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Four ways our cities can cut transport emissions in a hurry: avoid, shift, share and improve

November 26, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Chair, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently warned that global warming could reach 1.5℃ as early as 2030. The landmark report by leading scientists urged nations to do more to avert an impending ... <a title="Four ways our cities can cut transport emissions in a hurry: avoid, shift, share and improve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/four-ways-our-cities-can-cut-transport-emissions-in-a-hurry-avoid-shift-share-and-improve-106076/" aria-label="Read more about Four ways our cities can cut transport emissions in a hurry: avoid, shift, share and improve">Read more</a>

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Why Christians prefer classical music and non-believers like heavy metal

November 26, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Haydn Aarons, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Australian Catholic University When Prime Minister Scott Morrison bizarrely used a Fatman Scoop track embedded in a tweet, and then quickly retracted it, he shed perhaps unwitting light on the moral dimensions of our musical taste. Morrison’s tweet used a section ... <a title="Why Christians prefer classical music and non-believers like heavy metal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/why-christians-prefer-classical-music-and-non-believers-like-heavy-metal-103691/" aria-label="Read more about Why Christians prefer classical music and non-believers like heavy metal">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Labor’s 55-45% Newspoll lead adds to Liberals’ weekend of woe

November 26, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor has maintained a 55-45% two-party lead in the latest Newspoll, in a weekend of woe for the Morrison government, which is trying to play down the federal contribution to the Victorian Liberal wipeout. The Coalition’s primary vote fell for ... <a title="View from The Hill: Labor’s 55-45% Newspoll lead adds to Liberals’ weekend of woe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/view-from-the-hill-labors-55-45-newspoll-lead-adds-to-liberals-weekend-of-woe-107583/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Labor’s 55-45% Newspoll lead adds to Liberals’ weekend of woe">Read more</a>

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PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media

November 25, 2018

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as she appeared on the “negative” EMTV News during APEC – she refused to ride in a Maserati luxury sedan and criticised the funding. Image: PMC screenshot from EMTV News Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Media Council of PNG has called on the board and management of Media NiuginiLimited to ... <a title="PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/png-media-council-says-bring-back-waide-stop-attacking-free-media/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media">Read more</a>

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Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’

November 25, 2018

Papua New Guinean journalists at APEC 2018 … “freedom of speech and expression are a fundamental right … and entrenched in the constitution”. Image: Loop PNG OPINION: By Dr Lino Jeremaih Tom, MP for Wabag The suspension of EMTV deputy news editor Scott Waide has brought us to a new low in Papua New Guinea’s ... <a title="Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/open-letter-from-mp-for-wabag-emtv-move-dictatorship-before-our-eyes/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’">Read more</a>

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EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story

November 25, 2018

The Maserati item from New Zealand’s Newshub screened on EMTV News on 17 November 2018. By Vincent Moses in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinean state-owned media company EMTV has been forced to act against its wishes and media ethics to suspend one of the country’s best reporters, their award-winning Lae bureau chief and senior ... <a title="EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/emtv-suspends-senior-journalist-scott-waide-over-nz-maserati-news-story/" aria-label="Read more about EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story">Read more</a>

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Coalition pares back losses in late counting, as predicted chaos eventuates in upper house

November 25, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne On election night, the ABC had Labor winning 58 of the 88 seats, to 20 for the Coalition. After late counting of pre-poll and postal votes, the ABC now shows Labor has won 52 of ... <a title="Coalition pares back losses in late counting, as predicted chaos eventuates in upper house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/coalition-pares-back-losses-in-late-counting-as-predicted-chaos-eventuates-in-upper-house-107516/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition pares back losses in late counting, as predicted chaos eventuates in upper house">Read more</a>

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Victorian Labor’s thumping win reveals how out of step with voters Liberals have become

November 25, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Associate Professor of Politics, Monash University The commanding return to office of the Andrews government emphatically reaffirms that Labor is the natural ruling party in Victoria. By the time the state’s next election is due in November 2022, Labor will have presided over Spring Street ... <a title="Victorian Labor’s thumping win reveals how out of step with voters Liberals have become" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/victorian-labors-thumping-win-reveals-how-out-of-step-with-voters-liberals-have-become-105574/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian Labor’s thumping win reveals how out of step with voters Liberals have become">Read more</a>

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Labor has landslide win in Victoria

November 24, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 42% of enrolled voters counted in the Victorian election, the ALP has had an emphatic win. So far, the ABC has called 58 of the 88 seats for Labor, just 20 for the Coalition, ... <a title="Labor has landslide win in Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/24/labor-has-landslide-win-in-victoria-107514/" aria-label="Read more about Labor has landslide win in Victoria">Read more</a>

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Mary-Louise O’Callaghan: Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific

November 24, 2018

Covering the Pacific … “we might even learn a thing or two about the nations and the region within which we live .” Image: Shane McLeod/The Interpreter ANALYSIS: By Mary-Louise O’Callaghan It is both apt and overdue that veteran ABC correspondent Sean Dorney was last night awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Journalism at the 2018 ... <a title="Mary-Louise O’Callaghan: Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/24/mary-louise-ocallaghan-time-we-heard-the-pacifics-take-on-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Mary-Louise O’Callaghan: Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific">Read more</a>

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Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists

November 24, 2018

Parliament Haus in Waigani … scene of the reported assault against PNGFM journalists. Image Scott Waide’s blog Scott Waide’s blog highlights an open letter by Genesis Ketan, director of news, PNGFM: As director of News for PNGFM, I am very disappointed at the manner at which two of my reporters – one male and one ... <a title="Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/24/scott-waide-pngfm-news-boss-calls-for-investigations-penalties-for-troops-who-assaulted-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists">Read more</a>

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The latest citizenship-stripping plan risks statelessness, indefinite detention and constitutional challenge

November 24, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sangeetha Pillai, Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW This week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton announced the federal government’s intention to introduce changes to Australia’s citizenship-stripping laws. The proposed changes would likely ... <a title="The latest citizenship-stripping plan risks statelessness, indefinite detention and constitutional challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/24/the-latest-citizenship-stripping-plan-risks-statelessness-indefinite-detention-and-constitutional-challenge-107439/" aria-label="Read more about The latest citizenship-stripping plan risks statelessness, indefinite detention and constitutional challenge">Read more</a>