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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas’s three-pronged strategy to raise an extra A$2.7 billion in property taxes over the next four years is a case of two out of three ain’t bad. Land tax ✅ First, Pallas will raise $1.5 billion ... <a title="The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/the-lesson-for-australia-out-of-victorias-property-tax-hikes-two-out-of-three-aint-bad-161353/" aria-label="Read more about The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. Along a dusty path on the outskirts of the Château de Versailles ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/if-i-could-go-anywhere-marie-antoinettes-private-boudoir-and-mechanical-mirror-room-at-versailles-160599/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
By Sina Retzlaff in Apia Samoa’s Parliament will convene tomorrow as originally planned The Supreme Court has issued orders to uphold the original proclamation, dated 20 May 2021, by the Head of State of Samoa to convene the country’s 17th Parliament following the April 9 general election. The orders of the court were signed and ... <a title="Supreme Court upholds original proclamation in Samoan crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/supreme-court-upholds-original-proclamation-in-samoan-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Supreme Court upholds original proclamation in Samoan crisis">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
RNZ Pacific An urgent legal challenge against a shock proclamation by the Samoan head of state is being heard in the Supreme Court Chambers in Apia. Without explanation, the Head of State Tuimalealiifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi announced he was suspending tomorrow’s sitting of Parliament. The opposition FAST party had been expected to secure a majority of ... <a title="Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/samoa-supreme-court-hears-fast-party-challenge-over-shock-edict/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Activists from the Papua People’s Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia’s policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel’s war on Palestine, likening it to the West Papuan struggle against colonialism. The protest against Special Autonomy (Otsus) was held in front of the Merdeka building in the West Java provincial capital ... <a title="Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/protest-in-bandung-rejects-papuan-otsus-militarism-war-on-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk More than 2000 people took part in Auckland today in a demonstration for justice for Palestine and against “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing”. While speakers welcomed the ceasefire on Thursday night in the Israeli attack on Gaza after 11 days of bombardment, they lamented the lack of progress in addressing the “root ... <a title="Gallery: Free Palestine rally in Auckland rejects Israeli ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/gallery-free-palestine-rally-in-auckland-rejects-israeli-genocide-and-ethnic-cleansing/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Free Palestine rally in Auckland rejects Israeli ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific churches have condemned the media blackout in West Papua, military crackdown in parts of the territory and the silencing of dissenting voices. They have also criticised the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for “allowing Indonesia into their fold”. In a statement, the Suva-based Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) said it had ... <a title="Pacific churches condemn ‘silencing’ of Papuan voices and media blackout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/pacific-churches-condemn-silencing-of-papuan-voices-and-media-blackout/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific churches condemn ‘silencing’ of Papuan voices and media blackout">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Despite overwhelmingly endorsing the general stance of the 2021 budget, only a few of the 56 leading economists surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation are prepared to give it top marks. ... <a title="Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/23/great-approach-weak-execution-economists-decline-to-give-budget-top-marks-161347/" aria-label="Read more about Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marks">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
By Lagi Keresoma in Apia Samoa’s Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) against the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned the appointment of a sixth woman Member of Parliament, Ali’imalemanu Alofa Tu’u’au. This paves the way for the sitting of Parliament (Fale Fono) on Monday as proclaimed by ... <a title="Samoa’s Fale Fono convenes Monday as court rules against HRPP appeal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/samoas-fale-fono-convenes-monday-as-court-rules-against-hrpp-appeal/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s Fale Fono convenes Monday as court rules against HRPP appeal">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Etschmann, Research officer, Monash University Almost 60 years after British nuclear tests ended, radioactive particles containing plutonium and uranium still contaminate the landscape around Maralinga in outback South Australia. These “hot particles” are not as stable as we once assumed. Our research shows they are likely ... <a title="We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/we-sliced-open-radioactive-particles-from-soil-in-south-australia-and-found-they-may-be-leaking-plutonium-161277/" aria-label="Read more about We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University It’s been well documented that there’s a significant level of vaccine hesitancy in the Australian community at the moment. This appears to be a particular issue among adults over 50 concerning the AstraZeneca vaccine, for which this group is now ... <a title="I’m over 50 and hesitant about the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. Should I wait for Pfizer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/im-over-50-and-hesitant-about-the-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-should-i-wait-for-pfizer-161283/" aria-label="Read more about I’m over 50 and hesitant about the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. Should I wait for Pfizer?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Edith Cowan University It’s the smell that hits you first. The scent of urine and decomposing bodies. Then you notice other signs: scuttles and squeaks, small dead bodies leaking blood, tails sticking out of hubcaps. If you’ve lived through a ... <a title="Mouse plague: bromadiolone will obliterate mice, but it’ll poison eagles, snakes and owls, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/mouse-plague-bromadiolone-will-obliterate-mice-but-itll-poison-eagles-snakes-and-owls-too-160995/" aria-label="Read more about Mouse plague: bromadiolone will obliterate mice, but it’ll poison eagles, snakes and owls, too">Read more</a>
