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April 17, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 17 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings. Today’s content Overseas investment Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): ‘Smell test’ plan risks noses out of joint Richard Harman (Politik): Putting the politics ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 17 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-17-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 17 2019">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
By the Asia Media Centre Up to 193 million eligible voters in Indonesia will go to the polls today, in what will be the world’s largest single-day election. The election will see incumbent president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo go head-to-head with Prabowo Subianto, a former general in the Indonesian armed forces who lost to Jokowi in ... <a title="Indonesian election: ‘Our most disregarded Pacific neighbour’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/indonesian-election-our-most-disregarded-pacific-neighbour/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian election: ‘Our most disregarded Pacific neighbour’">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Matthews, Research Officer – Cognitive Neurology Lab, Monash University Although the term itself is not new, fake news presents a growing threat for societies across the world. Only a small amount of fake news is needed to disrupt a conversation, and at extremes it can have ... <a title="How fake news gets into our minds, and what you can do to resist it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/how-fake-news-gets-into-our-minds-and-what-you-can-do-to-resist-it-114921/" aria-label="Read more about How fake news gets into our minds, and what you can do to resist it">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Management, Swinburne University of Technology With the federal election a little over a month away, it appears many Australians have little faith the winners will be able to provide the type of leadership that can change the country in a meaningful way. ... <a title="No matter who wins the election, many Australians think real leadership will be lacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/no-matter-who-wins-the-election-many-australians-think-real-leadership-will-be-lacking-115449/" aria-label="Read more about No matter who wins the election, many Australians think real leadership will be lacking">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Phelan, Associate Profesor of Communication, Massey University Two months before New Zealand’s 2017 elections, which eventually installed the Ardern coalition government, then Green party co-leader Metiria Turei gave a speech on welfare reform. Many political commentators had predicted an easy victory for the ruling National party, ... <a title="Were journalists ‘just doing their job’ in the political resignation of Metiria Turei?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/were-journalists-just-doing-their-job-in-the-political-resignation-of-metiria-turei-115040/" aria-label="Read more about Were journalists ‘just doing their job’ in the political resignation of Metiria Turei?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Gillespie, Deputy Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy & Associate Professor in Health Policy, University of Sydney Labor’s 2016 “Mediscare” has entered political memory as a campaign tactic that almost changed the game in that election. Using robocalls and text messages purporting to come from Medicare, ... <a title="Election campaign lesson #1: don’t mess with Medicare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/election-campaign-lesson-1-dont-mess-with-medicare-114292/" aria-label="Read more about Election campaign lesson #1: don’t mess with Medicare">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elsa Dominish, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Growing demand for electric vehicles is important to help cut transport emissions, but it will also lead to new mining. Without a careful approach, we could create new environmental damage while trying to solve ... <a title="Electric cars can clean up the mining industry – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/electric-cars-can-clean-up-the-mining-industry-heres-how-115369/" aria-label="Read more about Electric cars can clean up the mining industry – here’s how">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute State governments may run schools, but federal decisions still make a big difference to the education of Australian children. Whoever the federal education minister after the May 18 election, he or she needs to put these three things first: ... <a title="Three things Australia’s next education minister must prioritise to improve schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/three-things-australias-next-education-minister-must-prioritise-to-improve-schools-115223/" aria-label="Read more about Three things Australia’s next education minister must prioritise to improve schools">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute A federal election is an opportunity to take stock of how we are doing, where we are going, and what governments can do about it. Grattan Institute’s latest report, Commonwealth Orange Book 2019, released today, is designed to help the ... <a title="Grattan Orange Book. What the election should be about: priorities for the next government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/grattan-orange-book-what-the-election-should-be-about-priorities-for-the-next-government-115563/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan Orange Book. What the election should be about: priorities for the next government">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Almost a week into this campaign, many people would be finding their heads hurting. Others would be staying tuned out for a while yet, put off by the cacophony of conflicting claims. Voters have been bombarded by numbers. Numbers asserted, ... <a title="View from The Hill: Why would rational voters believe talk of hundreds of billions and 10-year timeframes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/view-from-the-hill-why-would-rational-voters-believe-talk-of-hundreds-of-billions-and-10-year-timeframes-115578/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Why would rational voters believe talk of hundreds of billions and 10-year timeframes?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Almost a week into this campaign, many people would be finding their heads hurting. Others would be staying tuned out for a while yet, put off by the cacophony of conflicting claims. Voters have been bombarded by numbers. Numbers asserted, ... <a title="View from The Hill: Why would rational voters believe talk of multiple billions and 10-year timeframes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/view-from-the-hill-why-would-rational-voters-believe-talk-of-multiple-billions-and-10-year-timeframes-115578/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Why would rational voters believe talk of multiple billions and 10-year timeframes?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona, Associate Research Fellow, Heritage Destruction Specialist, Deakin University Scrolling through news of the Notre Dame fire on social media feeds was like watching a real-time archive of grief in the making, as people expressed their dismay and sorrow at the damage wrought. Why ... <a title="Why are we so moved by the plight of the Notre Dame?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/why-are-we-so-moved-by-the-plight-of-the-notre-dame-115555/" aria-label="Read more about Why are we so moved by the plight of the Notre Dame?">Read more</a>
