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June 22, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia and Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle Last week on June 17 2022, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel issued a statement confirming she had approved the US government’s request to extradite Julian Assange. The Australian founder of WikiLeaks faces 18 criminal charges of computer misuse and espionage. ... <a title="UK government orders extradition of Julian Assange to US, but that isn’t end of the matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/uk-government-orders-extradition-of-julian-assange-to-us-but-that-isnt-end-of-the-matter/" aria-label="Read more about UK government orders extradition of Julian Assange to US, but that isn’t end of the matter">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
RNZ Pacific In an unprecedented result, French Polynesia’s pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira Party candidates have won a clean sweep of all three seats in the French National Assembly. The three will sit with the left-wing Nupes group which emerged as the second biggest force in the 577-strong National Assembly. The success of the alliance around Jean-Luc ... <a title="Tahiti pro-independence candidates sweep seats in French National Assembly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/tahiti-pro-independence-candidates-sweep-seats-in-french-national-assembly/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti pro-independence candidates sweep seats in French National Assembly">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
By Loreben Tuquero in Manila On social media, Ferdinand Marcos Jr needed to have all pieces in place to stage a Malacañang comeback: he had a network of propagandist assets, popular myths that justified his family’s obscene wealth, and narratives that distorted the horrors of his father’s rule. He had even asked Cambridge Analytica to ... <a title="Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/duterte-institutionalised-disinformation-paved-the-way-for-a-marcos-victory/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. Politics editor Amanda Dunn and Michelle discuss Reserve Bank Governor ... <a title="Word from The Hill: On the economy, people smugglers, parliamentary sitting, and Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/word-from-the-hill-on-the-economy-people-smugglers-parliamentary-sitting-and-julian-assange-185506/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: On the economy, people smugglers, parliamentary sitting, and Julian Assange">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Richard Wainwright Last year experts raised their eyebrows when the Morrison government announced Australia would abandon its contract for French-built Attack class submarines, in favour of eight nuclear-powered submarines delivered under the AUKUS ... <a title="Does Australia need ‘interim’ submarines to tide it over until nuclear boats arrive? A defence expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/does-australia-need-interim-submarines-to-tide-it-over-until-nuclear-boats-arrive-a-defence-expert-explains-185300/" aria-label="Read more about Does Australia need ‘interim’ submarines to tide it over until nuclear boats arrive? A defence expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Sergi, Professor in Criminology, University of Essex In a recent media release, Australian Federal Police said: We have about 51 Italian organised crime clans in Australia. We have identified 14 confirmed ‘ndrangheta clans across Australia, involving thousands of members. The ‘ndrangheta, widely considered Italy’s wealthiest and ... <a title="A flurry of attention, then collective forgetfulness – 100 years of the ‘ndrangheta Calabrian mafia in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/a-flurry-of-attention-then-collective-forgetfulness-100-years-of-the-ndrangheta-calabrian-mafia-in-australia-184835/" aria-label="Read more about A flurry of attention, then collective forgetfulness – 100 years of the ‘ndrangheta Calabrian mafia in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Shutterstock Australia’s electricity generators would be paid extra money to be available even if they don’t actually generate any energy, under a new mechanism proposed by the federal government’s Energy Security Board (ESB). Controversially, the ESB has recommended all ... <a title="Why including coal in a new ‘capacity mechanism’ will make Australia’s energy crisis worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/why-including-coal-in-a-new-capacity-mechanism-will-make-australias-energy-crisis-worse-185404/" aria-label="Read more about Why including coal in a new ‘capacity mechanism’ will make Australia’s energy crisis worse">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Cameron Webb/NSW Health Pathology, Author provided Summer evenings by the pool, lake or BBQ mean mosquitoes. But what about during winter when we’re mostly indoors? As the weather cools, these bloodsucking pests are rarely seen. ... <a title="Where do all the mosquitoes go in the winter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/where-do-all-the-mosquitoes-go-in-the-winter-185021/" aria-label="Read more about Where do all the mosquitoes go in the winter?">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Pavel Nemecek / AP I woke up on Friday morning a pawn in a Kafka-esque story. Except I hadn’t been transformed into a chess piece but was a diplomatic pawn, a small player in a ... <a title="‘Bet you’re on the list’: how criticising ‘smart weapons’ got me banned from Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/bet-youre-on-the-list-how-criticising-smart-weapons-got-me-banned-from-russia-185399/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bet you’re on the list’: how criticising ‘smart weapons’ got me banned from Russia">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock Recent Victorian and New South Wales government announcements may signal the first steps in a profound change to Australia’s early childhood sector. And it’s been a long time coming. Over the past 30 years there has been a ... <a title="How the early childhood learning and care system works (and doesn’t work) – it will take some fixing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/how-the-early-childhood-learning-and-care-system-works-and-doesnt-work-it-will-take-some-fixing-185299/" aria-label="Read more about How the early childhood learning and care system works (and doesn’t work) – it will take some fixing">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist), The Conversation AAP/Mick Tsikas The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate ... <a title="Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/final-senate-results-labor-the-greens-and-david-pocock-will-have-a-majority-of-senators-185365/" aria-label="Read more about Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Zan Wimberley/Ngununggula Review: Land Abounds, Ngununggula Ngununggula (pronounced Nun-uhn-goola), in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, at first appears to ... <a title="At Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands new regional gallery, audiences come face-to-face with uneasy contemporary art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/at-ngununggula-the-southern-highlands-new-regional-gallery-audiences-come-face-to-face-with-uneasy-contemporary-art-183822/" aria-label="Read more about At Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands new regional gallery, audiences come face-to-face with uneasy contemporary art">Read more</a>
