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August 27, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A West Papuan journalist, editor and media freedom advocate has lodged a protest to the United Nations about Indonesia’s internet blackout as more protests reportedly spread across the Melanesian region, including Wamena in the highlands. Victor Mambor and Tabloid Jubi have made the protest with the help of human rights lawyers ... <a title="Papua free media advocate files UN ‘blackout’ plea, targeted by hacker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/27/papua-free-media-advocate-files-un-blackout-plea-targeted-by-hacker/" aria-label="Read more about Papua free media advocate files UN ‘blackout’ plea, targeted by hacker">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Outgoing secretary of the Prime Minister’s Department Martin Parkinson has condemned “entrenched disadvantage” in Australia, in his valedictory address on leaving the public service. Parkinson also warned it was imperative that Australia did not allow “the kind of retreat from ... <a title="Martin Parkinson declares ‘entrenched disadvantage’ in Australia a disgrace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/martin-parkinson-declares-entrenched-disadvantage-in-australia-a-disgrace-122410/" aria-label="Read more about Martin Parkinson declares ‘entrenched disadvantage’ in Australia a disgrace">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The number of suicides in Australia has been rising in the last decade, with more than 3,000 Australians taking their life in 2017, according to the latest available ABS figures. Some of the most vulnerable groups include Indigenous Australians, young ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: PM’s advisor Christine Morgan on tackling Australia’s rising suicide rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-pms-advisor-christine-morgan-on-tackling-australias-rising-suicide-rates-122401/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: PM’s advisor Christine Morgan on tackling Australia’s rising suicide rates">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
By Ayla Miller Pasifika people in New Zealand need to take charge against climate change which is already threatening their home islands, an Auckland hui has heard. Political leaders have been too slow, warned climate experts, community, youth and Pasifika leaders who were joined at the Roskill Climate Restart hui by Minister for Climate Change ... <a title="NZ hui urges local climate action to help Pacific Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/nz-hui-urges-local-climate-action-to-help-pacific-islands/" aria-label="Read more about NZ hui urges local climate action to help Pacific Islands">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hiba Jebeile, PhD candidate/Research Dietitian, University of Sydney Over the last week, a weight loss app targeted at children and teenagers aged 8-17 has sparked concern among health professionals and parents around the world. More than 90,000 people have signed an online petition calling for withdrawal of ... <a title="A weight loss app may be a risky way to address obesity in children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/a-weight-loss-app-may-be-a-risky-way-to-address-obesity-in-children-122129/" aria-label="Read more about A weight loss app may be a risky way to address obesity in children">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In the wake of a damning royal commission and an ABC Four Corners investigation, the federal government has created an Inspector General for the Murray-Darling Basin, to ... <a title="Paddling blind: why we urgently need a water audit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/paddling-blind-why-we-urgently-need-a-water-audit-122118/" aria-label="Read more about Paddling blind: why we urgently need a water audit">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A video of Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama grabbing and shoving an opposition MP has gone viral. The video surfaced last week and shows Bainimarama seizing the coat of National Federation Party member Pio Tikoduadua and giving him a light shove in a car park outside the parliamentary building in Suva. About six ... <a title="Video shows Fiji PM seizing MP, goes viral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/video-shows-fiji-pm-seizing-mp-goes-viral/" aria-label="Read more about Video shows Fiji PM seizing MP, goes viral">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grahame Dowling, Honorary Professor, University of Technology Sydney One of my banks invited me to a customer lunch a few weeks back so that it could announce its commitment to the new Banking Code of Conduct. Here was a chance for it to say sorry to its ... <a title="Lunch with bankers. Even they’re unimpressed with their new Banking Code of Conduct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/lunch-with-bankers-even-theyre-unimpressed-with-their-new-banking-code-of-conduct-122036/" aria-label="Read more about Lunch with bankers. Even they’re unimpressed with their new Banking Code of Conduct">Read more</a>
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August 26, 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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Privacy breach at Ministry for Culture and Heritage Audrey Young (Herald): How latest privacy breach will impact on Jacinda Ardern’s Government (paywalled) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Ministry for Culture and Heritage ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 26 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-26-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 26 2019">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Evans Bailey, PhD Researcher in Virtual Reality, Auckland University of Technology Immortality has been a topic of discussion since the legend of the Holy Grail. Some people have gone as far as cryogenic freezing after death in the hope that one day science will have advanced ... <a title="The digital human: the cyber version of humanity’s quest for immortality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/the-digital-human-the-cyber-version-of-humanitys-quest-for-immortality-108081/" aria-label="Read more about The digital human: the cyber version of humanity’s quest for immortality">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elyse Methven, Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney As the state election loomed last year, the NSW government rushed through a new crime targeting drug suppliers. A person who supplies a prohibited drug for profit can now be prosecuted for homicide if another person uses the ... <a title="After 2 festival deaths, the NSW government rushed through a new drug homicide crime. But it may do more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/after-2-festival-deaths-the-nsw-government-rushed-through-a-new-drug-homicide-crime-but-it-may-do-more-harm-than-good-121876/" aria-label="Read more about After 2 festival deaths, the NSW government rushed through a new drug homicide crime. But it may do more harm than good">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Talbot-Jones, Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington Last week, voter enrolment for the 2019 local government elections closed in New Zealand and concerns about low voter turnout resurfaced. During a panel discussion run by Auckland Council, the idea was raised to pay people to vote to encourage ... <a title="Voter turnout at New Zealand local elections keeps falling, but paying people to vote could backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/26/voter-turnout-at-new-zealand-local-elections-keeps-falling-but-paying-people-to-vote-could-backfire-122040/" aria-label="Read more about Voter turnout at New Zealand local elections keeps falling, but paying people to vote could backfire">Read more</a>
