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October 27, 2022
By David Robie A Fiji-based academic challenged the Pacific region’s media and policymakers today over climate crisis coverage, asking whether the discriminatory style of reporting was a case of climate injustice. Associate Professor Shailendra Singh, head of the journalism programme at the University of the South Pacific, said climate press conferences and meetings were too ... <a title="Fiji academic warns over media ‘climate injustice’ in open access webinar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/fiji-academic-warns-over-media-climate-injustice-in-open-access-webinar/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji academic warns over media ‘climate injustice’ in open access webinar">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific One of eight West Papuan activists who raised the banned Morning Star flag of independence in a protest last December has died. Zode Hilapok’s death was confirmed by a relative, Christianus Dogopia, who said that since being detained, Hilapok’s health had been deteriorating. Dogopia said that on 12 December 2021 his relative began ... <a title="Morning Star flag protester in West Papua dies of mystery illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/morning-star-flag-protester-in-west-papua-dies-of-mystery-illness/" aria-label="Read more about Morning Star flag protester in West Papua dies of mystery illness">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby At least 32 people have been killed in an all-out war between Kulumata and Kuboma tribes in Milne Bay’s Kiriwina island. Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr confirmed that the killings had erupted early last month after yam gardens were destroyed. “A police team from Port Moresby was deployed ... <a title="‘Frightening to see such violence’ in tribal war on PNG’s Kiriwina island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/frightening-to-see-such-violence-in-tribal-war-on-pngs-kiriwina-island/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Frightening to see such violence’ in tribal war on PNG’s Kiriwina island">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers says of his first budget: “Inflation is the dragon we need to slay”. Chalmers’ worry about inflation was reinforced by Wednesday’s release of the September quarter CPI, which showed inflation at 7.3%. In this podcast, we talk ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers, Angus Taylor and Danielle Wood on the budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jim-chalmers-angus-taylor-and-danielle-wood-on-the-budget-193335/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers, Angus Taylor and Danielle Wood on the budget">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time - 6pm USEST - In this, the 20th episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will analyse The Era of Restive Politics.
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Hodgson, Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University The Labor federal government promised it would make women central to its first budget. The inclusion of an evidence-based women’s budget statement shows a greater awareness of the systemic challenges, particularly to women’s economic security. ... <a title="The women’s budget is headed in the right direction. But the policies still need work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/the-womens-budget-is-headed-in-the-right-direction-but-the-policies-still-need-work-193100/" aria-label="Read more about The women’s budget is headed in the right direction. But the policies still need work">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, The University of Melbourne It was billed as Australia’s first wellbeing budget. But, five months into a new government, with so many economic fires to fight, Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ first budget was never going to be that. Instead, he’s taken the first step: ... <a title="Chalmers hasn’t delivered a wellbeing budget, but it’s a step in the right direction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/chalmers-hasnt-delivered-a-wellbeing-budget-but-its-a-step-in-the-right-direction-192840/" aria-label="Read more about Chalmers hasn’t delivered a wellbeing budget, but it’s a step in the right direction">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute “Restraint” – that’s what Treasurer Jim Chalmers claimed as the watchword of Tuesday’s federal budget. Perhaps the claim can be made in general, but when it comes to transport infrastructure, the budget is remarkable not for how different ... <a title="Budget restraint? When it comes to transport projects, it’s hard to find" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/budget-restraint-when-it-comes-to-transport-projects-its-hard-to-find-192848/" aria-label="Read more about Budget restraint? When it comes to transport projects, it’s hard to find">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Why the Uber court ruling is a major victory against worker exploitation Do you believe that workers deserve basic employment rights and protections against exploitation? Do you think that workers should be entitled to the minimum wage, have protection from unjust dismissal, have the right to sick leave, holiday ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why the Uber court ruling is a major victory against worker exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-the-uber-court-ruling-is-a-major-victory-against-worker-exploitation/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why the Uber court ruling is a major victory against worker exploitation">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne The first Labor federal budget has come down, but the arts are almost nowhere to be seen. According to Arts Minister Tony Burke, the government is waiting for its new ... <a title="This was supposed to be a ‘wellbeing budget’ – so why does it feel like the arts have been overlooked?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/this-was-supposed-to-be-a-wellbeing-budget-so-why-does-it-feel-like-the-arts-have-been-overlooked-193304/" aria-label="Read more about This was supposed to be a ‘wellbeing budget’ – so why does it feel like the arts have been overlooked?">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Neal, Senior research fellow in the Department of Economics, UNSW Sydney Joel Carrett/AAP Treasurer Jim Chalmers last night delivered a budget he declared was “solid, sensible and suitable to the times”. But what does a sensible budget look like in a world that is fast running ... <a title="Labor’s ‘sensible’ budget leaves Australians short-changed on climate action. Here’s where it went wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/labors-sensible-budget-leaves-australians-short-changed-on-climate-action-heres-where-it-went-wrong-193215/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s ‘sensible’ budget leaves Australians short-changed on climate action. Here’s where it went wrong">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marlene Longbottom, Associate Professor, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people and mentions domestic violence and murder. This week’s Four Corners special How Many More? provided a much-needed investigation into the rates of First Nations ... <a title="Four Corners’ ‘How many more?’ reveals the nation’s crisis of Indigenous women missing and murdered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/four-corners-how-many-more-reveals-the-nations-crisis-of-indigenous-women-missing-and-murdered-193216/" aria-label="Read more about Four Corners’ ‘How many more?’ reveals the nation’s crisis of Indigenous women missing and murdered">Read more</a>
