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May 30, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Three Nouméa municipal policemen are now facing a prosecution after a disturbing video was posted in a Facebook neighbourhood watch group, allegedly implicating them in acts of severe violence against a Kanak man they had just arrested. The municipal police officers are not part of the ... <a title="Three Nouméa police officers face prosecution after viral violent video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/30/three-noumea-police-officers-face-prosecution-after-viral-violent-video/" aria-label="Read more about Three Nouméa police officers face prosecution after viral violent video">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Johnstone, PhD Candidate, Criminal Justice, University of Canterbury Getty Images The dawn raids of the 1970s, when police descended on Pacific Island households in New Zealand’s main cities to find and deport “overstayers”, remain a scar on New Zealand’s collective memory. So there was understandable celebration ... <a title="Dawn raids never died: why formal apologies and restoring NZ citizenship are still not enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/30/dawn-raids-never-died-why-formal-apologies-and-restoring-nz-citizenship-are-still-not-enough-229797/" aria-label="Read more about Dawn raids never died: why formal apologies and restoring NZ citizenship are still not enough">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Hare, Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University In announcing Australia’s support for fossil gas all the way to 2050 and beyond, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pushed his government’s commitment to net zero even further out of reach. When we published our analysis in December on ... <a title="Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/30/sleight-of-hand-australias-net-zero-target-is-being-lost-in-accounting-tricks-offsets-and-more-gas-229479/" aria-label="Read more about Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jadey O’Regan, Lecturer in Contemporary Music, Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Co-author of "Hooks in Popular Music" (2022), University of Sydney Disney/Getty In 2012, I watched as the remaining members of the Beach Boys played together for their 50th anniversary. As they launched into When I Grow Up ... <a title="New Disney documentary The Beach Boys tells the iconic band’s story – but not the whole story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/30/new-disney-documentary-the-beach-boys-tells-the-iconic-bands-story-but-not-the-whole-story-230864/" aria-label="Read more about New Disney documentary The Beach Boys tells the iconic band’s story – but not the whole story">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Jay Hawkins, Head of Policy Design at the Tech Policy Design Centre, Australian National University Dan Breckwoldt / Shutterstock Last week, the head of Australia’s election regulator warned the organisation “does not possess the legislative tools or internal technical capability to deter, detect or adequately deal ... <a title="What does AI mean for Australian democracy? And what can we do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/30/what-does-ai-mean-for-australian-democracy-and-what-can-we-do-about-it-231159/" aria-label="Read more about What does AI mean for Australian democracy? And what can we do about it?">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kayla Steele, Postdoctoral research fellow and clinical psychologist, UNSW Sydney pathdoc/Shutterstock “What’s the difference?” is a new editorial product that explains the similarities and differences between commonly confused health and medical terms, and why they matter. The terms “shyness” and “social anxiety” are often used interchangeably because ... <a title="What’s the difference between shyness and social anxiety?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/30/whats-the-difference-between-shyness-and-social-anxiety-225669/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between shyness and social anxiety?">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunghoon Kim, Associate professor, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney WBMUL/Shutterstock Many Australian companies offer a range of benefits and perks to workers, hoping to attract top talent and strengthen employee loyalty. These might include a work car, free lunches, generous overtime, gym memberships, flexible ... <a title="Generous perks equals happy workers? Not always. Here’s what employees really want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/30/generous-perks-equals-happy-workers-not-always-heres-what-employees-really-want-230966/" aria-label="Read more about Generous perks equals happy workers? Not always. Here’s what employees really want">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Win Thandar Zaw, PhD Candidate, Te Piringa-Faculty of Law, University of Waikato borevina/Getty Images When a product or appliance fails, how often have you asked yourself whether it’s even worth fixing? Chances are, even if the item is repairable, the cost and inconvenience mean buying a new ... <a title="How long should everyday appliances last? Why NZ needs a minimum product lifespan law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/30/how-long-should-everyday-appliances-last-why-nz-needs-a-minimum-product-lifespan-law-229494/" aria-label="Read more about How long should everyday appliances last? Why NZ needs a minimum product lifespan law">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government is giving a new “Ministerial Direction” to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on visa cases, telling it to make community safety paramount in considering appeals from non-citizens with serious criminal records. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the change ... <a title="Albanese government gives new Ministerial Direction on visa appeals to make ‘community safety’ paramount" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/albanese-government-gives-new-ministerial-direction-on-visa-appeals-to-make-community-safety-paramount-231175/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government gives new Ministerial Direction on visa appeals to make ‘community safety’ paramount">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Migration has become a major battleground between the government and opposition. While they have different policies, each side is targeting foreign students in their plans for cuts in the intake. The government will apply caps, decided by the minister, on ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Norton on the Albanese government’s interventionist policy to cut foreign student numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/politics-with-michelle-grattan-andrew-norton-on-the-albanese-governments-interventionist-policy-to-cut-foreign-student-numbers-231176/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Norton on the Albanese government’s interventionist policy to cut foreign student numbers">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Ritchie, Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University The total number of people killed in the landslide in Papua New Guinea’s remote and mountainous Enga Province will probably never be known. Shortly after the entire hillside collapsed on Friday, it was speculated around 150 men, women and ... <a title="Is Australia doing enough to respond to Papua New Guinea’s catastrophic landslide?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/is-australia-doing-enough-to-respond-to-papua-new-guineas-catastrophic-landslide-230981/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia doing enough to respond to Papua New Guinea’s catastrophic landslide?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Johinke, Associate professor, English, University of Sydney Warner Bros. Pictures When George Miller was directing Anya Taylor-Joy in the role of Furiosa, Taylor-Joy says he told her: ‘mouth closed, no emotion, speak with your eyes’. That’s it, that’s all you have. Taylor-Joy has only 30 lines ... <a title="Strategic silence: Furiosa’s silence in the new Mad Max speaks volumes about women’s agency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/strategic-silence-furiosas-silence-in-the-new-mad-max-speaks-volumes-about-womens-agency-230871/" aria-label="Read more about Strategic silence: Furiosa’s silence in the new Mad Max speaks volumes about women’s agency">Read more</a>
