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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Queensland Liberal senator James McGrath had said the ABC’s headquarters in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane should be sold, and the funds used to retire government debt. In the latest Coalition attack on the national broadcaster, McGrath declared: “The ABC currently ... <a title="Government senator urges sale of ABC city properties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/government-senator-urges-sale-of-abc-city-properties-119187/" aria-label="Read more about Government senator urges sale of ABC city properties">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Senator Cory Bernardi will wind up his Australian Conservatives party, after its abysmal showing at the election. Bernardi, who defected from the Liberals and formed the party in 2017, said on Thursday: “The inescapable conclusion from our lack of political ... <a title="Cory Bernardi to disband Australian Conservatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/cory-bernardi-to-disband-australian-conservatives-119186/" aria-label="Read more about Cory Bernardi to disband Australian Conservatives">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University Last week, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton reignited the debate about new spying powers for Australian authorities during an interview on the ABC Insiders program. His comments followed a police raid on a journalist’s home earlier this month related ... <a title="Why we should be wary of expanding powers of the Australian Signals Directorate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/why-we-should-be-wary-of-expanding-powers-of-the-australian-signals-directorate-119078/" aria-label="Read more about Why we should be wary of expanding powers of the Australian Signals Directorate">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kellie Bousfield, Associate Head of School, School of Education, Charles Sturt University This week’s New South Wales budget delivered some good news for education. The government promised 4,600 extra public school teachers, more than 600,000 free TAFE and VET courses, additional funds for building and refurbishing schools, ... <a title="NSW budget: giving schools extra money only if they meet ‘outcomes’ can hamper teaching standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/nsw-budget-giving-schools-extra-money-only-if-they-meet-outcomes-can-hamper-teaching-standards-119087/" aria-label="Read more about NSW budget: giving schools extra money only if they meet ‘outcomes’ can hamper teaching standards">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle Four men – three Russians and one Ukrainian – will be charged in relation to the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which killed all 298 passengers and crew on board. Dutch prosecutors will launch a criminal trial ... <a title="MH17 charges: who the suspects are, what they’re charged with, and what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/mh17-charges-who-the-suspects-are-what-theyre-charged-with-and-what-happens-next-119155/" aria-label="Read more about MH17 charges: who the suspects are, what they’re charged with, and what happens next">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Humphries, Senior lecturer in Ecology, Charles Sturt University Given her new role as federal environment minister, one of Sussan Ley’s comments in an interview with Nine Newspapers was eyebrow-raising, to put it mildly. She said: Sometimes the environment doesn’t need all its water but farmers desperately ... <a title="Memo to the environment minister: a river does need all its water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/memo-to-the-environment-minister-a-river-does-need-all-its-water-119089/" aria-label="Read more about Memo to the environment minister: a river does need all its water">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Senior lecturer in Anthropology, The University of Queensland This week, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, labelled the world’s refugee problem a crisis that is primarily impacting developing countries, who are hosting most of the world’s 70 million displaced people. It’s the highest ... <a title="There are 70 million refugees in the world. Here are 5 solutions to the problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/there-are-70-million-refugees-in-the-world-here-are-5-solutions-to-the-problem-118920/" aria-label="Read more about There are 70 million refugees in the world. Here are 5 solutions to the problem">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Senior lecturer in Anthropology, The University of Queensland This week, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, labelled the world’s refugee problem a crisis that is primarily impacting developing countries, who are hosting most of the world’s 70 million displaced people. It’s the highest ... <a title="There are 70 million refugees in the world. Here are 5 solutions how to help them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/there-are-70-million-refugees-in-the-world-here-are-5-solutions-how-to-help-them-118920/" aria-label="Read more about There are 70 million refugees in the world. Here are 5 solutions how to help them">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Senior lecturer in Anthropology, The University of Queensland This week, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, labelled the world’s refugee problem a crisis that is primarily impacting developing countries, who are hosting most of the world’s 70 million displaced people. It’s the highest ... <a title="There are 70 million refugees in the world. Here are five solutions how to help them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/there-are-70-million-refugees-in-the-world-here-are-five-solutions-how-to-help-them-118920/" aria-label="Read more about There are 70 million refugees in the world. Here are five solutions how to help them">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University On today’s episode, we hear from Caroline Fisher, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Canberra and lead author of the 2019 Australian edition of the the Digital ... <a title="Media Files: Australians’ trust in news media is falling as concern over ‘fake news’ grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/media-files-australians-trust-in-news-media-is-falling-as-concern-over-fake-news-grows-119099/" aria-label="Read more about Media Files: Australians’ trust in news media is falling as concern over ‘fake news’ grows">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Donovan, Urban Designer and Sessional Lecturer, La Trobe University Seen through the eyes of new mothers, our towns and cities can often seem like uncomfortable and uninviting places to breastfeed. Although the physical characteristics of a place are not the only factors that influence how a ... <a title="Here’s how to make our cities breastfeeding-friendly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/heres-how-to-make-our-cities-breastfeeding-friendly-110176/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how to make our cities breastfeeding-friendly">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
When politicians are in bed with vested interests it shapes the world in a particular way. It means that the most powerful and rich in society get their way, and the will of ordinary people is sidelined in a democracy. It means that Governments do the bidding of corporate interests, and political agendas that don’t ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have corporate lobbyists been running this government?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-have-corporate-lobbyists-been-running-this-government/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have corporate lobbyists been running this government?">Read more</a>
