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May 4, 2025
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has paid tribute to all those working the media industry in his message to mark World Press Freedom Day. He said in his May 3 message thanks to democracy his coalition government had removed the “dark days of oppression and suppressions”. “Today as we join ... <a title="Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/rabuka-salutes-fiji-media-but-warns-against-taking-freedom-for-granted/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has been re-elected with a substantially increased majority, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat, in a crushing defeat of the Coalition. As of late Saturday night, there was a two-party swing to Labor of ... <a title="Albanese increases majority and Dutton loses seat in stunning election landslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/albanese-increases-majority-and-dutton-loses-seat-in-stunning-election-landslide-255616/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese increases majority and Dutton loses seat in stunning election landslide">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation The Conversation, CC BY-SA Digital Storytelling Team does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. – ref. Labor ... <a title="Labor wins election in landslide: full results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/labor-wins-election-in-landslide-full-results-251905/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wins election in landslide: full results">Read more</a>
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May 4, 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 52% of enrolled voters counted, The Poll Bludger has Labor ahead in 92 of the 150 House of Representatives seats, the Coalition in 43, the Greens ... <a title="Labor wins surprise landslide, returned with a thumping majority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/labor-wins-surprise-landslide-returned-with-a-thumping-majority-255518/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wins surprise landslide, returned with a thumping majority">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a dramatic parallel, what happened in Canada at the beginning of this week has now been replicated in Australia at the end of the week. An opposition that a few months ago had looked just possibly on track to ... <a title="Labor routs the Coalition as voters reject Dutton’s undercooked offering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/labor-routs-the-coalition-as-voters-reject-duttons-undercooked-offering-255617/" aria-label="Read more about Labor routs the Coalition as voters reject Dutton’s undercooked offering">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University The former federal director of the Liberal Party, Brian Loughnane, used to tell media companies that their practice of commissioning expensive opinion polls right through a parliamentary term was a waste of money. Election 2025 seemed to vindicate ... <a title="Dutton and the Coalition did not do the work, and misread the Australian mood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/dutton-and-the-coalition-did-not-do-the-work-and-misread-the-australian-mood-255515/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton and the Coalition did not do the work, and misread the Australian mood">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Superior campaigning by the Labor machine, a lift in the personal performance of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and a woeful campaign by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have seen Labor ... <a title="Labor wins with a superior campaign and weak opposition – now it’s time to make the second term really matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/labor-wins-with-a-superior-campaign-and-weak-opposition-now-its-time-to-make-the-second-term-really-matter-255516/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wins with a superior campaign and weak opposition – now it’s time to make the second term really matter">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The Coalition’s election campaign of 2025 has a strong claim to be considered among the worst since federation. I know of none more shambolic. Barely a day passed without some new misstep ... <a title="Albanese’s government might not thrill, but it has shown unity and competence – and that’s no mean feat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/albaneses-government-might-not-thrill-but-it-has-shown-unity-and-competence-and-thats-no-mean-feat-254570/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese’s government might not thrill, but it has shown unity and competence – and that’s no mean feat">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day — May 3 — today by marching on the public broadcaster Television New Zealand in Auckland, accusing it of 18 months of “biased coverage” on the genocidal Israeli war against Gaza. They delivered a letter to the management board of TVNZ from Palestine ... <a title="Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/palestine-protesters-march-on-tvnz-accuse-broadcaster-of-bias-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 3, 2025.
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May 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina N. Zdenek, Associate Researcher, The University of Queensland Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up immunity to snakebites by injecting himself with many different kinds of venom more than 800 times over ... <a title="‘Super antibodies’ for snake toxins: how a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new antivenom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/03/super-antibodies-for-snake-toxins-how-a-dangerous-diy-experiment-helped-scientists-make-a-new-antivenom-255611/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Super antibodies’ for snake toxins: how a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new antivenom">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A human rights agency has called for an investigation into the drone attacks on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid ship Conscience with Israel suspected of being responsible. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement that the deliberate targeting of a civilian aid ship in international waters was a “flagrant violation” ... <a title="Human rights group calls for probe into attack on Freedom Flotilla ship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/03/human-rights-group-calls-for-probe-into-attack-on-freedom-flotilla-ship/" aria-label="Read more about Human rights group calls for probe into attack on Freedom Flotilla ship">Read more</a>
