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February 1, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Many Pasifika families affected by the flash floods and torrential rainfall that have lashed New Zealand’s North Island over the past few days were braced for more bad weather overnight. With four people dead and hundreds forced out of their homes over the weekend a state of emergency remained ... <a title="Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/flash-flood-impacted-pasifika-communities-in-nz-on-alert/" aria-label="Read more about Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
RNZ Pacific A New Zealand-based professor in comparative politics says the Fiji constitution needs to clear up the role of the military. Dr Jon Fraenkel of Victoria University, formerly of the University of the South Pacific, says the 2013 constitution revived the provision that existed in the 1990 constitution which gave the military responsibility for ... <a title="Sort out the uncertain Fiji military constitutional role, says professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/sort-out-the-uncertain-fiji-military-constitutional-role-says-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Sort out the uncertain Fiji military constitutional role, says professor">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka Fiji’s Media Industry Development Act will soon be reviewed over the next few weeks. Speaking to The Fiji Times in Lautoka on Monday, Minister for Communications Manoa Kamikamica said the review was one of the main objectives of the coalition government when it came to freedom of the press. “The ... <a title="‘No secret’ that Fiji’s media law is target for free press review soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/no-secret-that-fijis-media-law-is-target-for-free-press-review-soon/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No secret’ that Fiji’s media law is target for free press review soon">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Peter Wilson, political commentator for RNZ News Tuesday, February 7, at 2pm. That’s when New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ parliamentary year begins and he faces National leader Christopher Luxon in the debating chamber for the first question time of 2023. He needs to “Win the House”, as the saying goes. That ... <a title="Chris Hipkins’ first question time as PM – will he ‘win the House’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/chris-hipkins-first-question-time-as-pm-will-he-win-the-house/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hipkins’ first question time as PM – will he ‘win the House’?">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luciano Beheregaray, Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University Shutterstock As the climate heats up rapidly, many species will struggle to avoid extinction. If they had time, they could evolve to the new environmental conditions. But they don’t. That’s where hybridisation could help. When related species ... <a title="Hybrid future? Interbreeding can make heat-averse species more resilient to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/hybrid-future-interbreeding-can-make-heat-averse-species-more-resilient-to-climate-change-198877/" aria-label="Read more about Hybrid future? Interbreeding can make heat-averse species more resilient to climate change">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madison Williams-Hoffman, PhD Candidate in Environmental Radioactivity, Edith Cowan University WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services By now, you’ve probably heard about a tiny radioactive capsule that went missing from the back of a truck somewhere in Western Australia. Inside is a small but dangerous amount ... <a title="I study how radiation interacts with the environment – and the capsule lost in WA is a whole new ballgame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/i-study-how-radiation-interacts-with-the-environment-and-the-capsule-lost-in-wa-is-a-whole-new-ballgame-198870/" aria-label="Read more about I study how radiation interacts with the environment – and the capsule lost in WA is a whole new ballgame">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Alessandro Bianconi/Edu INAF/Flickr , CC BY-SA Over the past few weeks, social media has been abuzz with excited posts about the green comet that is currently “whizzing” or “flying through the sky”. Now, comets don’t so much whizz as ... <a title="Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/australia-is-finally-getting-a-last-chance-view-of-a-green-comet-not-seen-for-50-000-years-198867/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan de Groot Heupner, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the Middle East this week to make yet another push for a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinians following yet another dramatic escalation in violence between the two sides. ... <a title="Why the violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new phase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/why-the-violence-between-israel-and-the-palestinians-may-be-entering-a-devastating-new-phase-198788/" aria-label="Read more about Why the violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new phase">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Johnson, Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide Mick Tsikas/AAP Treasurer Jim Chalmers begins his Monthly essay “Capitalism After the Crises” with a quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s not ... <a title="Humanising capitalism: Jim Chalmers designs a new version of an old Labor project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/humanising-capitalism-jim-chalmers-designs-a-new-version-of-an-old-labor-project-198763/" aria-label="Read more about Humanising capitalism: Jim Chalmers designs a new version of an old Labor project">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine R. Smith, Professor of Eye & Vision Health, Flinders University Shutterstock The single most expensive drug for the Australian government today, costing more than A$400 million per year, is one called aflibercept. It stops the growth and “leakiness” of blood vessels, and is given to treat ... <a title="Macular diseases cause blindness and treatment costs millions. Here is how to look after yours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/macular-diseases-cause-blindness-and-treatment-costs-millions-here-is-how-to-look-after-yours-196796/" aria-label="Read more about Macular diseases cause blindness and treatment costs millions. Here is how to look after yours">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Strong, Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University In its new national cultural policy, the Australian government grapples with issues extending well beyond the creative arts. The policy document places issues like First Nations representation, work and wages, technological upheaval, discrimination and sexual harassment front and centre. ... <a title="Climate change is transforming Australia’s cultural life – so why isn’t it mentioned in the new national cultural policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/climate-change-is-transforming-australias-cultural-life-so-why-isnt-it-mentioned-in-the-new-national-cultural-policy-198881/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is transforming Australia’s cultural life – so why isn’t it mentioned in the new national cultural policy?">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Lukas Coch/AAP Nine months after the 2022 federal election, voters finally get a look at how much the parties spent and who funded their campaigns. Data released today reveal Australia’s political parties collectively spent a whopping $418 million in the ... <a title="Big money was spent on the 2022 election – but the party with the deepest pockets didn’t win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/big-money-was-spent-on-the-2022-election-but-the-party-with-the-deepest-pockets-didnt-win-198780/" aria-label="Read more about Big money was spent on the 2022 election – but the party with the deepest pockets didn’t win">Read more</a>
