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June 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Age and education levels were the most important demographic variables in the Coalition’s loss of support between the 2019 and 2022 elections, according to an Australian National University analysis released on Monday. “These two factors were much stronger predictors than ... <a title="Age and education key demographics in government’s election loss: ANU study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/20/age-and-education-key-demographics-in-governments-election-loss-anu-study-185374/" aria-label="Read more about Age and education key demographics in government’s election loss: ANU study">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia AAP/AP/Matt Dunham 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 ... <a title="UK government orders the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, but that is not the end of the matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/uk-government-orders-the-extradition-of-julian-assange-to-the-us-but-that-is-not-the-end-of-the-matter-185363/" aria-label="Read more about UK government orders the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, but that is not the end of the matter">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Vanuatu Prime Minister has again failed to push through controversial constitutional changes. These include extending the term of Parliament, changing the definition of a Vanuatu citizen, and increasing the size of cabinet by nearly a third. A second session of Parliament yesterday was adjourned because of a lack of MPs. Vanuatu Prime ... <a title="Vanuatu PM fails to push through constitutional changes – again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/vanuatu-pm-fails-to-push-through-constitutional-changes-again/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu PM fails to push through constitutional changes – again">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is expected to participate in the upcoming NATO Leaders Summit, becoming the first New Zealand leader to do so. NATO’s Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, has invited the leaders of Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand to attend the military alliance’s meeting in Spain held ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern first New Zealander to be invited to speak at NATO Leaders Summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/jacinda-ardern-first-new-zealander-to-be-invited-to-speak-at-nato-leaders-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern first New Zealander to be invited to speak at NATO Leaders Summit">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Darren England Buttons have now been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the May 21 federal election in the Senate for South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. I discussed the ACT and NT results that ... <a title="More Senate results: Hanson wins easily, but Labor still on track for a friendly Senate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/more-senate-results-hanson-wins-easily-but-labor-still-on-track-for-a-friendly-senate-185051/" aria-label="Read more about More Senate results: Hanson wins easily, but Labor still on track for a friendly Senate">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The UK government’s decision to uphold the application by the US Department of Justice to extradite Australian publisher Julian Assange imperils journalists everywhere, says the union for Australia’s journalists. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance calls on the Australian government to take urgent steps to lobby the US and UK governments ... <a title="Assange extradition order a ‘dangerous assault on international journalism’, says MEAA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/assange-extradition-order-a-dangerous-assault-on-international-journalism-says-meaa/" aria-label="Read more about Assange extradition order a ‘dangerous assault on international journalism’, says MEAA">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Australia has gifted Papua New Guinea with 3000 ballistic vests and 3000 helmets which arrived at Jackson’s International Airport in Port Moresby today. They were flown in on a Royal Australian Airforce C17 Globemaster inbound from the United States. The ballistic vests and helmets are a gift from Australia ... <a title="Australia gifts PNG with vests and helmets ahead of elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/australia-gifts-png-with-vests-and-helmets-ahead-of-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Australia gifts PNG with vests and helmets ahead of elections">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
Kizzy Kalsakau and Anita Roberts in Port Vila Vanuatu’s opposition leader Ralph Regenvanu said Members of Parliament from the Opposition bloc would boycott the special Parliament sitting again today. “We think there are a number of amendments that are very bad for the country, and very dangerous for the Parliament to be considering,” he said. ... <a title="Vanuatu opposition plans new boycott of ‘dangerous’ changes special sitting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/vanuatu-opposition-plans-new-boycott-of-dangerous-changes-special-sitting/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu opposition plans new boycott of ‘dangerous’ changes special sitting">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Shutterstock At the urging of the premiers, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday agreed to extend current public hospital funding until the end of the year. The federal government will keep paying for 50% of new costs, ... <a title="Hospital funding deal sets a tight deadline for real reform, and the clock’s ticking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/hospital-funding-deal-sets-a-tight-deadline-for-real-reform-and-the-clocks-ticking-185296/" aria-label="Read more about Hospital funding deal sets a tight deadline for real reform, and the clock’s ticking">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Phelan, Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Shutterstock The clock is now ticking on New South Wales’ largest coal mine. BHP has announced it will close its Mount Arthur mine in the Hunter Valley in 2030 – 15 years ahead of ... <a title="NSW’s biggest coal mine to close in 2030. Now what about the workers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/nsws-biggest-coal-mine-to-close-in-2030-now-what-about-the-workers-185292/" aria-label="Read more about NSW’s biggest coal mine to close in 2030. Now what about the workers?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katja Ignatieva, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock News about the energy crisis engulfing Australia’s east coast seems inescapable. Terms such as “grid”, the “National Electricity Market” and “transmission” are being tossed around alongside the frightening prospect of soaring power bills – but what does it all mean? ... <a title="What’s a grid, anyway? Making sense of the complex beast that is Australia’s electricity network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/whats-a-grid-anyway-making-sense-of-the-complex-beast-that-is-australias-electricity-network-185127/" aria-label="Read more about What’s a grid, anyway? Making sense of the complex beast that is Australia’s electricity network">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Boyd, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University Shutterstock Celebrations greeted Thursday’s co-ordinated announcement by the NSW and Victorian governments that they will invest $6 billion and $9 billion, respectively, to provide 30 hours a week of play-based learning for all children in the 12 ... <a title="A $15 billion promise of universal access to preschool: is this the game-changer for Aussie kids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/a-15-billion-promise-of-universal-access-to-preschool-is-this-the-game-changer-for-aussie-kids-185211/" aria-label="Read more about A $15 billion promise of universal access to preschool: is this the game-changer for Aussie kids?">Read more</a>
