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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Senior Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University If you’ve watched the nightly news on Channel 7 or the ABC lately, you might think their Olympics coverage is lacking vision of, well, the Olympics. The ABC’s sports program Offsiders ... <a title="Why is there so little Olympics footage in the news? Here’s how the multibillion-dollar video rights industry works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/why-is-there-so-little-olympics-footage-in-the-news-heres-how-the-multibillion-dollar-video-rights-industry-works-235763/" aria-label="Read more about Why is there so little Olympics footage in the news? Here’s how the multibillion-dollar video rights industry works">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Stuart-Butler, Indigenous Research Officer, The University of Queensland Australian national data show First Nations women face almost twice the risk of stillbirth or “sorry business babies” compared to non-First Nations women. To address this inequity, Australia’s national stillbirth action plan focuses on ensuring culturally safe stillbirth ... <a title="First Nations women are at greater risk of stillbirth. Here’s why – and what we can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/first-nations-women-are-at-greater-risk-of-stillbirth-heres-why-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-232914/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations women are at greater risk of stillbirth. Here’s why – and what we can do about it">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eileen Baldry, Professor Emerita of Criminology, UNSW Sydney Vadzim Mashkou/Shutterstock In 2008, Australia agreed to six targets to “close the gap” – to reduce the disparities between Indigenous people and the rest of the population in health, education and employment. There was little progress in the years ... <a title="New Closing the Gap data shows more First Nations Australians are in prison. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/new-closing-the-gap-data-shows-more-first-nations-australians-are-in-prison-why-235786/" aria-label="Read more about New Closing the Gap data shows more First Nations Australians are in prison. Why?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Levan Tielidze, Research Fellow in glacial geomorphology, Monash University Author provided As global temperatures inch upwards year after year, the world’s glaciers retreat. These rivers of ice and the even larger ice sheets which cover Greenland and Antarctica are melting – and the melt is speeding up. Glaciers ... <a title="From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/from-microbes-to-mammals-we-tracked-the-rapid-rise-of-new-ecosystems-as-glaciers-retreat-and-ice-sheets-melt-235687/" aria-label="Read more about From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Cowie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Air Quality and Health Research and Evaluation, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney; Senior Research Fellow, South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney Alexander Raths/Shutterstock We now have a dizzying array of heating technologies to consider, besides the ... <a title="Snug but unsafe: your heater may be harming your health. What are your safest choices?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/snug-but-unsafe-your-heater-may-be-harming-your-health-what-are-your-safest-choices-235102/" aria-label="Read more about Snug but unsafe: your heater may be harming your health. What are your safest choices?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Sarra, Professor, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology The latest Closing the Gap data contains some good news – there is a marked increase in early childhood enrolments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The report shows how in ... <a title="More Indigenous children are going to preschool, but is this enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/more-indigenous-children-are-going-to-preschool-but-is-this-enough-235787/" aria-label="Read more about More Indigenous children are going to preschool, but is this enough?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in history. She won her first world championship all-around gold medal in 2013 and has not lost an all-around competition since. She arrived in Paris ... <a title="How to win on your own terms: Simone Biles claims her eighth Olympic gold on her Paris 2024 ‘redemption tour’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/how-to-win-on-your-own-terms-simone-biles-claims-her-eighth-olympic-gold-on-her-paris-2024-redemption-tour-235659/" aria-label="Read more about How to win on your own terms: Simone Biles claims her eighth Olympic gold on her Paris 2024 ‘redemption tour’">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Warning: This report discusses graphic details of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea. SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The nauseating stench of dried blood hung in the air as we arrived in Karida village, a few kilometers outside of Tari in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province. Through the landcruiser window, I ... <a title="From bows and arrows to assault rifles: How the rules of PNG tribal wars have changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/from-bows-and-arrows-to-assault-rifles-how-the-rules-of-png-tribal-wars-have-changed/" aria-label="Read more about From bows and arrows to assault rifles: How the rules of PNG tribal wars have changed">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
The Palestine Chronicle Ismail Haniyeh, a prominent Palestinian political leader and the head of Hamas’ political bureau, has been assassinated today in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran. Haniyeh was in the Iranian capital for the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Both Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard confirmed his death and announced ongoing investigations ... <a title="Assassinated – Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian refugee who became the political leader of Hamas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/assassinated-ismail-haniyeh-the-palestinian-refugee-who-became-the-political-leader-of-hamas/" aria-label="Read more about Assassinated – Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian refugee who became the political leader of Hamas">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University Palestinian militant group Hamas says its top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in his home in Tehran. It blames Israel for the attack, saying it was “a Zionist airstrike on his residence ... <a title="Hamas leader’s killing in Tehran likely to further escalate violence in Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/hamas-leaders-killing-in-tehran-likely-to-further-escalate-violence-in-middle-east-235886/" aria-label="Read more about Hamas leader’s killing in Tehran likely to further escalate violence in Middle East">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Bentham, Adjunct Associate Professor School of Biology, Flinders University Maha Heang 245789/shutterstock Melbourne is experiencing an “explosive” and unusual outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. Since Friday afternoon, Victoria’s Department of Health has confirmed 33 cases (with ten more suspected) of this severe and sometimes life-threatening lung disease. ... <a title="Legionnaires’ cases in Melbourne are growing. Here’s what you need to know about this serious lung infection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/legionnaires-cases-in-melbourne-are-growing-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-this-serious-lung-infection-235871/" aria-label="Read more about Legionnaires’ cases in Melbourne are growing. Here’s what you need to know about this serious lung infection">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn C. Savage, Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne The Albanese government has released details of the next funding agreement for Australian schools. The Better and Fairer Schools Agreement is a new ten-year agreement that will have significant power ... <a title="There’s a new 10-year plan for Australian schools. But will all states agree to sign on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/theres-a-new-10-year-plan-for-australian-schools-but-will-all-states-agree-to-sign-on-235872/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a new 10-year plan for Australian schools. But will all states agree to sign on?">Read more</a>
