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May 26, 2024
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times So 40 Fiji members of Parliament voted in favour of the Special Committee on Emoluments Report on the review of MPs’ salaries, allowances and benefits in Parliament on Friday. Now that’s not going down well with the masses, with many venting their frustrations on social media. ... <a title="The Fiji Times: Public outcry over Fijians’ MPs pay rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/26/the-fiji-times-public-outcry-over-fijians-mps-pay-rise/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: Public outcry over Fijians’ MPs pay rise">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2024
Asia Pacific Report By a Kanak from Aotearoa New Zealand in Kanaky I’ve been trying to feel cool and nice on this beautiful sunny day in Kanaky. But it has already been spoiled by President Emmanuel Macron’s flashy day-long visit on Thursday. Currently special French military forces are trying to take full control of the ... <a title="Open letter from Kanaky: Things are really bad, we need to speed up decolonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/26/open-letter-from-kanaky-things-are-really-bad-we-need-to-speed-up-decolonisation/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from Kanaky: Things are really bad, we need to speed up decolonisation">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2024
RNZ Pacific The survivors of a massive landslide in a remote village in Papua New Guinea’s highlands are still waiting for official help, more than 24 hours after the disaster. Hundreds are feared dead in Yambali village in Enga province after the landslide bulldozed homes and buried families alive early Friday morning. Mick Michael, who ... <a title="PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/png-landslide-survivors-of-highlands-disaster-desperately-seeking-help/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The United States has said it is “ready to lend a helping hand” to the people of Mulitaka, Enga province, after a devasting landslide swallowed an entire village in Papua New Guinea’s highlands yesterday. US President Joe Biden and his wife said in a personal message their prayers were ... <a title="Local officials fear fate of 300 missing people in remote PNG landslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/local-officials-fear-fate-of-300-missing-people-in-remote-png-landslide/" aria-label="Read more about Local officials fear fate of 300 missing people in remote PNG landslide">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Housing remains one of Australia’s most pressing issues in both state and federal politics. The RBA keeping rates up and high mortgage repayments have left many Australians struggling. For those Australians who don’t own a home, it’s becoming increasingly hard ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Bragg flags a coalition would use ‘coercion’ of the states to get more new houses built" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-andrew-bragg-flags-a-coalition-would-use-coercion-of-the-states-to-get-more-new-houses-built-230675/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Bragg flags a coalition would use ‘coercion’ of the states to get more new houses built">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Pro-Palestinian protesters dressed in blue “press” vests tonight staged a vigil calling on New Zealand journalists to show solidarity with the media of Gaza who have suffered the highest death toll in any war. They staged the vigil at the Viaduct venue of NZ’s annual Voyager Media Awards. Organised by Palestinian Youth ... <a title="Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/palestine-protesters-call-for-gaza-press-solidarity-at-nz-media-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Scores of people have died in a huge landslide which has struck a remote village in the Papua New Guinean highlands. The landslide reportedly hit Yambali village in Enga Province, about 600 km north-west of Port Moresby. The landslip has buried homes and food gardens, leaving what locals ... <a title="Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/hundreds-feared-dead-after-huge-landslide-in-papua-new-guinea/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Red-Diamond/Shutterstock We’ve now been living with COVID for well over four years. Although there’s still much to learn about SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID) at least one thing seems clear: it’s here to stay. From ... <a title="As COVID cases rise again, what do I need to know about the new FLiRT variants?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/as-covid-cases-rise-again-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-new-flirt-variants-230423/" aria-label="Read more about As COVID cases rise again, what do I need to know about the new FLiRT variants?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Schofield, Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has found countries are obliged to protect the oceans from climate change impacts under the law of the sea. The tribunal’s 21 judges ... <a title="Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our island neighbours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/why-a-new-ruling-on-the-law-of-the-sea-and-climate-change-matters-for-australia-and-especially-our-island-neighbours-230682/" aria-label="Read more about Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our island neighbours">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Thomas Currie, Energy Systems Program Impact Manager, Climateworks, Monash University, Monash University Basilico Studio Stock, Shutterstock Australia has a new National Battery Strategy, unveiled this week as a key part of the government’s Future Made in Australia agenda. The vision is for this country to be ... <a title="The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/the-governments-cash-splash-aims-to-kickstart-australias-battery-industry-has-it-flipped-the-right-switches-230856/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca McGirr, Postdoctoral research fellow, Australian National University Bernhard Staehli/Shutterstock Imagine you’re standing near the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, gazing out over the ocean, when the ice near you starts to melt very rapidly. A surge of meltwater flows into the ocean. Surprisingly, you watch ... <a title="Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/heavy-water-how-melting-ice-sheets-and-pumped-groundwater-can-lower-local-sea-levels-and-boost-them-elsewhere-229503/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney This should be a golden age for Australian soccer. After all, the big picture is good: the Matildas are waltzing, the Socceroos are well supported and Australia was just awarded hosting rights to the 2026 Women’s ... <a title="The Matildas and Socceroos are soaring, while participation is growing – but the A-League is missing its moment to shine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/the-matildas-and-socceroos-are-soaring-while-participation-is-growing-but-the-a-league-is-missing-its-moment-to-shine-230407/" aria-label="Read more about The Matildas and Socceroos are soaring, while participation is growing – but the A-League is missing its moment to shine">Read more</a>
