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June 6, 2019
How Al Jazeera reported yesterday’s raid by Australian police on the offices of the national public broadcaster ABC. The raid was over a series of stories from 2017 on killings allegedly carried out by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. Video: Al Jazeera By RNZ News An Australian police raid on public broadcaster ABC risks having ... <a title="ABC raid ‘chilling’ for freedom of press, says editorial chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/abc-raid-chilling-for-freedom-of-press-says-editorial-chief/" aria-label="Read more about ABC raid ‘chilling’ for freedom of press, says editorial chief">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2019
By Evan Wasuka on ABC Pacific Beat It may be more than a month since Indonesians went to the polls, but the country is still being shaken by violence related to the election, including in the Papua region. At least six people died in clashes in the capital Jakarta, during protests against the election outcome ... <a title="Papuan activists dispute Indonesia’s poll numbers, claim boycott success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/05/papuan-activists-dispute-indonesias-poll-numbers-claim-boycott-success/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activists dispute Indonesia’s poll numbers, claim boycott success">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Two raids by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on journalists and media organisations within the last 24 hours represent a disturbing attempt to intimidate legitimate news journalism that is in the public interest, says the union for Australian journalists, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). Yesterday’s raid on a News ... <a title="MEAA blasts ‘disturbing assaults’ on press freedom after new ABC raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/05/meaa-blasts-disturbing-assaults-on-press-freedom-after-new-abc-raid/" aria-label="Read more about MEAA blasts ‘disturbing assaults’ on press freedom after new ABC raid">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The former president of New Caledonia’s Congress, Gael Yanno, says he is worried a mainly pro-independence government will be elected next week. Yanno made the comment on local television after he officially handed over the reins of Congress to the pro-independence politician Roch Wamytan who was elected Congress president last week. Wamytan ... <a title="New Caledonia anti-independence parties fear losing control of Congress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/05/new-caledonia-anti-independence-parties-fear-losing-control-of-congress/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia anti-independence parties fear losing control of Congress">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2019
By RNZ Pacific A range of initiatives for Pacific people was announced in the New Zealand Budget last week. This Wellbeing Budget included increases in funding for Pacific health, education, language and economic development. While the Ministry of Pacific Peoples has hailed it as an unprecedented support package for Pacific people, there is concern that ... <a title="Mixed reactions to NZ Budget initiatives for Pacific people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/05/mixed-reactions-to-nz-budget-initiatives-for-pacific-people/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions to NZ Budget initiatives for Pacific people">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Keith Jackson Following the election of James Marape’s as Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, on Sunday, he issued a declaration on Facebook that soon had the foreign media (and social media) agitating over just one phrase. “Work with me,” he wrote, “to make PNG the Richest Black Christian Nation on earth.” True, they ... <a title="Keith Jackson: Marape’s commitment to PNG a checklist for judging him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/04/keith-jackson-marapes-commitment-to-png-a-checklist-for-judging-him/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Jackson: Marape’s commitment to PNG a checklist for judging him">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Eric Tapakau … a trusted and respected voice and skilful communicator whose advocacy and ability to connect with local people will be sorely missed. Image: BCL By Denika Seeto, communications manager of Bougainville Copper Ltd BOUGAINVILLE Copper Limited (BCL) lost both a dear friend and esteemed ... <a title="Eric Tapakau, a skilful communicator who loved Bougainville" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/03/eric-tapakau-a-skilful-communicator-who-loved-bougainville/" aria-label="Read more about Eric Tapakau, a skilful communicator who loved Bougainville">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2019
By Ian Kaukui in Honiara Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has arrived in Solomon Islands on a two-day state visit. His trip to Honiara marks his first overseas trip since being elected in the May 18 federal election. For Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, Morrison is his first overseas counterpart to officially visit him. ... <a title="Morrison arrives in Solomons in first visit by an Australian PM in decade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/03/morrison-arrives-in-solomons-in-first-visit-by-an-australian-pm-in-decade/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison arrives in Solomons in first visit by an Australian PM in decade">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae As the new Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, you have your work cut out for you. You have to try to get a lot of it done within two years before the 2022 elections. That’s a big job. Do what is right by the people. Listen to their ... <a title="Scott Waide: My message to PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/01/scott-waide-my-message-to-pngs-prime-minister-james-marape/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: My message to PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The well-being of Pacific people in New Zealand has been recognised in this year’s Budget with increases in funding for the community in education, languages, health and business. The government said the initiatives announced in the Budget would provide Pacific peoples with more scope to lift their own well-being. It also said ... <a title="NZ Budget gives boost for Pacific education, languages and health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/nz-budget-gives-boost-for-pacific-education-languages-and-health/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget gives boost for Pacific education, languages and health">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
ANALYSIS: By EMTV News James Marape, Papua New Guinea’s former Finance Minister and the man who led the defections that brought down the Peter O’Neill government, was today elected the country’s eighth prime minister. Another Highlands leader as member for Tari-Pori, Marape was the power-broker in the moves to shake up the government. The 48-year-old ... <a title="PNG’s ‘power broker’ minister Marape elected 8th PM for 8 million people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/pngs-power-broker-minister-marape-elected-8th-pm-for-8-million-people/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s ‘power broker’ minister Marape elected 8th PM for 8 million people">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Tarcisius Kabutaulaka Since the late 1980s, the logging industry has dominated the Solomon Islands economy. For nearly three decades, it has accounted for about 50 percent of the country’s foreign exchange revenue. In 2018, round logs account for 70 percent of Solomon Islands total exports. Eighty percent of that is exported to China. ... <a title="Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/tarcisius-kabutaulaka-logging-bonanza-hasnt-helped-solomon-islands-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners">Read more</a>
