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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaun Carney, Vice-Chancellor’s professorial fellow, Monash University Elections are a test – the ultimate test, really – of those who serve as parliamentarians and those who aspire to serve. Scott Morrison asserted quite absurdly early in the 2022 campaign that the election was not a popularity contest. ... <a title="Australian voters have elected their government. Now the Labor Party has to make them believe they were right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/australian-voters-have-elected-their-government-now-the-labor-party-has-to-make-them-believe-they-were-right-183213/" aria-label="Read more about Australian voters have elected their government. Now the Labor Party has to make them believe they were right">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University AAP/James Ross It is pretty human to crave the approval of peers and to hope for more of the same, even if unconsciously. But for political parties selling themselves as unifying forces of the middle, broad-based and representative, ... <a title="Morrison’s ‘great electoral bungle’ leaves the Liberals decimated and heading in the wrong direction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/morrisons-great-electoral-bungle-leaves-the-liberals-decimated-and-heading-in-the-wrong-direction-183596/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s ‘great electoral bungle’ leaves the Liberals decimated and heading in the wrong direction">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Lukas Coch/AAP Extreme weather events are the new normal. The use of nuclear weapons by Vladimir Putin’s Russian military is now an unthinkable possibility. And Xi Jinping’s China, our largest trading ... <a title="As Albanese heads to the Quad, what are the security challenges facing Australia’s new government?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/as-albanese-heads-to-the-quad-what-are-the-security-challenges-facing-australias-new-government-183435/" aria-label="Read more about As Albanese heads to the Quad, what are the security challenges facing Australia’s new government?">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catharine Coleborne, Dean of Arts/Head of School Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle Higher education did not figure prominently in the election campaign. The biggest issues facing the sector, in particular the arts, humanities and social sciences, could never be fully addressed in six ... <a title="3 big issues in higher education demand the new government’s attention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/3-big-issues-in-higher-education-demand-the-new-governments-attention-183349/" aria-label="Read more about 3 big issues in higher education demand the new government’s attention">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saul Eslake, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Labor has inherited an economy with a pretty full “head of steam”. Domestic demand is growing strongly, fuelled by households flush with cash (and enriched by big increases in property prices) full pipelines of housing construction and government-funded infrastructure ... <a title="A new dawn over stormy seas: how Labor should manage the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/a-new-dawn-over-stormy-seas-how-labor-should-manage-the-economy-183518/" aria-label="Read more about A new dawn over stormy seas: how Labor should manage the economy">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Phillimore, Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University Western Australia’s promise to be the kingmaker on federal election night has finally been delivered. During the count, the rest of the country saw a slow but steady accumulation of Labor gains despite a fall ... <a title="Swing when you’re winning: how Labor won big in Western Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/22/swing-when-youre-winning-how-labor-won-big-in-western-australia-183599/" aria-label="Read more about Swing when you’re winning: how Labor won big in Western Australia">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2022
RNZ News Joe Hawke — the prominent kaumātua and activist who led the long-running Takaparawhau occupation at Auckland’s Bastion Point in the late 1970s — has died, aged 82. Born in Tāmaki Makaurau in 1940, Joseph Parata Hohepa Hawke of Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei, led his people in their efforts to reclaim their land and ... <a title="Takaparawhau occupation protest leader Joe Hawke dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/22/takaparawhau-occupation-protest-leader-joe-hawke-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Takaparawhau occupation protest leader Joe Hawke dies">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Joel Carrett/AAP Women were everywhere and nowhere in the 2022 federal election. The message from the weekend’s vote was that the things that really matter to women and their communities matter at the ballot box, too. ... <a title="Women stormed the 2022 election in numbers too big to ignore: what has Labor pledged on gender?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/22/women-stormed-the-2022-election-in-numbers-too-big-to-ignore-what-has-labor-pledged-on-gender-183369/" aria-label="Read more about Women stormed the 2022 election in numbers too big to ignore: what has Labor pledged on gender?">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University Darren England/AAP There’s an ancient observance in Chinese history that an earthquake is an ominous omen of coming political change. When the ground shakes it’s said the heavens are withdrawing an emperor’s mandate and encouraging people to rise up ... <a title="Queensland bucks the national trend (again) and this spells trouble for both the Liberals and ALP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/22/queensland-bucks-the-national-trend-again-and-this-spells-trouble-for-both-the-liberals-and-alp-183597/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland bucks the national trend (again) and this spells trouble for both the Liberals and ALP">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong original The most amazing thing about the election was the very low primary vote for the ALP and the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party has lost seats to both Labor and the “teal” independents. But ... <a title="Nationals vote holds steady. Will the Coalition become a party of the regions and outer suburbs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/22/nationals-vote-holds-steady-will-the-coalition-become-a-party-of-the-regions-and-outer-suburbs-182856/" aria-label="Read more about Nationals vote holds steady. Will the Coalition become a party of the regions and outer suburbs?">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The rout of Scott Morrison goes beyond the defeat of his government. It has left behind a Liberal party that is now a flightless bird. The parliamentary party has had one wing torn asunder, and its path to recovery will ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison was routed by combination of quiet Australians and noisy ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/22/view-from-the-hill-morrison-was-routed-by-combination-of-quiet-australians-and-noisy-ones-183600/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison was routed by combination of quiet Australians and noisy ones">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne Labor’s win in Saturday’s election heralds real change in health policy. Although Labor had a small-target strategy, with limited big spending commitments, its victory represents a value ... <a title="Labor has a huge health agenda ahead of it. What policies should we expect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/22/labor-has-a-huge-health-agenda-ahead-of-it-what-policies-should-we-expect-182764/" aria-label="Read more about Labor has a huge health agenda ahead of it. What policies should we expect?">Read more</a>
