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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney It is tempting to draw grand conclusions from the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump this weekend. The coarse rhetoric currently in vogue in American politics, not to mention the Capitol riot on January 6, ... <a title="The Trump assassination attempt has upended the US election race. How will both parties react now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/the-trump-assassination-attempt-has-upended-the-us-election-race-how-will-both-parties-react-now-234658/" aria-label="Read more about The Trump assassination attempt has upended the US election race. How will both parties react now?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Claire Konkes, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Tasmania In recent weeks, the Menzies Research Centre, the Liberal party-aligned think tank, has criticised the rise in “environmental lawfare”. National media outlets duly took up the mantle. With an introduction by BHP Chief Executive David ... <a title="Climate in the courtroom: all sides are using ‘green lawfare’, and it’s good for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/climate-in-the-courtroom-all-sides-are-using-green-lawfare-and-its-good-for-democracy-234269/" aria-label="Read more about Climate in the courtroom: all sides are using ‘green lawfare’, and it’s good for democracy">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seamus Doherty, PhD student, Flinders University Martin Valigursky/Shutterstock In Queensland’s northern reaches lie the Wet Tropics, spanning about 450 kilometres between Townsville and Cooktown. These mountainous rainforests are a relic of the ancient continent of Gondwana, dating back million of years when Australia and parts of Antarctica ... <a title="Idiotfruit and tree kangaroos: here’s why the ancient rainforests of Queensland’s Wet Tropics are so distinctive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/idiotfruit-and-tree-kangaroos-heres-why-the-ancient-rainforests-of-queenslands-wet-tropics-are-so-distinctive-228195/" aria-label="Read more about Idiotfruit and tree kangaroos: here’s why the ancient rainforests of Queensland’s Wet Tropics are so distinctive">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
By Ivy Mallam of Wansolwara Media professionals have been urged to undergo gender sensitisation training to produce more inclusive, accurate and ethical representation of women in the news. Fiji Women’s Rights Movement executive director Nalini Singh emphasised that such training would help avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes and promote diverse perspectives, ensuring media coverage reflects the ... <a title="Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/nalini-singh-calls-for-media-coverage-that-reflects-realities-of-all-genders/" aria-label="Read more about Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Fox-Harding, Lecturer/Researcher, Edith Cowan University As the world’s best athletes head to Paris for the upcoming Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is trying to make it easier for new parents to compete at their best. Led by an initiative from the IOC Athletes’ Commission, the ... <a title="The Olympics and FIFA are trying to better support ‘mum-aletes’ – what are Australian sports doing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/the-olympics-and-fifa-are-trying-to-better-support-mum-aletes-what-are-australian-sports-doing-233218/" aria-label="Read more about The Olympics and FIFA are trying to better support ‘mum-aletes’ – what are Australian sports doing?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm July 15, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 8:45pm (USEDT). The Trump Assassination Attempt, Security Failures, The Politics and What Happens Next? – Firstly, in this episode of A View from Afar, political scientist and former Pentagon analyst, Dr Paul Buchanan, ... <a title="LIVE RECORDING: The Trump Assassination Attempt, Security, The Politics, What Happens Next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/live-recording-the-trump-assassination-attempt-security-failures-the-politics-what-happens-next/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE RECORDING: The Trump Assassination Attempt, Security, The Politics, What Happens Next">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonali Gnanenthiran, Cardiologist and Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Program, George Institute for Global Health Miljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock About one-third of adults have high blood pressure. Two-thirds of these have uncontrolled high blood pressure. A key driver of poor blood pressure control is people not taking their tablets as prescribed. ... <a title="Injectables for high blood pressure are in the works. Could they mean no more daily pills?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/injectables-for-high-blood-pressure-are-in-the-works-could-they-mean-no-more-daily-pills-224623/" aria-label="Read more about Injectables for high blood pressure are in the works. Could they mean no more daily pills?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Grace, Adjunct Professor, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, The University of Western Australia Viewfoto studio, Shutterstock Before renewables came along, coal-fired power stations pumped out electricity (and carbon emissions) 24 hours a day. But now, this type of “always on” baseload power is no longer necessary ... <a title="No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your solar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/no-room-for-nuclear-power-unless-the-coalition-switches-off-your-solar-234156/" aria-label="Read more about No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your solar">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Lecturer – Creative Industries, University of South Australia The Western Australian government subsidised two exclusive 2023 concerts by Coldplay to the tune of A$8 million, Guardian Australia reported last week. The November performances at Perth’s Optus Stadium were described by the government as a “major ... <a title="The WA government spent $8 million on Coldplay – but this tourism sugar hit comes at the expense of local music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/the-wa-government-spent-8-million-on-coldplay-but-this-tourism-sugar-hit-comes-at-the-expense-of-local-music-234370/" aria-label="Read more about The WA government spent $8 million on Coldplay – but this tourism sugar hit comes at the expense of local music">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington On the face of it, the government’s recently announced targets for improving mental health care are laudable. But without more detail about how those targets will be achieved – and funded – New Zealand’s struggling ... <a title="Mental health targets aren’t enough – unless NZ backs them up with more detail and funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/mental-health-targets-arent-enough-unless-nz-backs-them-up-with-more-detail-and-funding-234161/" aria-label="Read more about Mental health targets aren’t enough – unless NZ backs them up with more detail and funding">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University Shutterstock While most adults have nostalgic memories of being young, and the freedom, exploration and learning that entails, this will be less likely for the current generation of youth. Newly published ... <a title="Young Australians feel they are ‘missing out’ on being young: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/young-australians-feel-they-are-missing-out-on-being-young-new-research-234360/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians feel they are ‘missing out’ on being young: new research">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was a mood of euphoria at the impressive event, especially from politicians who talked about journalism being the “oxygen of democracy”. The dumping of the draconian and widely hated Fiji Media ... <a title="When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/when-media-freedom-as-the-oxygen-of-democracy-and-hypocrisy-share-the-same-pacific-arena/" aria-label="Read more about When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena">Read more</a>
