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May 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has pledged a Labor government would make gender pay equity an objective of the Fair Work Act and strengthen the Fair Work Commission’s powers to order pay rises for workers in low paid industries dominated by women. The ... <a title="Albanese pledges to make gender pay equity a Fair Work Act objective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/01/albanese-pledges-to-make-gender-pay-equity-a-fair-work-act-objective-182281/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese pledges to make gender pay equity a Fair Work Act objective">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Allegra Spender/Facebook; Dave Sharma/Facebook At the campaign’s halfway point in the highly contested seat of Wentworth, ‘teal’ candidate Allegra Spender has shifted – but polarised – soft voters’ views about her. Fewer of these voters have changed their opinion of ... <a title="The Wentworth Project: Allegra Spender’s profile rises, but polarises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/30/the-wentworth-project-allegra-spenders-profile-rises-but-polarises-182275/" aria-label="Read more about The Wentworth Project: Allegra Spender’s profile rises, but polarises">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2022
RNZ Pacific The French Pacific territories have shown their support for President Emmanuel Macron at the polls, but with a much lower voter turnout than has been usual. Macron captured 61 percent of New Caledonia’s votes overall in the presidential election final stage last Sunday, while far-right candidate Marine Le Pen scored 39 percent. Across ... <a title="French Pacific vote supports Macron for president but a drop in turnout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/30/french-pacific-vote-supports-macron-for-president-but-a-drop-in-turnout/" aria-label="Read more about French Pacific vote supports Macron for president but a drop in turnout">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Plans to establish “food estates” were announced by the Indonesian government at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic because, it said, it wanted to ensure Indonesia’s food security. But as AwasMIFEE! and TAPOL show in their new report released today, Pandemic Power Grabs: Who benefits from Food Estates in West Papua?, ... <a title="West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/30/west-papua-food-estates-threaten-indigenous-people-warns-tapol/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2022
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April 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation Is there any such thing as the so-called “ethnic vote” in a country as multicultural as Australia? Do different cultural groups favour one side of politics over another? For instance, in Victoria’s most marginal seat of Chisholm, will the Hong ... <a title="Below the Line: Will different cultural groups favour one side of politics this federal election? – podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/below-the-line-will-different-cultural-groups-favour-one-side-of-politics-this-federal-election-podcast-182236/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: Will different cultural groups favour one side of politics this federal election? – podcast">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Lecturer, Monash University Shutterstock “Two, four, six, eight; bog in, don’t wait”. As children, we learn numbers can either be even or odd. And there are many ways to categorise numbers as even or odd. We may memorise the rule that numbers ending in 1, ... <a title="Honeybees join humans as the only known animals that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/honeybees-join-humans-as-the-only-known-animals-that-can-tell-the-difference-between-odd-and-even-numbers-181040/" aria-label="Read more about Honeybees join humans as the only known animals that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Jensen, Associate professor, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, University of Canberra Shutterstock Disinformation and foreign interference constitute a grave threat to Western democracies, particularly during elections. Both the 2016 US election and the 2019 UK election were targeted by Russian disinformation campaigns. ... <a title="Here’s how disinformation could disrupt the Australian election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/heres-how-disinformation-could-disrupt-the-australian-election-177629/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how disinformation could disrupt the Australian election">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Mick Tsikas/AAP Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week claimed Labor was planning a “sneaky carbon tax” should it win power, and Nationals senator Matt Canavan declared the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 was “dead”. We can expect both ... <a title="No, Mr Morrison – the safeguard mechanism is not a ‘sneaky carbon tax’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/no-mr-morrison-the-safeguard-mechanism-is-not-a-sneaky-carbon-tax-182054/" aria-label="Read more about No, Mr Morrison – the safeguard mechanism is not a ‘sneaky carbon tax’">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University The Conversation Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party continues to make waves in the federal election campaign, most recently with advertisements on massive billboards pledging a “maximum 3% interest rate on all home loans for five years”. But does this promise ... <a title="Clive Palmer’s promise to cap mortgage rates at 3% would make it much harder to get a home loan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/clive-palmers-promise-to-cap-mortgage-rates-at-3-would-make-it-much-harder-to-get-a-home-loan-182058/" aria-label="Read more about Clive Palmer’s promise to cap mortgage rates at 3% would make it much harder to get a home loan">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah J MacLean, Associate professor, La Trobe University Shutterstock Bingo, with its familiar rules, novelty number calls (“legs 11”, “two ducks swimming”) and social setting, has long had a reputation as harmless and friendly. Also called “housie”, bingo is a game in which players mark numbers on ... <a title="Bingo seems like harmless fun – but higher stakes and new technology are making it more dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/bingo-seems-like-harmless-fun-but-higher-stakes-and-new-technology-are-making-it-more-dangerous-180678/" aria-label="Read more about Bingo seems like harmless fun – but higher stakes and new technology are making it more dangerous">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Executive Development/School of Management, Massey University GettyImages The war in Ukraine would test even the most hardened political operator: millions forced to flee their homes, thousands (including many civilians) killed or injured, evidence of Russian war crimes mounting. Yet Volodomyr Zelenskyy, a relative ... <a title="The value of virtue: 7 reasons why Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s crisis leadership has been so effective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/29/the-value-of-virtue-7-reasons-why-volodymyr-zelenskyys-crisis-leadership-has-been-so-effective-182041/" aria-label="Read more about The value of virtue: 7 reasons why Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s crisis leadership has been so effective">Read more</a>
