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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare M. Cooper, Lecturer in the School of Architecture, Design & Planning, University of Sydney Victor Caringal for MSF Rohingya activists, advocates and health organisations in Australia have been frustrated by the lack of support provided to displaced Rohingya people. This ethnic minority group called Myanmar home for ... <a title="How Rohingya activists are using art, food and storytelling as a form of resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/how-rohingya-activists-are-using-art-food-and-storytelling-as-a-form-of-resistance-237328/" aria-label="Read more about How Rohingya activists are using art, food and storytelling as a form of resistance">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government aims to rush through legislation within a fortnight for political donation and spending caps, after in-principle support from the opposition. The new regime, to be unveiled by Special Minister of State Don Farrell on Friday, would impose ... <a title="Government aims to pass political donation and spending caps within a fortnight after in-principle deal with opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/government-aims-to-pass-political-donation-and-spending-caps-within-a-fortnight-after-in-principle-deal-with-opposition-243708/" aria-label="Read more about Government aims to pass political donation and spending caps within a fortnight after in-principle deal with opposition">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is standing by Kevin Rudd, albeit with gritted teeth, in the face of calls for him to be replaced as Australia’s ambassador to Washington. But the row is an unhelpful and potentially damaging distraction for a prime minister ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor will ask voters ‘who will make you better or worse off in next three years?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/grattan-on-friday-labor-will-ask-voters-who-will-make-you-better-or-worse-off-in-next-three-years-243691/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor will ask voters ‘who will make you better or worse off in next three years?’">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Pacific Media Watch As thousands take to the streets this week to “honour” the country’s 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, the largest daily newspaper New Zealand Herald says the massive event is “redefining activism”. The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti has been underway since Sunday, with thousands of New Zealanders from all communities and walks of life ... <a title="NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/nzs-hikoi-challenging-controversial-draft-bill-redefines-activism-says-herald/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has written to the Minister for Space Judith Collins and Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck to warn that satellites being launched from the Māhia Peninsula are “highly likely” to conduct surveillance for Israel. And also to assist in the commission of war crimes in Gaza and ... <a title="Collins and Rocket Lab challenged over satellites linked to Israeli war crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/collins-and-rocket-lab-challenged-over-satellites-linked-to-israeli-war-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about Collins and Rocket Lab challenged over satellites linked to Israeli war crimes">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tets Kimura, Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University Xplorer Media/Adelaide Festival Centre The well-documented history of Asian mass migration to modern Australia dates from the gold rush era in the mid-19th century. With a history that is longer a century and a half, breaking down stereotypes deeply ... <a title="OzAsia festival 2024: a celebration of Asian culture and art – and what it means to be Asian-Australian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/ozasia-festival-2024-a-celebration-of-asian-culture-and-art-and-what-it-means-to-be-asian-australian-240106/" aria-label="Read more about OzAsia festival 2024: a celebration of Asian culture and art – and what it means to be Asian-Australian">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament today and will now go to the Justice Committee for consideration as the national Hīkoi continued its journey to the capital. Opposition Te Pati Māori’s Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the House following a haka. Maipi-Clarke interrupted the vote on the ... <a title="NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP evicted over haka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/nzs-treaty-principles-bill-passes-first-reading-after-maori-mp-evicted-over-haka/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP evicted over haka">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Einstein, Adjunct Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University Tanya Gorelova/Pexels The Australian government is developing legislation that will ban children under 16 from social media. There has been a huge public debate about whether there is sufficient direct evidence of harm to introduce this regulation. ... <a title="There is reliable evidence social media harms young people – debates about it are a misdirection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/there-is-reliable-evidence-social-media-harms-young-people-debates-about-it-are-a-misdirection-243482/" aria-label="Read more about There is reliable evidence social media harms young people – debates about it are a misdirection">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has embarked on a raft of new online safety measures aimed at protecting Australians from the excesses of misinformation and social harm online. However, these policies have been met with backlash. Experts criticise the plan to enforce an ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: shadow communications minister David Coleman says misinformation legislation ‘one of the worst bills ever’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/politics-with-michelle-grattan-shadow-communications-minister-david-coleman-says-misinformation-legislation-one-of-the-worst-bills-ever-243695/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: shadow communications minister David Coleman says misinformation legislation ‘one of the worst bills ever’">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Peng, Lecturer in Accounting, The University of Queensland Yuri A/Shutterstock Does your superannuation fund also provide you with insurance? Many of us are automatically enrolled without even realising. Now, the way super funds handle such claims has been thrust into the spotlight. Australia’s corporate watchdog – ... <a title="ASIC’s lawsuit against Cbus has put the big super funds on notice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/asics-lawsuit-against-cbus-has-put-the-big-super-funds-on-notice-243684/" aria-label="Read more about ASIC’s lawsuit against Cbus has put the big super funds on notice">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University MART PRODUCTION/Pexels In an escalation of its battle with big tech, the federal government has announced it plans to impose a “digital duty of care” on tech companies to reduce online ... <a title="Australia will impose a ‘digital duty of care’ on tech companies to reduce online harm. It’s a good idea – if it can be enforced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/australia-will-impose-a-digital-duty-of-care-on-tech-companies-to-reduce-online-harm-its-a-good-idea-if-it-can-be-enforced-243682/" aria-label="Read more about Australia will impose a ‘digital duty of care’ on tech companies to reduce online harm. It’s a good idea – if it can be enforced">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Park Thaichon, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Southern Queensland fizkes/Shutterstock Your landlord has just raised your rent by 10% and your mind starts running the numbers – should you cop it sweet or look to move? It’s a familiar scenario in today’s unpredictable housing market. Understanding ... <a title="To move or not to move: is it cheaper to find a new place or stay when your rent increases by 10%?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/to-move-or-not-to-move-is-it-cheaper-to-find-a-new-place-or-stay-when-your-rent-increases-by-10-243155/" aria-label="Read more about To move or not to move: is it cheaper to find a new place or stay when your rent increases by 10%?">Read more</a>
