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May 23, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University Many different arguments for and against the Voice to Parliament have been heard in the lead-up to this year’s referendum in Australia. This has included some media and politicians drawing comparisons between the Voice and South Africa’s apartheid regime. Cory Bernardi, a Sky News commentator, argued, for instance, ... <a title="The Voice isn’t apartheid or a veto over Parliament – this misinformation is undermining democratic debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/the-voice-isnt-apartheid-or-a-veto-over-parliament-this-misinformation-is-undermining-democratic-debate/" aria-label="Read more about The Voice isn’t apartheid or a veto over Parliament – this misinformation is undermining democratic debate">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2023
By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to safely detonate unexploded munitions from World War II. Decades on from when US Marines fought and won the Battle of Tarawa against Japan, war was still very much a part of ... <a title="Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/22/memories-of-war-haunt-slippery-slope-to-a-militarised-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Melissa Conley Tyler, The University of Melbourne and Andrea Fahey, Australian National University Today is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters are deciding on 65 members of Parliament to represent them. Each election is a reminder of the successful regional and international cooperation that led to Timor-Leste’s independence. It is also a reminder ... <a title="Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/22/timor-leste-is-at-the-polls-heres-how-australia-can-support-its-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2023
By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape is still confident of delivering the PNG-US Defence Cooperation Agreement despite the cancellation of US President Joe Biden’s visit, and the leaking of a draft copy of the confidential document on Tuesday. He said PNG’s national interest was at ... <a title="PNG’s Marape confident of pulling off PNG-US defence pact in spite of leak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/18/pngs-marape-confident-of-pulling-off-png-us-defence-pact-in-spite-of-leak/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape confident of pulling off PNG-US defence pact in spite of leak">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist US President Joe Biden will cut out his historic trip to Papua New Guinea — and also to Australia — to return to complete debt ceiling negotiations in the US, according to a White House statement. Biden was scheduled to make a brief, historic stopover in PNG, and meet ... <a title="Biden cuts out Australia and Papua New Guinea on Pacific visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/biden-cuts-out-australia-and-papua-new-guinea-on-pacific-visit/" aria-label="Read more about Biden cuts out Australia and Papua New Guinea on Pacific visit">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed to US President Joe Biden for a “proactive role” in ending Indonesia’s “unlawful military occupation and annexation” of West Papua. He claims this illegal occupation led to the subsequent US “foreign policy failure” in protecting six decades of crimes against humanity. Bomanak made ... <a title="OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending West Papuan ‘holocaust’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/opm-leader-calls-on-biden-to-take-proactive-role-in-ending-west-papuan-holocaust/" aria-label="Read more about OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending West Papuan ‘holocaust’">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2023
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 Mick Tsikas/AAP A federal Newspoll, conducted May 11-13 from a sample of 1,516, is the first poll taken since the May 9 budget. It gave Labor a ... <a title="Albanese’s ratings improve in a post-budget Newspoll; left to control NSW upper house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/15/albaneses-ratings-improve-in-a-post-budget-newspoll-left-to-control-nsw-upper-house-205186/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese’s ratings improve in a post-budget Newspoll; left to control NSW upper house">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2023
Political scientist Paul G. Buchanan and journalist/analyst Selwyn Manning deliver their latest podcast A View from Afar. This episode: AUKUS, should New Zealand and other Asia Pacific nations join this security pact? And if not, why not?
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May 11, 2023
INTERACTIVE WEBCAST: Join the LIVE recording of Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning’s podcast A View from Afar at midday Thursday (New Zealand time) and Wednesday 8pm (US EDT). LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 8pm US EDT – In this the first episode of A View from Afar for 2023 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – AUKUS: Should New Zealand and Other APAC Nations Join This Anglophile Security Bloc?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/live-a-view-from-afar-aukus-should-new-zealand-and-other-apac-nations-join-this-anglophile-security-bloc/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – AUKUS: Should New Zealand and Other APAC Nations Join This Anglophile Security Bloc?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Bergman, Senior Deputy Politics + Society Editor AAP/The Conversation, CC BY-ND. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his second budget with a heavy focus on cost-of-living relief for Australians who are struggling due to persistently high inflation and rising interest rates. While Chalmers says the economy should ... <a title="Australia’s Budget 2023 at a glance: major measures, cuts and spends" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/budget-2023-at-a-glance-major-measures-cuts-and-spends-205211/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Budget 2023 at a glance: major measures, cuts and spends">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra original A $14.6 billion four-year cost-of-living package will be the centrepiece of Labor’s second budget, which seeks to balance spending restraint with its election commitment to not leave people behind. The latter days of preparing the budget – which was ... <a title="View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/view-from-the-hill-budget-centrepiece-will-be-14-6-billion-cost-of-living-package-205192/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2023
ANALYSIS: By James Mehigan, University of Canterbury The coronation of King Charles III is an ideal time for Australia and New Zealand to take stock of the British monarchy and its role in national life — including certain myths about what becoming a republic might mean. In particular, there is a common assumption that both ... <a title="Why Australia and NZ could become republics – and stay in the Commonwealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/07/why-australia-and-nz-could-become-republics-and-stay-in-the-commonwealth/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia and NZ could become republics – and stay in the Commonwealth">Read more</a>
