against humanity is timely and could provide a global framework of accountability for environmental damage. Ecocide is defined as acts of ... <a title="Pacific nations want ecocide to become a crime – here’s why NZ should support the proposal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/pacific-nations-want-ecocide-to-become-a-crime-heres-why-nz-should-support-the-proposal-238675/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nations want ecocide to become a crime – here’s why NZ should support the proposal">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
By Efe Özkan Pro-Palestinian anti-war activists in Australia have protested in Melbourne, disrupting a defence expo set to open on Wednesday. Protesters gathered yesterday in front of companies connected to weapons manufacturing across Melbourne as police were called to prevent an escalation of the events, according to 7News Melbourne. Many police cars and units were ... <a title="Pro-Palestinian activists hold protests to disrupt defence expo in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/pro-palestinian-activists-hold-protests-to-disrupt-defence-expo-in-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestinian activists hold protests to disrupt defence expo in Australia">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2024
By Luka Forman, RNZ journalist A new poll shows a significant number of New Zealanders support recognising Palestine as a state and applying sanctions against Israel. Commissioned by advocacy group Justice for Palestine and conducted by Talbot-Mills, the poll found support for recognising Palestinian statehood and sanctions for Israel was higher among young people. It ... <a title="New poll shows NZ support for recognising Palestinian statehood, sanctioning Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/17/new-poll-shows-nz-support-for-recognising-palestinian-statehood-sanctioning-israel/" aria-label="Read more about New poll shows NZ support for recognising Palestinian statehood, sanctioning Israel">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2024
BDS National Committee The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian society leading the global BDS movement, has called for immediate pressure on all states to support the updated resolution tabled at the UN General Assembly calling for sanctions on Israel. The resolution is aimed at enacting the July 2024 Advisory Opinion ... <a title="Call for UN sanctions on Israel to implement ICJ ruling on illegality of Palestine occupation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/17/call-for-un-sanctions-on-israel-to-implement-icj-ruling-on-illegality-of-palestine-occupation/" aria-label="Read more about Call for UN sanctions on Israel to implement ICJ ruling on illegality of Palestine occupation">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When a leader is on the back foot, small things are telling. On Monday, Anthony Albanese, who leaves on Thursday for a meeting of the Quad – comprising leaders of the United States, India, Japan and Australia – in Joe ... <a title="View from The Hill: The Albanese government is feeling a lot of pain from pincers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/17/view-from-the-hill-the-albanese-government-is-feeling-a-lot-of-pain-from-pincers-239192/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: The Albanese government is feeling a lot of pain from pincers">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Lister, Research Fellow, Paediatric Nutrition and Obesity/Pre-Diabetes Treatment, University of Sydney kwanchai.c/Shutterstock Weight fluctuation and change in body composition with growth is a normal part of development. Apart from the first year of life, teenage years experience the most rapid increase in growth and development. Your ... <a title="I think my child’s weight is affecting their health. How can I best support them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/17/i-think-my-childs-weight-is-affecting-their-health-how-can-i-best-support-them-234924/" aria-label="Read more about I think my child’s weight is affecting their health. How can I best support them?">Read more</a>
