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April 7, 2019
This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea’s mining industry as important players – in Hela, Porgera and Madang – are being examined over their performance. Video: EMTV COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae Just into the fourth month of 2019, and resource projects in Papua New Guinea have come under scrutiny. Early ... <a title="Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/07/scott-waide-will-png-project-reviews-mean-more-benefits-for-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Slevin, Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University Removing the financial worries from Australians diagnosed with cancer is bound to be a popular move. The Opposition’s A$2.3 billion cancer care plan – announced in Bill Shorten’s budget ... <a title="Cutting cancer costs is a worthy policy, but we need to try to prevent it too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/07/cutting-cancer-costs-is-a-worthy-policy-but-we-need-to-try-to-prevent-it-too-114976/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting cancer costs is a worthy policy, but we need to try to prevent it too">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2019
By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch Newstalk ZB broadcaster Heather du Plessis-Allan has been censured for Pacific Island slurs in a ruling that contains uncharacteristically strong language from the official broadcasting watchdog. It may end up costing NZME more than the $3000 the company must cough up in costs. On her Newstalk ZB show Wellington ... <a title="Mediawatch: Broadcaster’s Pacific slurs on Newstalk ZB censured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/07/mediawatch-broadcasters-pacific-slurs-on-newstalk-zb-censured/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Broadcaster’s Pacific slurs on Newstalk ZB censured">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2019
A presiding officer assists elderly voter Artemas Maeta to cast his ballot in West Constituency in the Solomon Islands general election on Wednesday. Image: Solomon Star By Ofani Eremae in Honiara Former Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has been returned for his sixth term in Parliament after retaining his East Choiseul seat in Wednesday’s ... <a title="Former PM Sogavare back for sixth term in Solomon Islands poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/06/former-pm-sogavare-back-for-sixth-term-in-solomon-islands-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Sogavare back for sixth term in Solomon Islands poll">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2019
AUT is a strategic partner for New Zealand’s Techweek19 programme next month, on May 20-26, and the only NZ university taking part. Dr Roseanne Ellis and Professor Guy Littlefair talk about innovation. Video: AUT By Alison Sykora Auckland University of Technology is 16th in the world in the newly released Times Higher Education University Impact ... <a title="Times global university sustainability index ranks ‘creative’ AUT 16th" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/06/times-global-university-sustainability-index-ranks-creative-aut-16th/" aria-label="Read more about Times global university sustainability index ranks ‘creative’ AUT 16th">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Gray, Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University The 2018 budget contained big tax measures – worth A$143 billion over the next decade – initially targeted at lower and middle income Australians, but after five or so years to be heavily weighted ... <a title="Those future tax cut promises… they’re nowhere near as big as you’d think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/those-future-tax-cut-promises-theyre-nowhere-near-as-big-as-youd-think-114912/" aria-label="Read more about Those future tax cut promises… they’re nowhere near as big as you’d think">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Schleiger, Research Scientist, CSIRO The question of whether technology is good or bad depends on how it’s developed and used. Nowhere is that more topical than in technolgies using artificial intelligence. When developed and used appropriately, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the way ... <a title="Artificial intelligence in Australia needs to get ethical, so we have a plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/artificial-intelligence-in-australia-needs-to-get-ethical-so-we-have-a-plan-114438/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial intelligence in Australia needs to get ethical, so we have a plan">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Dean Wilson, Ph.D candidate, Department of Environment & Science, Griffith University, Griffith University Several new species of trapdoor spiders found in Queensland are finally described in an article published this month in Invertebrate Systematics. But each of the new species occurs in only its own single, ... <a title="Trapdoor spider species that stay local put themselves at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/trapdoor-spider-species-that-stay-local-put-themselves-at-risk-114588/" aria-label="Read more about Trapdoor spider species that stay local put themselves at risk">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher talks about the week in Australian politics with Michelle Grattan. They discuss the government’s pre-election budget, Bill Shorten’s strong budget reply, and the effect of these on the immanent election. – ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s benign budget and Shorten’s mic drop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-governments-benign-budget-and-shortens-mic-drop-114983/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s benign budget and Shorten’s mic drop">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie Russell, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago In the wake of the Christchurch terror attack, and the subsequent ban on military-style semi-automatic weapons, social media has provided a platform for gun owners. Media have examined the influence of the American National Rifle Association (NRA) in New ... <a title="New Zealand gun owners invoke NRA-style tropes in response to fast-tracked law change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/new-zealand-gun-owners-invoke-nra-style-tropes-in-response-to-fast-tracked-law-change-114430/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand gun owners invoke NRA-style tropes in response to fast-tracked law change">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Maddison, Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, Co-Director, Indigenous-Settler Relations Collaboration, University of Melbourne As the nation gears up for another federal election, both major parties are taking a position on Indigenous affairs. And it looks like First Nations peoples are set to be disappointed ... <a title="It’s time for Indigenous nationhood to replace a failing colonial authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/its-time-for-indigenous-nationhood-to-replace-a-failing-colonial-authority-114088/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time for Indigenous nationhood to replace a failing colonial authority">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Richard Braczkowski, PhD Candidate – Wildlife Cameraman, The University of Queensland Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do tigers have whiskers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/curious-kids-why-do-tigers-have-whiskers-110791/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do tigers have whiskers?">Read more</a>
