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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor senator Fatima Payman has crossed the floor to support a motion moved by the Greens declaring “the need for the Senate to recognise the State of Palestine”. Although the stand of Payman invited a sanction by her party – ... <a title="Senator Fatima Payman defies Labor solidarity rule to cross floor on pro-Palestine Greens motion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/senator-fatima-payman-defies-labor-solidarity-rule-to-cross-floor-on-pro-palestine-greens-motion-233223/" aria-label="Read more about Senator Fatima Payman defies Labor solidarity rule to cross floor on pro-Palestine Greens motion">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University Vishnu R Nair/Pexels This week Victorian premier Jacinta Allan announced the state will trial a drug checking service beginning this summer festival season, describing it as a “simple and commonsense way to save ... <a title="Victoria will begin pill testing this summer. Evidence shows it reduces harm (and won’t increase drug use)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/victoria-will-begin-pill-testing-this-summer-evidence-shows-it-reduces-harm-and-wont-increase-drug-use-233211/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria will begin pill testing this summer. Evidence shows it reduces harm (and won’t increase drug use)">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist National politicians and pastors are fuelling the tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea by supplying guns and ammunition, says Enga’s Provincial Administrator Sandis Tsaka. Tsaka’s brother was killed a fortnight ago when a tribe on a war raid passed through his clan. “[My brother] was at home with his ... <a title="PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says Engan leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/png-politicians-pastors-supply-weapons-to-fuel-deadly-tribal-fights-says-engan-leader/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says Engan leader">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Julian Assange affair stands at the awkward intersection of a country’s right to keep secret national security information and the public’s right to know what is being done by a supposedly accountable government. The actions of Assange and WikiLeaks ... <a title="View from The Hill: Hero or villain, Julian Assange’s cause crossed the political divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/view-from-the-hill-hero-or-villain-julian-assanges-cause-crossed-the-political-divide-233221/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Hero or villain, Julian Assange’s cause crossed the political divide">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia Kyham Ross/Adelaide Cabaret Festival Now in its 24th year, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s annual celebration of all things cabaret sparkles and shines, blazing a joyous and slightly scintillating trail through the wintry Adelaide nights. Under the ... <a title="Adelaide Cabaret Festival understands how its audiences long for connection and community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/adelaide-cabaret-festival-understands-how-its-audiences-long-for-connection-and-community-230422/" aria-label="Read more about Adelaide Cabaret Festival understands how its audiences long for connection and community">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinean journalist Sincha Dimara, news editor at the online publication InsidePNG, is one of seven recipients of this year’s East-West Center Journalists of Courage Impact Award. Pakistani journalist Kamal Siddiqi, former news director at Aaj TV, also received the award last night at the EWC’s International Media Conference in Manila, ... <a title="InsidePNG’s Sincha Dimara wins East-West ‘courage award’ for free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/insidepngs-sincha-dimara-wins-east-west-courage-award-for-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about InsidePNG’s Sincha Dimara wins East-West ‘courage award’ for free press">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Baker, Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney chatchaiyo/Shutterstock You would have learned about the “water cycle” in primary school – water’s journey, from evaporation to rainfall to flowing in a stream or sinking into the ground to become groundwater. Despite how simple ... <a title="How quickly does groundwater recharge? The answer is found deep underground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/how-quickly-does-groundwater-recharge-the-answer-is-found-deep-underground-230943/" aria-label="Read more about How quickly does groundwater recharge? The answer is found deep underground">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Today, in a surprise development likely weeks in the planning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was able to leave the United Kingdom for the first time in more than a decade after reaching a ... <a title="With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/with-pressure-mounting-on-the-biden-administration-its-pursuit-of-assange-was-becoming-both-damaging-and-untenable-233216/" aria-label="Read more about With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University LapaiIrKrapai/Shutterstock Julian Assange is out of prison, after agreeing to plead guilty to violating the US Espionage Act. He is expected to be freed after appearing in a US courtroom on the Northern Mariana Islands this week. It ... <a title="My own prison ordeal gave me a taste of what Assange may be feeling. He’s out – but the chilling effect on press freedom remains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/my-own-prison-ordeal-gave-me-a-taste-of-what-assange-may-be-feeling-hes-out-but-the-chilling-effect-on-press-freedom-remains-233215/" aria-label="Read more about My own prison ordeal gave me a taste of what Assange may be feeling. He’s out – but the chilling effect on press freedom remains">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer Julian Assange has entered a plea deal with US government and is expected to be freed following a hearing in the US Federal Court in Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands. Assange’s convoluted legal woes have been ongoing since 2010 and involve ... <a title="A timeline of Julian Assange’s legal journey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/a-timeline-of-julian-assanges-legal-journey-233222/" aria-label="Read more about A timeline of Julian Assange’s legal journey">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Phillips, Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology Westend61/Getty Images Imagine walking down the aisle of your local grocery store. The scent of mixed herbs catches your attention, mentally transporting you to a kitchen filled with the aroma of your favourite home-cooked meal. ... <a title="Dollars and scents: how the right smells can encourage shoppers to buy healthier foods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/dollars-and-scents-how-the-right-smells-can-encourage-shoppers-to-buy-healthier-foods-232973/" aria-label="Read more about Dollars and scents: how the right smells can encourage shoppers to buy healthier foods">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Humphries, Senior Lecturer, School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide DimaBerlin/Shutterstock You may have seen headlines that link social media to sadness and depression. Social media use goes up, happiness goes down. But recent studies suggest those findings might not be so straightforward. Although ... <a title="Is social media making you unhappy? The answer is not so simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/is-social-media-making-you-unhappy-the-answer-is-not-so-simple-232490/" aria-label="Read more about Is social media making you unhappy? The answer is not so simple">Read more</a>
