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May 18, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper reader has protested over Facebook addiction, describing it as ruining the lives of teenagers and youth who spend most of their time on smartphones. The reader says that Facebook and other social media are undermining the constitution and its preamble that calls for the cherishing of ... <a title="Dear editor, why smartphones are ruining our nakamal storytelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/18/dear-editor-why-smartphones-are-ruining-our-nakamal-storytelling/" aria-label="Read more about Dear editor, why smartphones are ruining our nakamal storytelling">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2019
By Duke Menango in Noumea The provincial elections last Sunday have shaken the political landscape in New Caledonia with an upheaval in the Southern province that will influence developments leading up to the next two referendums on independence. The poll results – especially in the most populated Southern province – have stunned the Pacific territory ... <a title="New ‘anti’ force shakes up New Caledonian political landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/18/new-anti-force-shakes-up-new-caledonian-political-landscape/" aria-label="Read more about New ‘anti’ force shakes up New Caledonian political landscape">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hudson, Researcher, University of Manchester, University of Manchester Since the news broke of his passing, Bob Hawke has been feted as the “environmental prime minister”. From saving the Franklin River, to protecting Antarctica from mining, conservationists have praised his environmental legacy in the same way economists ... <a title="Bob Hawke, the environmental PM, bequeathed a huge ‘what if’ on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/bob-hawke-the-environmental-pm-bequeathed-a-huge-what-if-on-climate-change-117318/" aria-label="Read more about Bob Hawke, the environmental PM, bequeathed a huge ‘what if’ on climate change">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob J Hyndman, Professor of Statistics, Monash University Australia has changed in many ways over the past two decades. Rising house prices, country-wide improvements in education, an ageing population, and a decline in religious affiliation, are just some of the ways it has changed. At the same ... <a title="You are what you vote: the social and demographic factors that influence your vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/you-are-what-you-vote-the-social-and-demographic-factors-that-influence-your-vote-116591/" aria-label="Read more about You are what you vote: the social and demographic factors that influence your vote">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s always easy to romanticise the past – in celebrating the prime ministership of Bob Hawke it is important to remember it had its peaks and troughs. Trouble marked many years – the fall of ministers, nasty spats between the ... <a title="View from the Hill: Bob Hawke was master of managing government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/view-from-the-hill-bob-hawke-was-master-of-managing-government-117326/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: Bob Hawke was master of managing government">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Political fallout from a controversial loan taken on by Papua New Guinea’s government five years ago could hinder rather than help attempts to remove Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. O’Neill and other leading officials have been referred by the Ombudsman Commission to a Leadership Tribunal over a US$1.2 billion loan ... <a title="PNG leadership rivals O’Neill, Marape both implicated in UBS loan saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/png-leadership-rivals-oneill-marape-both-implicated-in-ubs-loan-saga/" aria-label="Read more about PNG leadership rivals O’Neill, Marape both implicated in UBS loan saga">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thornhill, Research botanist at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia/Environment Institute, University of Adelaide Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. On the western side of Mount Bartle Frere, the tallest ... <a title="Vic Stockwell’s Puzzle is an unlikely survivor from a different epoch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/vic-stockwells-puzzle-is-an-unlikely-survivor-from-a-different-epoch-113370/" aria-label="Read more about Vic Stockwell’s Puzzle is an unlikely survivor from a different epoch">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Opinion polls haven’t done too well in some important recent elections. Polls failed to foresee the Brexit decision, and suggested Hillary Clinton would be elected president of the United States in 2016. There’s good reason to think polls now have a ... <a title="Vital Signs: for the best election predictions, look to the betting markets, not the opinion polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/vital-signs-for-the-best-election-predictions-look-to-the-betting-markets-not-the-opinion-polls-117076/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: for the best election predictions, look to the betting markets, not the opinion polls">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics and host of The Airport Economist, UNSW When I was growing up in Adelaide in the 1970s I wanted to be like Bob Hawke. Other kids generally wanted to be cricket, football or rock stars. I wanted to be a ... <a title="What I learned from Bob Hawke: economics isn’t an end itself. There has to be a social benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/what-i-learned-from-bob-hawke-economics-isnt-an-end-itself-there-has-to-be-a-social-benefit-117314/" aria-label="Read more about What I learned from Bob Hawke: economics isn’t an end itself. There has to be a social benefit">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Rolfe, Honorary associate, School of Social Sciences, UNSW It can be hard for a political cause to get noticed in a jaded world awash with information, but conspiracy theories can go a long way. This could help explain the motivations of the lobbying group Advance Australia ... <a title="GetUp!’s brand of in-your-face activism is winning elections – and making enemies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/getup-s-brand-of-in-your-face-activism-is-winning-elections-and-making-enemies-116672/" aria-label="Read more about GetUp!’s brand of in-your-face activism is winning elections – and making enemies">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Leigh Sullivan speaks to Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss the passing of former Labor prime minister Bob Hawke and his legacy, as well as the final campaign push by ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the passing of Bob Hawke – and the final campaign push" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-passing-of-bob-hawke-and-the-final-campaign-push-117315/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the passing of Bob Hawke – and the final campaign push">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor at UNSW Art & Design, UNSW The 58th Venice Biennale of Art opened last weekend, the world’s first and still largest biennale exhibition in a field that now numbers over 100 major events internationally. It is often referred to as the Olympic Games ... <a title="As we face pressing global issues, the pavilions of Venice Biennale are a 21st century anomaly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/as-we-face-pressing-global-issues-the-pavilions-of-venice-biennale-are-a-21st-century-anomaly-117078/" aria-label="Read more about As we face pressing global issues, the pavilions of Venice Biennale are a 21st century anomaly">Read more</a>
