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June 6, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia’s pro-independence parties are prepared to negotiate changes to the provincial electoral rolls, according to French Overseas Minister Gerald Darmanin. On his second visit to Noumea in less than four months, the minister announced the apparent change in the stance of the pro-independence FLNKS movement, which until now ... <a title="French minister says FLNKS ‘willing to discuss’ election roll changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/french-minister-says-flnks-willing-to-discuss-election-roll-changes/" aria-label="Read more about French minister says FLNKS ‘willing to discuss’ election roll changes">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University Shutterstock The odds have been shortening on the Reserve Bank of Australia lifting interest again, and Australia’s workers are again being blamed for driving inflation. Harvey ... <a title="Don’t blame Australia’s lowest-paid workers if interest rates rise again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/dont-blame-australias-lowest-paid-workers-if-interest-rates-rise-again-206928/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t blame Australia’s lowest-paid workers if interest rates rise again">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It would be foolish to over-read the latest Newspoll. It doesn’t point to doom for the Voice, but it does suggest the referendum is in a fight of its life. And it underscores how high the stakes are for Anthony ... <a title="View from The Hill: Dutton would get a lashing if Voice lost, but the implications would be more serious for Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/view-from-the-hill-dutton-would-get-a-lashing-if-voice-lost-but-the-implications-would-be-more-serious-for-albanese-207027/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Dutton would get a lashing if Voice lost, but the implications would be more serious for Albanese">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Adams, Professor of Corporate Law & Head UNE Law School, University of New England Shutterstock What penalties does the consulting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers face for sharing confidential government tax policy information and (in its words) betraying the public’s trust? At most, there’s possible jail time for the ... <a title="There’s more than reputation at stake: PwC faces penalties, including possible jail time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/theres-more-than-reputation-at-stake-pwc-faces-penalties-including-possible-jail-time-206853/" aria-label="Read more about There’s more than reputation at stake: PwC faces penalties, including possible jail time">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hamer, Professor of Evidence Law, University of Sydney The New South Wales Attorney-General Michael Daley today announced Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned after having served 20 years for the murder of three of her infant children and the manslaughter of a fourth child. She has already ... <a title="Kathleen Folbigg pardon shows Australia needs a dedicated body to investigate wrongful convictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/kathleen-folbigg-pardon-shows-australia-needs-a-dedicated-body-to-investigate-wrongful-convictions-205645/" aria-label="Read more about Kathleen Folbigg pardon shows Australia needs a dedicated body to investigate wrongful convictions">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kit Messham-Muir, Professor in Art, Curtin University On Friday, the Federal Court dismissed Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times. Justice Anthony Besanko ruled the newspapers had established, by the “balance of probabilities” (the standard of evidence in a ... <a title="What should the Australian War Memorial do with its heroic portraits of Ben Roberts-Smith?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/what-should-the-australian-war-memorial-do-with-its-heroic-portraits-of-ben-roberts-smith-206934/" aria-label="Read more about What should the Australian War Memorial do with its heroic portraits of Ben Roberts-Smith?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
By Lincoln Tan of The New Zealand Herald Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria, who quit following complaints about inappropriate workplace behaviour, has broken his silence and started a podcast he says would “set some records straight”. The Emmy-nominated broadcaster lasted just 32 days at TVNZ after working at Al Jazeera, where he had also ... <a title="Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks year-long silence in The Balance podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/former-tvnz-breakfast-host-kamahl-santamaria-breaks-year-long-silence-in-the-balance-podcast/" aria-label="Read more about Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks year-long silence in The Balance podcast">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Arnott, PhD Candidate, Griffith University The Australian Electoral Commission has launched a website aimed at rebutting disinformation. This is a timely change, as we are seeing an increase of both disinformation and misinformation being spread about the First Nations Voice to Parliament. Disinformation and misinformation are ... <a title="How we can avoid political misinformation in the lead-up to the Voice referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/how-we-can-avoid-political-misinformation-in-the-lead-up-to-the-voice-referendum-206500/" aria-label="Read more about How we can avoid political misinformation in the lead-up to the Voice referendum">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
RNZ Pacific Paediatrician Dr Teuila Percival heads the list of Pacific recipients in the New Zealand King’s Birthday Honours List for 2023. Dr Percival is one of at least 15 Pasifika people in New Zealand who are on the list. She is to be a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for ... <a title="Fifteen Pasifika people on NZ King’s Birthday Honours List" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/fifteen-pasifika-people-on-nz-kings-birthday-honours-list/" aria-label="Read more about Fifteen Pasifika people on NZ King’s Birthday Honours List">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the top accolades in today’s King’s Birthday Honours. Ardern, who was prime minister from September 2017 until January this year, has been appointed a Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. She received the ... <a title="King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/kings-birthday-honours-former-nz-leader-jacinda-ardern-receives-high-accolade/" aria-label="Read more about King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
South Australia now joins New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland, states which have already passed anti-protest laws imposing severe penalties on people who engage in peaceful civil disobedience. However, South Australia’s new law carries the harshest financial penalties in Australia. Thirteen Upper House Labor and Liberal MPs voted for the Bill, opposed by two ... <a title="South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/south-australia-adopts-draconian-new-law-curbing-peaceful-climate-protest/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The president of a West Papuan advocacy group has appealed to the militants holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage to free him unconditionally and unharmed, describing him as an “innocent pawn”. United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) president Benny Wenda said he held “deepest concern” for the life of Mehrtens, ... <a title="Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/wenda-calls-on-papuan-rebels-to-free-nz-pilot-unconditionally/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’">Read more</a>
