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May 8, 2019
By EMTV News Papua New Guinea’s political opposition has gone on the offensive, accusing Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s government of attempting to delay and defeat the vote of no confidence motion outside Parliamentary process. Senior opposition members delivered the vote of no confidence motion to the Speaker yesterday afternoon. But there are serious concerns that ... <a title="Marape accuses PNG government of ‘sabotage ploy’ to delay vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/08/marape-accuses-png-government-of-sabotage-ploy-to-delay-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Marape accuses PNG government of ‘sabotage ploy’ to delay vote">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
By Michael Andrew Media freedom in Melanesia will be the focus of the next edition of Pacific Journalism Review in partnership the Melanesian Media Freedom Forum with academics and journalists invited to submit papers on the subject. The research journal will focus on the political and socio-cultural challenges and constraints for a free press in ... <a title="Media freedom in Melanesia focus of next PJR and upcoming forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/media-freedom-in-melanesia-focus-of-next-pjr-and-upcoming-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Media freedom in Melanesia focus of next PJR and upcoming forum">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A former editor of the PNG Post-Courier has condemned is old newspaper for a front page article “insulting the intelligence” of Papua New Guineans as tension builds over the looming vote of no confidence in the government. Parliament resumes today and Prime Minister Peter O’Neill faces the biggest challenge to his ... <a title="Former editor blasts Post-Courier over ‘trash’ coverage on PNG crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/former-editor-blasts-post-courier-over-trash-coverage-on-png-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Former editor blasts Post-Courier over ‘trash’ coverage on PNG crisis">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 07 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Environment Spinoff: You live on a planet facing a million-species extinction Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Million species facing extinction: report Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): A million species ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 07 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-07-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 07 2019">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Commemorations have been held in New Caledonia over the weekend to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of the pro-independence leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou and his deputy on 4 May 1989. Tjibaou, leader of the pro-indeoendence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), was killed along with Yeiwéné Yeiwéné. The two Kanak ... <a title="Assassination of Kanak leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou marked 30 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/assassination-of-kanak-leader-jean-marie-tjibaou-marked-30-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about Assassination of Kanak leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou marked 30 years on">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The role of the media in elections and democracy was a celebrated theme on World Press Freedom Day on Friday with multiple events and talks held throughout the Pacific. In a statement on the day, Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) president Kora Nou said that a free media was the “backbone ... <a title="Media celebrated as ‘backbone of democracy’ in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/media-celebrated-as-backbone-of-democracy-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Media celebrated as ‘backbone of democracy’ in Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Politically powerful South Auckland Councillor Daniel Newman has labelled Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s promise to review the city’s Council Controlled Organisations as ‘Not good enough!’ Newman insists some of the CCOs be axed as they are “not fit for purpose”. Auckland Council is split into two significant blocks, referred to as Goff’s A-team and his ... <a title="‘Not good enough!’ Auckland Councillor Daniel Newman Slams Mayor Goff’s CCO Review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/south-auckland-councillor-daniel-newman-labels-mayor-goffs-cco-review-promise-as-not-good-enough/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not good enough!’ Auckland Councillor Daniel Newman Slams Mayor Goff’s CCO Review">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
by Dr Bryce Edwards Have the political left and supporters of the Labour-led Government been conned again? Big changes were promised in welfare reform, but with the response to the just-released working group report on the welfare system, it looks like very little is actually going to be delivered. Of course, the left has already ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Expediency rather than transformation on welfare reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-expediency-rather-than-transformation-on-welfare-reform/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Expediency rather than transformation on welfare reform">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 06 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Welfare Tim Watkin (Pundit): Another chance to be transformational rejected… Labour’s cautious welfare response Sue Bradford (Spinoff): No hope for progressive welfare reform from ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 06 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-06-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 06 2019">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Seven Pangu Pati members join the breakaway camp hoping to ousted Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk All five MPs from Sandaun province have now joined Papua New Guinea’s breakaway camp at Port Moresby’s Laguna Hotel after the return of Sandaun Governor Tony Wouwou. Wearing a Trukai Fun Run t-shirt, ... <a title="Wouwou rejoins PNG breakaway camp as O’Neill loses more support in crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/wouwou-rejoins-png-breakaway-camp-as-oneill-loses-more-support-in-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Wouwou rejoins PNG breakaway camp as O’Neill loses more support in crisis">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2019
By Pia Ranada in Manila Besieged by criticisms and questions about the veracity of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s “ouster plot matrix“, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo sought to assure the public that the Chief Executive would never make any baseless claims. Last Thursday, he said Filipinos had no reason to doubt the diagram because it came ... <a title="‘The President does not lie’ – and Duterte’s proven untrue claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/05/the-president-does-not-lie-and-dutertes-proven-untrue-claims/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The President does not lie’ – and Duterte’s proven untrue claims">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Megan Darby in London A world-leading climate action plan or a betrayal of future generations? The UK’s net zero emissions plan certainly sorted the technocrats from the activists. In a 277-page report, the Committee on Climate Change set out how Britain could stop changing the climate by 2050, calling for legislation to make ... <a title="Britain, home of industrial revolution, plans ‘net-zero’ climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/04/britain-home-of-industrial-revolution-plans-net-zero-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Britain, home of industrial revolution, plans ‘net-zero’ climate change">Read more</a>