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August 21, 2019
Could the most interesting aspect of the current local government elections turn out to be generational change? At the moment, there is a surge of media and activist focus on younger candidates standing for office. It suddenly seems to be “cool” again to want to be a local body politician. Some are calling the apparent ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is a local government “youthquake” happening?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-a-local-government-youthquake-happening/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is a local government “youthquake” happening?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Rioting broke out in Manokwari, West Papua, today as local people – mostly university students – protested against racial abuse of Papuan students in East Java, reports The Jakarta Post. The protesters blocked a number of major streets in the city this morning, cutting down trees to be used as barricades. ... <a title="‘Racist’ attack on Papuan students in Surabaya sparks rioting in Manokwari" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/racist-attack-on-papuan-students-in-surabaya-sparks-rioting-in-manokwari/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Racist’ attack on Papuan students in Surabaya sparks rioting in Manokwari">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – The election race is on. The nominations process for local government positions has now closed, and the political campaign is officially underway. But does the public care? Will many of us even vote for any of the various mayoral or council candidates? Going on recent experience, we shouldn’t expect ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will more than a third vote in the local government elections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-more-than-a-third-vote-in-the-local-government-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will more than a third vote in the local government elections?">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Australia looks to have succeeded in watering down language on climate change in the communiqué of today’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit in Tuvalu. Small Pacific states sought firm commitments from developed countries to stop global temperatures rising by more than 1.5 degrees this century. Pacific Islands leaders also wanted a commitment ... <a title="Australia ‘waters down’ Tuvalu Forum communique’s climate references" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/australia-waters-down-tuvalu-forum-communiques-climate-references/" aria-label="Read more about Australia ‘waters down’ Tuvalu Forum communique’s climate references">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland This week’s Pacific Islands Forum comes at an important time in the overall trajectory of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s very personal commitment to an Australian “stepping up” in the Pacific. ... <a title="Can Scott Morrison deliver on climate change in Tuvalu – or is his Pacific ‘step up’ doomed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/can-scott-morrison-deliver-on-climate-change-in-tuvalu-or-is-his-pacific-step-up-doomed-121501/" aria-label="Read more about Can Scott Morrison deliver on climate change in Tuvalu – or is his Pacific ‘step up’ doomed?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
By Matthew Vari in Funafuti, Tuvalu Relocation is a cheap option for sinking island countries – but “we are going to stay”, vows Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga, who is this year’s chair of the Pacific Islands Forum. Sopoaga highlighted this during a press conference held before the main Forum meetings took place. He said ... <a title="Relocation for ‘sinking islands’ cheaper but ‘we’re staying’, vows Tuvalu PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/relocation-for-sinking-islands-cheaper-but-were-staying-vows-tuvalu-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Relocation for ‘sinking islands’ cheaper but ‘we’re staying’, vows Tuvalu PM">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – This week the Minister of Justice, Andrew Little, declared that stripping all prisoners of their right to vote had occurred as part of a “fascist” political climate during the last National-led Government. Speaking on the AM Show about whether prisoners should be allowed to vote, Little explained that the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Political Roundup: Will the Government reverse the “fascist” ban on prisoner voting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-reverse-the-fascist-ban-on-prisoner-voting/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Political Roundup: Will the Government reverse the “fascist” ban on prisoner voting?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Never has the case for law reform to properly protect public-interest whistleblowers been so stark. Today, the public hearings into press freedom begin, following the “seismic” raids on media organisations ... <a title="Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/from-richard-boyle-and-witness-k-to-media-raids-its-time-whistleblowers-had-better-protection-121555/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific There was a frenetic energy outside the Sir Tomasi Puapua Convention Centre on Sunday, where the finishing touches were being hurriedly put to the newly-built centre on reclaimed land here on Tuvalu’s main atoll, Funafuti. People were sweeping the freshly-laid pavement, laying out the desks inside, finishing off the ... <a title="Pacific Islands Forum: What to watch out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/pacific-islands-forum-what-to-watch-out-for/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands Forum: What to watch out for">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk This week marks the 74th anniversary of the United States atomic bombings of Japan, bringing with it the annual renewed debate over the morality of the decision to force the country’s unconditional surrender by unleashing the Allies’ terrible new weapon on two heavily populated cities that were critical to the Japanese ... <a title="Gallery: A peaceful day remembering the horrendous fate of Nagasaki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/11/gallery-a-peaceful-day-remembering-the-horrendous-fate-of-nagasaki/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: A peaceful day remembering the horrendous fate of Nagasaki">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – One of the central elements of any democracy is information. Voters need to know what’s going on in government for accountability to be possible. That’s why in New Zealand we have various conventions, as well as the Official Information Act (OIA), which are supposed to allow the public to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Julie Anne Genter and the case of the secret letter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-julie-anne-genter-and-the-case-of-the-secret-letter/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Julie Anne Genter and the case of the secret letter">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shiro Armstrong, Director, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University President Trump’s “America First” agenda is rapidly trashing the global economic system and the rules and norms the US has championed throughout in the post war era. Mr Trump has ... <a title="Are Trump’s tariffs legal under the WTO? It seems not, and they are overturning 70 years of global leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/are-trumps-tariffs-legal-under-the-wto-it-seems-not-and-they-are-overturning-70-years-of-global-leadership-121425/" aria-label="Read more about Are Trump’s tariffs legal under the WTO? It seems not, and they are overturning 70 years of global leadership">Read more</a>
