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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malcolm Mackerras, Distinguished Fellow, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock As you head to your local polling place this Saturday, or cast your ballot in an early vote, it’s worth pondering: how does Australia’s voting system really work, anyway? The fundamentals of our electoral system have ... <a title="How does Australia’s voting system work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/how-does-australias-voting-system-work-177737/" aria-label="Read more about How does Australia’s voting system work?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ French Pacific reporter The Kanak people will not accept France’s attempt to “recolonise” New Caledonia, a pro-independence delegate has told the United Nations. Addressing a UN Decolonisation Committee seminar on the Pacific in Saint Lucia, Dimitri Qenegei said since 2020 the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and his Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu ... <a title="Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/kanak-delegate-warns-france-against-recolonising-new-caledonia-with-a-lie/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
RNZ News Critics of New Zealand’s new $4.5 billion global warming plan to help New Zealanders into electric vehicles and hybrids say a significant cheque for the Clean Car programme is sending the wrong message about the role cars play in the country’s future. Victoria University of Wellington’s environmental studies Professor Ralph Chapman said — ... <a title="NZ’s focus on private vehicles an ‘off-track’ climate change plan, say critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/nzs-focus-on-private-vehicles-an-off-track-climate-change-plan-say-critics/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s focus on private vehicles an ‘off-track’ climate change plan, say critics">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Stuff A West Papuan international student in Aotearoa New Zealand has devoted hundreds of hours to a non-profit organisation and opened a door to a new career. Arnold Yoman, 19, came to New Zealand in 2019 from the Papuan provincial capital Jayapura on an Indonesian government scholarship and has been studying at Awatapu College in ... <a title="West Papuan student discovers new passion and career path in Manawatū" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/west-papuan-student-discovers-new-passion-and-career-path-in-manawatu/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan student discovers new passion and career path in Manawatū">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation What do One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and Labor’s Tanya Plibersek have in common? They are both winning the battle for eyeballs on social media, says a top Facebook official. In the final episode before polling day of our election podcast ... <a title="Below the Line: A Facebook executive explains the last-minute election battle on social media – podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/below-the-line-a-facebook-executive-explains-the-last-minute-election-battle-on-social-media-podcast-183221/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: A Facebook executive explains the last-minute election battle on social media – podcast">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The last week of campaigns used to be frantic, behind the scenes. In public, right up until the final week, the leaders would make all sorts of promises, many of them expensive, with nary a ... <a title="Elections used to be about costings. Here’s what’s changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/elections-used-to-be-about-costings-heres-whats-changed-183095/" aria-label="Read more about Elections used to be about costings. Here’s what’s changed">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, Research fellow, UNSW Sydney Queensland residents are facing yet another arduous clean-up after floods inundated roads and towns last week. In the current La Niña period, from November 2021 to present, at least 41 people have died (including three missing presumed dead) from floods across ... <a title="When roads become rivers: forming a Plan B can stop people driving into floodwaters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/when-roads-become-rivers-forming-a-plan-b-can-stop-people-driving-into-floodwaters-183036/" aria-label="Read more about When roads become rivers: forming a Plan B can stop people driving into floodwaters">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Scott, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne “Strengthening Medicare” is one of Labor’s key election platforms. On Saturday, one week from the election, the opposition finally outlined its commitment to prop up the ailing primary care system, with a A$970m funding package. The promise ... <a title="Labor’s health package won’t ‘strengthen’ Medicare unless it includes these 3 things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/labors-health-package-wont-strengthen-medicare-unless-it-includes-these-3-things-183093/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s health package won’t ‘strengthen’ Medicare unless it includes these 3 things">Read more</a>
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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>
