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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>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law. President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics., Griffith University Luis Ascui/AAP It’s difficult to ask, but how many fatalities should Australia accept from COVID in 2022? The World Health Organization says worldwide there were almost 15 ... <a title="COVID has killed 5,600 Australians this year and the pandemic isn’t over. Ethics can shape our response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/covid-has-killed-5-600-australians-this-year-and-the-pandemic-isnt-over-ethics-can-shape-our-response-182765/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has killed 5,600 Australians this year and the pandemic isn’t over. Ethics can shape our response">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruby Grant, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Tasmania Shutterstock About one in three LGBTIQ+ voters are not sure who to vote for, or are considering changing who they vote for, this federal election, according to a survey by Equality Australia. So, if you are lesbian, gay, ... <a title="LGBTIQ+ and unsure how to vote? Here are what the major parties are promising on health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/lgbtiq-and-unsure-how-to-vote-here-are-what-the-major-parties-are-promising-on-health-183214/" aria-label="Read more about LGBTIQ+ and unsure how to vote? Here are what the major parties are promising on health">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Climate change and reducing emissions has figured little in the 2022 federal election campaign. But after many years of inadequate national climate policy, the need ... <a title="‘A new climate politics’: the 47th parliament must be a contest of ideas for a hotter, low-carbon Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/a-new-climate-politics-the-47th-parliament-must-be-a-contest-of-ideas-for-a-hotter-low-carbon-australia-182770/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A new climate politics’: the 47th parliament must be a contest of ideas for a hotter, low-carbon Australia">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2022
COMMENTARY: Sh’ma Koleinu – Alternative Jewish Voices When Marilyn Garson’s memoir of working in Gaza was published, Radio NZ scheduled an interview. On the day of the interview, RNZ first promoted and then cancelled it. In response to her OIA request, RNZ disclosed this internal email: The RNZ quote about a 2019 Gaza interview … ... <a title="Memo MFAT, media and Mayor Foster, time to outgrow your Jewish stereotypes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/18/memo-mfat-media-and-mayor-foster-time-to-outgrow-your-jewish-stereotypes/" aria-label="Read more about Memo MFAT, media and Mayor Foster, time to outgrow your Jewish stereotypes">Read more</a>
