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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia Matt Byrne/STCSA Housework, a new play by Emily Steel, lifts the rock off politics to expose its crawling, ruthless, yet undeniably comic underside. The result is masterful, hilarious and deeply incisive. Housework opens with the day-to-day ... <a title="New play Housework is a future Australian classic – a Don’s Party for our time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/new-play-housework-is-a-future-australian-classic-a-dons-party-for-our-time-249019/" aria-label="Read more about New play Housework is a future Australian classic – a Don’s Party for our time">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinea’s civic space has been rated as “obstructed” by the Civicus Monitor and the country has been criticised for pushing forward with a controversial media law in spite of strong opposition. Among concerns previously documented by the civil rights watchdog are harassment and threats against human rights defenders, particularly those ... <a title="Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/civicus-monitor-criticises-png-use-of-cybercrime-law-to-curb-free-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free speech">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Younger, Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Australia’s Antarctic territory represents the largest sliver of the ice continent. For decades, Australian scientists have headed to one of our three bases – Mawson, Davis and Casey – as ... <a title="Antarctic research has long been hamstrung by reliance on one icebreaker and sporadic funding. That might be about to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/antarctic-research-has-long-been-hamstrung-by-reliance-on-one-icebreaker-and-sporadic-funding-that-might-be-about-to-change-249714/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic research has long been hamstrung by reliance on one icebreaker and sporadic funding. That might be about to change">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Parsons, Associate Professor in Historical Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Wikimedia/Louisa Cass/AusAID, CC BY-SA Ciguatera fish poisoning is the world’s most frequently reported seafood-borne illness. It poses a serious health risk to tropical coastal communities, with some of the highest rates reported in Vanuatu. ... <a title="Indigenous knowledge merges with science to protect people from fish poisoning in Vanuatu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/indigenous-knowledge-merges-with-science-to-protect-people-from-fish-poisoning-in-vanuatu-249469/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous knowledge merges with science to protect people from fish poisoning in Vanuatu">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Dwyer, Research Director, Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney 24K-Productions Our cars sit unused most of the time. If you have an electric vehicle, you might leave it charging at home or work after driving it. But there’s another step you could take. If you have ... <a title="‘A house battery you can drive around’: how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/a-house-battery-you-can-drive-around-how-a-handful-of-australians-are-selling-power-from-their-cars-back-to-the-grid-249696/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A house battery you can drive around’: how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
By Melina Etches of the Cook Islands News A motion of no confidence has been filed against the Prime Minister and his Cabinet following the recent fiasco involving the now-abandoned Cook Islands passport proposal and the comprehensive strategic partnership the country will sign with China this week. Cook Islands United Party leader Teariki Heather said ... <a title="Cook Islands opposition files no-confidence motion against PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/cook-islands-opposition-files-no-confidence-motion-against-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands opposition files no-confidence motion against PM">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aish Ravi, Lecturer in Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education, Monash University In October last year, the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) launched Dealing with the Moment: Anti-Racism in Community Sport, a free online course designed to help community coaches, parents, umpires and players respond to racism in sport. ... <a title="You’re playing (or watching) sport and someone blurts out a racial slur. The next 60 seconds are crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/youre-playing-or-watching-sport-and-someone-blurts-out-a-racial-slur-the-next-60-seconds-are-crucial-248671/" aria-label="Read more about You’re playing (or watching) sport and someone blurts out a racial slur. The next 60 seconds are crucial">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Dwyer, Research Director, Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney 24K-Productions Our cars sit unused most of the time. If you have an electric vehicle, you might leave it charging at home or work after driving it. But there’s another step you could take. If you have ... <a title="‘It’s a house battery you can drive around’ – how a handful of Australians are selling power back to the grid from their cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/its-a-house-battery-you-can-drive-around-how-a-handful-of-australians-are-selling-power-back-to-the-grid-from-their-cars-249696/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s a house battery you can drive around’ – how a handful of Australians are selling power back to the grid from their cars">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ajay Narendra, Associate Professor of Insect Neuroethology, Macquarie University Pranav Joshi Jumping spiders – one of the largest spider families – get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to navigate and also to evade predators. Male jumping spiders also jump to escape ... <a title="Tiny splendid peacock spiders have the fastest known jump among their kin – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/tiny-splendid-peacock-spiders-have-the-fastest-known-jump-among-their-kin-new-study-247241/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny splendid peacock spiders have the fastest known jump among their kin – new study">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Sheedy, Professor – Risk governance, culture, remuneration, Macquarie University This week the corporate regulator is taking on executives and directors of Star Entertainment in the Federal Court, in a landmark case for Australian corporate governance. ASIC will allege that despite multiple red flags that should have ... <a title="‘Multiple red flags’: ASIC’s court case against Star executives shows the risks of complacency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/multiple-red-flags-asics-court-case-against-star-executives-shows-the-risks-of-complacency-249599/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Multiple red flags’: ASIC’s court case against Star executives shows the risks of complacency">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Allen, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Shutterstock It’s hard to remember a time the United States seemed as tense and divided as it does today. That should serve as a stark reminder of just how important it is to monitor the health of our own nation. ... <a title="A new report card shows inequality in Australia isn’t as bad as in the US – but we’re headed in the wrong direction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/a-new-report-card-shows-inequality-in-australia-isnt-as-bad-as-in-the-us-but-were-headed-in-the-wrong-direction-249579/" aria-label="Read more about A new report card shows inequality in Australia isn’t as bad as in the US – but we’re headed in the wrong direction">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Burrow, PhD candidate, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia Belinda Howell/Getty Images Today marks 17 years since the apology to Australia’s Indigenous peoples for the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families between the mid-1800s and ... <a title="Removing babies is still harming First Nations families, almost two decades after the apology to Stolen Generations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/removing-babies-is-still-harming-first-nations-families-almost-two-decades-after-the-apology-to-stolen-generations-249353/" aria-label="Read more about Removing babies is still harming First Nations families, almost two decades after the apology to Stolen Generations">Read more</a>
