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March 23, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape says funding for impending byelections is not an issue. “We are assisting the Electoral Commission with funding, I have strongly advised Electoral Commissioner to get the byelection up and running. “Put the programme together, get to Treasury and request funding and the byelections must be done. ... <a title="PNG ‘isn’t broke’, says PM Marape who wants byelections to go ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/23/png-isnt-broke-says-pm-marape-who-wants-byelections-to-go-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘isn’t broke’, says PM Marape who wants byelections to go ahead">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan pro-independence leader has condemned the “sadistic brutality” of Indonesian soldiers in a torture video and called for an urgent United Nations human rights visit to the colonised Melanesian territory. “There is an urgent need for states to take more serious action on human rights in West Papua,” said president ... <a title="Wenda condemns ‘sadistic brutality’ of Indonesian torture of Papuan – calls for UN action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/23/wenda-condemns-sadistic-brutality-of-indonesian-torture-of-papuan-calls-for-un-action/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda condemns ‘sadistic brutality’ of Indonesian torture of Papuan – calls for UN action">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Prominent Pasifika community leader Pakilau Manase Lua has resigned from New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) Pasifika Advisory Group, saying it is “unacceptable” for there still to be no Pacific representation on the board. Pakilau officially resigned from NZR’s PAG on Thursday night. “They (NZR) made us a toothless advisory ... <a title="‘Performing monkeys for colonial institutions’ – Pacific adviser quits NZ Rugby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/23/performing-monkeys-for-colonial-institutions-pacific-adviser-quits-nz-rugby/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Performing monkeys for colonial institutions’ – Pacific adviser quits NZ Rugby">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Editorial staff at Australia’s public broadcaster ABC have again registered a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson and senior managers over the handling of complaints by Israeli lobbyists. At a national meeting of members of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance this week, staff passed a resolution of no ... <a title="ABC editorial staff call for content chief to resign over Gaza comments sacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/23/abc-editorial-staff-call-for-content-chief-to-resign-over-gaza-comments-sacking/" aria-label="Read more about ABC editorial staff call for content chief to resign over Gaza comments sacking">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph attended the second Japan Pacific Islands Defence Dialogue (JPIDD) in Tokyo, Japan, this week on his first overseas engagement. The JPIDD is one of the pillars of the regional security architecture initiated by Japan and contributes to regional peace and security ... <a title="‘Help us help ourselves’ PNG plea over free and open Indo-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/help-us-help-ourselves-png-plea-over-free-and-open-indo-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Help us help ourselves’ PNG plea over free and open Indo-Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Te Kuaka, an independent foreign policy advocacy group with a strong focus on the Pacific, has called for urgent changes to the law governing New Zealand’s security agency. “Pacific countries will be asking legitimate questions about whether . . . spying in the Pacific was happening out of NZ,” it said today. ... <a title="Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns over Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/te-kuaka-calls-for-urgent-law-change-on-spy-agency-warns-over-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns over Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
By A Firenze in Gadigal/Sydney Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza for safety in Australia were left stranded when the Labor government abruptly cancelled their visas. The “subclass 600” temporary visas were approved between last November and February for Palestinians with close and immediate family connections. Families of those fleeing Gaza, and organisations assisting Palestinians to leave ... <a title="Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/under-pressure-australia-reinstates-some-visas-to-gazans-fleeing-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter The New Zealand government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with ties to this country. More than 30 organisations — including World Vision, Save the Children and Greenpeace — have sent an open letter to ministers, calling on them to step ... <a title="NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/nz-government-urged-to-help-evacuate-palestinians-from-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk An “organic law” to postpone New Caledonia’s provincial elections has passed the final hurdle and been endorsed by the French National Assembly. During a session on Monday marked by poor attendance (only 104 MPs out of 577) and sometimes heated debates, 71 French MPs voted ... <a title="New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/new-caledonias-provincial-elections-delay-passes-final-voting-hurdle/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
In Papua New Guinea, sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) remains a significant form of violence across many parts of the country. Many of the hundreds of cases that are reported end up before the village court system, which has been the focus of a study by the PNG Institute of National Research in partnership with the ... <a title="Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/pivotal-role-of-pngs-village-courts-in-curbing-sorcery-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
By Wendy Bacon in Sydney Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have taken pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war on Gaza to an unprecedented level. In a new development, hundreds of protesters joined in a street theatre performance outside Albanese’s electorate office on ... <a title="Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/hundreds-stage-sydney-die-in-to-protest-massacres-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
By Paul Gregoire in Sydney One year since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese went to San Diego to unveil the AUKUS deal the news came that the first of three second-hand Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines supposed to arrive in 2032 may not happen. Former coalition prime minister Scott Morrison announced AUKUS in September 2021 and Albanese ... <a title="Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/nuclear-submarines-may-never-appear-but-aukus-is-already-in-place/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place">Read more</a>
