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May 3, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan resistance leader has condemned the United Nations role in allowing Indonesia to “integrate” the Melanesian Pacific region in what is claimed to be an “egregious act of inhumanity” on 1 May 1963. In an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Organisasi Papua Merdeka-OPM (Free Papua Organisation) leader Jeffrey ... <a title="OPM’s Bomanak accuses UN of failing to uphold decolonisation role over West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/03/opms-bomanak-accuses-un-of-failing-to-uphold-decolonisation-role-over-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about OPM’s Bomanak accuses UN of failing to uphold decolonisation role over West Papua">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A key part of the Albanese government’s political strategy is to fill the news cycle with its presence and messaging. Ministers are deployed to the maximum, even when they’ve little to say. This week we’ve seen an opposite tactic. The ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: O’Neil and Giles dodge the spotlight shining on blunders over ex-detainees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/grattan-on-friday-oneil-and-giles-dodge-the-spotlight-shining-on-blunders-over-ex-detainees-229187/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: O’Neil and Giles dodge the spotlight shining on blunders over ex-detainees">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
By Jo Moir, RNZ News political editor, and Craig McCulloch, deputy political editor New Zealand’s Labour Party is demanding Winston Peters be stood down as Foreign Minister for opening up the government to legal action over his “totally unacceptable” attack on a prominent AUKUS critic. In an interview on RNZ’s Morning Report today, Peters criticised ... <a title="NZ Foreign Minister Peters accused of ‘entirely defamatory’ remarks about ex-Australian minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/nz-foreign-minister-peters-accused-of-entirely-defamatory-remarks-about-ex-australian-minister/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Foreign Minister Peters accused of ‘entirely defamatory’ remarks about ex-Australian minister">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Brakenridge, Postdoctoral research fellow at Swinburne University, Centre for Urban Transitions, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute The Conversation, Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock People have a pretty intuitive sense of what is healthy – standing is better than sitting, exercise is great for overall health and getting good sleep is ... <a title="How much time should you spend sitting versus standing? New research reveals the perfect mix for optimal health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/how-much-time-should-you-spend-sitting-versus-standing-new-research-reveals-the-perfect-mix-for-optimal-health-228894/" aria-label="Read more about How much time should you spend sitting versus standing? New research reveals the perfect mix for optimal health">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University Daniel Jedzura/Shutterstock Responding to a resurgence in gender-based violence and deaths in Australia, the National Cabinet has committed almost A$1 billion to a range of strategies. Tackling “online harms” was among the new commitments, including the introduction of ... <a title="Australia will trial ‘age assurance’ tech to bar children from online porn. What is it and will it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/australia-will-trial-age-assurance-tech-to-bar-children-from-online-porn-what-is-it-and-will-it-work-229184/" aria-label="Read more about Australia will trial ‘age assurance’ tech to bar children from online porn. What is it and will it work?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Jeremiah Manele has been elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, polling 31 votes to 18 over rival candidate and former opposition leader Mathew Wale with one abstention. The final result of the election by secret ballot was announced by the Governor-General, Sir David Vunagi, on the steps of Parliament ... <a title="Jeremiah Manele is new Solomon Islands PM with ‘100 day plan’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/jeremiah-manele-is-new-solomon-islands-pm-with-100-day-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Jeremiah Manele is new Solomon Islands PM with ‘100 day plan’">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priestley Habru, PhD candidate, public diplomacy, University of Adelaide Former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele has been elected the next prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating the opposition leader, Matthew Wale, in a vote in parliament. The result is a mixed bag for former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s ... <a title="Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/will-solomon-islands-new-leader-stay-close-to-china-227905/" aria-label="Read more about Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaun Eaves, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Jamey Stutz, CC BY-SA How often do mountains collapse, volcanoes erupt or ice sheets melt? For Earth scientists, these are important questions as we try to improve projections to prepare communities for ... <a title="A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/a-clock-in-the-rocks-what-cosmic-rays-tell-us-about-earths-changing-surface-and-climate-228094/" aria-label="Read more about A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Flood, Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Most young adult men in Australia reject traditional ideas of masculinity that endorse aggression, stoicism and homophobia. Nonetheless, the ongoing influence of those ideas continues to harm men and the people around them. These are some of ... <a title="Aggressive? Homophobic? Stoic? Here’s what thousands of Australian men told us about modern masculinity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/aggressive-homophobic-stoic-heres-what-thousands-of-australian-men-told-us-about-modern-masculinity-228187/" aria-label="Read more about Aggressive? Homophobic? Stoic? Here’s what thousands of Australian men told us about modern masculinity">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassy Dittman, Senior Lecturer/Head of Course (Undergraduate Psychology), Research Fellow, Manna Institute, CQUniversity Australia With winter sports swinging into action, adults around the country have volunteered or been volunteered by others (humorously known as being “volun-told”) to coach junior sports teams. While most coaches are eager to ... <a title="You’ve been ‘volun-told’ to coach junior sport – here’s how to best handle the parents involved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/youve-been-volun-told-to-coach-junior-sport-heres-how-to-best-handle-the-parents-involved-227767/" aria-label="Read more about You’ve been ‘volun-told’ to coach junior sport – here’s how to best handle the parents involved">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University richardernestyap/Shutterstock Parents are often advised to burp their babies after feeding them. Some people think burping after feeding is important to reduce or prevent discomfort crying, or to reduce how much a baby regurgitates ... <a title="Do we really need to burp babies? Here’s what the research says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/do-we-really-need-to-burp-babies-heres-what-the-research-says-223306/" aria-label="Read more about Do we really need to burp babies? Here’s what the research says">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Police in Solomon Islands are on high alert ahead of the election of the prime minister today. The two candidates for the top job are former foreign affairs minister Jeremiah Manele at the head of the Coalition for National Unity and Transformation, which is technically the incumbent government wrapped ... <a title="Zero tolerance – Solomon Islands police on high alert ahead of PM election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/zero-tolerance-solomon-islands-police-on-high-alert-ahead-of-pm-election/" aria-label="Read more about Zero tolerance – Solomon Islands police on high alert ahead of PM election">Read more</a>
