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January 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former deputy prime minister John Anderson is one of the six- member committee launched on Monday to spearhead the “no” case in the Voice referendum. The Voice No Case Committee’s “Recognise a Better Way” campaign argues the Voice is “the ... <a title="Former deputy prime minister John Anderson joins group spearheading “no” campaign on the Voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/31/former-deputy-prime-minister-john-anderson-joins-group-spearheading-no-campaign-on-the-voice-195571/" aria-label="Read more about Former deputy prime minister John Anderson joins group spearheading “no” campaign on the Voice">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence Union Calédonian has proposed September 24 this year as the date by which an accord be reached with France to complete decolonisation. The party, which wants independence for the territory by 2025, has chosen the date because it will mark the 170th anniversary of New Caledonia becoming a French colony ... <a title="Union Calédonian proposes historic September 24 date for ‘independence accord’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/union-caledonian-proposes-historic-september-24-date-for-independence-accord/" aria-label="Read more about Union Calédonian proposes historic September 24 date for ‘independence accord’">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat reports today on how Fiji has fared under the draconian Media Industry Development Act that has restricted media freedom over the past decade. There are hopes that state-endorsed media censorship will stop in Fiji following last month’s change in government to the People’s Alliance-led coalition. Reported by Fiji ... <a title="Fiji’s media veterans recount intimidation under FijiFirst government – eye on reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/fijis-media-veterans-recount-intimidation-under-fijifirst-government-eye-on-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s media veterans recount intimidation under FijiFirst government – eye on reforms">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rejected as “laughable” criticism he has turned his back on the Hawke-Keating reform era in his blueprint for “values-based capitalism”. In this podcast Chalmers also reveals he spoke with Paul Keating while writing of the essay, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Jim Chalmers answers critics of his ‘values-based capitalism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/politics-with-michelle-grattan-treasurer-jim-chalmers-answers-critics-of-his-values-based-capitalism-198790/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Jim Chalmers answers critics of his ‘values-based capitalism’">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne It’s finally been launched. A new cultural policy for Australia. After years (actually decades) of neglect, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today launched a new national cultural policy, Revive. In his ... <a title="‘Arts are meant to be at the heart of our life’: what the new national cultural policy could mean for Australia – if it all comes together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/arts-are-meant-to-be-at-the-heart-of-our-life-what-the-new-national-cultural-policy-could-mean-for-australia-if-it-all-comes-together-198786/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Arts are meant to be at the heart of our life’: what the new national cultural policy could mean for Australia – if it all comes together">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Obbard, Senior Lecturer in Nuclear Engineering, UNSW Sydney On January 12 a truck pulled out of Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and drove 1,400km south to Perth, arriving on January 16. Nine days later, on January 25, it ... <a title="A tiny radioactive capsule is lost on a highway in Western Australia. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/a-tiny-radioactive-capsule-is-lost-on-a-highway-in-western-australia-heres-what-you-need-to-know-198761/" aria-label="Read more about A tiny radioactive capsule is lost on a highway in Western Australia. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John McAloon, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Everyone with young children experiences parenting challenges. And these are often exacerbated by parental exhaustion, financial or relationship difficulties, and work stress. I’m a clinical child psychologist who runs a clinic for parents experiencing ... <a title="My kid is biting, hitting and kicking. I’m at my wit’s end, what can I do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/my-kid-is-biting-hitting-and-kicking-im-at-my-wits-end-what-can-i-do-194639/" aria-label="Read more about My kid is biting, hitting and kicking. I’m at my wit’s end, what can I do?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Eklund, PhD Candidate in Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology Unsplash Streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ will soon face regulations to invest in Australian content, as Australian regulations catch up to other world players. Nearly eight years since the launch of ... <a title="Streaming platforms will soon be required to invest more in Australian TV and films, which could be good news for our screen sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/streaming-platforms-will-soon-be-required-to-invest-more-in-australian-tv-and-films-which-could-be-good-news-for-our-screen-sector-198757/" aria-label="Read more about Streaming platforms will soon be required to invest more in Australian TV and films, which could be good news for our screen sector">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Indigenous community members outside the Victorian coroners court ahead of the release of a report into the death of Veronica Nelson. Tamati Smith/Getty Images Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article ... <a title="‘Discriminatory impact on First Nations people’: coroner calls for urgent bail reform in Veronica Nelson inquest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/discriminatory-impact-on-first-nations-people-coroner-calls-for-urgent-bail-reform-in-veronica-nelson-inquest-198507/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Discriminatory impact on First Nations people’: coroner calls for urgent bail reform in Veronica Nelson inquest">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace claimed today claimed New Zealand’s extreme rain and flooding crisis in the North Island at the weekend as a “climate disaster”. “As our friends, family and neighbours across Auckland and the North Island have been battered by unprecedented rain and flooding, it’s a visceral reminder that climate change is upon us ... <a title="Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says Greenpeace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/call-nzs-catastrophic-deluge-a-climate-disaster-says-greenpeace/" aria-label="Read more about Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says Greenpeace">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
By Wata Shaw in Suva Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) chief executive officer Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s employment status has been terminated, new board chair Ajay Bhal Amrit confirmed today. Amrit said in a statement that chief financial officer Vimlesh Sagar would act in the position until the board could “confidently appoint” a person with appropriate commercial competency ... <a title="Sacked FBC chief ‘earning more than PM’, says new broadcaster chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/sacked-fbc-chief-earning-more-than-pm-says-new-broadcaster-chair/" aria-label="Read more about Sacked FBC chief ‘earning more than PM’, says new broadcaster chair">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
RNZ News A fourth person has been found dead as a result of New Zealand’s catastrophic floods on Friday, which have now spread to other parts of the country. Police said in a statement that Search and Rescue, who had been looking for a person swept away by floodwaters in Waikato’s Onewhero, had found a ... <a title="NZ police confirm fourth death after man swept away by floodwaters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/nz-police-confirm-fourth-death-after-man-swept-away-by-floodwaters/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police confirm fourth death after man swept away by floodwaters">Read more</a>
