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March 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government’s easy retention of the Melbourne seat of Dunkley at Saturday’s byelection is a poor result for Peter Dutton. The two-party swing against the government is modest – 4% (soon after 10 pm). This swing is in the conventional ... <a title="View from The Hill: Dunkley byelection a poor result for Peter Dutton’s pitch for the outer suburbs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/03/view-from-the-hill-dunkley-byelection-a-poor-result-for-peter-duttons-pitch-for-the-outer-suburbs-224933/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Dunkley byelection a poor result for Peter Dutton’s pitch for the outer suburbs">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2024
Jubi News Negotiations for the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens, who has been held captive by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) for more than a year, has been hindered by customary issues and “interference of other parties”, say the Indonesian police. Senior Commander Faizal Ramadhani, head of the Cartenz Peace ... <a title="Talks over NZ hostage pilot release stalled by ‘third party’, say police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/03/talks-over-nz-hostage-pilot-release-stalled-by-third-party-say-police/" aria-label="Read more about Talks over NZ hostage pilot release stalled by ‘third party’, say police">Read more</a>
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March 2, 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 all ordinary booths in Dunkley having primary vote counts and 51% of enrolled votes counted, The Poll Bludger is projecting a final Labor margin of 52.6–47.4, ... <a title="Labor holds Dunkley but slumps in two national polls; Liberals lead in Tasmania" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/labor-holds-dunkley-but-slumps-in-two-national-polls-liberals-lead-in-tasmania-224363/" aria-label="Read more about Labor holds Dunkley but slumps in two national polls; Liberals lead in Tasmania">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2024
Pacific Media Watch New Zealand news media came under fire at today’s Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza with speakers condemning what they said was pro-Israeli “bias” and “propaganda”. About 500 protesters waved Palestinian flags and many placards declaring “If you’re not heartbroken and furious, you’re ... <a title="NZ news media under fire for ‘bias, propaganda’ in Gaza coverage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/nz-news-media-under-fire-for-bias-propaganda-in-gaza-coverage/" aria-label="Read more about NZ news media under fire for ‘bias, propaganda’ in Gaza coverage">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2024
Warning: This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers. By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent As women and children seek hope of a future without tribal fighting, the cycle of killing continues in Papua New Guinea’s remote Highlands. Tribal warfare dating back generations is being ... <a title="‘Chopped boy with a bush knife’: A PNG massacre killer says revenge is ‘only way’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/chopped-boy-with-a-bush-knife-a-png-massacre-killer-says-revenge-is-only-way/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Chopped boy with a bush knife’: A PNG massacre killer says revenge is ‘only way’">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A vote of no confidence in Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape is set to be moved on May 29. Sinasina-Yongamugl Open MP Kerenga Kua told the media yesterday that the Marape government had “subverted the opposition’s attempts to hold them ... <a title="PNG leader Marape’s no confidence ‘accountability’ vote set for May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/png-leader-marapes-no-confidence-accountability-vote-set-for-may/" aria-label="Read more about PNG leader Marape’s no confidence ‘accountability’ vote set for May">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2024
World Council of Churches Today is Remembrance Day — marking the 70th anniversary of the largest US nuclear test detonation, Castle Bravo, which took place over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 1 March 1954. As one Marshallese resident noted: “It’s not the middle of nowhere to those who call it home.” When Castle ... <a title="Victims and survivors of nuclear testing honoured in Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/victims-and-survivors-of-nuclear-testing-honoured-in-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Victims and survivors of nuclear testing honoured in Marshall Islands">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has announced it will stop paying for news content in Australia when the current deals it has expire. Meta will also cease news aggregation on the site. Three years ago, the company signed deals with ... <a title="Facebook won’t keep paying Australian media outlets for their content. Are we about to get another news ban?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/facebook-wont-keep-paying-australian-media-outlets-for-their-content-are-we-about-to-get-another-news-ban-224857/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook won’t keep paying Australian media outlets for their content. Are we about to get another news ban?">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Ellis, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle Public trust and confidence in NSW Police has been sorely tested in the past two weeks. The charging of a police officer with the murders of a Sydney gay couple, Jesse Baird and Luke ... <a title="The policing of LGBTQ+ people casts a long, dark shadow. Marching at Mardi Gras must be backed up with real change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/the-policing-of-lgbtq-people-casts-a-long-dark-shadow-marching-at-mardi-gras-must-be-backed-up-with-real-change-224633/" aria-label="Read more about The policing of LGBTQ+ people casts a long, dark shadow. Marching at Mardi Gras must be backed up with real change">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Jongenelis, Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change, The University of Melbourne Alexandru Chiriac/Shutterstock Vaping is on the rise among young Australians. Recent figures from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey show current use of e‑cigarettes among teenagers aged 14–17 increased five-fold from 1.8% in 2019 ... <a title="Could messages from social media influencers stop young people vaping? A look at the government’s new campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/could-messages-from-social-media-influencers-stop-young-people-vaping-a-look-at-the-governments-new-campaign-224621/" aria-label="Read more about Could messages from social media influencers stop young people vaping? A look at the government’s new campaign">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynda Goldsworthy, Research Associate, University of Tasmania Tara Lambourne/Shutterstock On February 1, senior Australian and New Zealand ministers signed a Joint Statement of Cooperation, acknowledging the long history of collaboration between the two nations. The same week, New Zealand rejected an Australian proposal on sustainable fishing at ... <a title="On fisheries, Australia must be prepared for New Zealand as opponent rather than ally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/on-fisheries-australia-must-be-prepared-for-new-zealand-as-opponent-rather-than-ally-223305/" aria-label="Read more about On fisheries, Australia must be prepared for New Zealand as opponent rather than ally">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University The Theatre of War video still, Stanislava Pinchuk, image courtesy of the artist. Through a nuanced exploration of place, time, and memory, a new video work invites audiences to reflect on landscape and its relationship to the ... <a title="‘An odd work that has borne the brunt of my grief’: the serenity and the grit of Stanislava Pinchuk’s The Theatre of War" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/an-odd-work-that-has-borne-the-brunt-of-my-grief-the-serenity-and-the-grit-of-stanislava-pinchuks-the-theatre-of-war-222498/" aria-label="Read more about ‘An odd work that has borne the brunt of my grief’: the serenity and the grit of Stanislava Pinchuk’s The Theatre of War">Read more</a>
