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January 24, 2023
By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside his home yesterday and a journalists group has called it an act of “intimidation” threatening press freedom. No one was injured in the blast near his home in the provincial ... <a title="‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/terror-bomb-explodes-near-papua-journalist-victor-mambors-home/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
PNG Post-Courier There is a new twist in Papua New Guinea’s four-year drama surrounding the Maseratis bought for the 2018 APEC Summit. It has emerged that the Department of Foreign Affairs, which wants to send the luxury vehicles to foreign missions abroad, cannot do so, because the vehicles — which have been collecting dust in ... <a title="PNG’s ‘useless Maseratis’ – now a used car twist to the luxury car saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/pngs-useless-maseratis-now-a-used-car-twist-to-the-luxury-car-saga/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s ‘useless Maseratis’ – now a used car twist to the luxury car saga">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas How the RNZ/TVNZ merger went from its first reading in Parliament to the legislative extinction list is an example of why New Zealand actually needs more public media and not less. Let me explain. It has been labelled a grenade, a dog and a monolithic, monopolistic monster. Yet it is actually ... <a title="Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we need it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/myles-thomas-debate-over-public-media-merger-is-the-proof-we-need-it/" aria-label="Read more about Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we need it">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva Politicians can respond to the political rhetoric but claims that the new Fiji government has broken the law are a more serious matter, says prominent Suva lawyer Richard Naidu. Reacting to FijiFirst general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s claims that there have been a number of incursions into the separation of powers ... <a title="Who broke the law in Fiji? – Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/who-broke-the-law-in-fiji-naidu-responds-to-sayed-khaiyum/" aria-label="Read more about Who broke the law in Fiji? – Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
By Len Garae in Port Vila West Papua independence campaigner Benny Wenda is in Vanuatu to meet Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau’s newly-installed government. Wenda said he would also “strategise” on the way forward towards gaining eventual sovereignty from Indonesia and would be discussing ongoing issues in West Papua. These include human rights abuses, and internal ... <a title="Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/wenda-calls-on-melanesian-good-samaritans-to-help-free-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Derham, Research Associate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) Policy Hub – Training and Education, University of Tasmania Shutterstock The emu is iconically Australian, appearing on cans, coins, cricket bats and our national coat of arms, as well as that of the ... <a title="They’re on our coat of arms but extinct in Tasmania. Rewilding with emus will be good for the island state’s ecosystems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/theyre-on-our-coat-of-arms-but-extinct-in-tasmania-rewilding-with-emus-will-be-good-for-the-island-states-ecosystems-197029/" aria-label="Read more about They’re on our coat of arms but extinct in Tasmania. Rewilding with emus will be good for the island state’s ecosystems">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caryn Coatney, Lecturer, Journalism, University of Southern Queensland State Library New South Wales A boom in 2023 predictions is spurring more tips about thriving in fast-changing workspaces. But the talk about an Australian workplace revolution is not new – and a prime minister once offered a media ... <a title="The future of work: how John Curtin was calling for a new cooperative work ethic 80 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/the-future-of-work-how-john-curtin-was-calling-for-a-new-cooperative-work-ethic-80-years-ago-194053/" aria-label="Read more about The future of work: how John Curtin was calling for a new cooperative work ethic 80 years ago">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Wilkins, Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, La Trobe University Erling Haaland or Harry Kane? Mo Salah or Marcus Rashford? Use the “triple captain” chip or save it? This weekend (and pretty much every weekend until the end of May), millions of people around the world ... <a title="Fantasy football can negatively affect your wellbeing, but research shows it doesn’t have to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/fantasy-football-can-negatively-affect-your-wellbeing-but-research-shows-it-doesnt-have-to-198302/" aria-label="Read more about Fantasy football can negatively affect your wellbeing, but research shows it doesn’t have to">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Patrick Robert Doyle/Unsplash It’s impossible to avoid the Aussie sun entirely, but Australians are well aware of the dangers of too much exposure. Some 40 years of Slip Slop Slap (and more recently added, Seek and Slide) campaigns have ... <a title="How long does it take for skin to repair after sun exposure?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/how-long-does-it-take-for-skin-to-repair-after-sun-exposure-196556/" aria-label="Read more about How long does it take for skin to repair after sun exposure?">Read more</a>
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January 24, 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 GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Simon Wilson (Herald): Chippy vs the donors de Luxe (paywalled) Rachel Smalley (Today FM): The power of vulnerability – Can Chris Hipkins heal ... <a title="Newsletter: January 24 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/newsletter-january-24-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: January 24 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fred Jourdan, Professor, Curtin University Itokawa, image taken by Hayabusa in 2005. JAXA A vast amount of rocks and other material are hurtling around our Solar System as asteroids and comets. If one of these came towards us, could we successfully prevent the collision between an asteroid ... <a title="Our Solar System is filled with asteroids that are particularly hard to destroy, new study finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/our-solar-system-is-filled-with-asteroids-that-are-particularly-hard-to-destroy-new-study-finds-197413/" aria-label="Read more about Our Solar System is filled with asteroids that are particularly hard to destroy, new study finds">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Michael Sohn/AP German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been under tremendous pressure to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine. The government in Kyiv has long argued it desperately needs them to regain territory seized by Russia in its ... <a title="Why can’t the West agree on how much military support to send to Ukraine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/why-cant-the-west-agree-on-how-much-military-support-to-send-to-ukraine-197987/" aria-label="Read more about Why can’t the West agree on how much military support to send to Ukraine?">Read more</a>