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April 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the government fights for its life, John Howard, the Liberals’ living icon, has been on the campaign trail. It’s not all been smooth sailing for the veteran, however. When Anthony Albanese had his now infamous numbers lapse, Howard’s first ... <a title="View from The Hill: Could going too negative on ‘teals’ do Liberals more harm than good?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/25/view-from-the-hill-could-going-too-negative-on-teals-do-liberals-more-harm-than-good-181837/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Could going too negative on ‘teals’ do Liberals more harm than good?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Marian Faa of ABC Pacific Beat As a child, Efika Kora remembers watching planes glide over her remote village in the Pacific. Transfixed, she imagined that one day she would be the one flying them. Now, just two semesters away from completing a diploma of aviation at an Adelaide school, the 24-year-old ... <a title="West Papuan students’ dreams dashed after scholarships suddenly cancelled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/west-papuan-students-dreams-dashed-after-scholarships-suddenly-cancelled/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan students’ dreams dashed after scholarships suddenly cancelled">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific Several pro-independence parties in New Caledonia are urging supporters to boycott the second round of the French presidential elections this Sunday. The election pits far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) candidate Marine Le Pen against the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron. Before the first round the pro-independence parties advised supporters to vote for a left-oriented ... <a title="Kanak pro-independence parties urge supporters to boycott French election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/kanak-pro-independence-parties-urge-supporters-to-boycott-french-election/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak pro-independence parties urge supporters to boycott French election">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the country needs an economic solution to its instability problems, not a security solution. Lilo said he could not understand how current Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare could justify signing a security cooperation agreement with China to quell public discontent in ... <a title="Former Solomons PM says country needs economic solution not security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/former-solomons-pm-says-country-needs-economic-solution-not-security/" aria-label="Read more about Former Solomons PM says country needs economic solution not security">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Professor Rod Jackson In a recent article (Weekend Herald, April 16) John Roughan wrote that the covid-19 pandemic has been an anticlimax in Aotearoa New Zealand. Surprisingly, he acknowledges covid-19 has killed about 25 million people worldwide, so hopefully he was referring to New Zealand’s 600 deaths. He goes on to ask how ... <a title="Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/rod-jackson-why-new-zealands-response-to-the-covid-pandemic-was-proportionate/" aria-label="Read more about Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
RNZ News Independence leader and Nobel laureate José Ramos-Horta has declared victory in Timor-Leste’s presidential election, saying he had secured “overwhelming” support and would now work to foster dialogue and unity. Data from the country’s election administration body (STAE) with all votes counted showed Ramos-Horta secured a decisive 62 percent win in Tuesday’s ballot, well ... <a title="José Ramos-Horta declares victory in Timor-Leste presidential election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/jose-ramos-horta-declares-victory-in-timor-leste-presidential-election/" aria-label="Read more about José Ramos-Horta declares victory in Timor-Leste presidential election">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Pacific Elders’ Voice has expressed deep concern about reports of deteriorating human rights in West Papua and has appealed to Indonesia to allow the proposed UN high commissioner’s visit there before the Bali G20 meeting in November. A statement from the PEV says the reports suggest an “increased number of ... <a title="Pacific Elders call on Indonesia to allow UN visit to Papua before Bali" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/pacific-elders-call-on-indonesia-to-allow-un-visit-to-papua-before-bali/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Elders call on Indonesia to allow UN visit to Papua before Bali">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt A. Field, Associate Professor – Bioinformatics, James Cook University Barry Eggleton, Author provided Many people know modern dogs evolved from the grey wolf. But did you know most of the more than 340 modern dog breeds we have today only emerged within the past 200 years? ... <a title="From wolf to chihuahua: new research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of dogs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/from-wolf-to-chihuahua-new-research-reveals-where-the-dingo-sits-on-the-evolutionary-timeline-of-dogs-181605/" aria-label="Read more about From wolf to chihuahua: new research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of dogs">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra “Well, the boss has got the bug, so you’ve got me.” Labor campaign spokesman Jason Clare fronted the media the morning after Anthony Albanese tested positive for COVID, and the contrast didn’t go unnoticed. Clare answered questions confidently and without ... <a title="View from The Hill: ‘The bug’ gives Albanese opportunity to sell the team but less time to sell himself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/view-from-the-hill-the-bug-gives-albanese-opportunity-to-sell-the-team-but-less-time-to-sell-himself-181792/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: ‘The bug’ gives Albanese opportunity to sell the team but less time to sell himself">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide In Nicolas Cage’s latest film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Cage plays a character called … Nick Cage. This meta-commentary on fame and celebrity, wrapped around a thriller plot, is full of Cage-inspired “Easter eggs” and ... <a title="Nicolas Cage is the most fascinating and exciting actor working today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/nicolas-cage-is-the-most-fascinating-and-exciting-actor-working-today-181483/" aria-label="Read more about Nicolas Cage is the most fascinating and exciting actor working today">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia A. O’Brien, Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University; Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University; Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC., Georgetown University Like the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano that triggered a massive tsunami and sent shockwaves around the ... <a title="In the wake of the China-Solomon Islands pact, Australia needs to rethink its Pacific relationships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/in-the-wake-of-the-china-solomon-islands-pact-australia-needs-to-rethink-its-pacific-relationships-181702/" aria-label="Read more about In the wake of the China-Solomon Islands pact, Australia needs to rethink its Pacific relationships">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation When tennis superstar Dylan Alcott’s post rebuking the Prime Minister for his clumsy “blessed” comment is outperforming election news stories on social media, you know the leaders’ debate didn’t go as hoped for the Coalition. Scott Morrison effectively lost a ... <a title="Below the Line: Albanese has COVID, but Morrison is ‘blessed’ with an even bigger problem – podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/below-the-line-albanese-has-covid-but-morrison-is-blessed-with-an-even-bigger-problem-podcast-181784/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: Albanese has COVID, but Morrison is ‘blessed’ with an even bigger problem – podcast">Read more</a>
