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November 9, 2019
Dan McGarry. Image: David Robie/PMC By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch Media Director of the Vanuatu Daily Post group, Dan McGarry, is devastated by the Vanuatu government’s decision to reject his work permit after 16 years in the country and calls it an attack on media Freedom. “I’m gutted, personally. I’ve devoted 16 years ... <a title="Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry “gutted” by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/09/vanuatu-daily-posts-dan-mcgarry-gutted-by-vanuatu-governments-action-to-reject-his-work-permit/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry “gutted” by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Winston Peters is well known for being belligerent, complaining and prone to political conspiracies. It’s easy to write-off his current High Court trial as hubris and score-settling. Peters is suing former National Cabinet Ministers and heads of government departments for their alleged role in his embarrassing 2017 scandal when his pension overpayments were made public ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-winston-peters-puts-dirty-politics-on-trial/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne A year away from the November 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump has a 41.4% approval, 54.6% disapproval rating with all polls in the FiveThirtyEight aggregate. His net approval is -13.2%, down 0.8% since my October ... <a title="Trump could win again despite losing popular vote, as Biden retakes lead in Democratic polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/trump-could-win-again-despite-losing-popular-vote-as-biden-retakes-lead-in-democratic-polls-126106/" aria-label="Read more about Trump could win again despite losing popular vote, as Biden retakes lead in Democratic polls">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Director of Diplomacy at Asialink, University of Melbourne Ten years ago, the Lowy Institute published a report on the state of Australia’s diplomatic capacity that painted a “sobering picture” of overstretched foreign missions and declining resources. In the words of then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, ... <a title="Australia is spending less on diplomacy than ever before – and its influence is suffering as a result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/australia-is-spending-less-on-diplomacy-than-ever-before-and-its-influence-is-suffering-as-a-result-125722/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is spending less on diplomacy than ever before – and its influence is suffering as a result">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has denied a claim that he has fled the country to avoid being arrested. This is despite police last week withdrawing an arrest warrant for O’Neill, after his lawyers had launched a legal challenge to its validity. The warrant was issued for the Ialibu-Pangia ... <a title="Former PNG PM O’Neill denies fleeing country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/05/former-png-pm-oneill-denies-fleeing-country/" aria-label="Read more about Former PNG PM O’Neill denies fleeing country">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2019
OPINION: Moale James What should we expect for the future of media freedom in the Pacific? And how do we sift through the “bullshit” as emerging journalists? These were two of the many questions raised at the pre-conference keynote for the Melanesian Media Freedom Forum at Griffith University, Brisbane. Attending on the night where various ... <a title="Moale James: Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/04/moale-james-citizen-journalism-countering-deliberate-media-silence-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Moale James: Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Given a world in turmoil, an ASEAN leadership three-day summit to begin in Bangkok this weekend has slipped off radar screens. But this is not to say the event lacks importance. The year-end summit of leaders of ... <a title="As Australia’s prime minister heads to ASEAN, trade, Vietnam and China will be high on the agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/01/as-the-prime-minister-heads-to-asean-trade-vietnam-and-china-will-be-high-on-the-agenda-126005/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s prime minister heads to ASEAN, trade, Vietnam and China will be high on the agenda">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A five-member film crew from 60 Minutes Australia has been in detained in Kiribati for what government sources claimed was false declaration by the team on arrival, reports PACNEWS. The crew was detained shortly after they arrived on a flight from Nadi on Monday for allegedly providing “false and misleading information” ... <a title="Australian news crew detained in Kiribati for providing ‘false information’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/australian-news-crew-detained-in-kiribati-for-providing-false-information/" aria-label="Read more about Australian news crew detained in Kiribati for providing ‘false information’">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Chart Analysis by Keith Rankin. Most countries’ economies have financial signatures that reflect their cultures and histories. We may, in a binary sense, call these surplus and deficit signatures. But there are a number of important nuances. For these four developed countries, Germany and Japan would be classed as having ‘surplus’ economies, while New Zealand ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: Financial Signatures of Four Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-financial-signatures-of-four-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: Financial Signatures of Four Countries">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: Medium [https://bit.ly/2o1ytEo]. Analysis by Ronald F Pol from AMLassurance.com (Dr Pol’s PhD is in policy effectiveness, outcomes and money laundering) The modern anti-money laundering system (which makes banks and other firms check identity documents and scan billions of financial transactions) doesn’t stop crime. Criminals keep up to 99.9% of the earnings from misery, and a ... <a title="Ronald F Pol: The war on money laundering has failed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/ronald-f-pol-the-war-on-money-laundering-has-failed/" aria-label="Read more about Ronald F Pol: The war on money laundering has failed">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elvira Sojli, Associate Professor of Finance, Scientia Fellow, UNSW Barely six months after Facebook announced its own digital currency, a plan heralded as the beginning of the end for central banks and government controls over the money supply, the whole thing is looking like a house of ... <a title="Libra isn’t dead yet — the killer blow will come from governments issuing their own digital currencies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/libra-isnt-dead-yet-the-killer-blow-will-come-from-governments-issuing-their-own-digital-currencies-125375/" aria-label="Read more about Libra isn’t dead yet — the killer blow will come from governments issuing their own digital currencies">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Gunn, Honorary Associate Professor, Forensic Biology, University of Technology Sydney Home affairs minister Peter Dutton suggested earlier this week that DNA testing would be needed to verify Australian citizenship claims of ISIS brides trapped in Syria. There are some people who may claim to be Australian ... <a title="No, Mr Dutton, DNA testing ISIS brides won’t tell you who’s an Australian citizen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/25/no-mr-dutton-dna-testing-isis-brides-wont-tell-you-whos-an-australian-citizen-125712/" aria-label="Read more about No, Mr Dutton, DNA testing ISIS brides won’t tell you who’s an Australian citizen">Read more</a>
