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June 3, 2024
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva “Let other people decide your salaries” is the latest message in the Fiji parliamentary pay controversy. This is the call of Fiji’s longtime House of Representatives Secretary Edward Blakelock, who believes that the Special Emoluments Committee must be independent. He said the Emoluments Committee, traditionally comprised independent consultants who were ... <a title="Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/independent-committee-needed-for-fiji-mps-salaries-says-parliament-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney The Fair Work Commission has boosted the wages of workers on awards by 3.75%, just a touch above the official inflation rate of 3.6%. The increase will apply to fortnightly pay ... <a title="Low-paid wages up 3.75%, with more to come for childcare and health professionals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/low-paid-wages-up-3-75-with-more-to-come-for-childcare-and-health-professionals-231473/" aria-label="Read more about Low-paid wages up 3.75%, with more to come for childcare and health professionals">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Mulitaka, Papua New Guinea Little Ima met Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape last Friday during the “haus krai” in Mulitaka, Enga, after the landslide disaster more than a week ago. His meeting happened when Marape beckoned him to get water from him. The action of the Prime Minister only ... <a title="Little Ima puts a question to PM Marape for Mulitaka survivors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/little-ima-puts-a-question-to-pm-marape-for-mulitaka-survivors/" aria-label="Read more about Little Ima puts a question to PM Marape for Mulitaka survivors">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury The Conversation June is set to be a month of holding up the mirror to reality, with our experts recommending three new non-fiction watches. No streaming list is complete without some true crime, so we’ve ... <a title="Carriage romps, good vibrations and a web of lies: what we’re streaming in June" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/carriage-romps-good-vibrations-and-a-web-of-lies-what-were-streaming-in-june-230785/" aria-label="Read more about Carriage romps, good vibrations and a web of lies: what we’re streaming in June">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has ruled out attempting to displace Amelia Hamer as the Liberals’ candidate for Kooyong. Frydenberg’s quick decision comes after a public backlash against the possibility he could push aside an already preselected woman. It had also ... <a title="Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/josh-frydenberg-rules-out-seeking-kooyong-preselection-231487/" aria-label="Read more about Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
By Alakihihifo Vailala of PMN News Flipped “back in time” is how New Zealand author, journalist and media educator Dr David Robie describes the crisis in New Caledonia. Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media and educated Pacific journalists for more than four decades. He reported on the indigenous Kanak pro-independence uprising in ... <a title="King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/kings-birthday-honours-nz-journalist-reflects-on-work-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Post-COVID housing stress has been especially intense in Queensland. Brisbane property prices have climbed by 65% since the pandemic began. That’s almost double the Australian capital city average (34%). According ... <a title="The housing crisis hit Queensland hard. Jolted into action, the state has raised its game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/the-housing-crisis-hit-queensland-hard-jolted-into-action-the-state-has-raised-its-game-230870/" aria-label="Read more about The housing crisis hit Queensland hard. Jolted into action, the state has raised its game">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Livingstone, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University Creative Cat Studio/Shutterstock What’s the difference? is a new editorial product that explains the similarities and differences between commonly confused health and medical terms, and why they ... <a title="What’s the difference between vegan and vegetarian?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/whats-the-difference-between-vegan-and-vegetarian-225275/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between vegan and vegetarian?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
RNZ Pacific Tributes are pouring in for an acclaimed American Samoan poet and teacher who was murdered last Saturday in Apia allegedly by a fellow poet. According to local police Dr Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, a retired professor from the University of Hawai’i Manoa, was found dead at the Galu Moana Theatre in Vaivase-Uta. The Samoa Observer ... <a title="Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/outpouring-of-grief-following-death-of-acclaimed-samoan-poet-and-writer/" aria-label="Read more about Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cahyani Widi Larasakti, PhD Student in International Relations, The University of Melbourne MMES Studio/Shutterstock Australia and Indonesia have long had an uneasy relationship, over issues ranging from Timor-Leste’s independence to asylum seekers and bans on live cattle export to the aftermath of the Bali bombings. While the ... <a title="Could a green investment deal help Indonesia and Australia overcome their past tensions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/could-a-green-investment-deal-help-indonesia-and-australia-overcome-their-past-tensions-229913/" aria-label="Read more about Could a green investment deal help Indonesia and Australia overcome their past tensions?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Raven, Senior Scientia Lecturer (Research), UNSW Sydney wk1003mike / Shutterstock Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed on a new treaty aimed at preventing the for-profit piracy of traditional knowledge. So-called “biopiracy”, in which companies lift ... <a title="Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/patents-based-on-traditional-knowledge-are-often-biopiracy-a-new-international-treaty-will-finally-combat-this-231272/" aria-label="Read more about Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior lecturer, International Migration and Refugee Law, University of Technology Sydney Anyone following recent news reporting may rightly think Australia’s migration system is in “crisis”. Much of this reporting is fixated on the perceived threat posed by non-citizens to the safety or prosperity of the ... <a title="Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/migration-has-been-in-the-news-a-lot-lately-whats-going-on-231270/" aria-label="Read more about Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
