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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Special Minister of State Don Farrell, who’s also minister for trade and tourism and the government’s deputy leader in the Senate, is a numbers man from way back. A powerbroker of the right, in 2012 Farrell (only a parliamentary secretary ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor’s ‘Godfather’ seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/grattan-on-friday-labors-godfather-seeks-deal-on-electoral-reform-but-some-fear-changes-could-disadvantage-community-candidates-208285/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor’s ‘Godfather’ seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Papua New Guinean academic says the new security deals with the United States will militarise his country and anyone who thinks otherwise is naïve. In May, PNG’s Defence Minister Win Barki Daki and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed the Defence Cooperation Agreement and the Shiprider ... <a title="PNG academic says Port Moresby politicians naïve over US defence deals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/png-academic-says-port-moresby-politicians-naive-over-us-defence-deals/" aria-label="Read more about PNG academic says Port Moresby politicians naïve over US defence deals">Read more</a>
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June 22, 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: A wild and badly behaved parliamentary fortnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/word-from-the-hill-a-wild-and-badly-behaved-parliamentary-fortnight-208299/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: A wild and badly behaved parliamentary fortnight">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Michael Wood has become a victim of his own complacency about conflicts of interest. He simply didn’t take integrity rules meant to protect the New Zealand political system from corruption seriously. And that’s rightly led to his downfall. Wood’s complacency about corruption-prevention is hardly unique. The whole country has generally ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Era of complacency over political conflicts of interest is over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-era-of-complacency-over-political-conflicts-of-interest-is-over/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Era of complacency over political conflicts of interest is over">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Hardy, Associate Professor, Tourism and Society, University of Tasmania Alan Berner/The Seattle Times/AP The world has watched in shock as rescue crews feverishly search for the Titan submersible vehicle, which disappeared while attempting to take tourists to view the wreckage of the Titanic in the North ... <a title="Why is extreme ‘frontier travel’ booming despite the risks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/why-is-extreme-frontier-travel-booming-despite-the-risks-208201/" aria-label="Read more about Why is extreme ‘frontier travel’ booming despite the risks?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristie Patricia Flannery, Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University Royal Museums Greenwich The question on many minds this week is why did some of the world’s richest men risk death to venture to the bottom of the sea in a cold and ... <a title="Disaster, opulence, and the merciless ocean: why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/disaster-opulence-and-the-merciless-ocean-why-the-titanic-disaster-continues-to-enthral-208200/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster, opulence, and the merciless ocean: why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Are you ever tempted to pour used cooking oil down the sink? Just turn on the tap and flush it all away. What about that half-used tin of paint in the cupboard? It would be ... <a title="Why shouldn’t I pour oil or paint down the sink? And what should I do instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/why-shouldnt-i-pour-oil-or-paint-down-the-sink-and-what-should-i-do-instead-206604/" aria-label="Read more about Why shouldn’t I pour oil or paint down the sink? And what should I do instead?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University For the past 15 months, I have been helping residents living near the massive Cadia gold and copper mine in NSW to verify their concerns about pollution from the mine. The findings of alarming levels of ... <a title="Huge Cadia gold mine ordered to reduce polluting dust. Is it safe to live near a mine like this?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/huge-cadia-gold-mine-ordered-to-reduce-polluting-dust-is-it-safe-to-live-near-a-mine-like-this-208111/" aria-label="Read more about Huge Cadia gold mine ordered to reduce polluting dust. Is it safe to live near a mine like this?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Fusil, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide OceanGate The oxygen supply of the missing Titan submersible is expected to run out today around 10am GMT, or 8pm AEST. A frantic search continues for the Titan and its five occupants, with sonar ... <a title="As the clock ticks on the Titan sub, an expert explains what safety features a submersible should have" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/as-the-clock-ticks-on-the-titan-sub-an-expert-explains-what-safety-features-a-submersible-should-have-208187/" aria-label="Read more about As the clock ticks on the Titan sub, an expert explains what safety features a submersible should have">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat’s comments on West Papua during this week’s diplomatic visit to Indonesia. In a joint press conference with Indonesian Vice-President Ma’ruf Amin, Napat restated his commitment to the “Melanesian way”. Movement president Benny Wenda has issued ... <a title="ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/ulmwp-welcomes-vanuatu-leaders-melanesian-way-vow-in-jakarta/" aria-label="Read more about ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Paul and Selwyn deep dive into the battle to control a narrative, waged by all sides in a polarised combative world, and how modern mainstream media institutions, like Radio New Zealand, fall vulnerable in the absence of robust all-sides-considered analysis and debate.
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Wheatley, Laboratory Head, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock In early 2021, recommendations about COVID vaccines were pretty straightforward – get two doses, as soon as you are eligible. A year later, we knew getting a third dose was important for protection ... <a title="Do I need a booster vaccine if I recently had COVID? What if I’m not sure what I had?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/do-i-need-a-booster-vaccine-if-i-recently-had-covid-what-if-im-not-sure-what-i-had-207724/" aria-label="Read more about Do I need a booster vaccine if I recently had COVID? What if I’m not sure what I had?">Read more</a>
