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November 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government, anxious to prevent a dash from cash by businesses, says it will mandate that they must accept it for essential items. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones outlined the move in a statement, and are ... <a title="Businesses will have to accept cash for essentials under government plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/businesses-will-have-to-accept-cash-for-essentials-under-government-plan-243899/" aria-label="Read more about Businesses will have to accept cash for essentials under government plan">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
By Anish Chand in Nadi, Fiji National Federation Party president Parmod Chand has described Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry as a “self-professed champion of the poor” and criticised him over “hallucinating” about the country. Chand made the comment when responding to remarks made by Chaudhry during FLP’s Annual Delegates Conference in Nadi on Saturday. ... <a title="NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/nfp-president-slams-labour-leader-for-hallucinating-about-fiji-governance/" aria-label="Read more about NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand’s hīkoi against the Treaty Principles Bill could be one of the largest rallies that the capital has seen for years, Wellington City Council says. The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti will arrive in Wellington tomorrow, and locals are being warned to expect disruption and plan ahead. Yesterday, about 5000 people filled the ... <a title="Hīkoi day 8: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/hikoi-day-8-significant-disruption-expected-when-thousands-converge-on-capital/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day 8: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2024
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 Twitter A byelection occurred on Saturday in the South Australian Liberal-held state seat of Black. With all election day votes counted, Labor gained Black by a 60.6–39.4 ... <a title="South Australian Labor gains Black at byelection with big swing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/17/south-australian-labor-gains-black-at-byelection-with-big-swing-243468/" aria-label="Read more about South Australian Labor gains Black at byelection with big swing">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2024
By Sera Sefeti of BenarNews Pacific delegates fear the implications of a Trump presidency and breach of the 1.5 degree Celsius warming target will overshadow negotiations on climate finance at the UN’s annual COP talks that have started in Azerbaijan this week. At the COP29 summit — dubbed the “finance COP” — Pacific nations will ... <a title="Trump win, 1.5C warming breach weigh on UN climate ‘finance COP’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/17/trump-win-1-5c-warming-breach-weigh-on-un-climate-finance-cop/" aria-label="Read more about Trump win, 1.5C warming breach weigh on UN climate ‘finance COP’">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2024
By Stephen Wright for Radio Free Asia Indonesia’s plan to convert over 2 million ha of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term damage to the environment, create conflict and add to greenhouse gas emissions, according to a feasibility study document for the Papua region mega-project. The 96-page presentation reviewed by Radio Free ... <a title="Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/17/survey-warning-on-papua-box-ticking-mega-estates-project-goes-unheeded/" aria-label="Read more about Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A media studies professor at Qatar’s Doha Institute for Graduate Studies has completed empirical studies examining Western media coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza — and his findings have been highly critical. Professor Mohamad Elmasry found that Western media have failed to do much more than “parrot Israeli propaganda regarding al-Shifa Hospital ... <a title="Western media ‘parrots Israeli propaganda’ over Gaza, says analyst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/16/western-media-parrots-israeli-propaganda-over-gaza-says-analyst/" aria-label="Read more about Western media ‘parrots Israeli propaganda’ over Gaza, says analyst">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan advocacy group for self-determination for the colonised Melanesians has appealed to the United Kingdom government to cancel its planned reception for new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. “Prabowo is a blood-stained war criminal who is complicit in genocide in East Timor and West Papua,” claimed an exiled leader of the United ... <a title="Plea to bar Prabowo from UK as Indonesian security forces crack down on Papuan rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/16/plea-to-bar-prabowo-from-uk-as-indonesian-security-forces-crack-down-on-papuan-rally/" aria-label="Read more about Plea to bar Prabowo from UK as Indonesian security forces crack down on Papuan rally">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2024
RNZ News Thousands of people have joined the national hīkoi opposing the Treaty Principles Bill as it progresses south, with supporters lining State Highway 10 as it passes through Kerikeri en route to Kawakawa. Leaders of a hīkoi against David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill have rejected the ACT party leader’s offer of a meeting as ... <a title="Meeting with Seymour ‘pointless’, say protest hīkoi organisers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/16/meeting-with-seymour-pointless-say-protest-hikoi-organisers/" aria-label="Read more about Meeting with Seymour ‘pointless’, say protest hīkoi organisers">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University With Donald Trump returning to the White House, the relationship between the US and Iran could change significantly. Trump’s unconventional foreign policy led to a period of heightened confrontation with Iran during his first term in office. However, ... <a title="Will Trump renew ‘maximum pressure’ against Iran – or could there be an opening for dialogue?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/16/will-trump-renew-maximum-pressure-against-iran-or-could-there-be-an-opening-for-dialogue-243478/" aria-label="Read more about Will Trump renew ‘maximum pressure’ against Iran – or could there be an opening for dialogue?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2024
RNZ News A former New Zealand prime minister, Dame Jenny Shipley, has warned the ACT Party is “inviting civil war” with its attempt to define the principles of the 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday, voted for by ruling coalition ... <a title="NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/16/nzs-treaty-principles-bill-inviting-civil-war-says-former-pm-shipley/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission. Paul Brereton, has rejected calls he resign after a finding of “officer misconduct”, declaring to do so would harm the NACC. In a spirited defence of his digging in, Brereton argued if he ... <a title="NACC head Paul Brereton says resigning in the face of bad publicly would ‘undermine’ the commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/nacc-head-paul-brereton-says-resigning-in-the-face-of-bad-publicly-would-undermine-the-commission-243802/" aria-label="Read more about NACC head Paul Brereton says resigning in the face of bad publicly would ‘undermine’ the commission">Read more</a>
