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October 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne With 45% of enrolled voters counted in today’s Queensland state election, The Poll Bludger’s results have the Liberal National Party (LNP) winning 38 of the 93 seats, ... <a title="LNP wins Queensland election, likely with a clear majority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/27/lnp-wins-queensland-election-likely-with-a-clear-majority-241918/" aria-label="Read more about LNP wins Queensland election, likely with a clear majority">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews France has been criticised for the “alarming” death toll in New Caledonia during recent protests and its “cold shower” approach to decolonisation by experts of the UN Human Rights Committee. The UN committee met this week in Geneva for France’s five-yearly human rights review with a focus on its Pacific ... <a title="UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/un-experts-alarmed-by-kanaky-new-caledonia-deaths-as-pacific-fact-finding-mission-readies/" aria-label="Read more about UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea police say 10 people have been tragically killed after a series of violent “revenge killings” along the Laiagam-Sirunki Highway in the Highlands province of Enga. The attacks, which occured last Friday and Monday, are believed to be connected to an unresolved death that took place in ... <a title="PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/png-bus-shooting-this-sort-of-revenge-killing-is-unheard-of/" aria-label="Read more about PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Polkinghorne, Adjunct Senior Industry Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Johnson Martin / Unsplash If you’ve ever gone to look up a quick fact and just kept browsing from one article (or page, or video), to another, to another – then you ... <a title="Going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole? Science says you’re one of these three types" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/going-down-a-wikipedia-rabbit-hole-science-says-youre-one-of-these-three-types-242018/" aria-label="Read more about Going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole? Science says you’re one of these three types">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) — celebration of seven years of its Taipei office, presenting a raft of proposals to the Taiwan government, and hosting its Asia-Pacific network of correspondents. Director general Thibaut Bruttin and the Taipei ... <a title="RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/rsf-tackles-taiwans-media-freedom-achilles-heel-boosts-asia-pacific-monitoring-action/" aria-label="Read more about RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has “cleared the air” with the Fijian diaspora in Samoa over Fiji’s vote against the United Nations resolution on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and People. He denied that Fiji — the only country to vote against the resolution — ... <a title="PM defends Fiji’s UN ‘ambush’ vote – challenged by human rights advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/pm-defends-fijis-un-ambush-vote-challenged-by-human-rights-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about PM defends Fiji’s UN ‘ambush’ vote – challenged by human rights advocate">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Ginters, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney The Footbridge Theatre in the 1960s, when it was known as the Union Theatre. University of Sydney Archives After nearly 20 years as a lecture theatre, the University of Sydney’s Footbridge Theatre is reopening ... <a title="Sydney’s beloved Footbridge Theatre launched some of our biggest stars. After nearly 20 years, it’s making a grand return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/sydneys-beloved-footbridge-theatre-launched-some-of-our-biggest-stars-after-nearly-20-years-its-making-a-grand-return-241561/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney’s beloved Footbridge Theatre launched some of our biggest stars. After nearly 20 years, it’s making a grand return">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Analytics & Resilience, UNSW Sydney Travis Scott’s Melbourne concert on October 22 lived up to his reputation for chaotic performances. Fans, eager for a high-energy show, were met with unruly scenes both inside and outside the venue. Reports described concertgoers clashing, ... <a title="Chaotic scenes at Travis Scott’s Melbourne concert: what is the role of artists in crowd behaviour?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/chaotic-scenes-at-travis-scotts-melbourne-concert-what-is-the-role-of-artists-in-crowd-behaviour-242115/" aria-label="Read more about Chaotic scenes at Travis Scott’s Melbourne concert: what is the role of artists in crowd behaviour?">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin In the lead up to the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto last Sunday, Indonesia established five “Vulnerable Area Buffer Infantry Battalions” in key regions across West Papua — a move described by Indonesian Army Chief-of-Staff Maruli Simanjuntak as a “strategic initiative” by the new leader. The battalions are based in the ... <a title="Prabowo takes power as Indonesian military set up new battalions – what now for West Papuans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/prabowo-takes-power-as-indonesian-military-set-up-new-battalions-what-now-for-west-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Prabowo takes power as Indonesian military set up new battalions – what now for West Papuans?">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is cautioning New Caledonia’s local government to “be reasonable” in its requests from Paris ahead of a Pacific fact-finding mission. A much-anticipated high-level visit by Pacific leaders to the French territory is confirmed, after it was postponed by New Caledonia’s local government in ... <a title="Rabuka’s message to free Kanaky movement: ‘Don’t slap the hand that feeds you’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/rabukas-message-to-free-kanaky-movement-dont-slap-the-hand-that-feeds-you/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka’s message to free Kanaky movement: ‘Don’t slap the hand that feeds you’">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Lingard, Senior lecturer, University of Wollongong Shutterstock If you’re found guilty of a crime, it’s a basic principle of Australian law that you have a right to appeal. But having a right and being able to exercise it are two different things, especially when it comes ... <a title="Wrongly convicted of a crime? Your ability to clear your name can come down to your postcode" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/wrongly-convicted-of-a-crime-your-ability-to-clear-your-name-can-come-down-to-your-postcode-240310/" aria-label="Read more about Wrongly convicted of a crime? Your ability to clear your name can come down to your postcode">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Stan Investing in film and TV productions is a risky venture. Even the best directors and producers are just a flop away from ruining their careers. So if a company owns the intellectual property to ... <a title="At $300m, Jules Verne-inspired Nautilus is the most expensive Australian-made show. But Disney+ was right to dump it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/at-300m-jules-verne-inspired-nautilus-is-the-most-expensive-australian-made-show-but-disney-was-right-to-dump-it-241583/" aria-label="Read more about At $300m, Jules Verne-inspired Nautilus is the most expensive Australian-made show. But Disney+ was right to dump it">Read more</a>
