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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Winner Archibald Prize 2023, Julia Gutman, Head in the sky, feet on the ground, oil, found textiles and embroidery on canvas, ... <a title="As Julia Gutman’s maverick collage wins the Archibald prize, the award is truly in the hands of a new generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/as-julia-gutmans-maverick-collage-wins-the-archibald-prize-the-award-is-truly-in-the-hands-of-a-new-generation-204262/" aria-label="Read more about As Julia Gutman’s maverick collage wins the Archibald prize, the award is truly in the hands of a new generation">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Heris, Research Fellow, Australian National University Studio Romantic/Shutterstock Among all the talk this week about a crackdown on vaping – the most significant tobacco control reforms in a decade – has been the roll-out of another major document. The National Tobacco Strategy 2023–2030 was launched this ... <a title="New funds will tackle Indigenous smoking. But here’s what else we know works for quit campaigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/new-funds-will-tackle-indigenous-smoking-but-heres-what-else-we-know-works-for-quit-campaigns-205016/" aria-label="Read more about New funds will tackle Indigenous smoking. But here’s what else we know works for quit campaigns">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University The crisis consuming the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party sounds a warning to centre-right parties that pursuing the culture wars now gripping the United States and other countries brings dangerous volatility. And little public support. After it ... <a title="Victorian Liberals’ bitter infighting seems more and more likely to end up in court. Can Dutton stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/victorian-liberals-bitter-infighting-seems-more-and-more-likely-to-end-up-in-court-can-dutton-stop-it-205119/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian Liberals’ bitter infighting seems more and more likely to end up in court. Can Dutton stop it?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Volodymyr Bilotkach, Associate Professor, Purdue University Vanessa Hudson, who will replace Alan Joyce as Qantas Airlines’ chief executive in November, inherits an airline still struggling to resume services after the pandemic and border closures shuttered much of the global aviation industry in 2020. The silver lining for ... <a title="Qantas can’t charge these prices forever: the challenge ahead for new chief Vanessa Hudson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/qantas-cant-charge-these-prices-forever-the-challenge-ahead-for-new-chief-vanessa-hudson-204903/" aria-label="Read more about Qantas can’t charge these prices forever: the challenge ahead for new chief Vanessa Hudson">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Crawford Spencer, Professor of Law, Charles Darwin University Kristen Gelineau/AP The Northern Territory continues to report the highest levels of alcohol consumption and harm in Australia, despite decades of reform. As we’ve seen over the years, there’s been a concerning link between alcohol consumption and domestic ... <a title="After decades of trying, how can we deliver more effective alcohol regulation in the NT?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/after-decades-of-trying-how-can-we-deliver-more-effective-alcohol-regulation-in-the-nt-202731/" aria-label="Read more about After decades of trying, how can we deliver more effective alcohol regulation in the NT?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jadey O’Regan, Lecturer in Contemporary Music, Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Co-author of "Hooks in Popular Music" (2022), University of Sydney Earlier today, a US court ruled in favour of singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, agreeing his song Thinking Out Loud did not breach musical copyright. The high-profile court case, ... <a title="Inspiration, influence and theft: what the Ed Sheeran case can tell us about 70 years of pop music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/inspiration-influence-and-theft-what-the-ed-sheeran-case-can-tell-us-about-70-years-of-pop-music-204747/" aria-label="Read more about Inspiration, influence and theft: what the Ed Sheeran case can tell us about 70 years of pop music">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Byrne, Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania Following a decision to fund an AFL stadium on Hobart’s waterfront, the Tasmanian premier announced plans for a new bus rapid transit (BRT) system and ferry services to avoid traffic congestion. These plans are linked to ... <a title="Bus rapid transit can avoid traffic chaos for the AFL’s new stadium and transform Hobart – and other cities too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/bus-rapid-transit-can-avoid-traffic-chaos-for-the-afls-new-stadium-and-transform-hobart-and-other-cities-too-204920/" aria-label="Read more about Bus rapid transit can avoid traffic chaos for the AFL’s new stadium and transform Hobart – and other cities too">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
PNG Post-Courier North Fly MP James Donald has ordered Papua New Guinean police to shoot to kill drug and gun runners along the Indonesian border. Donald said this after police in Kiunga had raided Mepu village along the border and arrested and charged three men from Hela for being in possession of 3.4kg of marijuana ... <a title="PNG politician orders police to ‘shoot to kill’ drug runners along border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/png-politician-orders-police-to-shoot-to-kill-drug-runners-along-border/" aria-label="Read more about PNG politician orders police to ‘shoot to kill’ drug runners along border">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
By Henry Puna, Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum On World Press Freedom Day the world remembers the importance of a free and independent media as the cornerstone of thriving and healthy democracies. For our developing and developed Pacific nations of the Blue Continent, the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day is also an ... <a title="Pacific Islands Forum Media Freedom Day message: Truth without fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/pacific-islands-forum-media-freedom-day-message-truth-without-fear/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands Forum Media Freedom Day message: Truth without fear">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist World Press Freedom Day has been marked by journalists around the world, including the Pacific. Launched by the United Nations in 1998, May 3 is a day of solidarity among the world’s media, in particular with journalists who are being persecuted in autocratic nations and war zones. It serves ... <a title="Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/pacific-journalists-around-region-mark-progress-but-warn-of-new-risks/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The defection of Labour Minister Meka Whaitiri has been heralded by some as a stunning coup for Te Pāti Māori and a “courageous” step by the rebel MP. But is it really? The whole episode can also be viewed as rather farcical and shabby, reflecting very poorly on the integrity ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: No one’s mana is enhanced by the Meka Whaitiri defection " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-no-ones-mana-is-enhanced-by-the-meka-whaitiri-defection/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: No one’s mana is enhanced by the Meka Whaitiri defection ">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Ray, PhD candidate | Paleoclimate, University of Adelaide Bernhard Staehli, Shutterstock Think back to September last year. What happened early that month? What news shook the world and reverberated for weeks, if not months? That’s a question I’ve been asking friends and colleagues lately. On September ... <a title="Humanity’s tipping point? How the Queen’s death stole a climate warning’s thunder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/humanitys-tipping-point-how-the-queens-death-stole-a-climate-warnings-thunder-203143/" aria-label="Read more about Humanity’s tipping point? How the Queen’s death stole a climate warning’s thunder">Read more</a>
