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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Strangely enough, there’s a link between “Kevin07” as an electoral phenomenon and the recent successes of independents such as Kerryn Phelps (Wentworth), Cathy McGowan (Indi), and Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo). All three now hold once safe Coalition seats. ... <a title="Could Tony Abbott lose to an independent? If the zeitgeist is any guide, he’s on thin ice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/could-tony-abbott-lose-to-an-independent-if-the-zeitgeist-is-any-guide-hes-on-thin-ice-111422/" aria-label="Read more about Could Tony Abbott lose to an independent? If the zeitgeist is any guide, he’s on thin ice">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University It’s an uncomfortable image to consider: an elderly person – perhaps somebody you know – physically restrained. Maybe an aged care resident deemed likely to fall has been bound to his chair ... <a title="Physical restraint doesn’t protect patients – there are better alternatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/physical-restraint-doesnt-protect-patients-there-are-better-alternatives-111060/" aria-label="Read more about Physical restraint doesn’t protect patients – there are better alternatives">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Henry, Associate Professor & Vice-Chancellor’s Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University Four years ago, the Hunting Ground documentary explored the failure of university administrations to adequately respond to sexual assault on college campuses in the United States. Universities in Australia and elsewhere also came under the spotlight. ... <a title="Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there’s more to be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/universities-have-made-progress-on-responding-to-sexual-assault-but-theres-more-to-be-done-111343/" aria-label="Read more about Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there’s more to be done">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2019
A still from a video showing Indonesian police interrogating a man suspected of theft in Wamena, Papua. Image: Jakarta Post Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian police have apologised for wrapping a snake around an indigenous Papuan they suspected of theft, reports The Jakarta Post. A video of the incident, which took place while the police ... <a title="Police use snake to interrogate Papuan, apologise for ‘racist’ torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/10/police-use-snake-to-interrogate-papuan-apologise-for-racist-torture/" aria-label="Read more about Police use snake to interrogate Papuan, apologise for ‘racist’ torture">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2019
By Dieqy Hasbi Widhana in Jakarta Indonesia’s National Press Day (HPN), which falls on February 9 – yesterday, is a reminder of the murder of Radar Bali journalist Anak Agung Gede Prabangsa in 2009. Based on the results of an investigation by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), which was later published under the title ... <a title="No progress on press freedom, impunity under Jokowi’s watch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/10/no-progress-on-press-freedom-impunity-under-jokowis-watch/" aria-label="Read more about No progress on press freedom, impunity under Jokowi’s watch">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2019
Destruction in the Arawa Hospital during the 1980s Bougainville civil war, sparked by a mining and environment dispute. Image: PNG Mine Watch Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A highly controversial proposal by an unknown and newly registered company, Caballus Mining, is attempting to grab a monopoly over all large scale mines in Bougainville, reports PNG Mine ... <a title="Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/09/miriori-fires-broadside-at-rogue-bougainville-mining-rights-bid/" aria-label="Read more about Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University This week, New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which commemorates the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The treaty allowed Britain to establish government over its settlers (Article One), guaranteed ongoing Māori authority over their own affairs ... <a title="The Crown is Māori too – citizenship, sovereignty and the Treaty of Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/the-crown-is-maori-too-citizenship-sovereignty-and-the-treaty-of-waitangi-111168/" aria-label="Read more about The Crown is Māori too – citizenship, sovereignty and the Treaty of Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has offered support to Donald Trump’s pick for the World Bank Presidency. David Malpass is currently Under Secretary of the United States Treasury with responsibility for International Affairs, and his previous experience includes being chief economist at Bear Stearns ... <a title="Frydenberg is wrong to support Ivanka and Donald Trump on the World Bank. It’d be better to let it die" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/frydenberg-is-wrong-to-support-ivanka-and-donald-trump-on-the-world-bank-itd-be-better-to-let-it-die-111434/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg is wrong to support Ivanka and Donald Trump on the World Bank. It’d be better to let it die">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Former Pacific Media Watch editor and now Tagata Pasifika journalist Alistar Kata (left) and AUT masters research student Pauline Mago-King from Papua New Guinea who attended this week’s gender-based violence media workshop. Image: Star Kata/Instagram By Pauline Mago-King Seventeen women journalists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in the Victorian capital of Melbourne this week to ... <a title="Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/asia-pacific-journalists-plan-strategy-for-gender-based-violence-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Political Roundup: When cancer is political by Bryce Edwards Should cancer be politicised? And, should the debate about it be personalised, with a focus on the role of politicians in running the system being held to account for their decisions? There have been some deeply personal, sad, angry, and highly-politicised statements coming from cancer patients ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: When cancer is political" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-when-cancer-is-political/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: When cancer is political">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 08 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Government Tracy Watkins Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern’s State of the Nation speech: Sunny, but clouds gathering Jane Patterson (RNZ): Prime ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 08 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-08-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 08 2019">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fanie Venter, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. The Queensland Dragon Heath, or Dracophyllum sayeri, is a small, open-branched tree that grows up to 8 ... <a title="The Queensland Dragon Heath is like a creature in the mist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/the-queensland-dragon-heath-is-like-a-creature-in-the-mist-109644/" aria-label="Read more about The Queensland Dragon Heath is like a creature in the mist">Read more</a>
