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March 8, 2019
AJI chairperson Abdul Manan speaking at a Jakarta rally … “freedom of expression … is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Image: Sakina Rakhma/Kompas By Fitria Chusna Farisa in Jakarta The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has called on the Indonesian police to release Jakarta State University lecturer Robertus Robet who has been ... <a title="Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/activists-arrest-shows-widodo-no-different-from-suharto-says-aji/" aria-label="Read more about Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss the departures of two more cabinet ministers – Steve Ciobo and Chris Pyne; the latest national accounts figures; Bill Shorten’s focus ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison’s Christmas island visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/video-michelle-grattan-on-more-cabinet-departures-national-accounts-figures-and-morrisons-christmas-island-visit-113194/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison’s Christmas island visit">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Glencross, Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. When I first came across the kauri pine (Agathis robusta), I certainly wasn’t impressed by their growth. Mixed ... <a title="Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/kauri-pines-are-late-blooming-rainforest-giants-112866/" aria-label="Read more about Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenda Midson, Editor, New Zealand Law Journal; Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato This week, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Crimes Amendment Bill, abolishing the “year and a day” rule. This rule meant that no one could be liable for killing another person unless that ... <a title="New Zealand’s repeal of “year and a day” rule expands liability for homicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/new-zealands-repeal-of-year-and-a-day-rule-expands-liability-for-homicide-113042/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s repeal of “year and a day” rule expands liability for homicide">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pani Farvid, Senior Lecturer, Psychology, University of Auckland In the wake of the #MeToo movement, addressing gender inequality in New Zealand remains a challenge. As the first country to grant women the vote, we have a long way to go to until there’s genuine equality across all ... <a title="Beyond the binary: how teaching children about gender could help reduce sexism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/beyond-the-binary-how-teaching-children-about-gender-could-help-reduce-sexism-113140/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond the binary: how teaching children about gender could help reduce sexism">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 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 International working women’s day, feminism, and sexual misconduct Sasha Borissenko (Newsroom): Will the men in the room please stand up? ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 08 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-08-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 08 2019">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Williamson, Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management, UNSW Canberra, UNSW We are in the midst of an outpouring of feminist activism kicked off by the pink pussy hat movement in the United States and propelled by #MeToo, which has spread to Australia where a range of luminaries ... <a title="Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/backlash-and-gender-fatigue-why-progress-on-gender-equality-has-slowed-112706/" aria-label="Read more about Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowed">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith Law School, Griffith University This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces ... <a title="Next government must find Australia’s place in a turbulent and rapidly changing world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/next-government-must-find-australias-place-in-a-turbulent-and-rapidly-changing-world-110794/" aria-label="Read more about Next government must find Australia’s place in a turbulent and rapidly changing world">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Associate Professor, Flinders University Review: A Man of Good Hope, Adelaide Festival In a world where so many are escaping brutality, war, persecution, and loss of land, is it possible to tell the story of just one displaced person, and in so doing, tell the ... <a title="A Man of Good Hope is no tale of triumph over adversity, but it is the story of many" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/a-man-of-good-hope-is-no-tale-of-triumph-over-adversity-but-it-is-the-story-of-many-113105/" aria-label="Read more about A Man of Good Hope is no tale of triumph over adversity, but it is the story of many">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthea Vogl, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney This week the Greens announced their refugee policy. It includes allowing private citizens to sponsor refugees as part of its plan to increase Australia’s humanitarian intake by 10,000. In December, Labor also announced plans to increase the existing community sponsored ... <a title="Community members should be able to sponsor refugees for the right reasons, not to save the government money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/community-members-should-be-able-to-sponsor-refugees-for-the-right-reasons-not-to-save-the-government-money-112230/" aria-label="Read more about Community members should be able to sponsor refugees for the right reasons, not to save the government money">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
It has been a week since the Red Hills eviction in Papua New Guinea’s capital left thousands homeless. Video: EMTV By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby Since Papua New Guinea’s EMTV News broadcast a story on an eviction at Red Hills settlement in Port Moresby, many viewers have asked about a student who was ... <a title="Red Hills evacuation leaves thousands homeless as PNG controversy rages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/red-hills-evacuation-leaves-thousands-homeless-as-png-controversy-rages/" aria-label="Read more about Red Hills evacuation leaves thousands homeless as PNG controversy rages">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Helen Hakena … call for a total ban on alcohol. Image: RNZ Pacific/Wikipedia By RNZ Pacific When the women of Bougainville march today to mark International Women’s Day, the recent violence in Buka will be at the front of their minds. Fighting, which claimed two lives and resulted in the torching of 34 houses on ... <a title="Bougainville women march for unity after recent violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/bougainville-women-march-for-unity-after-recent-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville women march for unity after recent violence">Read more</a>
