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May 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Labor’s successful bid for government – only its fifth victory from opposition since the first world war – was based on an experiment that no one could ... <a title="Albanese wins with a modest policy program – but the times may well suit him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/22/albanese-wins-with-a-modest-policy-program-but-the-times-may-well-suit-him-182521/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese wins with a modest policy program – but the times may well suit him">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Mark Kenny, Australian National University You first have to lose an election on principle if you want to win one on principle. This was how Labor rationalised the miscalculations that led to its “Don’s Party” disappointment in 1969, followed by the 1972 triumph of the “It’s Time” campaign. Half a century later, the ... <a title="Australians face their starkest choice at the ballot box in 50 years. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/21/australians-face-their-starkest-choice-at-the-ballot-box-in-50-years-heres-why/" aria-label="Read more about Australians face their starkest choice at the ballot box in 50 years. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2022
Policy failure over the last eight years — including a massive cut to the ABC’s international funding — has weakened Australia’s voice in the Pacific to its lowest ebb since the Menzies government established the first radio shortwave service across the region more than 80 years ago. Now, with China’s media expansion and the recent ... <a title="Canberra must stop wasting time – and urgently support ABC in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/21/canberra-must-stop-wasting-time-and-urgently-support-abc-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra must stop wasting time – and urgently support ABC in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch The federal election is on Saturday. Polls close at 6pm local time; that means 6pm AEST in the eastern states, 6:30pm in SA and the NT and 8pm in WA. 124 of ... <a title="Newspoll and Ipsos both give Labor clear leads in final polls; counting of early votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/newspoll-and-ipsos-both-give-labor-clear-leads-in-final-polls-counting-of-early-votes-183120/" aria-label="Read more about Newspoll and Ipsos both give Labor clear leads in final polls; counting of early votes">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney CDC/Wikimedia Two cases of monkeypox have been detected in Australia, following reported cases in several European countries. Both are in men just returned from Europe. Health authorities have said ... <a title="Monkeypox in Australia: what is it and how can we prevent the spread?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/monkeypox-in-australia-what-is-it-and-how-can-we-prevent-the-spread-183526/" aria-label="Read more about Monkeypox in Australia: what is it and how can we prevent the spread?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ataus Samad, Lecturer, Western Sydney University Mick Tsikas/AAP With the election almost upon us, thoughts are more than ever turned to political survival. While getting pre-selected and winning elections are the initial, difficult challenges of a political career, a major ongoing one is surviving in the treacherous ... <a title="‘Some leaders only want to hear the good news’: politicians tell us how political careers can end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/some-leaders-only-want-to-hear-the-good-news-politicians-tell-us-how-political-careers-can-end-182590/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Some leaders only want to hear the good news’: politicians tell us how political careers can end">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. We know that New Zealand has one of the world’s lowest mortality outcomes, so far, in the Covid19 pandemic. (So has North Korea.) It’s still far too early to access the costs incurred – loss of utility enjoyed by actual and ‘would-have-been’ New Zealand residents – and is also too early ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: New Zealand deaths coming into winter 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-new-zealand-deaths-coming-into-winter-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: New Zealand deaths coming into winter 2022">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Lillie Eiger/ Sony You’ve probably heard the name Harry Styles. He is the current “real big thing” in popular music. But how did a former boy band star become such a huge musician and award-winning artist in ... <a title="The rise and rise of Harry Styles: how did the former boyband member become the biggest name in pop?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/the-rise-and-rise-of-harry-styles-how-did-the-former-boyband-member-become-the-biggest-name-in-pop-183128/" aria-label="Read more about The rise and rise of Harry Styles: how did the former boyband member become the biggest name in pop?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Harris, Associate Professor in Education, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Contract and casual workers in Australian universities have borne the brunt of revenue losses and funding cuts to higher education and research. When the government refused to provide JobKeeper to public universities during the COVID pandemic, thousands ... <a title="Here’s what the government and universities can do about the crisis of insecure academic work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/heres-what-the-government-and-universities-can-do-about-the-crisis-of-insecure-academic-work-183345/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what the government and universities can do about the crisis of insecure academic work">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Emma La Rouche, from the University of Canberra’s Media and Communications team, look at the last week of the campaign as Australians head to the polls. Michelle and Emma discuss key wage ... <a title="VIDEO: It’s not just politicians on tenterhooks – pollsters are too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/video-its-not-just-politicians-on-tenterhooks-pollsters-are-too-183519/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: It’s not just politicians on tenterhooks – pollsters are too">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hurlimann, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock It will be impossible to tackle climate change unless we transform the way we build and plan cities, which are responsible for a staggering 70% of global emissions. Yet, Australia’s national policies on urban environments ... <a title="Australia’s cities policies are seriously inadequate for tackling the climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/australias-cities-policies-are-seriously-inadequate-for-tackling-the-climate-crisis-182769/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s cities policies are seriously inadequate for tackling the climate crisis">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University JIM LO SCALZO/EPA The United States Congress recently held a hearing into US government information pertaining to “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs). The last investigation of this kind happened more than 50 years ago, as part of a ... <a title="Is there evidence aliens have visited Earth? Here’s what’s come out of US congress hearings on ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/is-there-evidence-aliens-have-visited-earth-heres-whats-come-out-of-us-congress-hearings-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-183443/" aria-label="Read more about Is there evidence aliens have visited Earth? Here’s what’s come out of US congress hearings on ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’">Read more</a>
