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August 9, 2022
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal in Majuro The Marshall Islands lost its covid-free status yesterday when tests confirmed six positive cases in the capital, the first known community transmission since the pandemic started in early 2020. It was not immediately clear the source of the covid-19 spread as Marshall Islands borders ... <a title="Marshall Islands loses ‘covid-free’ status with 6 cases confirmed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/marshall-islands-loses-covid-free-status-with-6-cases-confirmed/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands loses ‘covid-free’ status with 6 cases confirmed">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
By Jairo Bolledo of Rappler in Manila Former Philippines vice-presidential candidate and Laban ng Masa chairperson Walden Bello has been arrested for two counts of alleged cyber libel by the police. Bello, 76, is a globally renowned environmental and social justice activist and academic. Bello’s arrest yesterday was confirmed by his executive secretary and Laban ... <a title="Philippine police arrest ex-VP social justice candidate Bello for cyber libel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/philippine-police-arrest-ex-vp-social-justice-candidate-bello-for-cyber-libel/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine police arrest ex-VP social justice candidate Bello for cyber libel">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby If there is a glimmer of hope in Papua New Guinea’s violence marred national general elections, then it has to be the elevation of a lone woman to the National Parliament. It took the People’s National Congress (PNC) Governor-elect of Central Province, Rufina Peter, three ... <a title="Hope for women in PNG elections – Peter becomes lone female governor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/hope-for-women-in-png-elections-peter-becomes-lone-female-governor/" aria-label="Read more about Hope for women in PNG elections – Peter becomes lone female governor">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
RNZ Pacific About 100 people have marched in the New Caledonian capital of Noumea to protest against what they see as government inaction to curb violence against women. The rally was called by the group Women in Anger just days after the latest killing of a woman at the hands of her partner. The marchers ... <a title="Noumea protesters demand action on domestic violence after woman is killed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/noumea-protesters-demand-action-on-domestic-violence-after-woman-is-killed/" aria-label="Read more about Noumea protesters demand action on domestic violence after woman is killed">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
RNZ Pacific A Japanese sailor has been stabbed at Bloody Ridge in Solomon Islands during a World War II remembrance ceremony in Honiara. Witnesses say the man, who was part of the Japanese Navy media team, was stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors. Bloody Ridge community chief Wesley Ramo said the culprit ... <a title="Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/japanese-sailor-stabbed-during-guadalcanal-remembrance-event/" aria-label="Read more about Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
By Rusiate Baleilevuka of Fijivillage in Suva “We need to scrap or reform the Media Industry Development Act.” This is one of the key recommendations in the National Media Reporting of the 2018 Fijian General Elections Report. Co-author and University of the South Pacific (USP) journalism coordinator, Associate Professor Shailendra Singh, said the Act was ... <a title="Scrap or reform Fiji’s media law, says new elections report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/scrap-or-reform-fijis-media-law-says-new-elections-report/" aria-label="Read more about Scrap or reform Fiji’s media law, says new elections report">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Maher, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Dan Himbrechts/AAP The much-debated term “neoliberalism” again entered the political debate last week, with Greens leader Adam Bandt using a National Press Club speech to decry neoliberalism in the Labor Party. Bandt claimed ... <a title="Explainer: how neoliberalism became an insult in Australian politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/explainer-how-neoliberalism-became-an-insult-in-australian-politics-188291/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how neoliberalism became an insult in Australian politics">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tara McAllister, Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Given most New Zealand universities have goals for increasing Māori and Pacific student and staff numbers, we need to ask why their numbers still remain stubbornly low in the research sector – and ... <a title="Racism, exclusion and tokenism: how Māori and Pacific science graduates are still marginalised at university" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/racism-exclusion-and-tokenism-how-maori-and-pacific-science-graduates-are-still-marginalised-at-university-188052/" aria-label="Read more about Racism, exclusion and tokenism: how Māori and Pacific science graduates are still marginalised at university">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, Macquarie University Shutterstock There’s nothing like the fresh eggs from your own hens, the more than 400,000 Australians who keep backyard chooks will tell you. Unfortunately, it’s often not just freshness and flavour that set their eggs ... <a title="Backyard hens’ eggs contain 40 times more lead on average than shop eggs, research finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/backyard-hens-eggs-contain-40-times-more-lead-on-average-than-shop-eggs-research-finds-187442/" aria-label="Read more about Backyard hens’ eggs contain 40 times more lead on average than shop eggs, research finds">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The Uffindell scandal raises big questions about integrity in National National is dripping “blue blood” again. The revelations over Sam Uffindell’s violent assault indicate that the National Party under Christopher Luxon hasn’t quite shed the toxicity and internal damage of the last few years. The crises besetting the party ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Uffindell scandal raises big questions about integrity in National" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-uffindell-scandal-raises-big-questions-about-integrity-in-national/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Uffindell scandal raises big questions about integrity in National">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Last Friday’s twist in the long prosecution of Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle – now headed for its fifth year – brings into relief the serious flaws in our ... <a title="Tax office whistleblowing saga points to reforms needed in three vital areas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/tax-office-whistleblowing-saga-points-to-reforms-needed-in-three-vital-areas-187608/" aria-label="Read more about Tax office whistleblowing saga points to reforms needed in three vital areas">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erik Eklund, Professor of History, Australian National University Uranium concentrate, known as yellowcake Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Flickr, CC BY-SA Last week, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton sought to revive the hoary old debate of nuclear power in Australia, announcing an internal review into whether the Liberals should back the ... <a title="Uranium prices are soaring, and Australia’s hoary old nuclear debate is back in the headlines. Here’s what it all means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/uranium-prices-are-soaring-and-australias-hoary-old-nuclear-debate-is-back-in-the-headlines-heres-what-it-all-means-188149/" aria-label="Read more about Uranium prices are soaring, and Australia’s hoary old nuclear debate is back in the headlines. Here’s what it all means">Read more</a>
