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May 17, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai — who is also Chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group — has reaffirmed MSG’s support of the pro-independence umbrella group Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) stance opposing the French government’s constitutional bill “unfreezing” the New Caledonia Electoral Roll. It is also opposed to the proposed ... <a title="Vanuatu, MSG chief reaffirms support for FLNKS, blames France over unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/vanuatu-msg-chief-reaffirms-support-for-flnks-blames-france-over-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu, MSG chief reaffirms support for FLNKS, blames France over unrest">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The suspected ringleaders of the unrest in New Caledonia have been placed in home detention and the social network TikTok has been banned as French security forces struggle to restore law and order. The French territory faced its fourth day ... <a title="Home detention for New Caledonia’s unrest ringleaders, Tiktok banned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/home-detention-for-new-caledonias-unrest-ringleaders-tiktok-banned/" aria-label="Read more about Home detention for New Caledonia’s unrest ringleaders, Tiktok banned">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aruna Sathanapally, Chief Executive, Grattan Institute, Grattan Institute A central focus of this week’s budget is the treasury’s forecast for inflation. By this time next year, inflation is projected to be back within the Reserve Bank’s 2-3% target range. Inflation has dropped dramatically from its peak of ... <a title="At the heart of the budget is the sad truth the economy is weak. That’s one reason inflation will fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/at-the-heart-of-the-budget-is-the-sad-truth-the-economy-is-weak-thats-one-reason-inflation-will-fall-230108/" aria-label="Read more about At the heart of the budget is the sad truth the economy is weak. That’s one reason inflation will fall">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yolanda van Heezik, Professor of Ecology, University of Otago Getty Images Cities across Aotearoa New Zealand are trying to solve a housing crisis, with increasing residential density a key solution. But not everyone is happy about the resulting loss of natural habitats and biodiversity. Some homeowners in ... <a title="Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/denser-housing-can-be-greener-too-heres-how-nz-can-build-better-for-biodiversity-229472/" aria-label="Read more about Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute WDG Photo/Shutterstock For years, the electricity sector has been the poster child for emissions cuts in Australia. The sector achieved a stunning 26% drop in emissions over the past 15 years, while other sectors have hardly ... <a title="Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/clean-energy-slump-why-australias-renewables-revolution-is-behind-schedule-and-how-to-fix-it-229514/" aria-label="Read more about Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy J. Ralph, Associate Professor, Macquarie University The pyramids at Giza, like dozens of others, are located several kilometres west of the current path of the Nile. Alex Cimbal / Shutterstock The largest field of pyramids in Egypt – consisting of 31 pyramids built over a millennium, ... <a title="We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the pyramids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/we-mapped-a-lost-branch-of-the-nile-river-which-may-be-the-key-to-a-longstanding-mystery-of-the-pyramids-230092/" aria-label="Read more about We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the pyramids">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Diepstraten, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ABO PHOTOGRAPHY/Shutterstock Receiving a cancer diagnosis is life-changing and can cause a range of concerns about ongoing health. Fear of cancer returning is one of the top health concerns. And managing ... <a title="If I’m diagnosed with one cancer, am I likely to get another?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/if-im-diagnosed-with-one-cancer-am-i-likely-to-get-another-226386/" aria-label="Read more about If I’m diagnosed with one cancer, am I likely to get another?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An open letter to The New Zealand Herald has challenged a full page Zionist advertisement this week for failing to acknowledge the “terrible injustices” suffered by the Palestinian people in Israel’s seven-month genocidal war on Gaza. In the latest of several international reports that have condemned genocide against the people of Gaza ... <a title="Open letter challenges Zionist advert missing Gaza ‘injustices’ in Herald" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/open-letter-challenges-zionist-advert-missing-gaza-injustices-in-herald/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter challenges Zionist advert missing Gaza ‘injustices’ in Herald">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When he was opposition leader, Bill Shorten faced Coalition criticism for attacking “the top end of town”, a phrase he used in his 2019 budget reply. Now Peter Dutton is finding the line “billions of dollars for billionaires” has a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton’s alternative – lower migration, more homes, and a populist swipe at billionaires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/grattan-on-friday-peter-duttons-alternative-lower-migration-more-homes-and-a-populist-swipe-at-billionaires-230206/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton’s alternative – lower migration, more homes, and a populist swipe at billionaires">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
By Adam Burns, RNZ News reporter Worried New Caledonian expats in Aotearoa admit they are “terrified” for friends and family amid ongoing violence and civil unrest in the French Pacific territory. The death toll remained at four tonight, and hundreds have been injured after electoral changes sparked widespread rioting by pro-independence supporters in the capital ... <a title="NZ families worried as loved ones shelter from violent unrest in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/nz-families-worried-as-loved-ones-shelter-from-violent-unrest-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about NZ families worried as loved ones shelter from violent unrest in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron has declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia after several days of civil unrest in the capital. Four people are dead due to the unrest and violence in the capital, Nouméa. France TV reports that a 22-year-old gendarme who had been seriously wounded has become the fourth death. The other ... <a title="‘Deadly spiral’ – state of emergency in Kanaky New Caledonia and the Paris vote that sparked riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/deadly-spiral-state-of-emergency-in-kanaky-new-caledonia-and-the-paris-vote-that-sparked-riots/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Deadly spiral’ – state of emergency in Kanaky New Caledonia and the Paris vote that sparked riots">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland This week’s budget was Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third and – for practical purposes – final for the current parliamentary term. Even if the 2025 election is delayed long enough to give Labor another budget, that speech would ... <a title="It’s time to give Labor’s first term a scorecard – have we actually seen any transformative vision?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/16/its-time-to-give-labors-first-term-a-scorecard-have-we-actually-seen-any-transformative-vision-230115/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to give Labor’s first term a scorecard – have we actually seen any transformative vision?">Read more</a>
