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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Getty Images One way to make sense of Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s fifth budget speech was to see it as a political performance working on different levels. First, Labour needs this budget to do an immediate job – address concern ... <a title="A budget for the ‘squeezed middle’ – but will it be the political circuit-breaker Labour wants?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/a-budget-for-the-squeezed-middle-but-will-it-be-the-political-circuit-breaker-labour-wants-183335/" aria-label="Read more about A budget for the ‘squeezed middle’ – but will it be the political circuit-breaker Labour wants?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Preston, Professor of Economics, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock In 2020 the Morrison government allowed Australians to raid their superannuation to get through during the pandemic. This week Scott Morrison proposed letting people raid their super for a home deposit. Helping people own their home ... <a title="Raiding super early has already left women worse off. Let’s not repeat the mistake for home deposits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/raiding-super-early-has-already-left-women-worse-off-lets-not-repeat-the-mistake-for-home-deposits-183351/" aria-label="Read more about Raiding super early has already left women worse off. Let’s not repeat the mistake for home deposits">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Eltham, Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University Shutterstock The past term of government has been tough for arts and culture in Australia. Culture was among the worst affected by the pandemic of any aspect of society: the first to lock down; the last ... <a title="Arts and culture have been all but overlooked this election – but the Greens have a big-picture plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/arts-and-culture-have-been-all-but-overlooked-this-election-but-the-greens-have-a-big-picture-plan-183358/" aria-label="Read more about Arts and culture have been all but overlooked this election – but the Greens have a big-picture plan">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock The last state in Australia, New South Wales, has today passed its voluntary assisted dying bill. This means the vast majority of the population now lives in a ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in all states. Here’s what’s just happened in NSW and what it means for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/voluntary-assisted-dying-will-soon-be-legal-in-all-states-heres-whats-just-happened-in-nsw-and-what-it-means-for-you-183355/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in all states. Here’s what’s just happened in NSW and what it means for you">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Foley, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University, La Trobe University National security has been a feature of this election campaign, but there’s been little substantive difference on key issues of foreign policy. Last week’s foreign policy debate between Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne and Shadow Minister Penny ... <a title="Labor’s proposed Pacific labour scheme reforms might be good soft diplomacy but will it address worker exploitation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/labors-proposed-pacific-labour-scheme-reforms-might-be-good-soft-diplomacy-but-will-it-address-worker-exploitation-183119/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s proposed Pacific labour scheme reforms might be good soft diplomacy but will it address worker exploitation?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dani Larkin, Lecturer/Deputy Director of the Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW Sydney AAP Image/Lukas Coch and Mick Tsikas, Shutterstock One of the recommendations from the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart calls for the establishment of a First Nations Voice to parliament, enshrined in the Constitution. This would ... <a title="How do the major parties rate on the First Nations Voice to Parliament? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/how-do-the-major-parties-rate-on-the-first-nations-voice-to-parliament-we-asked-5-experts-181162/" aria-label="Read more about How do the major parties rate on the First Nations Voice to Parliament? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has delivered a Budget that will many asking “Is that all there is?” There is a myriad of initiatives and there is increased spending, but strangely it doesn’t really add up to much at all for those hoping for a more traditional Labour-style Budget. The headline ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A Conservative Budget for volatile times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-conservative-budget-for-volatile-times/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A Conservative Budget for volatile times">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine the Implications of the Russia-Ukrainian conflict and how it impacts on regional security architecture.
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University It is often lamented that Indigenous peoples’ electoral power is insignificant in Australia, except perhaps in the remote Northern Territory seat of Lingiari. But our new analysis of Indigenous populations in marginal seats at the upcoming federal ... <a title="Indigenous votes matter — and not just in remote Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/indigenous-votes-matter-and-not-just-in-remote-australia-183124/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous votes matter — and not just in remote Australia">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Cernusak, Associate professor, James Cook University Alexander Schenkin, Author provided In recent years, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast has seen multiple events of mass coral bleaching as human-caused global warming has driven sustained high temperatures in the ocean. Alongside the Coral Sea is ... <a title="Climate change is killing trees in Queensland’s tropical rainforests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/climate-change-is-killing-trees-in-queenslands-tropical-rainforests-183215/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is killing trees in Queensland’s tropical rainforests">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Goot, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University The number of voters the Coalition is attempting to sway in the final days of the campaign varies widely, depending on how the targeted voters are defined. But the historical precedent for success to which commentators ... <a title="Morrison is hoping for an election surprise but ‘uncommitted’ voters rarely turn things around in the final week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/morrison-is-hoping-for-an-election-surprise-but-uncommitted-voters-rarely-turn-things-around-in-the-final-week-183131/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison is hoping for an election surprise but ‘uncommitted’ voters rarely turn things around in the final week">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Mick Tsikas/AAP With severe staffing cuts, pressures for instant productivity and a priority on producing clickbait, few would think we are in a golden age for journalism. Few, either, would think that the media ... <a title="The media has reached ‘peak passivity’ in the lead up to the 2022 election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/the-media-has-reached-peak-passivity-in-the-lead-up-to-the-2022-election-183109/" aria-label="Read more about The media has reached ‘peak passivity’ in the lead up to the 2022 election">Read more</a>
