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May 5, 2025
RNZ Pacific The head of Fiji’s prison service has been caught on camera involved in a fist fight that appears to have taken place at the popular O’Reilley’s Bar in the capital of Suva. Sevuloni Naucukidi, the acting Commissioner of the Fiji Corrections Service (FCS), can be seen in the viral video throwing punches at ... <a title="Viral video shows Fiji prison chief throwing punches at Suva bar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/viral-video-shows-fiji-prison-chief-throwing-punches-at-suva-bar/" aria-label="Read more about Viral video shows Fiji prison chief throwing punches at Suva bar">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
By Kalafi Moala in Nuku’alofa On this World Press Freedom Day, we in the Pacific stand together to defend and promote the right to freedom of expression — now facing new and complex challenges in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This year’s global theme is “Reporting a Brave New World: The impact of Artificial ... <a title="PINA on World Press Freedom Day – facing new and complex AI challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/pina-on-world-press-freedom-day-facing-new-and-complex-ai-challenges/" aria-label="Read more about PINA on World Press Freedom Day – facing new and complex AI challenges">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
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 78% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is calling 85 of the 150 House of Representatives seats for Labor, 39 for the Coalition, zero for the ... <a title="Late counting continues in several seats, with Goldstein and Melbourne among those too close to call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/late-counting-continues-in-several-seats-with-goldstein-and-melbourne-among-those-too-close-to-call-255868/" aria-label="Read more about Late counting continues in several seats, with Goldstein and Melbourne among those too close to call">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
By Michelle Curran of Pasifika TV World Press Freedom Day is a poignant reminder that journalists and media workers are essential for a healthy, functioning society — including the Pacific. Held annually on May 3, World Press Freedom Day prompts governments about the need to respect press freedom, while serving as a day of reflection ... <a title="Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/pacific-story-sovereignty-top-of-mind-on-world-press-freedom-day/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It took an election win, but Anthony Albanese on Monday finally received that much-awaited phone call from US President Donald Trump. The conversation was “warm and positive,” the prime minister told a news conference, thanking the president for “reaching out”. ... <a title="View from The Hill: a budding Trump-Albanese bromance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/view-from-the-hill-a-budding-trump-albanese-bromance-255619/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: a budding Trump-Albanese bromance?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University and Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne Among the many lessons to be learnt by Australia’s defeated Liberal-National coalition parties from the election is that they should stop getting into bed with News Corporation. Why would a political party outsource its policy platform and strategy to people with plenty ... <a title="In its soul-searching, Australia’s rightist coalition should examine its relationship with the media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/in-its-soul-searching-australias-rightist-coalition-should-examine-its-relationship-with-the-media/" aria-label="Read more about In its soul-searching, Australia’s rightist coalition should examine its relationship with the media">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Lordn/Shutterstock Coeliac disease is not a food allergy or intolerance. It’s an autoimmune disease that makes the body attack the small intestine if gluten (a protein found in wheat, rye and barley) reaches the gut. Even ... <a title="Is it dangerous to kiss someone who’s eaten gluten if you have coeliac disease?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/is-it-dangerous-to-kiss-someone-whos-eaten-gluten-if-you-have-coeliac-disease-255721/" aria-label="Read more about Is it dangerous to kiss someone who’s eaten gluten if you have coeliac disease?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide The re-election of the Albanese Labor government by such a wide margin should not mean “business as usual” for Australia’s security policy. The global uncertainty instigated by US President Donald Trump means Australia’s security landscape is very different ... <a title="After its landslide win, Labor should have courage and confidence on security – and our alliance with the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/after-its-landslide-win-labor-should-have-courage-and-confidence-on-security-and-our-alliance-with-the-us-255598/" aria-label="Read more about After its landslide win, Labor should have courage and confidence on security – and our alliance with the US">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Skarbek, Climateworks CEO, Monash University Australians have returned an expanded Labor Party to government alongside a suite of climate-progressive independents. Meanwhile, the Coalition – which promoted nuclear energy and a slower renewables transition – suffered a historic defeat. Labor also looks set to have increased numbers ... <a title="5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/5-huge-climate-opportunities-await-the-next-parliament-and-it-has-the-numbers-to-deliver-255772/" aria-label="Read more about 5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia barmalini/Shutterstock When the Coalition launched its nuclear plan last year, Labor was on the nose and early polls showed some support for the policy. But then the wheels fell off. Nuclear didn’t stack up on cost or ... <a title="Pie in the sky? After the Coalition’s stinging loss, nuclear should be dead. Here’s why it might live on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/pie-in-the-sky-after-the-coalitions-stinging-loss-nuclear-should-be-dead-heres-why-it-might-live-on-255866/" aria-label="Read more about Pie in the sky? After the Coalition’s stinging loss, nuclear should be dead. Here’s why it might live on">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University More than 18 million Australians voted on Saturday, after walking past countless corflutes, reading campaign flyers and reviewing how-to-vote cards. The 2025 federal election was Australia’s biggest yet, with 710,000 more ... <a title="A rubbish election: voting in Australia produces mountains of waste – but there’s a better way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/a-rubbish-election-voting-in-australia-produces-mountains-of-waste-but-theres-a-better-way-255780/" aria-label="Read more about A rubbish election: voting in Australia produces mountains of waste – but there’s a better way">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Slade, Associate Professor of Fashion, University of Technology Sydney Portrait of a Man, c. 1855 National Gallery of Art Fashion is one of the most powerful tools we have for understanding ourselves and the world around us. Nowhere is this clearer than in the story of ... <a title="Tailoring and the Black dandy: how 250 years of Black fashion history inspired the 2025 Met Gala" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/tailoring-and-the-black-dandy-how-250-years-of-black-fashion-history-inspired-the-2025-met-gala-250650/" aria-label="Read more about Tailoring and the Black dandy: how 250 years of Black fashion history inspired the 2025 Met Gala">Read more</a>
