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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Burgin, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology New South Wales Attorney-General Mark Speakman has announced a suite of reforms to consent law, following a two-and-a-half year review by the Law Reform Commission. The review was prompted by survivor-advocate Saxon Mullins, who endured two trials and ... <a title="NSW adopts affirmative consent in sexual assault laws. What does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/nsw-adopts-affirmative-consent-in-sexual-assault-laws-what-does-this-mean-161497/" aria-label="Read more about NSW adopts affirmative consent in sexual assault laws. What does this mean?">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasiya Byesyedina, PhD Candidate in the Department of Government and International Relations, Sessional Teacher and Student Writing Fellow, University of Sydney Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has gone to extraordinary measures to cling to power in the face of the stiffest opposition to his rule in 26 ... <a title="With brazen dissident arrest, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/with-brazen-dissident-arrest-belarus-finds-itself-more-isolated-than-ever-161498/" aria-label="Read more about With brazen dissident arrest, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Senior Lecturer in Finance, RMIT University Queenie Tan is full of financial advice. Whether it is cheap date ideas, buying furniture, saving your first $100,000, doing your tax return or investing in Dogecoin, there is seemingly no topic the 24-year-old Sydney woman can’t confidently tackle. ... <a title="FinTok and ‘finfluencers’ are on the rise: 3 tips to assess if their advice has value" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/fintok-and-finfluencers-are-on-the-rise-3-tips-to-assess-if-their-advice-has-value-161406/" aria-label="Read more about FinTok and ‘finfluencers’ are on the rise: 3 tips to assess if their advice has value">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Watego, Principal Research Fellow, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland The SBS documentary series See What You Made Me Do aimed to spark a national conversation about criminalising coercive control. Instead it highlighted the stark power imbalances in conversations between Indigenous ... <a title="Carceral feminism and coercive control: when Indigenous women aren’t seen as ideal victims, witnesses or women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/carceral-feminism-and-coercive-control-when-indigenous-women-arent-seen-as-ideal-victims-witnesses-or-women-161091/" aria-label="Read more about Carceral feminism and coercive control: when Indigenous women aren’t seen as ideal victims, witnesses or women">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In 2007 Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry’s life support without blinking. The industry made light bulbs, of the traditional kind — so energy-inefficient they lost most of it as heat. “A normal light bulb ... <a title="Going electric and banning new petrol-powered cars could be Australia’s next big light bulb moment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/going-electric-and-banning-new-petrol-powered-cars-could-be-australias-next-big-light-bulb-moment-161431/" aria-label="Read more about Going electric and banning new petrol-powered cars could be Australia’s next big light bulb moment">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Lesh, Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne The New South Wales government has released a discussion paper expressing its ambition to review and “modernise” the Heritage Act (1977). Announcing the review, Arts Minister Don Harwin said: “Too often we see once cherished ... <a title="War on the demolishers? Probably not, and timing of NSW heritage review is curious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/war-on-the-demolishers-probably-not-and-timing-of-nsw-heritage-review-is-curious-159525/" aria-label="Read more about War on the demolishers? Probably not, and timing of NSW heritage review is curious">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert White, Winthrop Professor of English, The University of Western Australia Review: John Bell, Some Achieve Greatness: Lessons on leadership from Shakespeare and one of his greatest admirers. With illustrations by Cathy Wilcox. Pantera Press, 2021. John Bell’s new book Some Achieve Greatness is but the latest ... <a title="Shakespeare’s rulers and generals are all flawed, but the books on his leadership lessons keep coming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/shakespeares-rulers-and-generals-are-all-flawed-but-the-books-on-his-leadership-lessons-keep-coming-160270/" aria-label="Read more about Shakespeare’s rulers and generals are all flawed, but the books on his leadership lessons keep coming">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s FAST Party is expecting to face another day locked out of Parliament today and is also predicting a long year ahead to resolve the country’s constitutional crisis. Accusations of coups and treason are flying as the standoff between the majority FAST party and the defeated caretaker government shows no sign of ending. ... <a title="FAST heading back to court to try and resolve political impasse in Samoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/fast-heading-back-to-court-to-try-and-resolve-political-impasse-in-samoa/" aria-label="Read more about FAST heading back to court to try and resolve political impasse in Samoa">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific The next step in the Samoan crisis is to see where the police land and to get a sense of who is going to line up on which side and who will get “the social licence” to be the legitimate government, says a leading New Zealand academic. Associate professor of Pacific studies at ... <a title="Next question is role of police and ‘social licence’ in Samoan crisis, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/next-question-is-role-of-police-and-social-licence-in-samoan-crisis-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Next question is role of police and ‘social licence’ in Samoan crisis, says academic">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board What a shame it had to happen as it did. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa taking the oath of office to govern Samoa seven weeks after being elected is an event of generational, regional, and international significance. Today and for her conduct since April 9, we congratulate Fiame. We wish ... <a title="Samoa Observer: Swearing-in strengthens nation’s foundation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/samoa-observer-swearing-in-strengthens-nations-foundation/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: Swearing-in strengthens nation’s foundation">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An exiled West Papuan leader has condemned Indonesian for “hypocrisy” in speaking out about Myanmar and Palestine while voting to ignore genocide and ethnic cleansing at the United Nations. The leading English-language daily newspaper, The Jakarta Post, has also criticised Jakarta’s UN vote. “We are thankful that Indonesian leaders show solidarity ... <a title="Wenda condemns Indonesia’s UN genocide vote for Papua ‘hypocrisy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/wenda-condemns-indonesias-un-genocide-vote-for-papua-hypocrisy/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda condemns Indonesia’s UN genocide vote for Papua ‘hypocrisy’">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
COMMENT: By Marilyn Garson in Wellington I lived in Gaza from 2011, through the attack of 2014, and for one year after. I am not Palestinian, but some of the things I remember will be relevant in the coming months. The bombardment was shattering. There followed a winter of soul-destroying neglect by donor states. Tens ... <a title="Marilyn Garson: Ceasefire, but we cannot let this go the same way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/marilyn-garson-ceasefire-but-we-cannot-let-this-go-the-same-way/" aria-label="Read more about Marilyn Garson: Ceasefire, but we cannot let this go the same way">Read more</a>
