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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Nguyen, Lecturer in Fine Arts, Monash University chommaz nantanajankul/Shutterstock Travelling through Southeast Asia, many tourists might notice small roadside shrines and Spirit Houses. Adorning shopfronts and homes, this practice ranges from makeshift shrines to ornate architectural buildings. Depending on regional differences, Spirit Houses might be filled ... <a title="Across Southeast Asia, people paying respect to Spirits living on their Land is a normal part of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/across-southeast-asia-people-paying-respect-to-spirits-living-on-their-land-is-a-normal-part-of-life-228513/" aria-label="Read more about Across Southeast Asia, people paying respect to Spirits living on their Land is a normal part of life">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exhibition from Tara Arts International has been brought to The University of the South Pacific as part of the Pacific International Media Conference next week. In the first exhibition of its kind, Connecting Diaspora: Pacific Prana provides an alternative narrative to the dominant story of the Indian diaspora to the Pacific. ... <a title="People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/people-of-the-indian-diaspora-in-pacific-another-view-through-creative-media/" aria-label="Read more about People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney hedgehog94/Shutterstock The Australian Senate is set to pass a bill that will see the end of all vape sales – regardless of nicotine content – from general retailers. From July 1, non-nicotine vapes will no longer ... <a title="No more recreational vaping for Australians. From October, vapes will be sold over the counter at pharmacies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/no-more-recreational-vaping-for-australians-from-october-vapes-will-be-sold-over-the-counter-at-pharmacies-233089/" aria-label="Read more about No more recreational vaping for Australians. From October, vapes will be sold over the counter at pharmacies">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Williams, Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney Corona Borealis Studio/Shutterstock You may have heard reports in recent days of a “flesh-eating bacteria” spreading in Japan, referring to an illness that can occur with streptococcal toxic shock ... <a title="Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: should I be worried if I’m travelling to Japan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/streptococcal-toxic-shock-syndrome-should-i-be-worried-if-im-travelling-to-japan-232818/" aria-label="Read more about Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: should I be worried if I’m travelling to Japan?">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Gokhan Y/Shutterstock Not far inland from Port Campbell in Victoria lie three depleted gas fields. These underground sandstone reservoirs now have a second life, as the state’s main gas storage, responsible for 30% of the state’s winter gas demand. ... <a title="Cold snap, low on gas: the possible gas shortage in Victoria is a warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/cold-snap-low-on-gas-the-possible-gas-shortage-in-victoria-is-a-warning-233086/" aria-label="Read more about Cold snap, low on gas: the possible gas shortage in Victoria is a warning">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Worthington, Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology A deal reached between Armaguard, the banks, and Australia’s largest retailers securing the cash-in-transit service’s future, is good news, for now, for those Australians who still use cash. The distribution of bank notes and coins throughout the country faced ... <a title="Future of cash secured for now as banks and retailers bail-out Armaguard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/future-of-cash-secured-for-now-as-banks-and-retailers-bail-out-armaguard-233087/" aria-label="Read more about Future of cash secured for now as banks and retailers bail-out Armaguard">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Fels, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne Suppliers of food and other products have been complaining for years about their treatment at the hands of Woolworths, Coles and Australia’s other big supermarket chains, although rarely to the supermarkets themselves – perhaps, as suggested in a recent ... <a title="Fines of $10 million will force supermarkets to think carefully before exploiting suppliers, but more could have been done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/fines-of-10-million-will-force-supermarkets-to-think-carefully-before-exploiting-suppliers-but-more-could-have-been-done-233084/" aria-label="Read more about Fines of $10 million will force supermarkets to think carefully before exploiting suppliers, but more could have been done">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University New Africa/Shutterstock Recent news about PFAS “forever chemicals” in Australian drinking water supplies has been very confronting. Many people are asking how they can remove these contaminants from their home drinking water. In short, it is ... <a title="Worried about PFAS in your drinking water? Here’s what the evidence says about home filters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/worried-about-pfas-in-your-drinking-water-heres-what-the-evidence-says-about-home-filters-232830/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about PFAS in your drinking water? Here’s what the evidence says about home filters">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Post-pandemic economics and the rise of national populism - Wherever we look today, whether it be through a political, economic, or security lens, we can see the consequences of post-pandemic economic instability. And politically, the rise of national populism is in evidence, as is an apparent anti-incumbent mood among voters.
In this podcast, Paul G Buchanan and Selwyn Manning assess the global Zeitgeist and what impact post-pandemic economics is having on geopolitics and geo-economics.
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Spangaro, Professor of Social Work, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Recent deaths have highlighted the seriousness of intimate partner violence nationally. According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, the number of women killed by partners increased by 28% from 2022 to 2023. While the overall homicide rate ... <a title="Violence towards refugee and migrant women often goes undetected. We’ve found a way to help fix that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/violence-towards-refugee-and-migrant-women-often-goes-undetected-weve-found-a-way-to-help-fix-that-232715/" aria-label="Read more about Violence towards refugee and migrant women often goes undetected. We’ve found a way to help fix that">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasir Arafat, Senior Research Associate (Batteries for EVs and Batteries Recycling), Edith Cowan University For the millions of fans who tune into every race, Formula One (F1) is more than just a sport – it’s the apex of aerodynamics, skill and strategy. Behind the scenes, a quieter ... <a title="Formula One is moving towards hybrid engines and renewable fuel. Major environmental progress or just ‘greenwashing’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/formula-one-is-moving-towards-hybrid-engines-and-renewable-fuel-major-environmental-progress-or-just-greenwashing-232375/" aria-label="Read more about Formula One is moving towards hybrid engines and renewable fuel. Major environmental progress or just ‘greenwashing’?">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Carroll, Senior Research Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne V_E/Shutterstock On the wall to the left of the door to the central hall of the National Museum of China, Beijing, is a panel saying it works “under the guidance of Xi Jinping ... <a title="There should be a place for Australian art – and artists – in China-Australia diplomacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/there-should-be-a-place-for-australian-art-and-artists-in-china-australia-diplomacy-232166/" aria-label="Read more about There should be a place for Australian art – and artists – in China-Australia diplomacy">Read more</a>
