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January 23, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A group of foreign policy critics alarmed at the Aotearoa New Zealand government’s “undemocratic decision” to step up support for US-led strikes against Yemen have warned against “inflaming” the Red Sea maritime crisis. They have urgently called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza as they say the Israeli war that ... <a title="NZ foreign policy critics warn over ‘inflaming’ Red Sea crisis, call for Gaza ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/nz-foreign-policy-critics-warn-over-inflaming-red-sea-crisis-call-for-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about NZ foreign policy critics warn over ‘inflaming’ Red Sea crisis, call for Gaza ceasefire">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The recent months have been kind to Peter Dutton and the Coalition. Scott Morrison’s announcement that he will leave parliament at the end of February is the latest instalment of the federal ... <a title="As Morrison quits parliament, his ‘legacy’ has little to recommend it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/as-morrison-quits-parliament-his-legacy-has-little-to-recommend-it-221746/" aria-label="Read more about As Morrison quits parliament, his ‘legacy’ has little to recommend it">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Kazantseva Olga/Shutterstock Nearly four years into the pandemic, Australia, like many other countries, is still seeing large numbers of COVID cases. Some 860,221 infections were recorded around the country in 2023, while 30,283 cases have already ... <a title="How long does immunity last after a COVID infection?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/how-long-does-immunity-last-after-a-covid-infection-221398/" aria-label="Read more about How long does immunity last after a COVID infection?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Jon Callow / Unsplash Late last year, a PhD student named Yuekang Li was refused a study visa to enter Canada. Why? Canada’s Federal Court was concerned he could be “targeted and coerced into providing information that would ... <a title="Australia risks falling behind allies on research security. Will it take a spy scandal in our universities to catch up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/australia-risks-falling-behind-allies-on-research-security-will-it-take-a-spy-scandal-in-our-universities-to-catch-up-221602/" aria-label="Read more about Australia risks falling behind allies on research security. Will it take a spy scandal in our universities to catch up?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Reidy, Lecturer, Department of Public Health, University of Otago As if on cue, parents across New Zealand are starting to raise concerns about the price of compulsory school uniforms ahead of the start of the new school year. The cost of new uniforms can range from ... <a title="The cost of school uniforms is a burden on families – is it time for the government to step in?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/the-cost-of-school-uniforms-is-a-burden-on-families-is-it-time-for-the-government-to-step-in-221213/" aria-label="Read more about The cost of school uniforms is a burden on families – is it time for the government to step in?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says he is confident he can retain power in the wake of the recent riots. Prime Minister James Marape claims he has the direct support of more than 50 MPs from his own party as well as coalition partners in the 111-seat Parliament. The Black Wednesday riot claimed ... <a title="PNG Prime Minister Marape confident his coalition will stay intact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/png-prime-minister-marape-confident-his-coalition-will-stay-intact/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Prime Minister Marape confident his coalition will stay intact">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Union members at the Australian public broadcaster ABC have today passed a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson for failing to defend the integrity of the ABC and its staff from outside attacks, reports the national media union. The vote was passed overwhelmingly at a national online meeting attended ... <a title="ABC staff ‘have lost confidence’ in boss in defending public trust in Israel row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/abc-staff-have-lost-confidence-in-boss-in-defending-public-trust-in-israel-row/" aria-label="Read more about ABC staff ‘have lost confidence’ in boss in defending public trust in Israel row">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kanika Meshram, Lecturer in Marketing, The University of Melbourne Koshiro K/Shutterstock A Senate inquiry into supermarket pricing, announced last year, is currently taking public submissions and will report its findings in May. The Albanese government, meanwhile, has appointed former Labor cabinet minister Craig Emerson to review the ... <a title="I analysed more than 10,000 Reddit posts on supermarket pricing. 5 key themes emerged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/i-analysed-more-than-10-000-reddit-posts-on-supermarket-pricing-5-key-themes-emerged-221119/" aria-label="Read more about I analysed more than 10,000 Reddit posts on supermarket pricing. 5 key themes emerged">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arjuna Dibley, Head of Sustainable Finance Hub, The University of Melbourne Few of us pay much attention to our superannuation. Under the Superannuation Guarantee, employers pay at least 11% of salaries into their employees’ super funds without workers having to do anything. These accumulating automatic payments have ... <a title="How Australia’s huge superannuation funds can do much more to fight climate change, with a little help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/how-australias-huge-superannuation-funds-can-do-much-more-to-fight-climate-change-with-a-little-help-221018/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s huge superannuation funds can do much more to fight climate change, with a little help">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
By Ronald Toito’ona and Charley Piringi in Honiara China’s interference and moves to control the media in the Solomon Islands have been exposed in leaked emails In-depth Solomons has obtained. On Monday last week [15 January 2024], Huangbi Lin, a diplomat working at the Chinese Embassy in Honiara, called the owner of Island Sun newspaper, ... <a title="‘Dear media friends’ – China interferes in Honiara media over Taiwan, reveals In-depth Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/dear-media-friends-china-interferes-in-honiara-media-over-taiwan-reveals-in-depth-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dear media friends’ – China interferes in Honiara media over Taiwan, reveals In-depth Solomons">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University Shutterstock What happens when a person is experiencing long COVID and intimate partner violence at the same time? There has been no attention paid to this question anywhere in the world since the onset ... <a title="How both health and safety are compromised for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/how-both-health-and-safety-are-compromised-for-people-living-with-long-covid-and-intimate-partner-violence-221413/" aria-label="Read more about How both health and safety are compromised for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato When the previous government released the first ever national security strategy last year, it forecast stormy geopolitical weather ahead. In the brief few months since then, the sky has darkened further still. Beyond a slight rapprochement between China and ... <a title="From the Middle East to the South China Sea: NZ’s new government inherits a defence dilemma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/from-the-middle-east-to-the-south-china-sea-nzs-new-government-inherits-a-defence-dilemma-221585/" aria-label="Read more about From the Middle East to the South China Sea: NZ’s new government inherits a defence dilemma">Read more</a>
