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April 8, 2024
The New Zealand government is bringing in immediate changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa, which it says will help protect migrants from exploitation and address unsustainable net migration. In 2023, a near-record 173,000 non-New Zealand citizens migrated to the country. The changes to the work visa scheme include introducing an English language requirement for ... <a title="NZ immigration work visa changes to target ‘unsustainable’ migration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/nz-immigration-work-visa-changes-to-target-unsustainable-migration/" aria-label="Read more about NZ immigration work visa changes to target ‘unsustainable’ migration">Read more</a>
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April 7, 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 At the March 23 Tasmanian state election, the Liberals won 14 of the 35 lower house seats, Labor ten, the Greens five, the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) ... <a title="Liberals will have difficulty forming government after final Tasmanian results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/liberals-will-have-difficulty-forming-government-after-final-tasmanian-results-226906/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals will have difficulty forming government after final Tasmanian results">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has authorised a joint military and police operation in a decisive move to curb the escalating problem of illegal mining in the Porgera Valley. This action comes in response to the recent surge of unauthorised miners invading the Special Mining Lease (SML) area, posing significant risks ... <a title="PNG’s Marape orders military-police operation in Porgera over illegal mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/pngs-marape-orders-military-police-operation-in-porgera-over-illegal-mining/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape orders military-police operation in Porgera over illegal mining">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Nour Odeh, a Palestinian political analyst, has told Al Jazeera’s Inside Story that the US is more likely to move in the “right direction” when it comes to Israel if it feels pressure from its allies, reports Al Jazeera. “The more Washington feels pressure from its friends, that its policy on Israel ... <a title="More pressure from US allies could see change to ‘untenable policy’ on Gaza, says analyst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/more-pressure-from-us-allies-could-see-change-to-untenable-policy-on-gaza-says-analyst/" aria-label="Read more about More pressure from US allies could see change to ‘untenable policy’ on Gaza, says analyst">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2024
The first votes of the 2024 Solomon Islands joint elections have been cast in Honiara on Friday. The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) said pre-polling has been facilitated for police officers and electoral officials who will be working during polling day on April 17. The pre-polling for working officials was held from 7am to 4pm ... <a title="Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/solomon-islands-election-2024-polling-day-workers-cast-early-votes/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes">Read more</a>
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April 7, 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 At the March 23 Tasmanian state election, the Liberals won 14 of the 35 lower house seats, Labor ten, the Greens five, the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) ... <a title="Difficult for Liberals to form government after final Tasmanian results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/difficult-for-liberals-to-form-government-after-final-tasmanian-results-226906/" aria-label="Read more about Difficult for Liberals to form government after final Tasmanian results">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Pacific Journalism Review, the Pacific and New Zealand’s only specialist media research journal, is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year — and it will mark the occasion at the Pacific Media International Conference in Fiji in July. Founded at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1994, PJR also published for ... <a title="PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/06/pjr-to-celebrate-30-years-of-journalism-publishing-at-pacific-media-2024/" aria-label="Read more about PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2024
PNG Post-Courier The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has declared its solidarity with civil society groups and student protesters demonstrating against the torture of a Papuan man, Defianus Kogoya, by Indonesian troops in West Papua last February. The torture was revealed in a video that went viral across the world last month. PANG said in ... <a title="Let in UN human rights mission to West Papua – stop Indonesian impunity, says PANG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/06/let-in-un-human-rights-mission-to-west-papua-stop-indonesian-impunity-says-pang/" aria-label="Read more about Let in UN human rights mission to West Papua – stop Indonesian impunity, says PANG">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2024
Asia Pacific Report From Whangārei in the north to Invercargill in the south, thousands took to the streets of Aotearoa New Zealand in today’s climate strike, RNZ News reports. Hundreds march on Parliament in Wellngton. But it was not just about the climate crisis — the day’s event was led by a coalition including Toitū ... <a title="Thousands march across NZ demanding climate crisis action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/06/thousands-march-across-nz-demanding-climate-crisis-action/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands march across NZ demanding climate crisis action">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2024
By Boura Goru Kila in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinea court application to stop the news media from reporting on an alleged sexual offence incident involving Goroka MP Aiye Tambua has been thrown out. Magistrate Paul Puri Nii, sitting in the Waigani Committal Court, refused the application by Tambua’s lawyer yesterday, saying media freedom ... <a title="PNG court rejects sex case accused MP’s bid to gag media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/png-court-rejects-sex-case-accused-mps-bid-to-gag-media/" aria-label="Read more about PNG court rejects sex case accused MP’s bid to gag media">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy C. Charlton, Associate Professor, University of New England Giorgio Rossi/Shutterstock Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s recent unsuccessful demand to have the central government repay the GST levied on property rates is the latest salvo in the battle over funding for local government in New Zealand. It points ... <a title="There is a ceiling on rate increases. It’s time to look for alternatives to local government funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/there-is-a-ceiling-on-rate-increases-its-time-to-look-for-alternatives-to-local-government-funding-226493/" aria-label="Read more about There is a ceiling on rate increases. It’s time to look for alternatives to local government funding">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University Maria Symchych/Shutterstock Parents are often faced with well-meaning opinions and conflicting advice about what to feed their babies. The latest guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends formula-fed babies can switch to cow’s ... <a title="When can my baby drink cow’s milk? It’s sooner than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/when-can-my-baby-drink-cows-milk-its-sooner-than-you-think-227044/" aria-label="Read more about When can my baby drink cow’s milk? It’s sooner than you think">Read more</a>
