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July 4, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto No government likes to be called out for human rights abuses and it’s uncomfortable to do so, particularly when the abuser is either a friend or a country with which we have strong economic links. In our relations with China, this is a difficult issue for us. However, we should always ... <a title="NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/nz-inert-over-israels-flagrant-violations-in-occupied-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Minister of Bougainville Affairs, Manasseh Makiba, believes an absolute majority is needed for the vote on the Bougainville referendum because it involves changing the constitution. Makiba told Parliament last month that two thirds of MPs would need to support the independence push, drawing the ire of Bougainville’s Minister of Independence ... <a title="Minister dismisses Bougainville criticism over independence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/minister-dismisses-bougainville-criticism-over-independence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Minister dismisses Bougainville criticism over independence vote">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Someone’s got to say it: it’s just not cricket! Prime ministers current and former have stepped up to the crease. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is delivering spinners. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s playing it ... <a title="Cricket’s wicket ways: what the furore over a stumping tells us about Anglo-Australian relations (spoiler: they’ll survive)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/crickets-wicket-ways-what-the-furore-over-a-stumping-tells-us-about-anglo-australian-relations-spoiler-theyll-survive-209026/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket’s wicket ways: what the furore over a stumping tells us about Anglo-Australian relations (spoiler: they’ll survive)">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Chlöe Swarbrick In 1988, our National Housing Commission declared, “New Zealand does not have the huge, insoluble problems of homelessness and substandard housing which confront many other nations.” This was the final report of the then disestablished commission, which to that point had reported detailed data every five years to keep the country ... <a title="Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty – who pays the cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/chloe-swarbrick-housing-in-nz-a-major-driver-of-poverty-who-pays-the-cost/" aria-label="Read more about Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty – who pays the cost?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP The Reserve Bank decided to keep interest rates on hold at 4.1% because it thinks there’s a chance – just a chance – it has lifted them all it needs to. In his ... <a title="The RBA has kept interest rates on hold. Here’s why it’ll be cautious from here on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/the-rba-has-kept-interest-rates-on-hold-heres-why-itll-be-cautious-from-here-on-208917/" aria-label="Read more about The RBA has kept interest rates on hold. Here’s why it’ll be cautious from here on">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Hong Kong activist Nathan Law was one of the eight activists targeted with arrest warrants this week. Here, he is seen taking part in a protest during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Germany in 2020. Markus ... <a title="Bounties on exiled Hong Kong activists show the ambitious reach of China’s political repression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/bounties-on-exiled-hong-kong-activists-show-the-ambitious-reach-of-chinas-political-repression-209029/" aria-label="Read more about Bounties on exiled Hong Kong activists show the ambitious reach of China’s political repression">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seyedali Mirjalili, Professor, Director of Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimisation, Torrens University Australia AI image produced using the prompt ‘hyper-realistic ten hands on a picture with text saying hello’. Midjourney, Author provided Generative AI tools such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2 have astounded ... <a title="If AI image generators are so smart, why do they struggle to write and count?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/if-ai-image-generators-are-so-smart-why-do-they-struggle-to-write-and-count-208485/" aria-label="Read more about If AI image generators are so smart, why do they struggle to write and count?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Harris, Senior Research Fellow, Acting Director, CHETRE, UNSW Sydney The Minns government’s approach to planning Sydney is troubling in terms of direction and substance. The announcement that it will “fold” the Greater Cities Commission back into the Department of Planning raises several red flags for planning ... <a title="By gutting the Greater Cities Commission, the NSW government is setting up itself and Sydney for failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/by-gutting-the-greater-cities-commission-the-nsw-government-is-setting-up-itself-and-sydney-for-failure-208934/" aria-label="Read more about By gutting the Greater Cities Commission, the NSW government is setting up itself and Sydney for failure">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Jean Baker, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University Markus Spiske/Unsplash A new survey of 126 women and non-binary punters and artists working the music industry in Melbourne has found 60% of respondents feel unsafe in music spaces. The survey found sexual violence disempowers female music workers, ... <a title="60% of women and non-binary punters and artists feel unsafe in Melbourne’s music spaces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/60-of-women-and-non-binary-punters-and-artists-feel-unsafe-in-melbournes-music-spaces-205399/" aria-label="Read more about 60% of women and non-binary punters and artists feel unsafe in Melbourne’s music spaces">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrine Del Villar, Postdoctoral research fellow, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock The ACT Labor-Greens government is currently considering legalising voluntary assisted dying, as has recently occurred in all six Australian states. But the results of community consultation on the topic suggest the ACT’s proposed legislation may differ ... <a title="Should terminally ill young people be able to choose voluntary assisted dying? The ACT is considering it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/should-terminally-ill-young-people-be-able-to-choose-voluntary-assisted-dying-the-act-is-considering-it-208837/" aria-label="Read more about Should terminally ill young people be able to choose voluntary assisted dying? The ACT is considering it">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Fitzpatrick, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney Perpetrators of family violence will often use money to hurt and control their victims. Shutterstock Ella never knew when her credit card was going to be declined. It happened when she was shopping for groceries with ... <a title="Banks put family violence perpetrators on notice. Stop using accounts to commit abuse or risk being ‘debanked’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/banks-put-family-violence-perpetrators-on-notice-stop-using-accounts-to-commit-abuse-or-risk-being-debanked-208575/" aria-label="Read more about Banks put family violence perpetrators on notice. Stop using accounts to commit abuse or risk being ‘debanked’">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Stalker, Senior principal research scientist, CSIRO Shutterstock Hydrogen comes in an ever-increasing range of colours. Green hydrogen, made by cracking water into oxygen and hydrogen. Blue hydrogen, made from natural gas with the carbon emissions captured and stored. Grey hydrogen, using natural gas with carbon dioxide ... <a title="The earth might hold huge stores of natural hydrogen – and prospectors are already scouring South Australia for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/the-earth-might-hold-huge-stores-of-natural-hydrogen-and-prospectors-are-already-scouring-south-australia-for-it-204904/" aria-label="Read more about The earth might hold huge stores of natural hydrogen – and prospectors are already scouring South Australia for it">Read more</a>
