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May 11, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup is entirely subscriber-funded. The ethos behind this public service is to help foster a robust and informed public debate, with a great diversity of perspectives. If you appreciate what we are doing in providing non-partisan analysis and information about politics, economy, and society, please consider helping us keep ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Massive Wage Subsidy and Covid spending is under scrutinised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-massive-wage-subsidy-and-covid-spending-is-under-scrutinised/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Massive Wage Subsidy and Covid spending is under scrutinised">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
COMMENTARY: By David Robie Sadly, the Philippines has sold its soul. Thirty six years ago a People Power revolution ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos after two decades of harsh authoritarian rule. Yesterday, in spite of a rousing and inspiring Pink Power would-be revolution, the dictator’s only son and namesake “Bongbong” Marcos Jr seems headed to ... <a title="Philippines forgets history and sells its soul for another Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/philippines-forgets-history-and-sells-its-soul-for-another-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines forgets history and sells its soul for another Marcos">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen About 100 Papua New Guinea security personnel have arrived in Porgera, Enga Province, amid the fighting that saw 17 dead, 100 families displaced and homes destroyed over the weekend. The arrival of the PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) in Porgera on late Sunday evening has eased the tension inside the ... <a title="100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/100-png-security-forces-arrive-in-porgera-tension-eases/" aria-label="Read more about 100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
The Fiji Times The Fiji National University and the University of Auckland have formalised their partnership through a memorandum of understanding that encourages academic cooperation between the two institutions. FNU acting vice-chancellor Dr William May said the collaboration was another opportunity to strengthen the longstanding relationship between the two universities in education and capacity building. ... <a title="FNU formalises ‘exciting’ real world collaboration with Auckland Uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/fnu-formalises-exciting-real-world-collaboration-with-auckland-uni/" aria-label="Read more about FNU formalises ‘exciting’ real world collaboration with Auckland Uni">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Shine, President, Australian Academy of Science; Laboratory Head, Garvan Institute The longer you live through a crisis, the less likely you are to fully appreciate that you’re in one. This is especially true if there is more than one crisis, and they overlap. In Australia, we’ve ... <a title="Australia’s future depends on science. Here’s what our next government needs to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/australias-future-depends-on-science-heres-what-our-next-government-needs-to-do-about-it-182756/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s future depends on science. Here’s what our next government needs to do about it">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Rolfe, Honorary lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney The 2022 election campaign seems longer than Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. And there is still ten days to go. But that does not mean the whole thing is without lighter moments. Humour is an important and inescapable ... <a title="Election humour 2022: can the major parties win votes with a funny marmot or a joke about Star Wars?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/election-humour-2022-can-the-major-parties-win-votes-with-a-funny-marmot-or-a-joke-about-star-wars-182292/" aria-label="Read more about Election humour 2022: can the major parties win votes with a funny marmot or a joke about Star Wars?">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Goot, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University With voting already underway, and the sausage sizzle less than two weeks away, there are three things worth knowing if you are trying to work out which side is most likely to win: the likely result ... <a title="Over the last 30 years, a fifth of polls have called the wrong winner. Here are 3 things poll-watchers need to understand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/over-the-last-30-years-a-fifth-of-polls-have-called-the-wrong-winner-here-are-3-things-poll-watchers-need-to-understand-182594/" aria-label="Read more about Over the last 30 years, a fifth of polls have called the wrong winner. Here are 3 things poll-watchers need to understand">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anam Bilgrami, Research Fellow, Macquarie University Shutterstock Most new Australian mothers receive government paid parental leave to support health, encourage workforce participation and balance work and family life equally with their partners. Despite this, Australia still has one of the least generous parental leave schemes in the ... <a title="Planning kids? You should know the major parties’ parental leave policies before you vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/planning-kids-you-should-know-the-major-parties-parental-leave-policies-before-you-vote-181785/" aria-label="Read more about Planning kids? You should know the major parties’ parental leave policies before you vote">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Whitehead, E-Mobility Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Getty Images Australia has no clear strategy to decarbonise transport. That’s a problem, because without a plan, our take-up of clean technologies like electric cars, trucks and buses is slow. It’s stopping us from meeting our climate commitments. ... <a title="Australia could rapidly shift to clean transport – if we had a strategy. So we put this plan together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/australia-could-rapidly-shift-to-clean-transport-if-we-had-a-strategy-so-we-put-this-plan-together-182598/" aria-label="Read more about Australia could rapidly shift to clean transport – if we had a strategy. So we put this plan together">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kitty Te Riele, Deputy Director (Research), University of Tasmania Shutterstock Consistent school attendance is important in any child’s education but for many children in out-of-home care, going to school every day is no easy thing. There are three main types of out-of-home care in Australia: relative (or ... <a title="Attending school every day counts – but kids in out-of-home care are missing out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/attending-school-every-day-counts-but-kids-in-out-of-home-care-are-missing-out-182299/" aria-label="Read more about Attending school every day counts – but kids in out-of-home care are missing out">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joakim Goldhahn, Rock Art Australia Ian Potter Kimberley Chair, The University of Western Australia The bark painting depicting a barramundi that Namadbara created for Spencer at Oenpelli in 1912 and that he identified in the interview with Lance Bennett in 1967, now in Museums Victoria Spencer/Cahill Collection ... <a title="Paddy Compass Namadbara: for the first time, we can name an artist who created bark paintings in Arnhem Land in the 1910s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/paddy-compass-namadbara-for-the-first-time-we-can-name-an-artist-who-created-bark-paintings-in-arnhem-land-in-the-1910s-180243/" aria-label="Read more about Paddy Compass Namadbara: for the first time, we can name an artist who created bark paintings in Arnhem Land in the 1910s">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Marriott, Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Tax is back in the news. Often this means a looming budget or election, as is indeed the case now, with the government’s 2022 budget delivered next week. The election is much ... <a title="Even if next week’s budget avoids the issue, it’s time New Zealand seriously considered a wealth tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/even-if-next-weeks-budget-avoids-the-issue-its-time-new-zealand-seriously-considered-a-wealth-tax-182505/" aria-label="Read more about Even if next week’s budget avoids the issue, it’s time New Zealand seriously considered a wealth tax">Read more</a>
