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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanislav Roudavski, Senior Lecturer in Digital Architectural Design, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock When we make roads, houses or farmland, we often find large old trees in the way. Our response is often to lop off offending branches or even cut the tree down. This is a ... <a title="Large old trees are vital for Australian birds. Their long branches and hollows can’t be replaced by saplings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/large-old-trees-are-vital-for-australian-birds-their-long-branches-and-hollows-cant-be-replaced-by-saplings-225276/" aria-label="Read more about Large old trees are vital for Australian birds. Their long branches and hollows can’t be replaced by saplings">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
The Fiji High Court has ruled that former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho are guilty of corruption. Acting Chief Justice Salesi Temo overturned the Magistrates’ Court judgment and convicted both men at the Suva High Court today. Bainimarama was charged with one count of attempted to pervert the course of ... <a title="Fiji chief justice overturns not guilty verdicts in Bainimarama, Qiliho case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/fiji-chief-justice-overturns-not-guilty-verdicts-in-bainimarama-qiliho-case/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji chief justice overturns not guilty verdicts in Bainimarama, Qiliho case">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney On March 14, the National Archives of Australia (NAA) released documents from the Howard Government’s National Security Committee (NSC) of cabinet. They all relate to Australia’s entry into the Iraq War in 2003. This tranche goes beyond the archive’s ... <a title="Release of ‘missing papers’ from 2003 shines a light on how Australian troops were sent to fight the Iraq War" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/release-of-missing-papers-from-2003-shines-a-light-on-how-australian-troops-were-sent-to-fight-the-iraq-war-225650/" aria-label="Read more about Release of ‘missing papers’ from 2003 shines a light on how Australian troops were sent to fight the Iraq War">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Nosaka, Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University west_photo/Shutterstock We’re living longer than in previous generations, with one in eight Australians aged over 85. But the current gap between life expectancy (“lifespan”) and health-adjusted life expectancy (“healthspan”) is about ten years. This means many ... <a title="Only walking for exercise? Here’s how to get the most out of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/only-walking-for-exercise-heres-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-it-224159/" aria-label="Read more about Only walking for exercise? Here’s how to get the most out of it">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Black, Associate Professor of Health Economics, Monash University For the past few years, it has been impossible to escape the impact of inflation. Meeting our most basic needs – such as food, housing and health care – now costs significantly more, and wage increases haven’t kept ... <a title="Undernourished, stressed and overworked: cost-of-living pressures are taking a toll on Australians’ health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/undernourished-stressed-and-overworked-cost-of-living-pressures-are-taking-a-toll-on-australians-health-223625/" aria-label="Read more about Undernourished, stressed and overworked: cost-of-living pressures are taking a toll on Australians’ health">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Indigenous support for Palestine around the world has been overwhelming — and Aotearoa New Zealand is no exception, says a leading Māori environmental and human rights advocate. Writing on her Kia Mau – Resisting Colonial Fictions website, Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou) says that week after week, tangata whenua have been showing support ... <a title="Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/maori-advocate-tina-ngata-hails-overwhelming-indigenous-support-for-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The federal government is in the process of abolishing a powerful independent body that reviews government decisions on everything from child support to migration status. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) is being replaced by a new ... <a title="The federal government’s new Administrative Review Tribunal must avoid the pitfalls of ‘jobs for mates’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/the-federal-governments-new-administrative-review-tribunal-must-avoid-the-pitfalls-of-jobs-for-mates-225663/" aria-label="Read more about The federal government’s new Administrative Review Tribunal must avoid the pitfalls of ‘jobs for mates’">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly McWilliam, Associate Professor of Communication and Media, University of Southern Queensland Stan Ben Feldman leads Stan Original’s new 12-episode series Population: 11 as Andy, a hapless American banker who travels to a tiny, outback town of 12 in search of his estranged father Hugo, played by ... <a title="Larrimah-inspired series Population: 11 is a charming watch – if a tad heavy on the Aussie cliches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/larrimah-inspired-series-population-11-is-a-charming-watch-if-a-tad-heavy-on-the-aussie-cliches-225173/" aria-label="Read more about Larrimah-inspired series Population: 11 is a charming watch – if a tad heavy on the Aussie cliches">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
RNZ Pacific Two years after beginning consultations, the Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission has released its first draft of a home grown constitution. Bougainville expects to become independent of Papua New Guinea within three years and writing a constitution is a key part of that process. The draft constitution is the result of 40 commissioners travelling ... <a title="Bougainville has first draft of new home grown constitution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/bougainville-has-first-draft-of-new-home-grown-constitution/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville has first draft of new home grown constitution">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Petra Butler, Amo Matua–Executive Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Canterbury The conviction of Joseph Matamata in 2020 on ten counts of human trafficking and 13 counts of slavery was a watershed moment in recognising modern slavery is not just a foreign problem. Some three years later, ... <a title="NZ urgently needs modern anti-slavery law – why is the legislation sitting in limbo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/nz-urgently-needs-modern-anti-slavery-law-why-is-the-legislation-sitting-in-limbo-225643/" aria-label="Read more about NZ urgently needs modern anti-slavery law – why is the legislation sitting in limbo?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian McCallum, Discipline Lead – Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast As the days shorten, many of us, particularly in Australia’s south-east, are looking forward to cooler times, and perhaps the allure of snow on the horizon. In the past week many in this region experienced their ... <a title="Tennis anyone? Bad news for skiers as snow season could shrink by 78% this century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/tennis-anyone-bad-news-for-skiers-as-snow-season-could-shrink-by-78-this-century-225581/" aria-label="Read more about Tennis anyone? Bad news for skiers as snow season could shrink by 78% this century">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Cook, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Newcastle This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. Young Australians who would have once been locked out of home ownership are increasingly relying on the so-called ... <a title="The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is exposing older Australians to the risk of financial abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/the-bank-of-mum-and-dad-is-exposing-older-australians-to-the-risk-of-financial-abuse-224361/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is exposing older Australians to the risk of financial abuse">Read more</a>
