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May 29, 2019
Embattled Prime Minister Peter O’Neill explains why he has gone to the Supreme Court to seek clarification on the vote of no-confidence procedure under the PNG constitution. Video: EMTV News By Jamie Tahana, Johnny Blades and Koroi Hawkins of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Parliament erupted in chaos yesterday as the Speaker, Job Pomat, refused ... <a title="PNG Parliament erupts in chaos as Speaker rejects opposition motions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/png-parliament-erupts-in-chaos-as-speaker-rejects-opposition-motions/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Parliament erupts in chaos as Speaker rejects opposition motions">Read more</a>
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May 29, 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 Nats claim to have revealed budget details, Treasury say system was “deliberately hacked” Jamie Ensor (Newshub):‘Multiple and persistent’ attempts to access Treasury systems – chief executive RNZ: Budget info on Treasury website under ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 29 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-29-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 29 2019">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emil Jeyaratnam, Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation As Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ministry is sworn in today, we’re taking a closer look at the members of the newly revamped cabinet. Some of the faces are new – Stuart Robert, for example, takes over the new portfolio ... <a title="A closer look at Scott Morrison’s new ministry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/a-closer-look-at-scott-morrisons-new-ministry-117909/" aria-label="Read more about A closer look at Scott Morrison’s new ministry">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Graham, Executive Director, La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University The 2019 federal election, unlike previous campaigns, did not feature a dedicated debate on foreign affairs or defence. The conventional cynicism – that there are no votes in foreign policy – does not adequately explain this. It ... <a title="Scott Morrison’s biggest foreign policy test: keeping peace with both China and the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/scott-morrisons-biggest-foreign-policy-test-keeping-peace-with-both-china-and-the-us-117598/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison’s biggest foreign policy test: keeping peace with both China and the US">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire McKie, Senior Lecturer, Clinical and Communication Skills, Deakin University In January, 107-year-old Daphne Keith broke her hip and became the oldest Australian to have a partial hip replacement. This isn’t something you would have heard of two or three decades ago. For Daphne, the decision was ... <a title="Surgery rates are rising in over-85s but the decision to operate isn’t always easy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/surgery-rates-are-rising-in-over-85s-but-the-decision-to-operate-isnt-always-easy-116814/" aria-label="Read more about Surgery rates are rising in over-85s but the decision to operate isn’t always easy">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Law, Macquarie University Privacy was not a hot topic in the recent Australian election, but it should have been. This is because the City of Darwin is adapting elements of the Chinese social credit system for use in Australia. The ... <a title="Is China’s social credit system coming to Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/is-chinas-social-credit-system-coming-to-australia-117095/" aria-label="Read more about Is China’s social credit system coming to Australia?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW Unless the federal government changes its funding policy for universities, less well-off ones, particularly regional universities, are going to fail. In Britain, it is already happening. Several bankruptcies are imminent. In Australia, many are clearly in financial difficulties and are ... <a title="Why regional universities are at risk of going under" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/why-regional-universities-are-at-risk-of-going-under-109374/" aria-label="Read more about Why regional universities are at risk of going under">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian CH Lee, Associate Professor, Global Studies, RMIT University The monsters that stalk us in popular culture embody fears about our contemporary human condition. As a new Godzilla film opens in cinemas this week, we might gain insight into what currently haunts us most. The endless waves ... <a title="Why Godzilla is the perfect monster for our age of environmental destruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/why-godzilla-is-the-perfect-monster-for-our-age-of-environmental-destruction-116996/" aria-label="Read more about Why Godzilla is the perfect monster for our age of environmental destruction">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Guihot, Senior Lecturer in Law, Queensland University of Technology Australia is among 42 countries that last week signed up to a new set of policy guidelines for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Yet Australia has its own draft guidelines for ethics in AI out ... <a title="Will we ever agree to just one set of rules on the ethical development of artificial intelligence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/will-we-ever-agree-to-just-one-set-of-rules-on-the-ethical-development-of-artificial-intelligence-117744/" aria-label="Read more about Will we ever agree to just one set of rules on the ethical development of artificial intelligence?">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Ritchie, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University In recent days, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has announced his resignation, failed to formally resign, and is now taking legal action to prevent a parliamentary vote to remove him from office. For most of PNG’s more than ... <a title="Crisis? What crisis? A new prime minister in PNG might not signal meaningful change for its citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/28/crisis-what-crisis-a-new-prime-minister-in-png-might-not-signal-meaningful-change-for-its-citizens-117841/" aria-label="Read more about Crisis? What crisis? A new prime minister in PNG might not signal meaningful change for its citizens">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Kalms, Director of XYX Lab + Associate Professor in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Monash University, Monash University [I] walk this route to the train station. I often get cat-called whilst walking to the train. It’s also very poorly lit at night. (Female, ... <a title="More lighting alone does not create safer cities. Look at what research with young women tells us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/28/more-lighting-alone-does-not-create-safer-cities-look-at-what-research-with-young-women-tells-us-113359/" aria-label="Read more about More lighting alone does not create safer cities. Look at what research with young women tells us">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryoni Trezise, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW Review: Prima Facie, Griffin Theatre Company Suzie Miller’s one-woman play Prima Facie is an unsparing study of the Australian legal system’s treatment of sexual assault cases. The play, which opened to standing ovation, concludes with a simple ... <a title="In Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie, theatre finds a voice of reckoning on sexual assault and the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/28/in-suzie-millers-prima-facie-theatre-finds-a-voice-of-reckoning-on-sexual-assault-and-the-law-117588/" aria-label="Read more about In Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie, theatre finds a voice of reckoning on sexual assault and the law">Read more</a>
