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March 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A government-instituted taskforce has proposed older Australians should pay more of the cost of their aged care, while steering clear of politically fraught options such as a levy or touching the family home to help finance the sector. Under the ... <a title="Government’s aged care report proposes older Australians pay more but eschews a levy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/12/governments-aged-care-report-proposes-older-australians-pay-more-but-eschews-a-levy-225462/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s aged care report proposes older Australians pay more but eschews a levy">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Like most biopics, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer – which won seven awards, including the big one, Best Picture – seems kind of silly, an exercise in dress up. We watch “serious” actors like Robert Downey Jr. ... <a title="Oppenheimer’s triumph, a stunning First Nations performance, and lots of sparkles: 5 experts on the 2024 Oscars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/oppenheimers-triumph-a-stunning-first-nations-performance-and-lots-of-sparkles-5-experts-on-the-2024-oscars-221493/" aria-label="Read more about Oppenheimer’s triumph, a stunning First Nations performance, and lots of sparkles: 5 experts on the 2024 Oscars">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing. PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko and the Indonesian ambassador to the Pacific nation, Andriana Supandy, convened a press briefing in Port Moresby on February 29 to declare the ratification. The agreement enables an enhancement ... <a title="Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/question-for-png-foreign-minister-tkatchenko-what-does-the-defence-pact-mean-for-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A secret ballot by members of the Association of University of the South Pacific Staff (AUSPS) and USP Staff Union have voted in favour of strike action at the institution. Unofficial results in the poll last Wednesday showed 63 percent in favour, above the needed majority threshold. AUSPS general ... <a title="USP staff vote in favour of strike action over ‘just and fair’ pay rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/usp-staff-vote-in-favour-of-strike-action-over-just-and-fair-pay-rise/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff vote in favour of strike action over ‘just and fair’ pay rise">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Australia, Canada and New Zealand share similar colonial stories. Historically, New Zealand has been the most interested of the three in thinking about how the ... <a title="Taking the Treaty out of child protection law risks making NZ a global outlier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/taking-the-treaty-out-of-child-protection-law-risks-making-nz-a-global-outlier-225443/" aria-label="Read more about Taking the Treaty out of child protection law risks making NZ a global outlier">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christiane Keys-Statham, PhD Candidate, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University The 24th edition of the Biennale of Sydney, titled Ten Thousand Suns, is an explosion of joy and creative energy across seven venues, including the sails of the Opera House and White Bay Power Station. ... <a title="Sydney Biennale invites us to celebrate our collective resistance in dark times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/sydney-biennale-invites-us-to-celebrate-our-collective-resistance-in-dark-times-223721/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Biennale invites us to celebrate our collective resistance in dark times">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney Matu Ngaropo and Ahunim Abebe in Bell Shakespeare s A Midsummer Nights Dream. Photo by Brett Boardman Shakespeare’s delightful A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a perennial favourite – and the production run by the Bell Shakespeare company ... <a title="Bell Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is side-splittingly funny – yet some of the magic is lost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/bell-shakespeares-a-midsummer-nights-dream-is-side-splittingly-funny-yet-some-of-the-magic-is-lost-223655/" aria-label="Read more about Bell Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is side-splittingly funny – yet some of the magic is lost">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
RNZ Pacific A Papua New Guinea MP who is being touted by the opposition as the next prime minister of the country says “my life is under threat”. East Sepik governor Allan Bird said that since his nomination, he had been advised of this by a deputy police commissioner, who said they were monitoring the ... <a title="Opposition MP Allan Bird claims his ‘life under threat’ after PM nomination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/opposition-mp-allan-bird-claims-his-life-under-threat-after-pm-nomination/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition MP Allan Bird claims his ‘life under threat’ after PM nomination">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily Moore, PhD Candidate in Classics and Archaeology, The University of Melbourne The State Hermitage Museum The dog days of summer are upon us. Or so the ancient Romans named the dies caniculares that followed the rise of the “dog star” Sirius which the ancients believed to ... <a title="A trip to the coast, a dip in the pool, and a snow-chilled drink: how ancient Romans kept cool in summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/a-trip-to-the-coast-a-dip-in-the-pool-and-a-snow-chilled-drink-how-ancient-romans-kept-cool-in-summer-214461/" aria-label="Read more about A trip to the coast, a dip in the pool, and a snow-chilled drink: how ancient Romans kept cool in summer">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Opposition spokesperson for Bougainville affairs Sir Puka Temu has warned the Papua New Guinea government not to take the Bougainville ratification process lightly and has called for an urgent leadership meeting. He urged Prime Minister James Marape and his Minister for Bougainville Affairs, Manasseh Makibato, convene an urgent meeting between the two governments. ... <a title="Stop treating Bougainville lightly, Sir Puka warns Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/stop-treating-bougainville-lightly-sir-puka-warns-marape/" aria-label="Read more about Stop treating Bougainville lightly, Sir Puka warns Marape">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government will abolish almost 500 so-called “nuisance” import tariffs from July 1. Items set to become tariff-free include toothbrushes, hand tools, fridges, dishwashers, clothing, and menstrual and sanitary products. The tariff on such products is 5%. The cost ... <a title="Hundreds of tariffs to go from July 1 in biggest unilateral tariff cut in decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/hundreds-of-tariffs-to-go-from-july-1-in-biggest-unilateral-tariff-cut-in-decades-225444/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of tariffs to go from July 1 in biggest unilateral tariff cut in decades">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2024
Television New Zealand’s proposals to balance its worsening books by killing news and current affairs programmes mean New Zealanders could end up with almost no national current affairs on TV within weeks. It is a response to digital era changes in technology, viewing and advertising — but also the consequence of political choices. “I can ... <a title="Mediawatch: Apocalypse now for NZ news – take 2?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/10/mediawatch-apocalypse-now-for-nz-news-take-2/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Apocalypse now for NZ news – take 2?">Read more</a>
