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January 29, 2019
Graphic: Vanuatu Daily Post By Glenda Willie in Port Vila Voters in Vanuatu will be given the opportunity to vote for political reform laws in the country’s first ever referendum in June this year. The Chairman of the Task Force on the Constitutional Review, Minister Ralph Regenvanu explained that the voting process would be similar ... <a title="Vanuatu plans first ever referendum over political reform laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/vanuatu-plans-first-ever-referendum-over-political-reform-laws/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu plans first ever referendum over political reform laws">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Middleton, Emeritus Professor, School of Aviation, UNSW When the American aerospace company Bell Nexus unveiled an air taxi at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this month it breathed new life into conversations about a future where ride sharing happens in the air rather ... <a title="Flying taxis within five years? Not likely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/flying-taxis-within-five-years-not-likely-110025/" aria-label="Read more about Flying taxis within five years? Not likely">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney In both the United Kingdom and Australia there is speculation that controversial bills may be passed against the will of the government. If so, could the government advise that the bill be refused royal assent – the last ... <a title="Why a government would be mad to advise the refusal of royal assent to a bill passed against its will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/why-a-government-would-be-mad-to-advise-the-refusal-of-royal-assent-to-a-bill-passed-against-its-will-110501/" aria-label="Read more about Why a government would be mad to advise the refusal of royal assent to a bill passed against its will">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney A new school year, and another battle between bloodsucking parasites and the kids they love to live on. But the real casualties are the stressed-out parents and carers trying to keep their kids free of lice. ... <a title="Back at school? Here’s how to keep kids free of head lice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/back-at-school-heres-how-to-keep-kids-free-of-head-lice-110344/" aria-label="Read more about Back at school? Here’s how to keep kids free of head lice">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siyuan Tian, Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University Another summer, another drought. Sydney’s water storages are running on empty, and desalinisation plants are being dusted off. Elsewhere, shrunken rivers, lakes and dams are swollen with rotting fish. Governments, irrigators and environmentalists blame each other for the drought, or ... <a title="To predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/to-predict-droughts-dont-look-at-the-skies-look-in-the-soil-from-space-110493/" aria-label="Read more about To predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Smith, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University Going to school is one of the few life experiences almost everyone shares. From the time children began to be educated in small groups in Britain, there were school stories in popular culture, beginning with what many consider ... <a title="From The Getting of Wisdom to Heartbreak High: Australian school stories on screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/from-the-getting-of-wisdom-to-heartbreak-high-australian-school-stories-on-screen-109941/" aria-label="Read more about From The Getting of Wisdom to Heartbreak High: Australian school stories on screen">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A high profile independent candidate, Oliver Yates, is expected to run against Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in the heartland Liberal seat of Kooyong in Melbourne. Yates, who lives in the electorate, is a member of the Liberal party and a former ... <a title="View from The Hill: Independent push against Frydenberg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/view-from-the-hill-independent-push-against-frydenberg-110600/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Independent push against Frydenberg">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Melbourne Australian banks have been under enormous scrutiny during the financial services royal commission, which reports on Friday. But one thing that hasn’t dominated the headlines is their relationships with their subsidiaries in New Zealand. Each of Australia’s big ... <a title="Too big to fail. The risks to Australian taxpayers from New Zealand banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/too-big-to-fail-the-risks-to-australian-taxpayers-from-new-zealand-banks-110286/" aria-label="Read more about Too big to fail. The risks to Australian taxpayers from New Zealand banks">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 28 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Jami-Lee Ross, Sarah Dowie Graham Adams (Noted): Parliament’s star-crossed lovers who crossed each other 1News: Simon Bridges says under-fire MP ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 28 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-28-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 28 2019">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, in the southern Philippines region of Mindanao at the weekend. Video: Philippine Daily Inquirer By Rambo Talabong and Mara Cepeda in Jolo, Philippines At least 20 people were killed as two explosions rocked the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, ... <a title="At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral in Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/at-least-20-killed-as-two-bomb-blasts-hit-jolo-cathedral-in-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral in Philippines">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Benny Wenda and the West Papua petition … “Today is a proud moment to represent your voices.” Image: Benny Wenda FB By Benny Wenda, chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua As chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I have presented the West Papuan People’s Petition for self-determination to ... <a title="Benny Wenda: West Papuan people’s ballot petition handed over to UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/benny-wenda-west-papuan-peoples-ballot-petition-handed-over-to-un/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda: West Papuan people’s ballot petition handed over to UN">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marianna Sigala, Professor of Tourism – Director of the Centre for Tourism & Leisure Management, University of South Australia The scope and scale of the so-called “sharing economy” has increased exponentially over the past decade, to the point where it affects almost every aspect of our lives. ... <a title="The ‘sharing economy’ simply dresses up our consumerist tendencies in a more palatable ideology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/the-sharing-economy-simply-dresses-up-our-consumerist-tendencies-in-a-more-palatable-ideology-99090/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘sharing economy’ simply dresses up our consumerist tendencies in a more palatable ideology">Read more</a>
