Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 4, 2025.
MIL-Evening Report: Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has paid tribute to all those working the media industry in his message to mark World Press Freedom Day. He said in his May 3 message thanks to democracy his coalition government had removed the “dark days of oppression and suppressions”. “Today as we join […]
MIL-OSI Global: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Chimene Keitner, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law, University of California, Davis U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, right, meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in San Salvador, El Salvador, on April 17, 2025. Photo by Sen. Van Hollen’s office via Getty Images Trump administration officials have repeatedly claimed […]
MIL-OSI Global: Labor routs the Coalition as voters reject Dutton’s undercooked offering
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a dramatic parallel, what happened in Canada at the beginning of this week has now been replicated in Australia at the end of the week. An opposition that a few months ago had looked just possibly on track to […]
MIL-Evening Report: Albanese increases majority and Dutton loses seat in stunning election landslide
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has been re-elected with a substantially increased majority, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat, in a crushing defeat of the Coalition. As of late Saturday night, there was a two-party swing to Labor of […]
MIL-Evening Report: Labor wins election in landslide: full results
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation The Conversation, CC BY-SA Digital Storytelling Team does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. – ref. Labor […]
MIL-Evening Report: Labor wins surprise landslide, returned with a thumping majority
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne With 52% of enrolled voters counted, The Poll Bludger has Labor ahead in 92 of the 150 House of Representatives seats, the Coalition in 43, the Greens […]
MIL-Evening Report: Labor routs the Coalition as voters reject Dutton’s undercooked offering
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a dramatic parallel, what happened in Canada at the beginning of this week has now been replicated in Australia at the end of the week. An opposition that a few months ago had looked just possibly on track to […]
MIL-Evening Report: Dutton and the Coalition did not do the work, and misread the Australian mood
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University The former federal director of the Liberal Party, Brian Loughnane, used to tell media companies that their practice of commissioning expensive opinion polls right through a parliamentary term was a waste of money. Election 2025 seemed to vindicate […]
MIL-Evening Report: Labor wins with a superior campaign and weak opposition – now it’s time to make the second term really matter
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Superior campaigning by the Labor machine, a lift in the personal performance of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and a woeful campaign by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have seen Labor […]
MIL-Evening Report: Albanese’s government might not thrill, but it has shown unity and competence – and that’s no mean feat
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The Coalition’s election campaign of 2025 has a strong claim to be considered among the worst since federation. I know of none more shambolic. Barely a day passed without some new misstep […]
MIL-Evening Report: Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza
Asia Pacific Report About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day — May 3 — today by marching on the public broadcaster Television New Zealand in Auckland, accusing it of 18 months of “biased coverage” on the genocidal Israeli war against Gaza. They delivered a letter to the management board of TVNZ from Palestine […]
MIL-OSI Global: UK local elections delivered record-breaking fragmentation of the vote
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Hannah Bunting, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative British Politics and Co-director of The Elections Centre, University of Exeter If there were such a thing as landslide victories for local elections, Reform could easily claim to have won one in 2025. Out of the 1,641 seats available, Nigel Farage’s party […]
MIL-OSI Global: What is the biggest gaffe, blooper or blunder that a recent president has made? It may depend on what your definition of ‘is’ is
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, Indiana University Lots of presidents have said things they regret. Or most of them have. Carol Yepes/Getty Images President Donald Trump was asked during a press conference on April 30, 2025, about the possible impact of his tariff policies and trade war with […]
MIL-OSI Global: What are the biggest gaffes, bloopers and blunders that recent presidents have made? It may depend on what your definition of ‘is’ is
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, Indiana University Lots of presidents have said things they regret. Or most of them have. Carol Yepes/Getty Images President Donald Trump was asked during a press conference on April 30, 2025, about the possible impact of his tariff policies and trade war with […]
MIL-Evening Report: ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 3, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 3, 2025. ‘Super antibodies’ for snake toxins: how a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new antivenomSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina N. Zdenek, Associate Researcher, The University of Queensland Scientists in the United States have created […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘Super antibodies’ for snake toxins: how a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new antivenom
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina N. Zdenek, Associate Researcher, The University of Queensland Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up immunity to snakebites by injecting himself with many different kinds of venom more than 800 times over […]