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May 23, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand solidarity action group has called on the New Zealand government to back indigenous independence calls in the Pacific and press both France to grant Kanaks sovereignty and Indonesia to end its rule in West Papua. Catherine Delahunty, a former Green Party MP and spokesperson for West Papua Action Aotearoa, ... <a title="Solidarity action group calls on NZ to support Kanak, Papuan independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/solidarity-action-group-calls-on-nz-to-support-kanak-papuan-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Solidarity action group calls on NZ to support Kanak, Papuan independence">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
By Stephen Wright of BenarNews The Papua New Guinea government’s push for news organisations to become its cheer-leading squad is under further scrutiny this week as Parliament hears testimony from journalists and top officials. The effort to wield influence over the news, first announced last year as a “media development policy”, has been watered down ... <a title="Journalists challenge PNG government over ‘media control’ policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/journalists-challenge-png-government-over-media-control-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists challenge PNG government over ‘media control’ policy">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia Trinity Moss/Unsplash A little bit of turbulence is a common experience for air travellers. Severe incidents are rare – but when they occur they can be deadly. The recent Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore shows the danger. ... <a title="Are some routes more prone to air turbulence? Will climate change make it worse? Your questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/are-some-routes-more-prone-to-air-turbulence-will-climate-change-make-it-worse-your-questions-answered-230666/" aria-label="Read more about Are some routes more prone to air turbulence? Will climate change make it worse? Your questions answered">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Melnikov Dmitriy/Shutterstock The Singapore Airlines turbulence incident that has sadly left one person dead and others hospitalised has made many of us think about the risks of air travel. We’ll hear more in coming days about how the aircraft came ... <a title="How risky is turbulence on a plane? How worried should I be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/how-risky-is-turbulence-on-a-plane-how-worried-should-i-be-230665/" aria-label="Read more about How risky is turbulence on a plane? How worried should I be?">Read more</a>
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May 22, 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 The Queensland state election will be held in October. A Resolve poll for The Brisbane Times, conducted over four months from February to May from a sample ... <a title="Labor takes a hit in Resolve polls in Queensland and Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/labor-takes-a-hit-in-resolve-polls-in-queensland-and-victoria-230415/" aria-label="Read more about Labor takes a hit in Resolve polls in Queensland and Victoria">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wille, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne A dangerous strain of avian influenza (bird flu) is now wreaking havoc on every continent except Australia and the rest of Oceania. While we remain free from this virus for now, it’s only a matter of time before ... <a title="Chickens, ducks, seals and cows: a dangerous bird flu strain is knocking on Australia’s door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/chickens-ducks-seals-and-cows-a-dangerous-bird-flu-strain-is-knocking-on-australias-door-230013/" aria-label="Read more about Chickens, ducks, seals and cows: a dangerous bird flu strain is knocking on Australia’s door">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wille, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne A dangerous strain of avian influenza (bird flu) is now wreaking havoc on every continent except Australia and the rest of Oceania. While we remain free from this virus for now, it’s only a matter of time before ... <a title="Chickens, ducks, seals and cows: a dangerous bird flu strain is everywhere but Australia, for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/chickens-ducks-seals-and-cows-a-dangerous-bird-flu-strain-is-everywhere-but-australia-for-now-230013/" aria-label="Read more about Chickens, ducks, seals and cows: a dangerous bird flu strain is everywhere but Australia, for now">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Humphry, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney Shutterstock This month the Australian government announced a A$6.5 million commitment to trial an age-verification program that will restrict children’s exposure to inappropriate online content, including pornography and potentially social media. The announcement came out of a ... <a title="Age verification for social media would impact all of us. We asked parents and kids if they actually want it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/age-verification-for-social-media-would-impact-all-of-us-we-asked-parents-and-kids-if-they-actually-want-it-230539/" aria-label="Read more about Age verification for social media would impact all of us. We asked parents and kids if they actually want it">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Humphry, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney Shutterstock This month the Australian government announced a A$6.5 million commitment to trial an age-verification program that will restrict children’s exposure to inappropriate online content, including pornography and potentially social media. The announcement came out of a ... <a title="Age verification for porn and social media would impact all of us. We asked parents and kids if they actually want it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/age-verification-for-porn-and-social-media-would-impact-all-of-us-we-asked-parents-and-kids-if-they-actually-want-it-230539/" aria-label="Read more about Age verification for porn and social media would impact all of us. We asked parents and kids if they actually want it">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Liberation “must come” for Kanaky New Caledonia, says one of the few New Zealand journalists who have worked consistently on stories across the French Pacific territories. Journalist David Robie was arrested at gunpoint by French police in January 1987, and is no stranger to civil unrest in New Caledonia. ... <a title="‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/france-lost-the-plot-journalist-david-robie-on-kanaky-new-caledonia-riots/" aria-label="Read more about ‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riots">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Jevanto Productions/Shutterstock Australians don’t know and can’t control how data brokers are spreading their personal information. This is the core finding of a newly released report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Consumers wanting ... <a title="Worried your address, birth date or health data is being sold? You should be – and the law isn’t protecting you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/worried-your-address-birth-date-or-health-data-is-being-sold-you-should-be-and-the-law-isnt-protecting-you-230540/" aria-label="Read more about Worried your address, birth date or health data is being sold? You should be – and the law isn’t protecting you">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark A Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University On Tuesday, Telstra announced it will be cutting up to 2,800 jobs as part of a major restructure. Of these layoffs, 377 will take effect immediately from within the Telstra Enterprise business unit. Most of the remaining ... <a title="Telstra says slashing almost a tenth of its workforce will help save $350 million. Why is the business under pressure?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/telstra-says-slashing-almost-a-tenth-of-its-workforce-will-help-save-350-million-why-is-the-business-under-pressure-230533/" aria-label="Read more about Telstra says slashing almost a tenth of its workforce will help save $350 million. Why is the business under pressure?">Read more</a>
