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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will urgently legislate to enable some of those released from immigration detention to be preventatively detained. This follows the High Court on Tuesday outlining its reasons for its decision that indefinite immigration detention was unconstitutional. The judgment indicates ... <a title="Government readying to rush through more legislation on ex-detainees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/government-readying-to-rush-through-more-legislation-on-ex-detainees-218724/" aria-label="Read more about Government readying to rush through more legislation on ex-detainees">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
By Apenisa Waqairadovu in Suva The Association of the University of the South Pacific Staff (AUSPS) will now make necessary submissions to go on a strike. This comes after AUSPS president Elizabeth Read Fong confirmed that the USP Council had denied staff papers to be presented in this week’s USP Council meeting. Fong said this ... <a title="USP strike on the cards after council blocks staff papers in pay row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/usp-strike-on-the-cards-after-council-blocks-staff-papers-in-pay-row/" aria-label="Read more about USP strike on the cards after council blocks staff papers in pay row">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
RNZ News Former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson has defended Aotearoa New Zealand’s public interest journalism fund that his government started during the covid-19 pandemic, after the new deputy prime minister characterised it as “bribery”. Speaking to media on Monday after his swearing in, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters accused state-funded media organisations of a lack ... <a title="Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/former-broadcast-minister-defends-nz-journalism-fund-state-funded-media-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
By Iliana Biutu in Suva University of the South Pacific Union (USPU) president Reuben Colata says industrial action will be the next step if USP does not approve their pay increment being sought. Colata said they did not know why the university did not want to negotiate a salary increase. He said the university had ... <a title="USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not approved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/usp-union-warns-of-industrial-action-if-fair-pay-is-not-approved/" aria-label="Read more about USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not approved">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
ANALYSIS: By M. Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University American President Joe Biden is among the latest Western politicians to land in Tel Aviv in a show of support to Israel. As Israel’s primary backer, the United States has sent two aircraft carriers to the region and indicated it could deploy 2000 American troops to Israel. ... <a title="The West’s double standards are once again on display in Israel and Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/the-wests-double-standards-are-once-again-on-display-in-israel-and-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about The West’s double standards are once again on display in Israel and Palestine">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Pay close enough attention to parliament these next few days, and you’re likely to witness something truly remarkable: politicians from both sides of politics uniting to remove the power of politicians to overrule the Reserve ... <a title="Governments have been able to overrule the Reserve Bank for 80 years. Why stop now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/governments-have-been-able-to-overrule-the-reserve-bank-for-80-years-why-stop-now-218600/" aria-label="Read more about Governments have been able to overrule the Reserve Bank for 80 years. Why stop now?">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The new government is making a weak start to its tenure. On Morning Report (RNZ, 28 Nov 2023, Prime Minister Luxon to lead first cabinet meeting), Mr Luxon repeated a comment such as he has made several times before: “The number one job is to rebuild the economy so we can ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Government by Cliché" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/keith-rankin-analysis-government-by-cliche/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Government by Cliché">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David John Eldridge, Professor of Dryland Ecology, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock If you run a large polluting facility and can’t work out how to actually cut emissions, you might buy carbon credits to offset your emissions from the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme. These credits are meant to ... <a title="3 reasons why removing grazing animals from Australia’s arid lands for carbon credits is a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/3-reasons-why-removing-grazing-animals-from-australias-arid-lands-for-carbon-credits-is-a-bad-idea-218129/" aria-label="Read more about 3 reasons why removing grazing animals from Australia’s arid lands for carbon credits is a bad idea">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University Shutterstock Picture this: you’re nestled comfortably in your seat cruising towards your holiday destination when a flight attendant’s voice breaks through the silence: Ladies and gentlemen, both pilots are incapacitated. Are there any passengers who could land this ... <a title="Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/almost-half-the-men-surveyed-think-they-could-land-a-passenger-plane-experts-disagree-218037/" aria-label="Read more about Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The journalists who signed an open letter to Australian media organisations last week calling for ethical reporting on the war in Gaza have succeeded in intensifying the dispute over whether the coverage has ... <a title="At a time when journalism needs to be at its strongest, an open letter on the Israel/Hamas war has left the profession diminished" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/at-a-time-when-journalism-needs-to-be-at-its-strongest-an-open-letter-on-the-israel-hamas-war-has-left-the-profession-diminished-218596/" aria-label="Read more about At a time when journalism needs to be at its strongest, an open letter on the Israel/Hamas war has left the profession diminished">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor senator Pat Dodson, often dubbed “the father of reconciliation”, is quitting parliament due to ill health. Dodson, 75, told the Labor caucus on Tuesday he would resign as a senator for Western Australia, effective from January 26, Australia Day. ... <a title="‘Father of Reconciliation’ Pat Dodson to quit parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/father-of-reconciliation-pat-dodson-to-quit-parliament-218696/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Father of Reconciliation’ Pat Dodson to quit parliament">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock When things are going bad in the health system, we are reassured we’ve got one of the best health systems in the world. But we’re rarely ... <a title="How does Australia’s health system stack up internationally? Not bad, if you’re willing to wait for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/how-does-australias-health-system-stack-up-internationally-not-bad-if-youre-willing-to-wait-for-it-218031/" aria-label="Read more about How does Australia’s health system stack up internationally? Not bad, if you’re willing to wait for it">Read more</a>
