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August 1, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A combined investigation team seized more than K200 million ($80 million) worth of cocaine in the biggest drug heist in the history of Papua New Guinea last night, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The 750 kg drug was connected to the mysterious plane crash last Sunday near the PNG LNG plant west ... <a title="PNG investigation tracks down K200m ‘biggest drug heist’ – pilot fined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/01/png-investigation-tracks-down-k200m-biggest-drug-heist-pilot-fined/" aria-label="Read more about PNG investigation tracks down K200m ‘biggest drug heist’ – pilot fined">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2020
By Isaac Nicholas in Port Moresby Thirty eight deaths in the covid-19 pandemic reported across the Papua New Guinea border in the Indonesian-ruled Papuan capital of Jayapura has prompted a call to focus more resources on West Sepik. Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Patrick Pruaitch made the appeal appeal to ... <a title="PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/01/pngs-pruaitch-urges-focus-on-papua-border-as-covid-deaths-escalate/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ Political Reporter The former Minister of Defence has admitted he “completely forgot” about a report which stated civilian casualties were possible during Operation Burnham. The Burnham Inquiry, led by Sir Terence Arnold and Sir Geoffrey Palmer, has found a child was killed during the operation in Afghanistan and at least seven ... <a title="Operation Burnham: Former minister Mapp ‘forgot’ about civilian casualties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/operation-burnham-former-minister-mapp-forgot-about-civilian-casualties/" aria-label="Read more about Operation Burnham: Former minister Mapp ‘forgot’ about civilian casualties">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
By Richard Shaw, of Massey University Strong team. More jobs. Better economy. So say the National Party’s campaign hoardings. Only thing is, last Sunday’s Newshub-Reid Research poll – which had support for the Labour Party at 60.9 percent and for National at 25.1 percent – suggests the team is not looking that strong at all. ... <a title="Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in NZ politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/rogue-poll-or-not-all-the-signs-point-to-a-tectonic-shift-in-nz-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in NZ politics">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Bond, Principle Research Fellow, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Anyone who has spent any amount of time in Indigenous affairs would be familiar with the buzzwords used in the announcement of the new Closing the Gap targets. As Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, ... <a title="Chelsea Bond: The ‘new’ Closing the Gap is about buzzwords, not genuine change for Indigenous Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/chelsea-bond-the-new-closing-the-gap-is-about-buzzwords-not-genuine-change-for-indigenous-australia-143681/" aria-label="Read more about Chelsea Bond: The ‘new’ Closing the Gap is about buzzwords, not genuine change for Indigenous Australia">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Simpson, Chair of Indigenous Linguistics and Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian National University Indigenous languages have been in the news this week. For the first time, an Indigenous language, Ngunnawal, was used for the acknowledgment of country ... <a title="Talking the talk: fresh Closing the Gap targets require a tailored approach to language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/talking-the-talk-fresh-closing-the-gap-targets-require-a-tailored-approach-to-language-143683/" aria-label="Read more about Talking the talk: fresh Closing the Gap targets require a tailored approach to language">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Senior Lecturer, UNSW When announcing a ban on people in six local government areas south-west of Melbourne hosting visitors in their homes, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said this week: People are not necessarily keeping their distance in their family home. It’s a natural thing, you ... <a title="We’re more likely to let our COVID-19 guard down around those we love most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/were-more-likely-to-let-our-covid-19-guard-down-around-those-we-love-most-142908/" aria-label="Read more about We’re more likely to let our COVID-19 guard down around those we love most">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Graham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW The federal government this week unveiled the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. Under the strategy, all Australian governments committed to 16 targets, three of which are directly related to early childhood and school education. They are: to increase the proportion ... <a title="There are 3 new Closing the Gap education targets: here’s what they miss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/there-are-3-new-closing-the-gap-education-targets-heres-what-they-miss-143741/" aria-label="Read more about There are 3 new Closing the Gap education targets: here’s what they miss">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Southerton, Postdoctoral Fellow, UNSW When the news surfaced that three young women had travelled from Melbourne to Brisbane via Sydney, failed to quarantine and two in the group subsequently tested positive to COVID-19, there was severe backlash. The two women were named and shamed in the ... <a title="Queensland’s coronavirus controversy: past pandemics show us public shaming could harm public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/queenslands-coronavirus-controversy-past-pandemics-show-us-public-shaming-could-harm-public-health-143699/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland’s coronavirus controversy: past pandemics show us public shaming could harm public health">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss Melbourne’s continuing and potentially soon-to-be-heightened lockdown, the federal government’s responsibility to the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Victoria, aged care, and ‘Closing the Gap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/video-michelle-grattan-on-victoria-aged-care-and-closing-the-gap-143749/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Victoria, aged care, and ‘Closing the Gap’">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in Business Law. Director of the UNSW Business School Cybersecurity and Data Governance Research Network, UNSW The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its draft news media bargaining code, announced today by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. The draft code allows commercial news businesses ... <a title="In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/in-a-world-first-australia-plans-to-force-facebook-and-google-to-pay-for-news-but-abc-and-sbs-miss-out-143740/" aria-label="Read more about In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out)">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss Melbourne’s continuing and potentially soon-to-be-heightened lockdown, the federal government’s responsibility to the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Victoria, aged care, and the ‘Closing the Gap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/video-michelle-grattan-on-victoria-aged-care-and-the-closing-the-gap-143749/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Victoria, aged care, and the ‘Closing the Gap’">Read more</a>
