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April 27, 2024
RNZ Pacific The race to form the next government of Solomon Islands could be a tight one, with no single party emerging from the election with enough seats to govern. Caretaker prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s Our Party did the best, securing 15 out of the 50 seats in the House. The former opposition leader Matthew ... <a title="‘To lead is to serve’ – Governor-General to call PM election in Solomon Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/27/to-lead-is-to-serve-governor-general-to-call-pm-election-in-solomon-islands/" aria-label="Read more about ‘To lead is to serve’ – Governor-General to call PM election in Solomon Islands">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards, Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Many criticisms are being made of the Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill, including by this writer. But as with everything in politics, every story has two sides, and both deserve attention. It’s important to understand what the Government is trying to achieve and its arguments for such a bold ... <a title="Bryce Edwards – FastTrackWatch: The Case for the Government’s Fast Track Bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/27/bryce-edwards-fasttrackwatch-the-case-for-the-governments-fast-track-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards – FastTrackWatch: The Case for the Government’s Fast Track Bill">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An Australian author and advocate, Jim Aubrey, today led a national symbolic one minute’s silence to mark the “blood debt” owed to Papuan allies during the Second World War indigenous resistance against the invading Japanese forces. “A promise to most people is a promise,” Aubrey said in his open letter marking the ... <a title="Australian author leads silence protest over ‘blood debt’ owed to Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/27/australian-author-leads-silence-protest-over-blood-debt-owed-to-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Australian author leads silence protest over ‘blood debt’ owed to Papuans">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Freedom Flotilla is ready to sail to Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza. All the required paperwork has been submitted to the port authority, and the cargo has been loaded and prepared for the humanitarian trip to the besieged enclave. However, organisers received word of an “administrative roadblock” initiated by Israel in ... <a title="Israel delays Gaza Freedom Flotilla departure with bureaucratic ‘block’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/27/israel-delays-gaza-freedom-flotilla-departure-with-bureaucratic-block/" aria-label="Read more about Israel delays Gaza Freedom Flotilla departure with bureaucratic ‘block’">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Palestine solidarity protesters today demonstrated at the Auckland headquarters of Television New Zealand, accusing the country’s major TV network of broadcasting “propaganda” backing Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. About 50 protesters targeted the main entrance to the TVNZ building near Sky Tower and also picketed a side gate entrance for media workers ... <a title="Palestine protesters challenge TVNZ over Israeli ambassador’s ‘propaganda’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/palestine-protesters-challenge-tvnz-over-israeli-ambassadors-propaganda/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters challenge TVNZ over Israeli ambassador’s ‘propaganda’">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Opinion by Lynley Hood. Forty years on from my 1985 Fulbright Grant, my disquiet over the war in Gaza evoked some troubling questions. The answer to my first question – What is the primary purpose of the Fulbright Programme? – was on the Fulbright NZ website. It says: The Fulbright programme was established in 1946 ... <a title="Lynley Hood Opinion – Senator Fulbright must be spinning in his grave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/lynley-hood-opinion-senator-fulbright-must-be-spinning-in-his-grave/" aria-label="Read more about Lynley Hood Opinion – Senator Fulbright must be spinning in his grave">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University It has been a particularly distressing start to the year. There is little that can ease the current grief of individuals, families and communities who have needlessly lost a loved one to men’s violence in recent weeks. A ... <a title="We’re all feeling the collective grief and trauma of violence against women – but this is the progress we have made so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/were-all-feeling-the-collective-grief-and-trauma-of-violence-against-women-but-this-is-the-progress-we-have-made-so-far-228781/" aria-label="Read more about We’re all feeling the collective grief and trauma of violence against women – but this is the progress we have made so far">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Lichen, the first described example of symbiosis. AdeJ Artventure/Shutterstock Once known only to those studying biology, the word symbiosis is now widely used. Symbiosis is the intimate relationship of different species living ... <a title="Species living closely together in symbiosis is far older and way more common than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/species-living-closely-together-in-symbiosis-is-far-older-and-way-more-common-than-you-might-think-227217/" aria-label="Read more about Species living closely together in symbiosis is far older and way more common than you might think">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Hemsley, Head, Childhood Dementia Research Group, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University Olena Ivanova/Shutterstock “Childhood” and “dementia” are two words we wish we didn’t have to use together. But sadly, around 1,400 Australian children and young people live ... <a title="What is childhood dementia? And how could new research help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/what-is-childhood-dementia-and-how-could-new-research-help-228508/" aria-label="Read more about What is childhood dementia? And how could new research help?">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The government’s Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has just published its second report. It was set up by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth in 2022 to provide: non-binding advice on boosting economic ... <a title="Jobseekers get about $345 less than pensioners each fortnight. This gap is hurting, and is set to widen without change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/jobseekers-get-about-345-less-than-pensioners-each-fortnight-this-gap-is-hurting-and-is-set-to-widen-without-change-228401/" aria-label="Read more about Jobseekers get about $345 less than pensioners each fortnight. This gap is hurting, and is set to widen without change">Read more</a>
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April 26, 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 The Queensland state election will be held in October. A YouGov poll for The Courier Mail, conducted April 9–17 from a sample of 1,092 people, gave the ... <a title="Labor facing heavy defeat in Queensland, but faring better in federal polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/labor-facing-heavy-defeat-in-queensland-but-faring-better-in-federal-polls-228395/" aria-label="Read more about Labor facing heavy defeat in Queensland, but faring better in federal polls">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Naeni, PhD candidate at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University There’s been much talk in recent months about what a possible second Donald Trump presidency in the United States could mean for Europe, Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Israel-Palestinian conflict and China. But ... <a title="Why the potential for another Donald Trump presidency is making Iran very nervous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/why-the-potential-for-another-donald-trump-presidency-is-making-iran-very-nervous-225571/" aria-label="Read more about Why the potential for another Donald Trump presidency is making Iran very nervous">Read more</a>
