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June 5, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Jimmy Naouna in Nouméa The unrest that has gripped Kanaky New Caledonia is the direct result of French President Emmanuel Macron’s partisan and stubborn political manoeuvring to derail the process towards self-determination in my homeland. The deadly riots that erupted two weeks ago in the capital, Nouméa, were sparked by an electoral reform ... <a title="Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working – we need a new way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/jimmy-naouna-macrons-handling-of-kanaky-new-caledonia-isnt-working-we-need-a-new-way/" aria-label="Read more about Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working – we need a new way">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tully Barnett, Associate Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University The cost of living crisis undermines the right to participate in cultural life. Australia’s federal cultural policy, Revive, acknowledges and even celebrates the entitlement of all Australians to have access to culture (a liberty […] enshrined in Article ... <a title="The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis. It’s time we stopped framing them as a luxury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/the-arts-are-being-sidelined-in-the-cost-of-living-crisis-its-time-we-stopped-framing-them-as-a-luxury-228902/" aria-label="Read more about The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis. It’s time we stopped framing them as a luxury">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock Australia appears to be experiencing a re-emergence of the infectious disease mpox, formerly called monkeypox. Some 40 cases have been recorded so far in 2024, already surpassing ... <a title="Mpox is on the rise in Australia. Here’s what to know about the virus – and who should get vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/mpox-is-on-the-rise-in-australia-heres-what-to-know-about-the-virus-and-who-should-get-vaccinated-231289/" aria-label="Read more about Mpox is on the rise in Australia. Here’s what to know about the virus – and who should get vaccinated">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara McPhedran, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University Shutterstock After last week’s tragic double murder suicide in the Perth suburb of Floreat, questions have been raised about why police did not remove the killer’s legally owned firearms. Allegedly, his daughter alerted police multiple times that she and her ... <a title="New laws in WA would take guns away from people accused of domestic violence. Will they protect women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/new-laws-in-wa-would-take-guns-away-from-people-accused-of-domestic-violence-will-they-protect-women-231476/" aria-label="Read more about New laws in WA would take guns away from people accused of domestic violence. Will they protect women?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan McConnell, Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In Australia’s electricity system, more and more energy from sunlight and wind is being “spilled” – or not converted to electricity. In the last year, the amount of renewable energy spilled was roughly ... <a title="Should we worry about wasting renewable energy? Here’s why ‘spilling’ excess power is expected – and efficient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/should-we-worry-about-wasting-renewable-energy-heres-why-spilling-excess-power-is-expected-and-efficient-229489/" aria-label="Read more about Should we worry about wasting renewable energy? Here’s why ‘spilling’ excess power is expected – and efficient">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Vieira, Lecturer, University of South Australia DC Studio / Shutterstock Last week, Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic announced with little fanfare that the position of Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador would be discontinued, effective three days later. The role was created in October 2018 “to ... <a title="Australia’s key program for gender equity in STEM was scrapped last week. This could actually be good news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/australias-key-program-for-gender-equity-in-stem-was-scrapped-last-week-this-could-actually-be-good-news-231321/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s key program for gender equity in STEM was scrapped last week. This could actually be good news">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Inside PNG Anna Solomon, a Papua New Guinean journalist and editor with 40 years experience, is now providing training for journalists at the Wantok Niuspepa. Wantok is a weekly newspaper and the only Tok Pisin language newspaper in PNG. Solomon, who spoke during last month’s public inquiry on Media in Papua New Guinea, asked if ... <a title="Veteran PNG editor promotes Tok Pisin writing, trains journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/veteran-png-editor-promotes-tok-pisin-writing-trains-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Veteran PNG editor promotes Tok Pisin writing, trains journalists">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Police in New Caledonia have a new weapon in their arsenal — state of the art armoured vehicles with machine guns, flown in from France to take control of the law and order situation following the violent unrest. The state of emergency was lifted in the territory last ... <a title="France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/france-sends-armoured-vehicles-with-machine-gun-capability-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia J Rucklidge, Professor of Psychology, University of Canterbury Getty Images Antenatal depression affects 15% to 21% of pregnant women worldwide. It can influence birth outcomes and children’s development, as well as increase the risk of post-natal depression. Current treatments like therapy can be inaccessible and antidepressants ... <a title="For women with antenatal depression, micronutrients might help them and their babies – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/for-women-with-antenatal-depression-micronutrients-might-help-them-and-their-babies-new-study-228097/" aria-label="Read more about For women with antenatal depression, micronutrients might help them and their babies – new study">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Falconer, Lecturer, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Darius Cotoi/Unsplash In recent weeks, Southern Cryonics – the southern hemisphere’s only cryopreservation facility, located in rural New South Wales – announced it had successfully cryopreserved its first patient. There are only a handful of ... <a title="You can now be frozen after death in Australia. If you get revived in the future, will you still legally be the same person?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/you-can-now-be-frozen-after-death-in-australia-if-you-get-revived-in-the-future-will-you-still-legally-be-the-same-person-230876/" aria-label="Read more about You can now be frozen after death in Australia. If you get revived in the future, will you still legally be the same person?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Smart, Lecturer and Researcher (Speech Pathology) – School of Allied Health, Curtin University chomplearn/Shutterstock There is increasing media interest about surgical procedures on new babies for tongue tie. Some hail it as a miracle cure, others view it as barbaric treatment, though adverse outcomes are rare. ... <a title="Debate over tongue tie procedures in babies continues. Here’s why it can be beneficial for some infants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/debate-over-tongue-tie-procedures-in-babies-continues-heres-why-it-can-be-beneficial-for-some-infants-230008/" aria-label="Read more about Debate over tongue tie procedures in babies continues. Here’s why it can be beneficial for some infants">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Kitreel/Shutterstock Family meetings are often touted as an effective way to resolve conflicts, work out some shared goals and bring the family together. They seem to wax and wane in popularity. But as Google Trends shows, ... <a title="Could family meetings help you get on better with your kids? Yes – but they can also go horribly wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/could-family-meetings-help-you-get-on-better-with-your-kids-yes-but-they-can-also-go-horribly-wrong-231274/" aria-label="Read more about Could family meetings help you get on better with your kids? Yes – but they can also go horribly wrong">Read more</a>
