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March 1, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next year was a jaw-droppingly poor decision and an insult to everything the regional body is meant to represent. What were the Forum leaders thinking? Here’s the thing, they were probably ... <a title="Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an insult" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/barbara-dreaver-pacific-leaders-poor-choice-for-top-forum-job-an-insult/" aria-label="Read more about Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an insult">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
By Nathan Woti in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has approved the building of a monument of the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare at the University of Papua New Guinea. During the ground-breaking ceremony on Friday, Marape said the monument would symbolise what the nation’s founding fathers stood for, and the legacy of ... <a title="UPNG monument plan for ‘inspired leader’ Sir Michael Somare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/upng-monument-plan-for-inspired-leader-sir-michael-somare/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG monument plan for ‘inspired leader’ Sir Michael Somare">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The look on the faces of their families said it all, as they cried awaiting anxiously for their loved ones who made their way from the aircraft into the airport terminal at the capital Port Moresby. For the families of the last three Papua New Guinea hostage crisis captives, ... <a title="Nightmare over for final 3 PNG freed hostages – police hunt their captors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/nightmare-over-for-final-3-png-freed-hostages-police-hunt-their-captors/" aria-label="Read more about Nightmare over for final 3 PNG freed hostages – police hunt their captors">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva has added yet another first to his long list of accomplishments, becoming the University of Canterbury’s first Te Amorangi, or pro-vice-chancellor Pacific. The university’s Tumu Whakarae vice-chancellor Professor Cheryl de la Rey has confirmed the appointment of Dr Ratuva, director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, ... <a title="Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/canterbury-appoints-ratuva-as-first-te-amorangi-in-pacific-leadership-team/" aria-label="Read more about Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Adam Bandt aspired to power-sharing with a Labor government. That was never going to happen but, possessing the major slice of the balance of power in the Senate, the Greens have considerable potential muscle – at least in theory. In ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens leader Adam Bandt on trying to force Labor’s hand on reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/politics-with-michelle-grattan-greens-leader-adam-bandt-on-trying-to-force-labors-hand-on-reform-200833/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens leader Adam Bandt on trying to force Labor’s hand on reform">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldicott, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Lukas Bato/Unsplash Queensland will become the second Australian jurisdiction to offer pill testing. While the timeline is yet to be announced, once up and running, Queenslanders who use illicit drugs can have them checked to see what they actually contain ... <a title="Pill testing is coming to Queensland. Here’s what can we learn from programs overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/pill-testing-is-coming-to-queensland-heres-what-can-we-learn-from-programs-overseas-200712/" aria-label="Read more about Pill testing is coming to Queensland. Here’s what can we learn from programs overseas">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Davies, Laboratory Head, Doherty Institute, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Group A streptococci, also known as “strep A”, has been on the rise around the world with a new strain reported in the United Kingdom and Europe. This variant has been linked with surges of scarlet ... <a title="Genomics has helped identify a new strep A strain in Australia – and what has made it dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/genomics-has-helped-identify-a-new-strep-a-strain-in-australia-and-what-has-made-it-dangerous-200815/" aria-label="Read more about Genomics has helped identify a new strep A strain in Australia – and what has made it dangerous">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abraham Gibson, Research Fellow, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University The Bureau of Meteorology released its latest climate driver update on Tuesday, saying the current La Niña has weakened and is “likely near its end”. Most climate models now point to neutral conditions – neither ... <a title="Why El Niño doesn’t mean certain drought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/why-el-nino-doesnt-mean-certain-drought-197678/" aria-label="Read more about Why El Niño doesn’t mean certain drought">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock You’d be forgiven for thinking Treasurer Jim Chalmers had done something dramatic. From 2025 he will double the tax rate on earnings from superannuation balances above A$3 million, lifting it from 15% to 30%. ... <a title="Tax-free super for the super rich is a bad deal for the rest of us – and Morrison said it first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/tax-free-super-for-the-super-rich-is-a-bad-deal-for-the-rest-of-us-and-morrison-said-it-first-200706/" aria-label="Read more about Tax-free super for the super rich is a bad deal for the rest of us – and Morrison said it first">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor emerita, University of Sydney Mick Tsikas/AAP We asked our readers what they would like to know about the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In the lead-up to the referendum, our expert authors will answer those questions. You can read the other questions and answers ... <a title="What happens if the government goes against the advice of the Voice to Parliament?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/what-happens-if-the-government-goes-against-the-advice-of-the-voice-to-parliament-200517/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if the government goes against the advice of the Voice to Parliament?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey Foster, Associate Professor in Cyber Security Studies, Macquarie University The federal government is pursuing a new cybersecurity agenda in the wake of last year’s major cyber breaches with Optus and Medibank. “For businesses these days, cybersecurity is as important as having a lock on the door”, ... <a title="Australia has a new cybersecurity agenda. Two key questions lie at its heart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/australia-has-a-new-cybersecurity-agenda-two-key-questions-lie-at-its-heart-200714/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has a new cybersecurity agenda. Two key questions lie at its heart">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aisha Malik, Casual Academic/ Research Administration Officer, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Griffin Theatre Company Review: Sex Magick, directed by Declan Greene. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl and follows her to India. Boy has a transformative tantric sexual experience and realises he might like ... <a title="Sex Magick: this gender-bending, time-travelling play invites you to detangle love and sex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/sex-magick-this-gender-bending-time-travelling-play-invites-you-to-detangle-love-and-sex-199982/" aria-label="Read more about Sex Magick: this gender-bending, time-travelling play invites you to detangle love and sex">Read more</a>
