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December 8, 2022
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist With the Fiji general election just days away, a major political party has condemned the arrests of its deputy leaders on charges of vote buying. People’s Alliance deputy party leaders Lynda Tabuya and Dan Lobendhan appeared in court on Tuesday after being questioned by the Fiji Independent Commission Against ... <a title="Rabuka condemns ‘outrageous’ arrests of deputy leaders so close to Fiji poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/rabuka-condemns-outrageous-arrests-of-deputy-leaders-so-close-to-fiji-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka condemns ‘outrageous’ arrests of deputy leaders so close to Fiji poll">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Yesterday RNZ’s Nine to Noon programme looked at the impact of redundancies at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) among academic staff — particularly on post-graduate students who are losing their supervisors. The university has announced that 170 academic positions are being cut, but there are concerns about whether the criteria by which staff were selected ... <a title="AUT VC Damon Salesa responds over 170 academic staff cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/aut-vc-damon-salesa-responds-over-170-academic-staff-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about AUT VC Damon Salesa responds over 170 academic staff cuts">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians are currently confronting a cost of living crisis that includes soaring energy prices. Ministers have been working for weeks on a strategy to contain the prices of coal and gas, driven up by the fallout from the Ukraine war. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy crisis has ‘badly damaged’ social licence of coal and gas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/politics-with-michelle-grattan-energy-crisis-has-badly-damaged-social-licence-of-coal-and-gas-196140/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy crisis has ‘badly damaged’ social licence of coal and gas">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter K. Lee, Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and Defence Program, USSC, University of Sydney Michael Reynolds/EPA/AAP Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III for the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations ... <a title="Australia and US take realist approach to regional influence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/australia-and-us-take-realist-approach-to-regional-influence-196118/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and US take realist approach to regional influence">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Douglas, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Using fire and burning, and threats to burn, as part of family violence is more common than many people realise. These tools and tactics are used to coercively control a partner or ex-partner. Recent legal cases highlight ... <a title="Family violence can include fire threats and burning. We can do more to protect women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/family-violence-can-include-fire-threats-and-burning-we-can-do-more-to-protect-women-195197/" aria-label="Read more about Family violence can include fire threats and burning. We can do more to protect women">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time - 6pm USEST - In this, the 24th episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will examine whether there is, in reality, such a thing as foreign policy independence in today's world.
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Schuyler Marinac, Lecturer, College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University Shutterstock Last week, four Indonesian fishermen were convicted for taking shark fins and poaching fish in Australian waters. The four men were spotted off remote Niiwalarra/Sir Graham Moore island in the Kimberley region of ... <a title="Jailing Indonesians for shark finning in Australian waters doesn’t solve the real driver – poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/jailing-indonesians-for-shark-finning-in-australian-waters-doesnt-solve-the-real-driver-poverty-195909/" aria-label="Read more about Jailing Indonesians for shark finning in Australian waters doesn’t solve the real driver – poverty">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney Before the Qatar World Cup began, FIFA launched a social campaign called “Football Unites the World”. FIFA acknowledged “the world is divided […] with conflicts and global crises”, but promised the World Cup “will bring people ... <a title="FIFA’s mirage of unity: why the World Cup is a vessel for political protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/fifas-mirage-of-unity-why-the-world-cup-is-a-vessel-for-political-protest-195432/" aria-label="Read more about FIFA’s mirage of unity: why the World Cup is a vessel for political protest">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today THREE WATERS Thomas Manch (Stuff): Make no mistake, Labour knew it was passing controversial Three Waters entrenchment clause Thomas Cranmer: A government humiliated Thomas ... <a title="Newsletter: December 7 2022 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/newsletter-december-7-2022-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: December 7 2022 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images Thousands of delegates have gathered in Montreal, Canada, for a once-in-a-decade chance to address the accelerating pace of species loss and the dangers of ecosystem breakdown. COP15 brings together parties to the UN Convention on Biological ... <a title="Avoiding climate breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s biodiversity — can the COP15 summit deliver?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/avoiding-climate-breakdown-depends-on-protecting-earths-biodiversity-can-the-cop15-summit-deliver-195902/" aria-label="Read more about Avoiding climate breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s biodiversity — can the COP15 summit deliver?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy McKenry, Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University Classical music is surprisingly controversial. For some, it’s a pinnacle of cultural achievement. For others it perpetuates class inequality and upholds “white middle class social domination”. To controversy, we can add contradiction! We love to hear the instruments and ... <a title="I’m going to a classical music concert for the first time. What should I know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/im-going-to-a-classical-music-concert-for-the-first-time-what-should-i-know-195290/" aria-label="Read more about I’m going to a classical music concert for the first time. What should I know?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2022
By Serafina Silaitoga in Suva The solution to Fiji’s problems is to vote out the FijiFirst government, says People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka. Speaking to about 1000 supporters who welcomed Rabuka with cheers of “480” — his votng candidacy number — at the party rally in Labasa last Saturday, he assured voters that his ... <a title="Fiji elections: Solution to nation’s problems – ‘vote out FijiFirst’, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/fiji-elections-solution-to-nations-problems-vote-out-fijifirst-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Solution to nation’s problems – ‘vote out FijiFirst’, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
