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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathon Louth, Research Fellow, The Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise, University of South Australia It’s been an enormous year for the financial services industry. First there was a Productivity Commission report calling for major changes to superannuation, then a Senate inquiry into financial services targeted at Australians ... <a title="Banking Royal Commission: How Hayne failed remote Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/banking-royal-commission-how-hayne-failed-remote-australia-111100/" aria-label="Read more about Banking Royal Commission: How Hayne failed remote Australia">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Carmody, Academic Specialist, Latin America, University of Melbourne Imagine going to the store and finding that nothing has a price tag on it. Instead you take it to the cashier and they calculate the price. What you pay could be twice as much, or more, than ... <a title="How public ineptitude and private enterprise combined to give Venezuela hyperinflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/how-public-ineptitude-and-private-enterprise-combined-to-give-venezuela-hyperinflation-102483/" aria-label="Read more about How public ineptitude and private enterprise combined to give Venezuela hyperinflation">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alicia Byrnes, PhD Candidate and Sessional Tutor, Screen and Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne On the morning I went to see Mimi Leder’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic, On the Basis of Sex, Fox News accidentally aired a graphic reporting Ginsburg’s death. Representatives for the channel immediately apologised ... <a title="Feminist hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been stifled by a new patriarchal construct: the cinema" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/06/feminist-hero-ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-been-stifled-by-a-new-patriarchal-construct-the-cinema-109956/" aria-label="Read more about Feminist hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been stifled by a new patriarchal construct: the cinema">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW The Banking Royal Commission landed after the stock exchange closed for business on Monday. It recommended additional controls on banks and financial services providers, and excoriated one. But the banks’ share prices jumped on Tuesday, by much more than the ... <a title="Why bank shares are climbing despite the royal commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/why-bank-shares-are-climbing-despite-the-royal-commission-111175/" aria-label="Read more about Why bank shares are climbing despite the royal commission">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Michael McCormack says the banking royal commission report contained a good outcome for farmers. McCormack praised Nationals backbenchers Llew O’Brien, George Christensen and John “Wacka” Williams for their role in pushing for the commission, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael McCormack on banks and the bush, and the election battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-michael-mccormack-on-banks-and-the-bush-and-the-election-battle-111192/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael McCormack on banks and the bush, and the election battle">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Pro self-proclaimed “interim president” Guaido “Trumpeters” at a rally in Caracas. Image: TeleSUR By Max Lane IT IS necessary to understand that the conflict in Venezuela manifests a war between classes, not between factions of the one class, as in elections in “normal” bourgeois democracies.. The ... <a title="Venezuela under siege – some class reflections from Max Lane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/venezuela-under-siege-some-class-reflections-from-max-lane/" aria-label="Read more about Venezuela under siege – some class reflections from Max Lane">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Trainer Darren Weir will not contest three charges for alleged possession of electronic devices used to give shocks to horses, according to a statement released by Racing Victoria earlier today. The statement says assistant ... <a title="The shocking use of ‘jiggers’ in horse racing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/the-shocking-use-of-jiggers-in-horse-racing-111176/" aria-label="Read more about The shocking use of ‘jiggers’ in horse racing">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Geraldine Lopdell’s family was looking for a fitting way to celebrate a “life well lived” when they decided to set up one of AUT’s newest awards. During life, Geraldine had been an excellent teacher and artist, a supportive and generous friend and a captivating storyteller with an adventurous spirit. Her early years were spent in ... <a title="A life well lived paves way to encourage Pasifika women in communication" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/a-life-well-lived-paves-way-to-encourage-pasifika-women-in-communication/" aria-label="Read more about A life well lived paves way to encourage Pasifika women in communication">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linlin Ge, Professor, UNSW Many parts of Queensland have been declared disaster zones and thousands of residents evacuated due to a 1-in-100-year flood. Townsville is at the epicentre of the “unprecedented” monsoonal downpour that brought more than a year’s worth of rain in just a few days, ... <a title="Queensland’s floods are so huge the only way to track them is from space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/queenslands-floods-are-so-huge-the-only-way-to-track-them-is-from-space-111083/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland’s floods are so huge the only way to track them is from space">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Political Roundup: Will the Government improve access to cancer drugs? by Dr Bryce Edwards Are New Zealanders dying unnecessarily because the government won’t fund cancer drugs that are considered standard in other countries? That’s the message from CANGO, a coalition of not-for-profit cancer organisations who launched a campaign yesterday, on World Cancer Day, for better ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government improve access to cancer drugs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-improve-access-to-cancer-drugs/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government improve access to cancer drugs?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University December 2018 marked a significant shift in the Syrian conflict. The end-of-year events put the country on a new trajectory, ... <a title="The Syrian war is not over, it’s just on a new trajectory: here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/the-syrian-war-is-not-over-its-just-on-a-new-trajectory-heres-what-you-need-to-know-110292/" aria-label="Read more about The Syrian war is not over, it’s just on a new trajectory: here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Presidential candidates Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and Ma’ruf Amin make statements during the first candidate debate on January 18. Image: Dhoni Setiawan/Jakarta Post Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appears to have gone on the offensive against his challenger in the upcoming presidential election Prabowo Subianto as the second presidential debate draws nearer, ... <a title="Jokowi plays it tough, accusing Prabowo of ‘outbursts of lies’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/jokowi-plays-it-tough-accusing-prabowo-of-outbursts-of-lies/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi plays it tough, accusing Prabowo of ‘outbursts of lies’">Read more</a>
