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March 22, 2025
By Leah Lowonbu, Stefan Armbruster and Harlyne Joku of BenarNews The Pacific’s peak diplomatic bodies have signalled they are ready to engage with Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Government of Bougainville as mediation begins on the delayed ratification of its successful 2019 independence referendum. PNG and Bougainville’s leaders met in the capital Port Moresby this week ... <a title="Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/22/top-pacific-diplomats-ready-for-direct-talks-on-bougainville-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A joint operation between the Fiji Police Force, Republic of Fiji Military Force (RFMF), Territorial Force Brigade, Fiji Navy and National Fire Authority was staged this week to “modernise” responses to emergencies. Called “Exercise Genesis”, the joint operation is believed to be the first of its kind in Fiji to “test combat ... <a title="Joint Fiji forces tackle civil strife, flash flood crisis and rebels in exercise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/joint-fiji-forces-tackle-civil-strife-flash-flood-crisis-and-rebels-in-exercise/" aria-label="Read more about Joint Fiji forces tackle civil strife, flash flood crisis and rebels in exercise">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney As the United States recalibrates its trade policies to combat what the Trump administration sees as “unfair” treatment by other countries, two significant industries have complained to US regulators about their treatment in Australia. The ... <a title="Australia’s ‘coercive’ news media rules are the latest targets of US trade ire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/australias-coercive-news-media-rules-are-the-latest-targets-of-us-trade-ire-252806/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘coercive’ news media rules are the latest targets of US trade ire">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Since the return to power of US President Donald Trump, tariffs have barely left the front pages. While the on-off-on tariff sagas have dominated the headlines, a paper released this week by the government’s Australian Bureau of ... <a title="What are non-tariff barriers – and why is agriculture so exposed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/what-are-non-tariff-barriers-and-why-is-agriculture-so-exposed-252739/" aria-label="Read more about What are non-tariff barriers – and why is agriculture so exposed?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Baka, Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University In a surprisingly emphatic result, 41-year-old Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe’s Sport Minister, was selected as the new ... <a title="How will the history-making new Olympics boss shape sports worldwide, and in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/how-will-the-history-making-new-olympics-boss-shape-sports-worldwide-and-in-australia-252623/" aria-label="Read more about How will the history-making new Olympics boss shape sports worldwide, and in Australia?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Australia’s supermarket sector has endured a long, uncomfortable moment in the spotlight. There have been six comprehensive inquiries into its conduct, pricing practices, and specifically claims of “price gouging”, over the past 18 ... <a title="ACCC finds Australia’s supermarkets are among the world’s most profitable – but doesn’t accuse them of price gouging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/accc-finds-australias-supermarkets-are-among-the-worlds-most-profitable-but-doesnt-accuse-them-of-price-gouging-250503/" aria-label="Read more about ACCC finds Australia’s supermarkets are among the world’s most profitable – but doesn’t accuse them of price gouging">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Wilson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation), Southern Cross University Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special isssue because the peer review process for it was compromised. The case brought into sharp focus broader ... <a title="Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/peer-review-is-meant-to-prevent-scientific-misconduct-but-it-has-its-own-problems-248015/" aria-label="Read more about Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Breen, Professor of Psychology, Curtin University Photo by Daria Kruchkova/Pexels Grief can hit us in powerful and unanticipated ways. You might expect to grieve a person, a pet or even a former version of yourself – but many people are surprised by the depth of sad ... <a title="Why do I grieve my childhood home so much now we’ve sold it? And what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/why-do-i-grieve-my-childhood-home-so-much-now-weve-sold-it-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-251058/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I grieve my childhood home so much now we’ve sold it? And what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan B. Williams, Professor of Marine Robotics, Australian Centre for Robotics, University of Sydney Armada 7805, similar to the 7806 vessel that will support the new MH370 search. Ocean Infinity More than 11 years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Malaysian government has approved ... <a title="The search for missing plane MH370 is back on. An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/the-search-for-missing-plane-mh370-is-back-on-an-underwater-robotics-expert-explains-whats-involved-252732/" aria-label="Read more about The search for missing plane MH370 is back on. An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Egger, Senior Biostatistician at the Daffodil Centre, Cancer Council NSW, University of Sydney Getty Images E-cigarette companies, including giants such as British American Tobacco, have actively lobbied governments in New Zealand and Australia to weaken existing vape regulations while preventing the introduction of stricter ones. As ... <a title="The tobacco lobby claims vaping is displacing youth smoking – a close look at the evidence tells another story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/the-tobacco-lobby-claims-vaping-is-displacing-youth-smoking-a-close-look-at-the-evidence-tells-another-story-252283/" aria-label="Read more about The tobacco lobby claims vaping is displacing youth smoking – a close look at the evidence tells another story">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Coleman, Post-doctoral Researcher in Plant Ecology, Macquarie University Jakub Maculewicz/Shutterstock More than 8,000 continental islands sit just off the coast of Australia, many of them uninhabited and unspoiled. For thousands of species, these patches of habitat offer refuge from the threats they face on the mainland. ... <a title="We combed through old botanical surveys to track how plants on Australia’s islands are changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/we-combed-through-old-botanical-surveys-to-track-how-plants-on-australias-islands-are-changing-243934/" aria-label="Read more about We combed through old botanical surveys to track how plants on Australia’s islands are changing">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
By Alex Willemyns for Radio Free Asia The Trump administration might let hundreds of millions of dollars in aid pledged to Pacific island nations during former President Joe Biden’s time in office stand, says New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. The Biden administration pledged about $1 billion in aid to the Pacific to help counter China’s influence ... <a title="US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/us-might-not-cut-pledged-pacific-aid-says-nz-foreign-minister/" aria-label="Read more about US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister">Read more</a>
