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February 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University After months of hearings, characterised by spectacular admissions including threats of violence, the report of the Bergin Inquiry into the probity of Crown Sydney Gaming, a subsidiary of Crown Resorts Limited, has been tabled ... <a title="‘Not suitable’: where to now for James Packer and Crown’s other casinos?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/not-suitable-where-to-now-for-james-packer-and-crowns-other-casinos-154938/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not suitable’: where to now for James Packer and Crown’s other casinos?">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elena Collinson, Senior Project and Research Officer, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney Australia-China relations, which have been spiralling downward for some time, continue to sink. The latest blow comes in the form of the formal arrest of Australian journalist and former business anchor for Chinese ... <a title="Australia must continue to press for humane treatment of journalist Cheng Lei after her arrest in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/australia-must-continue-to-press-for-humane-treatment-of-journalist-cheng-lei-after-her-arrest-in-china-154937/" aria-label="Read more about Australia must continue to press for humane treatment of journalist Cheng Lei after her arrest in China">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University There’s something odd about those television and internet advertisements telling us we are getting more super. The money seems to come from nowhere. “Pretty soon,” explains the woman getting onto an escalator, “the amount of ... <a title="That extra you’re about to get in super, most of it will come from you, but don’t expect the ads to tell you that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/that-extra-youre-about-to-get-in-super-most-of-it-will-come-from-you-but-dont-expect-the-ads-to-tell-you-that-154723/" aria-label="Read more about That extra you’re about to get in super, most of it will come from you, but don’t expect the ads to tell you that">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Fisher, Associate Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Wollongong Mercury is a nasty toxin that harms humans and ecosystems. Most human exposure comes from eating contaminated fish and other seafood. But how does mercury enter the Australian environment in the first place? Our recent research dug ... <a title="Australia’s gold industry stamped out mercury pollution – now it’s coal’s turn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/australias-gold-industry-stamped-out-mercury-pollution-now-its-coals-turn-151202/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s gold industry stamped out mercury pollution – now it’s coal’s turn">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Thorpe, Associate Professor in Law, UNSW Replacing cars that run on fossil fuels with electric cars will be important in meeting climate goals – road transport produces more than 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. But there are obstacles to wider uptake, particularly in Australia. Too ... <a title="On an electric car road trip around NSW, we found range anxiety (and the need for more chargers) is real" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/on-an-electric-car-road-trip-around-nsw-we-found-range-anxiety-and-the-need-for-more-chargers-is-real-154071/" aria-label="Read more about On an electric car road trip around NSW, we found range anxiety (and the need for more chargers) is real">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Grieve Williams, Adjunct Professor, RMIT University There is a quiet movement among settler colonials in Australia and the US to critically examine their family histories as a way of re-examining the impact of centuries of dispossession and slavery of Indigenous peoples. Critical family histories enable a ... <a title="Truth telling and giving back: how settler colonials are coming to terms with painful family histories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/truth-telling-and-giving-back-how-settler-colonials-are-coming-to-terms-with-painful-family-histories-145165/" aria-label="Read more about Truth telling and giving back: how settler colonials are coming to terms with painful family histories">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
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 Air NZ work for Saudi Arabia military Benedict Collins (1News): Air NZ has been secretly helping Saudi Arabian military despite its role in Yemen humanitarian crisis RNZ: Air NZ apologises after revelations it helped Saudi Arabian ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 09 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-09-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 09 2021">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
By The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner David Manning has promised that the full force of the law and all resources at the Constabulary’s disposal will be used against policemen who flout the law and help criminals. Commissioner Manning’s warning followed recent threats against police detectives investigating a K286 million (NZ$105 million) ... <a title="Manning denounces threats against PNG K286m fraud probe detectives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/manning-denounces-threats-against-png-k286m-fraud-probe-detectives/" aria-label="Read more about Manning denounces threats against PNG K286m fraud probe detectives">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
By RNZ Pacific There are signs Fiji’s deportation of the University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor was engineered to avoid his contract being given better security. Professor Pal Ahluwalia told RNZ Dateline Pacific that on Wednesday last week the USP chancellor, Nauru President Lionel Aingimea, had alerted the university’s governing body, the USP Council, ... <a title="Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/deportation-of-usp-academic-head-hinted-at-in-fiji-media-veiled-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled threat">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Chinese government has formally charged Australian journalist Cheng Lei with “illegally supplying state secrets overseas”, almost half a year after she was first detained, reports ABC News. Lei has been held since August last year under a form of detention that allows Chinese police to imprison and question a suspect ... <a title="China formally charges Australian journalist Cheng Lei – half year after being detained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/china-formally-charges-australian-journalist-cheng-lei-half-year-after-being-detained/" aria-label="Read more about China formally charges Australian journalist Cheng Lei – half year after being detained">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
By RNZ Pacific The Speaker of Fiji’s Parliament has rejected calls from the opposition to debate the controversial deportation of the University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau ruled that an oral question from National Federation Party (NFP) leader Professor Biman Prasad, a former USP economics academic, and an adjournment ... <a title="Fiji Speaker disallows debate on USP’s Ahluwalia deportation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/fiji-speaker-disallows-debate-on-usps-ahluwalia-deportation/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Speaker disallows debate on USP’s Ahluwalia deportation">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney We all know the queen can’t refuse assent to a bill just because she doesn’t like it. But can she secretly get a law changed, in her personal interest, before it is even introduced into parliament? The answer ... <a title="New evidence shows how Her Majesty wields influence on legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/the-queens-gambit-new-evidence-shows-how-her-majesty-wields-influence-on-legislation-154818/" aria-label="Read more about New evidence shows how Her Majesty wields influence on legislation">Read more</a>
