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May 22, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Melissa Conley Tyler, The University of Melbourne and Andrea Fahey, Australian National University Today is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters are deciding on 65 members of Parliament to represent them. Each election is a reminder of the successful regional and international cooperation that led to Timor-Leste’s independence. It is also a reminder ... <a title="Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/22/timor-leste-is-at-the-polls-heres-how-australia-can-support-its-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Weeks, Professor of Political Science, Musashino University Japan Pool via Kyodo News/AP Hiroshima, the site of this year’s G7 summit, is one of a handful of places in the world that reminds us so starkly of the horrors of wars. The A-bomb Dome in the Hiroshima ... <a title="At a G7 Summit high on ambition, nuclear disarmament takes a backseat to Zelensky’s diplomatic appeals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/21/at-a-g7-summit-high-on-ambition-nuclear-disarmament-takes-a-backseat-to-zelenskys-diplomatic-appeals-205829/" aria-label="Read more about At a G7 Summit high on ambition, nuclear disarmament takes a backseat to Zelensky’s diplomatic appeals">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Tuesday’s boarding-house fire in Wellington was a tragedy of lost lives, and failure to supply safe housing and adequately resourced emergency services. But it was much more, and so far the socio-demographic revelations have barely been touched upon in mainstream media commentary. Losers and Winners Clearly the residents of the unfortunately ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Adult Poverty Action, and the Loafers Lodge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/20/keith-rankin-analysis-adult-poverty-action-and-the-loafers-lodge/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Adult Poverty Action, and the Loafers Lodge">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2023
Jubi News in Jayapura Esther Haluk, a women’s rights activist from GARDA Papua, is among West Papuan activists who have condemned a declining state of freedom of speech in the Melanesian region. Speaking in a recent online discussion on “Status and Trends of Freedom of Expression, Assembly, and Digital Rights in West Papua”, she said ... <a title="Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/20/papuan-activists-accuse-jakarta-over-mounting-brutal-repression-arrests/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist Allegations of sexual harassment have emerged in the case of a senior United Nations manager at the Fiji multi-county office who has been put on “administrative leave” after complaints of “unsatisfactory behaviour”. On Thursday, the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office to Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, ... <a title="Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/20/top-un-pacific-official-told-to-leave-fiji-amid-harassment-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Macfarlane, Head of Clinical Services, dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University Shutterstock Today’s reporting about the alleged tasering of a 95-year-old woman living at the Yallambee Lodge aged care home in New South Wales has brought the issue of behaviours and psychological ... <a title="When someone living with dementia is distressed or violent, ‘de-escalation’ is vital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/when-someone-living-with-dementia-is-distressed-or-violent-de-escalation-is-vital-205988/" aria-label="Read more about When someone living with dementia is distressed or violent, ‘de-escalation’ is vital">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
RNZ Pacific New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is warning coastal areas are expected to experience strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in the Pacific. A tsunami threat was issued for Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands. The ... <a title="Magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Loyalty Islands triggers tsunami threat for Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/magnitude-7-7-earthquake-near-loyalty-islands-triggers-tsunami-threat-for-vanuatu-fiji-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Loyalty Islands triggers tsunami threat for Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby United States President Joe Biden yesterday apologised to Prime Minister James Marape and the people of Papua New Guinea for abandoning his planned trip to Port Moresby, and instead is sending Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Details of Blinken’s travel to PNG are still being finalised ... <a title="Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/biden-apologises-to-png-blinken-being-sent-for-pacific-dialogue/" aria-label="Read more about Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock The PwC scandal reveals appalling behaviour by an individual consultant and his company that provided consulting services to the federal government. PwC reportedly used its insider knowledge to advise multinational firms on how to continue to ... <a title="Consultants like PwC are loyal to profit, not the public. Governments should cut back on using them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/consultants-like-pwc-are-loyal-to-profit-not-the-public-governments-should-cut-back-on-using-them-205920/" aria-label="Read more about Consultants like PwC are loyal to profit, not the public. Governments should cut back on using them">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Antonio Dasiparu/AAP Sunday May 21 is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters decide on 65 members of parliament to represent them. Each election is a reminder of the successful regional and international cooperation that led to ... <a title="As Timor-Leste heads to the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/as-timor-leste-heads-to-the-polls-heres-how-australia-can-support-its-democracy-205676/" aria-label="Read more about As Timor-Leste heads to the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Turn on the TV and you’re four times more likely to see a gambling ad during a sports broadcast than during other programming. The number of gambling ads on TV has grown from 374 ... <a title="Sport is being used to normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/sport-is-being-used-to-normalise-gambling-we-should-treat-the-problem-just-like-smoking-205843/" aria-label="Read more about Sport is being used to normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Turn on the TV and you’re four times more likely to see a gambling ad during a sports broadcast than during other programming. The number of gambling ads on TV has grown from 374 ... <a title="Sport is being used normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/sport-is-being-used-normalise-gambling-we-should-treat-the-problem-just-like-smoking-205843/" aria-label="Read more about Sport is being used normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking">Read more</a>
