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January 26, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the arbitrary and opaque experiments that Google is conducting with its search engine in Australia, with the consequence that many national news websites are no longer appearing in the search results seen by some users. The Australian, ABC, Australian Financial Review, The Age, The Guardian ... <a title="RSF condemns Google for dropping Australian media searches in ‘tests’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/26/rsf-condemns-google-for-dropping-australian-media-searches-in-tests/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns Google for dropping Australian media searches in ‘tests’">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2021
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 Covid Luke Malpass (Stuff): Northland Covid-19 case threatens to bring summer to screeching halt Audrey Young (Herald): Aussie suspension adds to Cabinet’s Covid agenda (paywalled) Richard Harman: Testing the limts – the Northland Covid-19 case Katie Todd (RNZ): ‘This is totally ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 26 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-26-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 26 2021">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
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 Covid Harry Lock (RNZ): Covid community case: Infection at MIQ facility ‘most likely scenario’ Jamie Morton (Herald): Time to ‘turn down tap’ on travel from risky countries, experts say Kate Green and Jackson Thomas (Stuff): Covid-19 response, experts ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 25 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-25-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 25 2021">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
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 Housing Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour announces that it will make more housing announcements this year Zane Small and Conor Whitten (Newshub): Backlash over Labour’s public housing ‘re-announcement’ prompts firm defence from Jacinda Ardern Chris Trotter: The Economic consequences of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-22-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2021">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of agonising free-speech dilemmas to which there are no easy answers. Do they allow a president of the United States to use their platforms to falsely and provocatively claim ... <a title="To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/to-publish-or-not-to-publish-the-medias-free-speech-dilemmas-in-a-world-of-division-violence-and-extremism/" aria-label="Read more about To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path Two weeks after the storming of the US Capitol by the followers of his predecessor, in the middle of an out-of-control pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans, Joe Biden — the 46th president ... <a title="Joe Biden sends a clear message to watching world – America’s back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/joe-biden-sends-a-clear-message-to-watching-world-americas-back/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden sends a clear message to watching world – America’s back">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2021
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 Housing Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Greens say house prices need to fall Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Green Party will continue to push for wealth tax, blast Govt for ‘not doing enough’ about housing crisis Anna Whyte (1News): ‘Government is not ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 21 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-21-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 21 2021">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
By Lorraine Ecarma in Cebu City The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will continue to stand against any threats to human rights, chancellor Clement Camposano has declared in response to the termination of a long-standing accord preventing military incursion on campus. In a Facebook post, Camposano said the academic freedom in the university was ... <a title="Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/chancellor-defends-up-as-bastion-of-academic-freedom-against-military/" aria-label="Read more about Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University Every four years on January 20, the US exercises a key tenant of democratic government: the peaceful transfer of power. This year, the scene looks a bit different. If the last US presidential inauguration in 2017 debuted the phrase “alternative facts”, the 2021 inauguration represents their deadly ... <a title="As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/as-joe-biden-becomes-president-us-still-reels-from-deadly-consequences-of-alternative-facts/" aria-label="Read more about As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby In spite of Papua New Guinea’s mandatory mask-wearing requirement under the National Pandemic Act 2020, many public servants attending a dedication service in Port Moresby have failed to wear one. They were issued masks before entering the Sir John Guise Indoor Complex but took them off once inside. Pandemic ... <a title="Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/papua-new-guineans-defy-national-mask-wearing-rules-in-spite-of-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
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 Housing Henry Cooke (Stuff): Public housing waitlist grows by 1000 in two months to new record high as high rents hit the poor Jason Walls (Herald): The Crown spent $16.5 million in four years on motels ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 20 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-20-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 20 2021">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
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 Parliament, government, and extremism Chris Trotter (Interest): Trump’s surprisingly large army of New Zealand supporters Jason Walls (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won’t say if she’s backing Chris Liddell for OECD’s top job Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Familiar titles ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 19 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-19-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 19 2021">Read more</a>