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June 2, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Opposition People’s National Congress leader Peter O’Neill is urging Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape and the government to refrain from signing any agreements with China when their foreign minister visits Port Moresby today. “Now is not the right time,” the former prime minister said of the visit by Chinese Foreign Minister ... <a title="O’Neill warns Marape over ‘improper’ eleventh hour China meeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/oneill-warns-marape-over-improper-eleventh-hour-china-meeting/" aria-label="Read more about O’Neill warns Marape over ‘improper’ eleventh hour China meeting">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within days of being sworn in has yielded what appears to have been an early success. Whether Wong’s intervention gave Pacific leaders pause about a wide-ranging economic and security pact with ... <a title="As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government should look to history on mending ties with China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/as-wong-makes-her-mark-in-the-pacific-the-albanese-government-should-look-to-history-on-mending-ties-with-china/" aria-label="Read more about As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government should look to history on mending ties with China">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
RNZ Pacific Church bells and police sirens rang out across Samoa at midnight to herald the start of 12 months of nationwide celebrations for the 60th year of independence from New Zealand. Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, who is the chair of the Independence Committee, raised the flag of freedom at a ceremony this morning, ... <a title="Church bells, police sirens mark 60 years of Samoa’s independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/church-bells-police-sirens-mark-60-years-of-samoas-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Church bells, police sirens mark 60 years of Samoa’s independence">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
By Shirley Mauludu in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Energy Minister Saki Soloma and his supporters had to run for their lives when they were attacked by rival candidate supporters in Okapa station on Friday with the national elections due in July. His supporters were also injured when they protected Soloma from being harmed as ... <a title="PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/pngs-energy-minister-supporters-flee-for-their-lives-in-elections-attack/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader and mayor of Faa’a, Oscar Temaru, says double standards are at play in probing him over the payment of his legal defence. Temaru commented on being held for six hours last week for questioning over the Faa’a Council’s decision to pay his legal bill in a 2019 court case, ... <a title="Temaru hits back over probe in pro-independence Radio Tefana case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/temaru-hits-back-over-probe-in-pro-independence-radio-tefana-case/" aria-label="Read more about Temaru hits back over probe in pro-independence Radio Tefana case">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Fileborn, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock “Hey sexy.” “Smile!” “Hey ladies, can I watch?” “Can I have your number?” A growing body of research shows public harassment is among the most prevalent forms of sexual and gender-based violence. Street harassment can include ... <a title="Catcalls, homophobia and racism: we studied why people (and especially men) engage in street harassment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/catcalls-homophobia-and-racism-we-studied-why-people-and-especially-men-engage-in-street-harassment-183717/" aria-label="Read more about Catcalls, homophobia and racism: we studied why people (and especially men) engage in street harassment">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Webster, Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Australia’s new treasurer Jim Chalmers says his biggest priorities include boosting productivity and business investment. If so, he would be wise not to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Josh Frydenberg, who tried for ... <a title="Here’s a scheme Labor should ditch its bid to boost productivity. It’s called a ‘patent box’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/heres-a-scheme-labor-should-ditch-its-bid-to-boost-productivity-its-called-a-patent-box-181464/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s a scheme Labor should ditch its bid to boost productivity. It’s called a ‘patent box’">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Jakubowicz, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney AAP/Lukas Coch Despite years of critique, the Australian national parliament has been overwhelmingly white and male, unlike the country as a whole. But something changed at the 2022 election – most clearly around racism and sexism. How ... <a title="How the 2022 federal election may finally signal an end to ‘White Australia’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/how-the-2022-federal-election-may-finally-signal-an-end-to-white-australia-183915/" aria-label="Read more about How the 2022 federal election may finally signal an end to ‘White Australia’">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney Shutterstock One of the most contentious questions asked in the health community today is whether you can be overweight and healthy. This question – sometimes framed using the term “fat but fit” – has preoccupied medical ... <a title="Can you be overweight and healthy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/can-you-be-overweight-and-healthy-182219/" aria-label="Read more about Can you be overweight and healthy?">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Cahill, Associate Professor in Political Economy, University of Sydney The election of a new Labor federal government probably drew sighs of relief across the higher education sector. University staff and students will be hoping for a more sympathetic approach than they received from the Coalition government. ... <a title="Why big university surpluses underscore the need to reform how they are funded and governed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/why-big-university-surpluses-underscore-the-need-to-reform-how-they-are-funded-and-governed-183977/" aria-label="Read more about Why big university surpluses underscore the need to reform how they are funded and governed">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury Skydance Media Legacy films are more than a sequel: they hand franchises down to a new generation of viewers, passing a cultural baton. At the opening night screening I attended of Top Gun: Maverick, when ... <a title="Top Gun: Maverick is a film obsessed with its former self" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/top-gun-maverick-is-a-film-obsessed-with-its-former-self-179461/" aria-label="Read more about Top Gun: Maverick is a film obsessed with its former self">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Shutterstock Australia’s economy edged closer back towards normal in the three months to March, growing by 0.8% in the quarter (which is towards the upper end of economic growth before COVID ... <a title="National income is climbing, but the share going to wages is shrinking: 6 graphs that explain the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/01/national-income-is-climbing-but-the-share-going-to-wages-is-shrinking-6-graphs-that-explain-the-economy-183916/" aria-label="Read more about National income is climbing, but the share going to wages is shrinking: 6 graphs that explain the economy">Read more</a>
