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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Shutterstock/NeydtStock Tobacco companies claim to be transforming their business by “reducing the health impact” of their products. Yet they often oppose the very policies that could achieve this goal. British American Tobacco NZ supplies about two thirds of ... <a title="Why tobacco companies’ warnings about a black market are inflated – and misleading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/why-tobacco-companies-warnings-about-a-black-market-are-inflated-and-misleading-204272/" aria-label="Read more about Why tobacco companies’ warnings about a black market are inflated – and misleading">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Dissident Papua New Guinean politician and former cabinet minister Bryan Kramer has vowed to fight on in his campaign against corruption, saying the National Court ruling to dismiss him as an MP was “the calm before the storm”. “The decision to dismiss me was expected and of course, it is certainly not the ... <a title="‘Calm before the storm’ – PNG’s Bryan Kramer vows to fight on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/calm-before-the-storm-pngs-bryan-kramer-vows-to-fight-on/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Calm before the storm’ – PNG’s Bryan Kramer vows to fight on">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
By Stefan Armbruster A pro-independence party has decisively won elections in French Polynesia, marking a historic shift in one of France’s Pacific territories. Veteran politician Oscar Temaru’s Tavini Huira’atira party has secured an outright majority, putting future relations with France on the negotiating table along with its ambitions in the Pacific region. SBS News reportage ... <a title="Historic pro-independence party poll victory in French Polynesia – video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/historic-pro-independence-party-poll-victory-in-french-polynesia-video/" aria-label="Read more about Historic pro-independence party poll victory in French Polynesia – video">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Kha, Senior Lecturer in Law, Macquarie University Jon Super/AP/AAP King Charles III is the first British monarch who has previously had a civil marriage and a civil divorce. In 1981, Charles, then the Prince of Wales, married Lady Diana Spencer in a fairytale wedding watched by ... <a title="A new monarch who is a divorcee would once have scandalised. But Charles’ accession shows how much has changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/a-new-monarch-who-is-a-divorcee-would-once-have-scandalised-but-charles-accession-shows-how-much-has-changed-204544/" aria-label="Read more about A new monarch who is a divorcee would once have scandalised. But Charles’ accession shows how much has changed">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Since the 18th century, humans have been taking fossil fuels out of their safe storage deep underground and burning them to generate electricity or power machinery. We’ve now converted coal, oil and gas into more ... <a title="Two trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases, 25 billion nukes of heat: are we pushing Earth out of the Goldilocks zone?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/two-trillion-tonnes-of-greenhouse-gases-25-billion-nukes-of-heat-are-we-pushing-earth-out-of-the-goldilocks-zone-202619/" aria-label="Read more about Two trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases, 25 billion nukes of heat: are we pushing Earth out of the Goldilocks zone?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland Alex Bailey/Netflix Information about King Charles III’s coronation is coming out bit by bit from who will do what to the choice of music and the coronation emoji design. One fact was never in doubt: we can ... <a title="Coronations – real and imagined – on the screen: the outrageously disrespectful, the controversial and the tasteful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/coronations-real-and-imagined-on-the-screen-the-outrageously-disrespectful-the-controversial-and-the-tasteful-204539/" aria-label="Read more about Coronations – real and imagined – on the screen: the outrageously disrespectful, the controversial and the tasteful">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Gordon Walmsley, Senior Lecturer in Process and Energy Engineering, University of Waikato Getty Images New Zealand burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second in coal and natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes. This burning of fossil fuels for industrial heat generates ... <a title="NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/nz-industry-burns-the-equivalent-of-108-litres-of-petrol-every-second-that-has-to-reduce-to-meet-our-carbon-targets-204525/" aria-label="Read more about NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute AAP/Tracey Nearmy Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has long said Medicare is in the worst shape it’s been in decades. Premiers have come to successive national cabinet meetings saying primary care is failing – and demanding reform ... <a title="New Medicare reforms won’t fix everything but they start to tackle the system’s biggest problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/new-medicare-reforms-wont-fix-everything-but-they-start-to-tackle-the-systems-biggest-problems-204800/" aria-label="Read more about New Medicare reforms won’t fix everything but they start to tackle the system’s biggest problems">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva Mā’ohi Nui’s blue wave of the pro-independence Tavini Huir’atira has won its bet — to be back in the helm of the country alone with this convincing victory. With such a decisive result, the 57 parliamentary seats in the Territorial Assembly will be distributed as follow: 38 seats (including the ... <a title="Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/tahitis-pro-independence-blue-wave-back-at-helm-with-decisive-win/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Another rate rise, higher tax on cigarettes, and likely JobSeeker boost for over-55s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/word-from-the-hill-another-rate-rise-higher-tax-on-cigarettes-and-likely-jobseeker-boost-for-over-55s-204814/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Another rate rise, higher tax on cigarettes, and likely JobSeeker boost for over-55s">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University What was Treasurer Jim Chalmers thinking? Late last year he set up a committee he specifically asked to tell him how bad JobSeeker was. The exact words in its terms of reference required it to ... <a title="Presented with a JobSeeker finding too clear to ignore, he changed the subject: how Jim Chalmers is shaping the budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/presented-with-a-jobseeker-finding-too-clear-to-ignore-he-changed-the-subject-how-jim-chalmers-is-shaping-the-budget-204754/" aria-label="Read more about Presented with a JobSeeker finding too clear to ignore, he changed the subject: how Jim Chalmers is shaping the budget">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ariel Liebman, Ariel Liebman Director, Monash Energy Institute and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Gareth Fuller/PA via AP The federal government’s plan to extend the gas price cap is not surprising, given fundamental market issues remain. For as long as the ... <a title="Kicking the gas can down the road: why a gas price cap is the worst way to protect energy consumers." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/kicking-the-gas-can-down-the-road-why-a-gas-price-cap-is-the-worst-way-to-protect-energy-consumers-204752/" aria-label="Read more about Kicking the gas can down the road: why a gas price cap is the worst way to protect energy consumers.">Read more</a>
