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June 19, 2023
By Nelson Joe in Goroka At least a self-contained shelter is enough to attract international eco-tourists to Papua New Guinea, say tourism operators. David Van, an international tour guide operator, told the Bena tribe in Eastern Highlands province that international tourists had not experienced local life. The tribe nurtures the 217ha Yasina Nature Park at ... <a title="PNG global tourism can thrive in local communities, says Yasina Park chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/png-global-tourism-can-thrive-in-local-communities-says-yasina-park-chief/" aria-label="Read more about PNG global tourism can thrive in local communities, says Yasina Park chief">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
RNZ Pacific The editor of the Marshall Islands Journal, Giff Johnson, is urging Pacific journalists not to be swayed by geopolitical narratives and to stay true to reporting stories that affect people in their daily lives. Held last Friday in Majuro, Johnson, who is also the co-founder of the Pacific Media Institute, hosted Pacific journalists ... <a title="Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/pacific-journos-urged-not-to-let-geopolitics-skew-their-narratives/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ≤ Caps on spending and donations for federal elections and “real time” disclosure of donations to parties and candidates are among the sweeping recommendations for reform made by a powerful parliamentary committee. The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, in ... <a title="Sweeping election donation and spending reforms recommended by parliamentary committee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/sweeping-election-donation-and-spending-reforms-recommended-by-parliamentary-committee-208030/" aria-label="Read more about Sweeping election donation and spending reforms recommended by parliamentary committee">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Greens and the Coalition have teamed up again to present a vote being taken on the government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund. Consideration of the legislation has been delayed until October 16. The government at the weekend announced ... <a title="Government’s housing fund legislation delayed by Green-Coalition alliance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/governments-housing-fund-legislation-delayed-by-green-coalition-alliance-208016/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s housing fund legislation delayed by Green-Coalition alliance">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University With parliament now having passed the Voice to Parliament referendum bill, and with the campaign about to get underway in earnest, there is a critical need for more trusted information. As scholars of deliberative democracy, we suggest Australia borrow from ... <a title="In a Voice campaign marked by confusing, competing claims, there’s a better way to educate voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/in-a-voice-campaign-marked-by-confusing-competing-claims-theres-a-better-way-to-educate-voters-206193/" aria-label="Read more about In a Voice campaign marked by confusing, competing claims, there’s a better way to educate voters">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney The first test of the 2023 Ashes is well underway at Edgbaston in Birmingham, featuring England’s aggressive “Bazball” style of play (named after New Zealand-born coach Brendan “Baz” McCullum) and a surprise early declaration by the ... <a title="Ashes rivalry is as alive as ever. But when it comes to the economics of cricket, India is in the box seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/ashes-rivalry-is-as-alive-as-ever-but-when-it-comes-to-the-economics-of-cricket-india-is-in-the-box-seat-207812/" aria-label="Read more about Ashes rivalry is as alive as ever. But when it comes to the economics of cricket, India is in the box seat">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
PNG Post-Courier The Waigani National Court has finally handed down a ruling finding Boship Kaiwi guilty of causing the death of his wife Jenelyn Kennedy three years ago. Despite persistent denials by Kaiwi that he had caused the death of Kennedy, he admitted to the court during the trial that he had elbowed and punched ... <a title="PNG court finds Boship Kaiwi guilty over death of Jenelyn Kennedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/png-court-finds-boship-kaiwi-guilty-over-death-of-jenelyn-kennedy/" aria-label="Read more about PNG court finds Boship Kaiwi guilty over death of Jenelyn Kennedy">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Burne, Lecturer, BFA Screenwriting, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Netflix Twenty-two years after the original UK television series The Office was released, and 18 years after the highly successful US remake (2005-2013), Australia is getting its own version of ... <a title="The Australian remake of The Office has the potential to be great – if the writers remember how unique our humour is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/the-australian-remake-of-the-office-has-the-potential-to-be-great-if-the-writers-remember-how-unique-our-humour-is-207614/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian remake of The Office has the potential to be great – if the writers remember how unique our humour is">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad E Tucker, Astrophysicist, Australian National University Obed Hernández/Unsplash Over the past eight years, I have been asked to submit astronomical evidence for court cases all over Australia. Normally when we think of evidence in court, we think of eyewitnesses, DNA or police reports. Often, this evidence ... <a title="Where was the Sun? Here’s why astronomers are more useful in court cases than you’d think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/where-was-the-sun-heres-why-astronomers-are-more-useful-in-court-cases-than-youd-think-204276/" aria-label="Read more about Where was the Sun? Here’s why astronomers are more useful in court cases than you’d think">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Today independent MP and former GP Sophie Scamps will introduce a bill into federal parliament that would restrict junk food advertisements aimed at children. The bill would target advertising for unhealthy foods Australia’s health ministers have ... <a title="Is it finally time to ban junk food advertising? A new bill could improve kids’ health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/is-it-finally-time-to-ban-junk-food-advertising-a-new-bill-could-improve-kids-health-207906/" aria-label="Read more about Is it finally time to ban junk food advertising? A new bill could improve kids’ health">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The legislation to enable the Australian people to vote in a referendum for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament has passed the Senate by 52 to 19. The vote took place with the public gallery crowded with supporters, and was greeted ... <a title="Referendum legislation passes 52-19 to applause but Lidia Thorpe condemns ‘assimilation day’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/referendum-legislation-passes-52-19-to-applause-but-lidia-thorpe-condemns-assimilation-day-208006/" aria-label="Read more about Referendum legislation passes 52-19 to applause but Lidia Thorpe condemns ‘assimilation day’">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Gaston, Co-Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland The crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand’s university and wider research sector did not happen overnight. While funding shortfalls and sweeping redundancies are now making headlines, the underlying problems have been evident for ... <a title="Starved of funds and vision, struggling universities put NZ’s entire research strategy at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/starved-of-funds-and-vision-struggling-universities-put-nzs-entire-research-strategy-at-risk-207708/" aria-label="Read more about Starved of funds and vision, struggling universities put NZ’s entire research strategy at risk">Read more</a>
