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April 7, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook The BBC’s news verification service, Verify, digitally reconstructed a residential tower block in Mandalay earlier this week to show how it had collapsed in a huge earthquake on March 28 in Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia largely cut off from the outside world. The broadcaster painstakingly pieced together damage to ... <a title="The graver Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/the-graver-israels-atrocities-in-gaza-the-quieter-the-bbc-grows/" aria-label="Read more about The graver Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton has raised the white flag on his controversial attempt to force Canberra public servants back into the office, with the opposition now saying there will be no change in current arrangements. The shadow minister for the public service, ... <a title="Election Diary: Dutton backs down on working-from-home crackdown after outcry threatens to cost votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/election-diary-dutton-backs-down-on-working-from-home-crackdown-after-outcry-threatens-to-cost-votes-253732/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Dutton backs down on working-from-home crackdown after outcry threatens to cost votes">Read more</a>
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April 6, 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 A national Newspoll, conducted March 31 to April 4 from a sample of 1,250, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the March ... <a title="Labor gains 52–48 lead in Newspoll and Redbridge as poll trend to Labor continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/labor-gains-52-48-lead-in-newspoll-and-redbridge-as-poll-trend-to-labor-continues-253739/" aria-label="Read more about Labor gains 52–48 lead in Newspoll and Redbridge as poll trend to Labor continues">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University Last year, the Coalition made the surprise decision to oppose Labor’s plans for new international student caps. On Sunday, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton proposed an even more radical policy of his own to limit the number of international ... <a title="The Coalition has announced an even more radical plan to cut international students than Labor. Here’s how it would work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/the-coalition-has-announced-an-even-more-radical-plan-to-cut-international-students-than-labor-heres-how-it-would-work-253919/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition has announced an even more radical plan to cut international students than Labor. Here’s how it would work">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell The 1981 Springbok Tour was one of the most controversial events in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. For 56 days, between July and September, more than 150,000 people took part in more than 200 demonstrations in 28 centres. It was the largest protest in the country’s history. It caused social ruptures within ... <a title="Ian Powell: When apartheid met Zionism – the case for NZ recognising Palestine as a state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/ian-powell-when-apartheid-met-zionism-the-case-for-nz-recognising-palestine-as-a-state/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Powell: When apartheid met Zionism – the case for NZ recognising Palestine as a state">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji-based Pacific solidarity group supporting the indigenous Palestine struggle for survival against the Israeli settler colonial state has today issued a statement condemning Fiji backing for Israel. In an open letter to the “people of Fiji”, the Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network (F4P) has warned “your government openly supports Israel despite ... <a title="Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for embassy in Jerusalem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/fiji-solidarity-group-condemns-rabuka-plans-for-embassy-in-jerusalem/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for embassy in Jerusalem">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2025
Pacific Media Watch One of the many casualties of the Trump administration’s crackdown on “soft power” that enabled many democratic media and truth to power global editorial initiatives has been BenarNews, a welcome contribution to the Asia-Pacific region. BenarNews had been producing a growing range of insightful on powerful articles on the region’s issues, articles ... <a title="Trump funding cuts on media impacts on independent Asia Pacific outlet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/trump-funding-cuts-on-media-impacts-on-independent-asia-pacific-outlet/" aria-label="Read more about Trump funding cuts on media impacts on independent Asia Pacific outlet">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the government’s latest initiative on energy prices, Anthony Albanese on Sunday will promise that if re-elected, Labor will reduce the cost of installing a typical home battery by 30% from July 1. This would cut about $4,000 from the ... <a title="Election Diary: Albanese promises 30% discount on household batteries in latest energy bill help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/election-diary-albanese-promises-30-discount-on-household-batteries-in-latest-energy-bill-help-253736/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Albanese promises 30% discount on household batteries in latest energy bill help">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has described Gaza as “no land” for children, as two rallies were held in New Zealand’s largest city Auckland today to mark Palestine Children’s Day. Citing the UN agency for children UNICEF, Phillipe Lazzarini said that “at least 100 children are reported killed ... <a title="100 children killed or wounded every day since Gaza ceasefire broken" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/100-children-killed-or-wounded-every-day-since-gaza-ceasefire-broken/" aria-label="Read more about 100 children killed or wounded every day since Gaza ceasefire broken">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the government’s latest initiative on energy prices, Anthony Albanese on Sunday will promise that if re-elected, Labor will reduce the cost of installing a typical home solar battery by 30% from July 1. This would cut about $4,000 from ... <a title="Election Diary: Albanese promises 30% discount on solar batteries, in latest energy bill help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/election-diary-albanese-promises-30-discount-on-solar-batteries-in-latest-energy-bill-help-253736/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Albanese promises 30% discount on solar batteries, in latest energy bill help">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University The United States and Iran are once again on a collision course over the Iranian nuclear program. In a letter dated early March, US President Donald ... <a title="With US bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a deal with Iran and avoid a war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/05/with-us-bombers-at-the-ready-can-trump-cut-a-deal-with-iran-and-avoid-a-war-253828/" aria-label="Read more about With US bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a deal with Iran and avoid a war?">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Bradshaw, Professor of Marketing, Royal Holloway University of London US alcohol has been removed from sale in the Canadian province of British Columbia. lenic/Shutterstock As politicians around the world scramble to respond to US “liberation day” tariffs, consumers have also begun flexing their muscles. “Boycott USA” ... <a title="Consumers are boycotting US goods around the world. Should Trump be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/05/consumers-are-boycotting-us-goods-around-the-world-should-trump-be-worried-253389/" aria-label="Read more about Consumers are boycotting US goods around the world. Should Trump be worried?">Read more</a>
