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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University The United States military plans to start using thousands of autonomous weapons systems in the next two years in a bid to counter China’s growing power, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced in a speech on ... <a title="US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/us-military-plans-to-unleash-thousands-of-autonomous-war-robots-over-next-two-years-212444/" aria-label="Read more about US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra October 14, is the day Australians will head to their polling booths to vote for or against an Indigenous Voice being enshrined in the Constitution. Anthony Albanese announced the date in a speech in Adelaide on Wednesday, as politicians across ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of The Voice – Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin and former deputy prime minister John Anderson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/politics-with-michelle-grattan-battle-of-the-voice-yes23-campaign-director-dean-parkin-and-former-deputy-prime-minister-john-anderson-212471/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of The Voice – Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin and former deputy prime minister John Anderson">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sana Nakata, Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images of deceased people. Today, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced an October 14 date for a national referendum on whether to amend the Constitution ... <a title="A divided Australia will soon vote on the most significant referendum on Indigenous rights in 50 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/a-divided-australia-will-soon-vote-on-the-most-significant-referendum-on-indigenous-rights-in-50-years-212259/" aria-label="Read more about A divided Australia will soon vote on the most significant referendum on Indigenous rights in 50 years">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor emerita, University of Sydney Australians will go to the polls on October 14 to vote in a referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. We have not voted in a federal referendum since 1999. So what do you need to know? How ... <a title="Australians will vote in a referendum on October 14. What do you need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/australians-will-vote-in-a-referendum-on-october-14-what-do-you-need-to-know-195352/" aria-label="Read more about Australians will vote in a referendum on October 14. What do you need to know?">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University The fact that altering the Australian constitution requires a vote by the Australian people means that Voice referendum will become a vote about Australian nationhood. This also means that the underlying question of the referendum is ... <a title="Why the ‘yes’ campaign should embrace the politics of nationhood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/why-the-yes-campaign-should-embrace-the-politics-of-nationhood-212006/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ‘yes’ campaign should embrace the politics of nationhood">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today announced that the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament will be held on October 14. To succeed, a constitutional referendum requires ... <a title="As referendum set for October 14, ‘yes’ is behind and the poll trends are unfavourable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/as-referendum-set-for-october-14-yes-is-behind-and-the-poll-trends-are-unfavourable-212005/" aria-label="Read more about As referendum set for October 14, ‘yes’ is behind and the poll trends are unfavourable">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the Voice to Parliament referendum will take place on Saturday October 14. This is a critical moment in the referendum’s outcome. The “yes” and “no” campaigns ... <a title="Voice referendum: is the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ camp winning on social media, advertising spend and in the polls?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/voice-referendum-is-the-yes-or-no-camp-winning-on-social-media-advertising-spend-and-in-the-polls-208956/" aria-label="Read more about Voice referendum: is the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ camp winning on social media, advertising spend and in the polls?">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland A group of crossbench parliamentarians have revived the idea of increasing the rate of the goods and services tax from 10% or removing exemptions on food, education and health purchases. The group, which includes Allegra Spender and ... <a title="We can talk about a higher rate of GST in Australia, but it will never happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/we-can-talk-about-a-higher-rate-of-gst-in-australia-but-it-will-never-happen-212380/" aria-label="Read more about We can talk about a higher rate of GST in Australia, but it will never happen">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
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. NZ Politics Daily: 30 August 2023 Today’s content NATIONAL’S TAX POLICY, DONATIONS, PITCH TO BUSINESS 1News: National’s tax plan: ‘Help on the way’ for ‘squeezed middle’ – Luxon Thomas Coughlan ... <a title="Newsletter: August 30 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/newsletter-august-30-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 30 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney Australian media have significantly increased their reporting on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Chinese-Australian communities in the past few years. But how fair is that coverage? The Lowy Institute asked 2,000 Australians exactly ... <a title="More work to do: how Chinese-Australians perceive coverage of themselves and China in Australian media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/more-work-to-do-how-chinese-australians-perceive-coverage-of-themselves-and-china-in-australian-media-211432/" aria-label="Read more about More work to do: how Chinese-Australians perceive coverage of themselves and China in Australian media">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
By Anish Chand in Lautoka The biggest danger to Fiji’s security and stability remains the possibility of another coup “when the circumstances are right”, warns a leading Fiji academic. University of Canterbury’s Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies director Professor Steven Ratuva said this while speaking at the recent National Federation Party’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations ... <a title="Threat of another coup still ‘one of biggest dangers’ for Fiji, says Ratuva" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/threat-of-another-coup-still-one-of-biggest-dangers-for-fiji-says-ratuva/" aria-label="Read more about Threat of another coup still ‘one of biggest dangers’ for Fiji, says Ratuva">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evgenii Krestianinov, PhD candidate, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University Steve Jurvetson / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA In May 2020, some unusual rocks containing distinctive greenish crystals were found in the Erg Chech sand sea, a dune-filled region of the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. On ... <a title="Sahara space rock 4.5 billion years old upends assumptions about the early Solar System" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/sahara-space-rock-4-5-billion-years-old-upends-assumptions-about-the-early-solar-system-212255/" aria-label="Read more about Sahara space rock 4.5 billion years old upends assumptions about the early Solar System">Read more</a>
