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July 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Martin Parkinson, secretary of the Prime Minister’s department, has cleared Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop of breaching the government’s code of ministerial standards with their post-politics jobs. But it’s doubtful the average voter would take such a literal or generous ... <a title="View from The Hill: Senate decides Pyne and Bishop have a few more parliamentary questions to answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/view-from-the-hill-senate-decides-pyne-and-bishop-have-a-few-more-parliamentary-questions-to-answer-120761/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Senate decides Pyne and Bishop have a few more parliamentary questions to answer">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Foreign affairs – Australia Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern in Oz: Little progress but much adulation Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Home and away: Jacinda Ardern’s trip of two halves Brigitte Morten (RNZ): Ardern can take a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 20 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-20-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 20 2019">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
ANALYSIS: By David Robie Indonesia recently hosted a bold public relations window-dressing expo in Auckland presenting itself as a “Pacific” nation while attempting to provide an unconvincing impression of normality in the two Melanesian provinces known collectively as West Papua. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi hailed “a new era of Pacific partnership – a Pacific ... <a title="Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/indonesias-cover-up-over-papuan-media-freedom-violations-exposed/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
By RNZ Pacific West Papuan fighters have killed an Indonesian soldier in a renewed threat to Jakarta’s road project there. State news agency Antara reported the hit-and-run attack on Saturday took place in Nduga regency, where pro-independence forces are waging war on the Indonesia’s military. An Indonesian researcher, Hipo Wangge, said it was the ninth ... <a title="West Papuan independence fighters kill Indonesian soldier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/west-papuan-independence-fighters-kill-indonesian-soldier/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan independence fighters kill Indonesian soldier">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University A Perth man who pleaded guilty to distributing an intimate image of his ex-girlfriend without her consent has been sentenced to a 12-month intensive supervision order, sparing him jail time. According to media reports, Mitchell Brindley repeatedly ... <a title="1 in 5 Australians is a victim of ‘revenge porn’, despite new laws to prevent it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/1-in-5-australians-is-a-victim-of-revenge-porn-despite-new-laws-to-prevent-it-117838/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 Australians is a victim of ‘revenge porn’, despite new laws to prevent it">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piero Moraro, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Charles Sturt University The Morrison government has introduced new legislation responding to recent protests by animal rights activists in Australia. The bill –named The Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019 – will tighten up existing laws, creating harsher penalties for ... <a title="It isn’t clear how the new bill against animal rights activists will protect farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/it-isnt-clear-how-the-new-bill-against-animal-rights-activists-will-protect-farmers-120588/" aria-label="Read more about It isn’t clear how the new bill against animal rights activists will protect farmers">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Dry, moist, productive, hacking, chesty, whooping, barking, throaty. These are just some of the terms people use to describe their cough. While we’re deep into cold and flu season, it’s one of the most common reasons people see their ... <a title="Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/health-check-why-do-i-have-a-cough-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-119172/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape wants Australia to close the detention centre it has been running on PNG’s Manus island for six years. According to Australian media, Marape has asked Canberra to give him a timeline for closing the facilities where Australia has been holding refugees and asylum seekers who ... <a title="PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/pngs-marape-wants-australia-to-close-manus-detention-camp/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashlee Curtis, Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University The Victorian government introduced 24-hour public transport on Friday and Saturday nights in Melbourne from January 1 2016. Services mostly run every hour from 1am to 5am on all metropolitan lines with some additional tram and bus services. ... <a title="All-night public transport hasn’t reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/all-night-public-transport-hasnt-reduced-alcohol-related-harm-in-melbourne-118999/" aria-label="Read more about All-night public transport hasn’t reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University If the first week of the 46th Parliament was heavily ceremonial – dominated by the new governor-general, a raft of first-time MPs and Bob Hawke condolence speeches – the next two weeks will mark a return to ... <a title="Bills, banks and promises: here’s what you can expect as ‘government business’ starts again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/bills-banks-and-promises-heres-what-you-can-expect-as-government-business-starts-again-120589/" aria-label="Read more about Bills, banks and promises: here’s what you can expect as ‘government business’ starts again">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University In a world run ragged by multiple crises and an unravelling of American global leadership, military confrontation in the Gulf poses risks that extend well beyond the region itself. One of the greater risks is to a ... <a title="Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/iran-and-us-refusing-to-budge-as-tit-for-tat-ship-seizures-in-middle-east-raise-the-temperature-120732/" aria-label="Read more about Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Dalton, Conjoint Senior Lecturer School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Over recent months, the news has been saturated with headlines claiming we’re experiencing a “killer flu season”. Researchers watching laboratory data are using the term “flunami”. Data suggests this is a serious year ... <a title="Media hype and increased testing: this year’s flu numbers are high, but there’s more to the story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/media-hype-and-increased-testing-this-years-flu-numbers-are-high-but-theres-more-to-the-story-120004/" aria-label="Read more about Media hype and increased testing: this year’s flu numbers are high, but there’s more to the story">Read more</a>
