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August 3, 2023
By Mackenzie Smith and Toby Mann of ABC Pacific Beat Concerns have been raised about foreign influence in Pacific media after it was revealed Solomon Islands’ longest-running newspaper received funding from China in return for favourable coverage. Earlier this week the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) revealed how China has been attempting to ... <a title="China trying to buy influence with Pacific media as it strengthens its presence in region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/03/china-trying-to-buy-influence-with-pacific-media-as-it-strengthens-its-presence-in-region/" aria-label="Read more about China trying to buy influence with Pacific media as it strengthens its presence in region">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya An Indonesian court has held a hearing to consider whether the ailing former Papua Governor, Lukas Enembe, is well enough to go on trial for the allegations of bribery and gratification that he is facing. The hearing was held in the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday to consider a second medical ... <a title="Ailing former Papuan governor Enembe now in detention cell after army hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/ailing-former-papuan-governor-enembe-now-in-detention-cell-after-army-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Ailing former Papuan governor Enembe now in detention cell after army hospital">Read more</a>
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August 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: Double dissolution hot air, PM dodging Treaty question, Morrison hit with counter punch after Robodebt speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/word-from-the-hill-double-dissolution-hot-air-pm-dodging-treaty-question-morrison-hit-with-counter-punch-after-robodebt-speech-210906/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Double dissolution hot air, PM dodging Treaty question, Morrison hit with counter punch after Robodebt speech">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Garma Festival is being held over the next few days in Arnhem Land. There will be a great deal of talk this year about the Voice. Anthony Albanese will speak on Saturday, but he won’t announce the date for ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘yes’ campaigner Thomas Mayo and ‘no’ advocate Derryn Hinch on the Voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-yes-campaigner-thomas-mayo-and-no-advocate-derryn-hinch-on-the-voice-210799/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘yes’ campaigner Thomas Mayo and ‘no’ advocate Derryn Hinch on the Voice">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
THE ISSUE: The movie Oppenheimer has renewed interest in the dawn of the nuclear era. Almost 80 years later, are we safer from nuclear war than we were in the years immediately after 1945?
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom van Laer, Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney Screenshot from Yes23 ad advocating for the “yes” campaign. YouTube Political advertising for the Voice campaign is ramping up, particularly on social media. So, who is the target audience for each campaign’s ad, what are their key ... <a title="Fear vs pride: how do the Voice to Parliament ads try to influence voters? And is it effective?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/fear-vs-pride-how-do-the-voice-to-parliament-ads-try-to-influence-voters-and-is-it-effective-209834/" aria-label="Read more about Fear vs pride: how do the Voice to Parliament ads try to influence voters? And is it effective?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Nagle, Outreach Manager, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, CSIRO NASA / JPL-Caltech In 1977, five years before ET asked to “phone home”, two robotic spacecraft began their own journey into space. Almost 46 years later, after exploring the Solar System and beyond, one of those spacecraft ... <a title="Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/voyager-2-has-lost-track-of-earth-only-one-antenna-in-the-world-can-help-it-phone-home-210882/" aria-label="Read more about Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Lecturer in Social and Global Studies, RMIT University Sue Ogrocki/AP/AAP How many different ways are there to say “unprecedented”? Never before has a sitting or former president of the United States been indicted on federal charges. Former and aspiring President Donald J. Trump has now ... <a title="With yet another indictment, Donald Trump takes us into ‘unprecedented’ territory once again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/with-yet-another-indictment-donald-trump-takes-us-into-unprecedented-territory-once-again-210876/" aria-label="Read more about With yet another indictment, Donald Trump takes us into ‘unprecedented’ territory once again">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Soanes, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Dodging dog poo along the local path has become something of an Olympic sport of late. I thought I’d count path-side dog poo on my bike ride the other day and gave ... <a title="Leaving dog and cat poo lying around isn’t just gross. It’s a problem for native plants and animals, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/leaving-dog-and-cat-poo-lying-around-isnt-just-gross-its-a-problem-for-native-plants-and-animals-too-208288/" aria-label="Read more about Leaving dog and cat poo lying around isn’t just gross. It’s a problem for native plants and animals, too">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Hajdu, Director of The Sia Furler Institute, University of Adelaide Wikipedia/ Discord, CC BY-SA The 19th century concept of authorship revolved around the romantic view of the artist as a lone genius. In this model, every stroke of the brush, every note played and every word ... <a title="From Duchamp to AI: the transformation of authorship in art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/from-duchamp-to-ai-the-transformation-of-authorship-in-art-210059/" aria-label="Read more about From Duchamp to AI: the transformation of authorship in art">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Finn Cameron Gillies Parker, PhD candidate, University of Sydney Bush rat eating a beetle. Larney Grenfell/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC Humans have trained domestic animals for thousands of years, to help with farming, transport, or hunting. But can we train wild animals to help us in conservation work? Wild ... <a title="Unique study shows we can train wild predators to hunt alien species they’ve never seen before" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/unique-study-shows-we-can-train-wild-predators-to-hunt-alien-species-theyve-never-seen-before-210644/" aria-label="Read more about Unique study shows we can train wild predators to hunt alien species they’ve never seen before">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olli Hellmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato A recreation of the extinct huia. Auckland Museum, CC BY-SA Humans typically reserve their practices of mourning for loved ones. But extending these rituals of grief and loss to non-human animals (and our shared habitats) can also ... <a title="Call of the huia: how NZ’s bird of the century contest helps us express ‘ecological grief’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/call-of-the-huia-how-nzs-bird-of-the-century-contest-helps-us-express-ecological-grief-210698/" aria-label="Read more about Call of the huia: how NZ’s bird of the century contest helps us express ‘ecological grief’">Read more</a>
