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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Haire, Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock HIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years in this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of this is for “PrEP” for people without access to Medicare. PrEP means pre-exposure prophylaxis – ... <a title="PrEP was earmarked $26m in the budget. What is it? Will it stop me getting HIV?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/prep-was-earmarked-26m-in-the-budget-what-is-it-will-it-stop-me-getting-hiv-230096/" aria-label="Read more about PrEP was earmarked $26m in the budget. What is it? Will it stop me getting HIV?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Haire, Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock HIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years in this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of this is for “PrEP” for people without access to Medicare. PrEP means pre-exposure prophylaxis – ... <a title="What is PrEP for HIV? Will it stop me getting infected?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/what-is-prep-for-hiv-will-it-stop-me-getting-infected-230096/" aria-label="Read more about What is PrEP for HIV? Will it stop me getting infected?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole George, Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland New Caledonia’s capital city, Noumea, has endured widespread violent rioting over the past 48 hours. This crisis intensified rapidly, taking local authorities by surprise. Peaceful protests had been occurring across the country in the ... <a title="Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the deadly riots are about more than voting rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/why-is-new-caledonia-on-fire-according-to-local-women-the-deadly-riots-are-about-more-than-voting-rights-230199/" aria-label="Read more about Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the deadly riots are about more than voting rights">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Elphinstone, Lecturer in psychology., Swinburne University of Technology A DNA sequence. Gio.tto/Shutterstock Should you be denied life insurance or have to pay extra if you have a genetic risk for certain diseases? Should insurance companies even have access to your genetic data in the first place? ... <a title="Risk of ‘genetic discrimination’ by insurance companies is ruining people’s trust in vital medical science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/risk-of-genetic-discrimination-by-insurance-companies-is-ruining-peoples-trust-in-vital-medical-science-230112/" aria-label="Read more about Risk of ‘genetic discrimination’ by insurance companies is ruining people’s trust in vital medical science">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior research associate, University of Sydney Barely a day has gone by this month without politicians or commentators talking about online harms. There have been multiple high-profile examples spurring on the conversation. There was the circulation of videos of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being stabbed ... <a title="Investigating social media harm is a good idea, but parliament is about to see how complicated it is to fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/investigating-social-media-harm-is-a-good-idea-but-parliament-is-about-to-see-how-complicated-it-is-to-fix-229900/" aria-label="Read more about Investigating social media harm is a good idea, but parliament is about to see how complicated it is to fix">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Allen-Franks, Lecturer and Co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Robert Gauthier/Getty Images At first sight, the battle between a Manawatū fish-and-chip shop and a Louisiana-based chicken joint over the name “Popeye’s” reads like ... <a title="Popeyes battle shows how big businesses protect their trademarks – even when they have no plans to come to NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/popeyes-battle-shows-how-big-businesses-protect-their-trademarks-even-when-they-have-no-plans-to-come-to-nz-229721/" aria-label="Read more about Popeyes battle shows how big businesses protect their trademarks – even when they have no plans to come to NZ">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Storr, Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology The topic of homophobia in sport has recently made headlines in Australia, with a series of homophobic incidents involving men’s AFL players. These homophobic incidents are usually well-reported in news media, but research has rarely explored the impact on ... <a title="Sports are supposed to be for all – but new research reveals just how few LGBTQI+ people play sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/sports-are-supposed-to-be-for-all-but-new-research-reveals-just-how-few-lgbtqi-people-play-sport-229482/" aria-label="Read more about Sports are supposed to be for all – but new research reveals just how few LGBTQI+ people play sport">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Storr, Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology The topic of homophobia in sport has recently made headlines in Australia, with a series of homophobic incidents involving men’s AFL players. These homophobic incidents are usually well-reported in news media, but research has rarely explored the impact on ... <a title="‘Too difficult to work out’ – new research reveals just how few LGBTQI+ people play sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/too-difficult-to-work-out-new-research-reveals-just-how-few-lgbtqi-people-play-sport-229482/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Too difficult to work out’ – new research reveals just how few LGBTQI+ people play sport">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
RNZ News A New Zealand man has described scenes of chaos in the New Caledonia capital of Nouméa during the escalating civil unrest. Four people have died and hundreds have been injured during rioting by pro-independence supporters over electoral changes. French president Emmanuel Macron has declared a 12-day state of emergency and about 1200 police ... <a title="Nouméa ‘was on fire’ – New Zealander in New Caledonia tells of unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/noumea-was-on-fire-new-zealander-in-new-caledonia-tells-of-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Nouméa ‘was on fire’ – New Zealander in New Caledonia tells of unrest">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Asia Pacific Report France has declared a state of emergency on the Pacific territory of New Caledonia — New Zealand’s closest neighbour — after four people, including a police officer, have been killed in pro-independence riots over voting changes that further marginalise indigenous Kanaks, news agencies report. The move came as the French government confirmed ... <a title="France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia – four die in riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/france-declares-state-of-emergency-in-new-caledonia-four-die-in-riots/" aria-label="Read more about France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia – four die in riots">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Marie Cumming-Potvin, Associate Professor/ Director of Research (School of Education), Murdoch University Shutterstock Despite social change, LGBTQI+ people still face discrimination at school and in the community. Language for diverse genders and sexualities is continually changing. LGBTQI+ allyship is part of this change. But what is ... <a title="What is allyship? A brief history, present and future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/what-is-allyship-a-brief-history-present-and-future-220668/" aria-label="Read more about What is allyship? A brief history, present and future">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jakob Weis, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Tasmania Dust storm blowing off the Australian east coast over the South Pacific. Jeff Schmaltz/NASA GSFC, Author provided The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth’s climate, hosts vast blooms of microscopic ocean plants known as phytoplankton. They form the ... <a title="Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/floating-robots-reveal-just-how-much-airborne-dust-fertilises-the-southern-ocean-a-key-climate-shock-absorber-225793/" aria-label="Read more about Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’">Read more</a>
