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October 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yu Tao, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, The University of Western Australia The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, currently underway in Beijing, is China’s most significant political event in half a decade. Like the pre-election leaders’ debates in Western democracies, the party congress, ... <a title="How will China interact with the world over the next 5 years? Xi’s new speech holds clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/how-will-china-interact-with-the-world-over-the-next-5-years-xis-new-speech-holds-clues-192594/" aria-label="Read more about How will China interact with the world over the next 5 years? Xi’s new speech holds clues">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party says France’s refusal to engage in any UN-supervised decolonisation process is becoming increasingly untenable. In 2013, the UN General Assembly re-inscribed the French territory on its decolonisation list, but Paris has rejected the decision and keeps boycotting the annual decolonisation committee’s debate on French Polynesia. While France ... <a title="France’s refusal to engage over Tahiti decolonisation ‘increasingly untenable’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/frances-refusal-to-engage-over-tahiti-decolonisation-increasingly-untenable/" aria-label="Read more about France’s refusal to engage over Tahiti decolonisation ‘increasingly untenable’">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, says French Polynesian territorial President Édouard Fritch. Fritch was responding to a renewed call by the pro-independence opposition Tavini Huiraatira party to follow up on reports dating back to 2016 that radiation ... <a title="France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/france-must-pay-for-study-on-genetic-impact-of-its-pacific-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
PNG Post-Courier A Papua New Guinean businessman has been arrested and charged by police as the first of 15 “persons of interest” relating to post national election violence in the Southern Highlands Province earlier this year. Police have confirmed the unsuccessful candidate for the SHP regional seat, Peter Nupiri, a former chair of PNG Power ... <a title="Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/businessman-nupiri-arrested-charged-over-png-election-violence-at-mendi/" aria-label="Read more about Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
NZ Pacific A Pacific media academic says Fiji is still not a fully-fledged democracy and is recovering from the impacts of the 2006 coup — the country’s fourth since gaining independence 52 years ago. The University of the South Pacific’s head of journalism Associate Professor Shailendra Singh said Fiji’s transition from authoritarianism to greater democracy ... <a title="Fiji elections: ‘Smooth transition’ vital for both country and Pacific, says Singh" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/fiji-elections-smooth-transition-vital-for-both-country-and-pacific-says-singh/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: ‘Smooth transition’ vital for both country and Pacific, says Singh">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Simpson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Macquarie University Shutterstock How low does a casino operator in Australia have to go before it loses its gaming licence? That question is still hanging after the punishment meted out this week to the operator of The Star Sydney casino – ... <a title="Star Sydney suspension: how do casino operators found so unfit get to keep their licences?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/star-sydney-suspension-how-do-casino-operators-found-so-unfit-get-to-keep-their-licences-192608/" aria-label="Read more about Star Sydney suspension: how do casino operators found so unfit get to keep their licences?">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Hagstrom, Senior Lecturer, Exercise Physiology. Director of Teaching and Education, School of Health Sciences, UNSW., UNSW Sydney Shutterstock So you want to lift weights but aren’t sure where to start. You scroll through your Instagram feed looking for guidance – but all you see are fitness ... <a title="Lift heavy or smaller weights with high reps? It all depends on your goal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/lift-heavy-or-smaller-weights-with-high-reps-it-all-depends-on-your-goal-190902/" aria-label="Read more about Lift heavy or smaller weights with high reps? It all depends on your goal">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP Jim Chalmers is a wily operator. Ahead of delivering his first budget next Tuesday, he has given himself room to do the things a treasurer needs to do. For a while, his predecessor ... <a title="Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets – and Jim Chalmers is ready to talk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/australia-needs-an-honest-conversation-about-tax-and-budgets-and-jim-chalmers-is-ready-to-talk-192603/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets – and Jim Chalmers is ready to talk">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Lobbyists use the revolving door into mayoral offices Lobbyists are currently facing increased scrutiny, especially in terms of their propensity to shift back and forwards through Parliament’s “revolving door” – most starkly illustrated by former Cabinet Minister Kris Faafoi setting up a lobbying company only months after leaving the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lobbyists use the revolving door into mayoral offices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-lobbyists-use-the-revolving-door-into-mayoral-offices/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lobbyists use the revolving door into mayoral offices">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cristobal Sierra, Research associate, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock When it rains, it pours. And when it pours – like it has this year – we get potholes. While minor potholes are an inconvenience, major potholes can destroy car wheels and cause crashes, as dozens of motorists ... <a title="Suddenly dodging potholes after all this rain? Here’s how drones could help with repairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/suddenly-dodging-potholes-after-all-this-rain-heres-how-drones-could-help-with-repairs-191077/" aria-label="Read more about Suddenly dodging potholes after all this rain? Here’s how drones could help with repairs">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sumudu Mallawaarachchi, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology, Deakin University Shutterstock From learning numbers to learning how to brush your teeth, it seems there’s a kids’ app for everything. Recent US statistics indicate more than half of toddlers and three-quarters of preschoolers regularly access mobile apps. So it’s ... <a title="3 ways app developers keep kids glued to the screen – and what to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/3-ways-app-developers-keep-kids-glued-to-the-screen-and-what-to-do-about-it-191672/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways app developers keep kids glued to the screen – and what to do about it">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Westaway, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Wikimedia, CC BY-SA For most of Australia’s human past sea levels were lower than they are today. Australia’s mainland was connected to Papua New Guinea and Tasmania as part of a ... <a title="New dates suggest Oceania’s megafauna lived until 25,000 years ago, implying coexistence with people for 40,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/new-dates-suggest-oceanias-megafauna-lived-until-25-000-years-ago-implying-coexistence-with-people-for-40-000-years-191857/" aria-label="Read more about New dates suggest Oceania’s megafauna lived until 25,000 years ago, implying coexistence with people for 40,000 years">Read more</a>
