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May 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Howe, Honorary Professor, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University, Macquarie University Shutterstock We missed out on a holiday for the king’s coronation. Early next month we are about to get one for his birthday in most states of Australia, on a day that isn’t actually his birthday. ... <a title="Welcome to May 9 – the true Australia Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/welcome-to-may-9-the-true-australia-day-204555/" aria-label="Read more about Welcome to May 9 – the true Australia Day">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sukhmani Khorana, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW Sydney Netflix If you ever watched the Korean-Canadian television show Kim’s Convenience or the Taiwanese-American Fresh off the Boat, you would have felt seemingly content with the progress of Asian diasporic representation on mainstream screens. These ... <a title="More than ‘model minorities’: in Netflix’s Beef, Asian migrants are allowed to have real emotions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/more-than-model-minorities-in-netflixs-beef-asian-migrants-are-allowed-to-have-real-emotions-204372/" aria-label="Read more about More than ‘model minorities’: in Netflix’s Beef, Asian migrants are allowed to have real emotions">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Jubi News A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced “systemic racism” by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court hearing. Viktor Yeimo, the international spokesperson of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), presented his defence statement — pledoi — in a hearing at the Jayapura Class 1A District Court ... <a title="Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakata’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason case defence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/viktor-yeimo-denounces-jakatas-systemic-racism-in-papua-in-his-treason-case-defence/" aria-label="Read more about Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakata’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason case defence">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tuesday’s budget will forecast a surplus of about $4 billion for this financial year – the first Commonwealth budget surplus in a decade and a half. The budget projects an improvement of more than $143 billion over four years to ... <a title="Now it’s Labor promising the budget will be (briefly) back in black" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/now-its-labor-promising-the-budget-will-be-briefly-back-in-black-205205/" aria-label="Read more about Now it’s Labor promising the budget will be (briefly) back in black">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist The Methodist Church of Fiji is seeking forgiveness from the descendants of Indian indentured labourers, or Girmitiyas, for the transgressions of the last 36 years. The racially motivated violent coups of 1987 and 2000 and the military coup d’état of December 2006 have left a permanent scar on race ... <a title="‘Time is right for reconciliation’ – Fiji’s Methodist Church seeks to mend race relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/time-is-right-for-reconciliation-fijis-methodist-church-seeks-to-mend-race-relations/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Time is right for reconciliation’ – Fiji’s Methodist Church seeks to mend race relations">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University AP/Koji Sasahara Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced higher taxes on gas industry profits, which he says will give Australians a “fairer return” on their natural resources. On Sunday Chalmers flagged changes to the petroleum resource rent tax – a ... <a title="What Australia’s new gas tax will mean for new projects, the economy and the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/what-australias-new-gas-tax-will-mean-for-new-projects-the-economy-and-the-climate-205197/" aria-label="Read more about What Australia’s new gas tax will mean for new projects, the economy and the climate">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Rotuman people and communities in Aotearoa New Zealand launched their Rotuman Language Week 2023 celebrations yesterday. The event by the NZ Rotuman Collective began with a blessing and service at the Kingsland Rotuman Methodist Church — where the congregation began more than 30 years ago — and will showcase the language and ... <a title="Rotuman communities in NZ celebrate their language week 2023" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/rotuman-communities-in-nz-celebrate-their-language-week-2023/" aria-label="Read more about Rotuman communities in NZ celebrate their language week 2023">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajeev Varshney, Professor, Murdoch University Author provided Plants provide almost every calorie of food we eat. Grains like rice, wheat and corn make civilisation possible. For millennia, farmers have bred grains, fruit and vegetable varieties to get larger harvests and plants better able to tolerate different climates. ... <a title="Our tropical fruits are vulnerable to climate change. Can we make them resilient in time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/our-tropical-fruits-are-vulnerable-to-climate-change-can-we-make-them-resilient-in-time-199978/" aria-label="Read more about Our tropical fruits are vulnerable to climate change. Can we make them resilient in time?">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tooran Alizadeh, Associate Professor in Urbanism and Infrastructure, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney A massive project is unfolding in Sydney’s Western Parkland region. The building of a new city from the ground up is central to an infrastructure-led restructuring of metropolitan Sydney. The catalysts are the ... <a title="Bold and innovative planning is delivering Australia’s newest city. But it will be hot – and can we ditch the colonial name?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/bold-and-innovative-planning-is-delivering-australias-newest-city-but-it-will-be-hot-and-can-we-ditch-the-colonial-name-203932/" aria-label="Read more about Bold and innovative planning is delivering Australia’s newest city. But it will be hot – and can we ditch the colonial name?">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Majdi Faleh, Academic Fellow in Cultural Heritage, Nottingham Trent University Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi Daniel Olah/Unsplash A referee’s whistle pierces the air. A player dribbles a ball across a court; goal! Cheers erupt. These are the familiar sounds of Australian life. Children squeal with laughter. ... <a title="Australia now has its own grand mosque: a brief history of how these buildings fold into the urban landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/australia-now-has-its-own-grand-mosque-a-brief-history-of-how-these-buildings-fold-into-the-urban-landscape-189554/" aria-label="Read more about Australia now has its own grand mosque: a brief history of how these buildings fold into the urban landscape">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral researcher in radio astronomy, University of Sydney SolarSystemScope.com Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, whipping around our star every 88 days compared to Earth’s 365.25 days. Mercury will also be the first planet destroyed when the Sun expands on its way ... <a title="People are complaining about Mercury in retrograde. But what does it actually mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/people-are-complaining-about-mercury-in-retrograde-but-what-does-it-actually-mean-205032/" aria-label="Read more about People are complaining about Mercury in retrograde. But what does it actually mean?">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Khalid Al Bostanji, PhD candidate, Australian National University Sedat Suna/ AP As Turkish voters head to polls for the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, the biggest question is whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade-long grip on power can be challenged. Turkey’s main opposition parties have ... <a title="Turkey’s Erdogan is facing re-election to hold onto power – can a divided opposition oust the strongman?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/turkeys-erdogan-is-facing-re-election-to-hold-onto-power-can-a-divided-opposition-oust-the-strongman-203563/" aria-label="Read more about Turkey’s Erdogan is facing re-election to hold onto power – can a divided opposition oust the strongman?">Read more</a>
