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January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Australia’s Labor government has successfully passed a “hate speech” bill that’s plainly aimed, at least in part, at suppressing pro-Palestine organizations as “hate groups”. Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about the new laws, saying their extremely vague wording, lack of procedural fairness and low thresholds for implementation mean groups ... <a title="Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/australias-frightening-new-hate-speech-laws-are-clearly-aimed-at-pro-palestine-groups/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A report by a media watchdog has revealed the United Kingdom’s media bias in covering the Hamas attack on October 7 and Israel’s five-month genocidal bombardment and ground assault in response. “Much of the news coverage of 7 October refers to Hamas’s attacks on Southern Israel as ground zero, with guests or ... <a title="Media watchdog calls out biased UK reporting over Israel’s war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/media-watchdog-calls-out-biased-uk-reporting-over-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdog calls out biased UK reporting over Israel’s war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has today reported nine new cases of covid-19 in the community and two in the country’s managed isolation and quarantine facilities while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has warned the nation against “vilifying those who have caught the virus”. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said there were eight people in hospital ... <a title="‘Don’t vilify covid cases’ warns PM as NZ reports nine more in community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/dont-vilify-covid-cases-warns-pm-as-nz-reports-nine-more-in-community/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t vilify covid cases’ warns PM as NZ reports nine more in community">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Political Roundup: Outlawing hate speech and hate crimes by Dr Bryce Edwards Debates over regulating free speech, hate speech, and the treatment of hate crimes are now in full swing. The Government and a number of state institutions had already been keen to bolster laws around hate speech and hate crimes before the Christchurch terrorist ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Outlawing hate speech and hate crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-outlawing-hate-speech-and-hate-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Outlawing hate speech and hate crimes">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2019
Hate speech … “The problem of socially-conditioned hatred is so much larger and more intricate than the capacity of any sort of censorship to control it.” Image: David Robie/PMC By Michael Andrew Religion and race-based attacks will continue as a result of the rise of online hate speech, says a leading New Zealand academic. Professor ... <a title="Online hate speech ‘gives green light’ to religion, race attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/20/online-hate-speech-gives-green-light-to-religion-race-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about Online hate speech ‘gives green light’ to religion, race attacks">Read more</a>
