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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Johnson, Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide Scott Morrison’s election strategy was clear at the end of last year. As borders were opened up and restrictions eased, Morrison argued the Coalition would be winding back the big government measures that were ... <a title="Why Morrison’s ‘can-do’ capitalism and conservative masculinity may not be cutting through anymore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/why-morrisons-can-do-capitalism-and-conservative-masculinity-may-not-be-cutting-through-anymore-183118/" aria-label="Read more about Why Morrison’s ‘can-do’ capitalism and conservative masculinity may not be cutting through anymore">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Shutterstock It would be hard to find someone who’s visited Copenhagen or Amsterdam and complained about too many bikes. And you don’t tend to hear a lot of moaning about too much public transport in Singapore or ... <a title="Will the budget be another missed opportunity to get more New Zealanders out of their cars?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/will-the-budget-be-another-missed-opportunity-to-get-more-new-zealanders-out-of-their-cars-182428/" aria-label="Read more about Will the budget be another missed opportunity to get more New Zealanders out of their cars?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olga Dodd, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Uncertainty in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has wreaked havoc with the international commodity markets. In the normal pattern of the global economy, commodity exporting countries like New Zealand benefit from a rise ... <a title="The Russian invasion of Ukraine made everyone nervous, upending trade patterns for exporting countries like New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-made-everyone-nervous-upending-trade-patterns-for-exporting-countries-like-new-zealand-182857/" aria-label="Read more about The Russian invasion of Ukraine made everyone nervous, upending trade patterns for exporting countries like New Zealand">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Ravenswood, Associate Professor in Employment Relations, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Ahead of the 2022 budget, apprenticeships have been given a $230 million funding boost while negotiations between care workers and the government have fallen apart. It’s hard not to see this as a gender ... <a title="Collapse of negotiations with care workers shows little has changed in how the government views the work of women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/collapse-of-negotiations-with-care-workers-shows-little-has-changed-in-how-the-government-views-the-work-of-women-183025/" aria-label="Read more about Collapse of negotiations with care workers shows little has changed in how the government views the work of women">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Hollier, Adjunct Senior Lecturer – Science and Mathematics, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock When people hear the term “accessibility” in the context of disability, most will see images of ramps, automatic doors, elevators, or tactile paving (textured ground which helps vision impaired people navigate public spaces). These ... <a title="Digital inequality: why can I enter your building – but your website shows me the door?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/digital-inequality-why-can-i-enter-your-building-but-your-website-shows-me-the-door-182432/" aria-label="Read more about Digital inequality: why can I enter your building – but your website shows me the door?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University Mick Tsikas/AAP In the first week of the campaign, we journeyed around the country with six politics experts to examine the key seats and issues affecting different parts of the Australia. What has happened since? Which seats do you ... <a title="State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/state-of-the-states-six-politics-experts-take-us-around-australia-in-the-final-week-of-the-campaign-183099/" aria-label="Read more about State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Markus A. Höllerer, Professor in Organization and Management, UNSW Sydney Australia has recently experienced multiple natural and man-made disasters, creating overlapping crises, often disproportionately affecting disadvantaged populations. The situation is here to stay, and, worryingly, likely to worsen. But what are we doing to prepare? The federal ... <a title="In a year of endless floods, why isn’t disaster governance front and centre in the election campaign?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/in-a-year-of-endless-floods-why-isnt-disaster-governance-front-and-centre-in-the-election-campaign-183026/" aria-label="Read more about In a year of endless floods, why isn’t disaster governance front and centre in the election campaign?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Shutterstock So, you’re starting to feel unwell. Your throat hurts, your head aches, you feel tired and you’ve developed a cough. You’ve recently had COVID but as we now know, it’s possible to be reinfected. But ... <a title="Got COVID again? Your symptoms may be milder, but this won’t always be the case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/got-covid-again-your-symptoms-may-be-milder-but-this-wont-always-be-the-case-182154/" aria-label="Read more about Got COVID again? Your symptoms may be milder, but this won’t always be the case">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Baddeley, Associate Dean Research/Professor in Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Getty If a week is a long time in politics, three years is an eternity. Since the 2019 election, Australia has endured devastating megafires and unprecedented floods. Meanwhile, news of extreme weather such ... <a title="Almost 90% of us now believe climate change is a problem – across all political persuasions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/almost-90-of-us-now-believe-climate-change-is-a-problem-across-all-political-persuasions-183038/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 90% of us now believe climate change is a problem – across all political persuasions">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Dempsey, Senior lecturer, University of Canterbury Shutterstock Energy is the double-edged sword at the root of the climate crisis. Cheap energy has improved lives and underpinned massive economic growth. But because most of it comes from burning hydrocarbon fuels, we’re now left with a legacy of ... <a title="How NZ could become a world leader in decarbonisation using forestry and geothermal technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/how-nz-could-become-a-world-leader-in-decarbonisation-using-forestry-and-geothermal-technology-182760/" aria-label="Read more about How NZ could become a world leader in decarbonisation using forestry and geothermal technology">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock At their first televised debate four weeks ago, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese were asked by an audience member how each would help his kids afford to buy their ... <a title="Super for housing or the government as a co-owner: how Liberal and Labor home-buyer schemes compare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/super-for-housing-or-the-government-as-a-co-owner-how-liberal-and-labor-home-buyer-schemes-compare-183113/" aria-label="Read more about Super for housing or the government as a co-owner: how Liberal and Labor home-buyer schemes compare">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University Gough Whitlam delivering the 1972 election policy speech at the Blacktown Civic Centre in Sydney, 1972. National Archives of Australia via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA As we enter the final week of the election campaign with its scrappy debates and breathlessly ... <a title="‘The relation between politics and culture is clear and real’: how Gough Whitlam centred artists in his 1972 campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/the-relation-between-politics-and-culture-is-clear-and-real-how-gough-whitlam-centred-artists-in-his-1972-campaign-181243/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The relation between politics and culture is clear and real’: how Gough Whitlam centred artists in his 1972 campaign">Read more</a>