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March 29, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Communication Minister Timothy Masiu has hit back at recent reports termed as “inaccurate” over the control of media in Papua New Guinea from his ministerial statement in Parliament. He said it was not true that the government was trying to control the media by setting up a Media Council. ... <a title="PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/pngs-masiu-denies-control-of-media-but-calls-for-accountability/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The Fiji government has announced it will repeal the controversial Media Industry Development Act 2010. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said cabinet had approved the tabling of a bill to repeal the Act “as a whole.” “The decision is pursuant to the People’s Coalition Government’s ... <a title="Fiji to scrap ‘dead in water’ media law with pledge to back independent journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/fiji-to-scrap-dead-in-water-media-law-with-pledge-to-back-independent-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji to scrap ‘dead in water’ media law with pledge to back independent journalism">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
By Giff Johnson in MajuroBig picture conversations about the future of the Pacific islands should be happening, but they are not, says one of the region’s foremost commentators in an interview published n the Marshall Islands Journal. Breaking down barriers between Pacific islands to spur economic development, visioning 21st century skills that island youth must ... <a title="‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/big-picture-vision-conversations-missing-in-pacific-says-aqorau/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Asked to find an extra A$20 billion per year to fund government priorities like building nuclear submarines and responding to climate change, Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back land tax, increased resource taxes, an attack ... <a title="Inheritance taxes, resource taxes and an attack on negative gearing: how top economists would raise $20 billion per year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/inheritance-taxes-resource-taxes-and-an-attack-on-negative-gearing-how-top-economists-would-raise-20-billion-per-year-202630/" aria-label="Read more about Inheritance taxes, resource taxes and an attack on negative gearing: how top economists would raise $20 billion per year">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Carter, Associate Professor, RMIT University Lightscape / Unsplash Over millennia, humans have observed and been inspired by beautiful displays of light bands dancing across dark night skies. Today, we call these lights the aurora: the aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere, and the aurora australis in ... <a title="What are auroras, and why do they come in different shapes and colours? Two experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/what-are-auroras-and-why-do-they-come-in-different-shapes-and-colours-two-experts-explain-202618/" aria-label="Read more about What are auroras, and why do they come in different shapes and colours? Two experts explain">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter K. Lee, Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and Defence Program, USSC, University of Sydney The AUKUS submarine announcement earlier this month reignited a long-running debate about how to best preserve Australia’s sovereignty. The announcement addressed some key concerns. For example, the United States will sell (rather than ... <a title="Fears AUKUS will undermine Australia’s defence sovereignty are misplaced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/fears-aukus-will-undermine-australias-defence-sovereignty-are-misplaced-202607/" aria-label="Read more about Fears AUKUS will undermine Australia’s defence sovereignty are misplaced">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Braid, Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University Getty Images Anyone watching the debate over the National Party’s recent curriculum policy announcement could be forgiven for thinking there is a deep divide in education philosophy and best practice in New Zealand. The truth ... <a title="Teaching the ‘basics’ is critical – but what teachers really want are clear guidelines and expectations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/teaching-the-basics-is-critical-but-what-teachers-really-want-are-clear-guidelines-and-expectations-202714/" aria-label="Read more about Teaching the ‘basics’ is critical – but what teachers really want are clear guidelines and expectations">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Shutterstock In January the Albanese government launched a new arts policy, Revive. Among its measures was a commitment to exempt Australia’s seven national performing arts training organisations from the efficiency dividend. The ... <a title="Australia’s cultural institutions are especially vulnerable to efficiency dividends: looking back at 35 years of cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/australias-cultural-institutions-are-especially-vulnerable-to-efficiency-dividends-looking-back-at-35-years-of-cuts-202727/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s cultural institutions are especially vulnerable to efficiency dividends: looking back at 35 years of cuts">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP It is understandable if observers have struggled to neatly categorise the agreement struck on Monday between the Albanese Labor Government and the Australian Greens party to progressively reduce industrial emissions. Across political, environmental, and even business ... <a title="Safeguard deal shows Bandt’s Greens party has come of age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/safeguard-deal-shows-bandts-greens-party-has-come-of-age-202739/" aria-label="Read more about Safeguard deal shows Bandt’s Greens party has come of age">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iain Perkes, Senior Lecturer, child and adolescent psychiatry, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people – that’s about half a million Australians. Our new research shows how long and fraught the path to diagnosis ... <a title="Obsessive compulsive disorder is more common than you think. But it can take 9 years for an OCD diagnosis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-is-more-common-than-you-think-but-it-can-take-9-years-for-an-ocd-diagnosis-196651/" aria-label="Read more about Obsessive compulsive disorder is more common than you think. But it can take 9 years for an OCD diagnosis">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Asked to find an extra A$20 billion per year to fund government priorities like building nuclear submarines and responding to climate change, Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back land tax, increased resource taxes, an attack ... <a title="Inheritance taxes, resource taxes and an attack on negative gearing: how top economists would raise $20 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/inheritance-taxes-resource-taxes-and-an-attack-on-negative-gearing-how-top-economists-would-raise-20-billion-202630/" aria-label="Read more about Inheritance taxes, resource taxes and an attack on negative gearing: how top economists would raise $20 billion">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
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 Dan Himbrechts/AAP Labor is unlikely to win more than 46 of the 93 lower house seats at Saturday’s New South Wales state election, which would be short ... <a title="NSW Labor unlikely to win majority after flopping on pre-poll votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/nsw-labor-unlikely-to-win-majority-after-flopping-on-pre-poll-votes-202715/" aria-label="Read more about NSW Labor unlikely to win majority after flopping on pre-poll votes">Read more</a>
