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March 3, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinean government has been bluntly and frankly reminded to leave mainstream media alone as a long awaited consultative workshop on the recently introduced National Media Development Policy took place in Port Moresby. Media stakeholders stood in unity with the PNG Media Council yesterday to express their ... <a title="Free media ‘underpins justice’ message to PNG government by united media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/free-media-underpins-justice-message-to-png-government-by-united-media/" aria-label="Read more about Free media ‘underpins justice’ message to PNG government by united media">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Quantity of Life With mortality data now available for many countries to the end of 2022 (and, for a few countries, for a month into 2023), we are now able to properly assess the demographic cost of the Covid19 pandemic. There is a proviso, in that for a number of countries, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: Mortality in the 2020s, Australasia, Sweden and elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-pandemic-mortality-in-the-2020s-australasia-sweden-and-elsewhere/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: Mortality in the 2020s, Australasia, Sweden and elsewhere">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Warburton, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne The federal government is currently contemplating the biggest overhaul of higher education in a generation. A discussion paper for the Universities Accord, released last week, is asking for suggestions about “what ... <a title="HECS-HELP loans have become unfair for women but there is a way to fix this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/hecs-help-loans-have-become-unfair-for-women-but-there-is-a-way-to-fix-this-200546/" aria-label="Read more about HECS-HELP loans have become unfair for women but there is a way to fix this">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Alton, Research Fellow, Monash University Shutterstock All animals need energy to live. They use it to breathe, circulate blood, digest food and move. Young animals use energy to grow, and later in life, to reproduce. Increased body temperature increases the rate at which an animal uses ... <a title="‘Let’s get real’: scientists discover a new way climate change threatens cold-blooded animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/lets-get-real-scientists-discover-a-new-way-climate-change-threatens-cold-blooded-animals-201076/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let’s get real’: scientists discover a new way climate change threatens cold-blooded animals">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Indonesia has protested to the Fiji government after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with a Papuan independence leader in a morale boost for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, reports Benar News. Prime Minister Rabuka, who was elected in December, also said he would support Papuan membership in the UN-recognised organisation ... <a title="Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/indonesia-protests-over-fijis-rabuka-backing-papuan-independence-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate, UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Selfies have been called everything from an artform to narcissistic and a sign of a dysfunctional society. They can also kill. When people go to extreme lengths to take an image ... <a title="Dangerous selfies aren’t just foolish. We need to treat them like the public health hazard they really are" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/dangerous-selfies-arent-just-foolish-we-need-to-treat-them-like-the-public-health-hazard-they-really-are-200645/" aria-label="Read more about Dangerous selfies aren’t just foolish. We need to treat them like the public health hazard they really are">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology zhengzaishuru/Shutterstock We have long been fascinated with the idea of alien life. The earliest written record presenting the idea of “aliens” is seen in the satiric work of Assyrian writer Lucian of Samosata ... <a title="Humans are still hunting for aliens. Here’s how astronomers are looking for life beyond Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/humans-are-still-hunting-for-aliens-heres-how-astronomers-are-looking-for-life-beyond-earth-197621/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are still hunting for aliens. Here’s how astronomers are looking for life beyond Earth">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
ANALYSIS: By David Robie Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese. On February 7, a militant cell of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), the armed wing of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) — a fragmented organisation that been fighting ... <a title="Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s done with 3 PNG hostages freed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/two-countries-two-kidnappings-port-moresby-shows-jakarta-how-its-done-with-3-png-hostages-freed/" aria-label="Read more about Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s done with 3 PNG hostages freed">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
RNZ Pacific A New Zealand professor and his two Papua New Guinean colleagues have been released from captivity, more than a week after being kidnapped by an armed gang. Archaeologist Professor Bryce Barker, who now lives in Australia and works with the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), was held alongside fellow members of his research ... <a title="‘Thank God’ says PM Marape in social media post about 3 freed hostages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/thank-god-says-pm-marape-in-social-media-post-about-3-freed-hostages/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Thank God’ says PM Marape in social media post about 3 freed hostages">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University There are several challenges making Australia’s national security strategy more complicated these days – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the impacts of climate change, our green energy transition and economic uncertainty. But at the top of this list is ... <a title="As Australia’s military ties with the US deepen, the Top End becomes even more vital to our security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/as-australias-military-ties-with-the-us-deepen-the-top-end-becomes-even-more-vital-to-our-security-199783/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s military ties with the US deepen, the Top End becomes even more vital to our security">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today ROB CAMPBELL, PUBLIC SERVICE Matthew Hooton (Herald): Chris Hipkins offers a welcome taste of integrity (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): What’s wrong with the public service (paywalled) ... <a title="Newsletter: March 3 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/newsletter-march-3-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: March 3 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
RNZ Pacific A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu following the damage to infrastructure and homes left by severe tropical cyclone Judy. It comes as the country deals with a second cyclone, called Kevin, bears down on the country. At 2am local time the category 2 cyclone was about 165km south-west of Santo ... <a title="PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/pm-kalsakau-in-cyclone-ravaged-vanuatu-declares-emergency-as-new-storm-bears-down/" aria-label="Read more about PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears down">Read more</a>
