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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra While the major party leaders seem to have curated their images, University of Canberra assistant professor in communications and media Caroline Fisher says they can’t always control how these could be manipulated. Fisher says there has been “a real attempt ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/politics-with-michelle-grattan-caroline-fisher-on-the-spin-machines-of-ausvotes19-115918/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Australians don’t tend to vote on foreign policy in federal elections. This makes perfect sense: there is, for the most part, a tradition of bipartisanship on foreign policy and usually few key points of difference between ... <a title="Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/foreign-policy-should-play-a-bigger-role-in-australian-elections-this-is-why-it-probably-wont-115298/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won’t">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Jateff, Adjunct lecturer in archaeology, Flinders University Finding shipwrecks isn’t easy – it’s a combination of survivor reports, excellent archival research, a highly skilled team, top equipment and some good old-fashioned luck. And that’s just what happened with the recent discovery of SS Iron Crown, lost ... <a title="What happens now we’ve found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/what-happens-now-weve-found-the-site-of-the-lost-australian-freighter-ss-iron-crown-sunk-in-wwii-115848/" aria-label="Read more about What happens now we’ve found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim McKay, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Warning: This story contains images of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people who are deceased. The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who served with Australian forces in the first world war is estimated to be ... <a title="Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/telling-the-forgotten-stories-of-indigenous-servicemen-in-the-first-world-war-114277/" aria-label="Read more about Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Surya holds a Tamil community placard proclaiming “we will overcome the darkness” in today’s Auckland vigil for the victims on Sri Lanka’s Easter bomb attacks. Image: David Robie/PMC Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk About 60 people from the Sri Lankan community and human rights advocates gathered in Auckland’s Aotea Square today in a solidarity vigil for ... <a title="Auckland Sri Lankan community holds vigil for terror bomb victims, survivors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/auckland-sri-lankan-community-holds-vigil-for-terror-bomb-victims-survivors/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Sri Lankan community holds vigil for terror bomb victims, survivors">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Tax Chris Trotter (Interest): Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson won’t be losing much sleep over their left-wing critics’ anger over the CGT decision ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-24-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 2019">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra We’re only days into the federal election campaign and already the first instances of “fake news” have surfaced online. Over the weekend, Labor demanded that Facebook remove posts it says are “fake news” ... <a title="‘Fake news’ is already spreading online in the election campaign – it’s up to Australians to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/fake-news-is-already-spreading-online-in-the-election-campaign-its-up-to-australians-to-stop-it-115455/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fake news’ is already spreading online in the election campaign – it’s up to Australians to stop it">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra We’re only days into the federal election campaign and already the first instances of “fake news” have surfaced online. Over the weekend, Labor demanded that Facebook remove posts it says are “fake news” ... <a title="‘Fake news’ is already spreading online in the election campaign. What can we do to stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/fake-news-is-already-spreading-online-in-the-election-campaign-what-can-we-do-to-stop-it-115455/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fake news’ is already spreading online in the election campaign. What can we do to stop it?">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By M. Leigh Ackland, Professor in Molecular Biosciences, Deakin University We humans have a habit of avoiding our waste. We find organic waste particularly unpleasant. We bag it and dispose of it as soon as possible. Even the most environmentally conscious person would rather not handle something like ... <a title="Ditch plastic dog poo bags, go compostable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/ditch-plastic-dog-poo-bags-go-compostable-112605/" aria-label="Read more about Ditch plastic dog poo bags, go compostable">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Radio Morobe … “The Morobe provincial government has neglected its upgrading and funding in the last 10 years or more”. Image: Post-Courier COMMENTARY: By Sylvester Gawi in Lae I grew up in the 1990s listening to NBC Radio – Radio Kundu – which was informative and always reaching out to the mass population of Papua ... <a title="Sylvester Gawi: Deplorable neglect of PNG’s ‘voice of the nation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/sylvester-gawi-deplorable-neglect-of-pngs-voice-of-the-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Sylvester Gawi: Deplorable neglect of PNG’s ‘voice of the nation’">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Papua New Guinean media … RSF says journalists faced intimidation, direct threats, censorship, prosecution and bribery attempts. Image: EMTV News By RNZ Pacific Democracies across Asia and the Pacific are struggling to resist disinformation and protect press freedoms, according to a new report. Reporters Without Borders released its 2019 index last Thursday showing an increase ... <a title="Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/asian-and-pacific-nations-struggling-over-media-self-censorship-says-rsf/" aria-label="Read more about Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Mangan, Professor and Director of the Australian Institute For Business and Economics, The University of Queensland Suddenly, death duties are part of the election campaign. Not that Labor (or the Coalition) is proposing them, but photoshopped fake tweets from Labor figures saying they will introduce them ... <a title="House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/house-prices-and-demographics-make-death-duties-an-idea-whose-time-has-come-114175/" aria-label="Read more about House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come">Read more</a>
