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May 10, 2023
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 There were four major changes for health care in the 2023-24 budget: prioritising primary care, funding to strengthen Medicare, cheaper access to common medicines, and new funding ... <a title="Health budget has big changes – reviving our worn-out Medicare fee-for-service system and boosting bulk billing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/health-budget-has-big-changes-reviving-our-worn-out-medicare-fee-for-service-system-and-boosting-bulk-billing-204527/" aria-label="Read more about Health budget has big changes – reviving our worn-out Medicare fee-for-service system and boosting bulk billing">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content MEKA WHAITIRI DEFECTION TO TE PĀTI MĀORI Glenn McConnell (Post): An absolute shemozzle as Meka Whaitiri crosses the floor (paywalled) Kris Faafoi (Stuff): Why I’d put money on Meka ... <a title="Newsletter: May 10 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/newsletter-may-10-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 10 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
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 There were four major changes for health care in the 2023-24 budget: prioritising primary care, funding to strengthen Medicare, cheaper access to common medicines, and new funding ... <a title="Health budget has big changes – reviving our worn-out Medicare system and boosting bulk billing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/health-budget-has-big-changes-reviving-our-worn-out-medicare-system-and-boosting-bulk-billing-204527/" aria-label="Read more about Health budget has big changes – reviving our worn-out Medicare system and boosting bulk billing">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The Green Party should be very high in the opinion polls right now. Historically, when Labour is low in the polls the Greens tend to be the recipients of progressive voters looking for an alternative. A huge proportion of the 50 per cent vote Labour got in 2020 are ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Civil war in the Greens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-civil-war-in-the-greens/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Civil war in the Greens">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diana Zhang, Fulbright and Scientia PhD Scholar, UNSW Sydney AP Photo/George Walker IV In 1991, the world was shocked to learn actor Michael J. Fox had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He was just 29 years old and at the height of Hollywood fame, a year after ... <a title="Here’s how a new AI tool may predict early signs of Parkinson’s disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/heres-how-a-new-ai-tool-may-predict-early-signs-of-parkinsons-disease-205221/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how a new AI tool may predict early signs of Parkinson’s disease">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Lee, Professor of Criminology, University of Sydney Kumehani. K, Author provided The Royal Easter Show and the NSW Police recently announced a ban on “rapper music” following the murder of Pacific young person, Uati “Pele” Faletolu last year. The Royal Easter Show’s general manager Murray Wilton ... <a title="No, music doesn’t cause crime – not even ‘drill rap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/no-music-doesnt-cause-crime-not-even-drill-rap-203912/" aria-label="Read more about No, music doesn’t cause crime – not even ‘drill rap’">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Marriott, Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington GettyImages Getty Images If you look at the justice policies of the main political parties you’ll see references to gangs (ACT), violent criminals (National), greater investment in policing (Labour), social justice (Green Party) and ... <a title="White-collar criminals benefit from leniency provisions in NZ law – why the disparity with other kinds of crime?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/white-collar-criminals-benefit-from-leniency-provisions-in-nz-law-why-the-disparity-with-other-kinds-of-crime-205283/" aria-label="Read more about White-collar criminals benefit from leniency provisions in NZ law – why the disparity with other kinds of crime?">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Pacific Media Network broadcaster and community activist Ernestina Maro (left) and Auckland Rotuman Fellowship Group chair Rachael Mario share the microphone to talk up Rotuman Language Week events. Cultural and social justice events feature in the eight day programme. Last night the Titiri o Waitangi legacy and Rotuman community responses were aired ... <a title="Fun, community activism and Rotuman language on the airwaves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/fun-community-activism-and-rotuman-language-on-the-airwaves/" aria-label="Read more about Fun, community activism and Rotuman language on the airwaves">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University The 2023 federal budget has a strong emphasis on the cost-of-living, with a A$14.6 billion plan designed to help Australians who are “under the pump”. The headline ... <a title="Budget spends big on welfare but this will not make a significant difference to poverty in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/budget-spends-big-on-welfare-but-this-will-not-make-a-significant-difference-to-poverty-in-australia-205219/" aria-label="Read more about Budget spends big on welfare but this will not make a significant difference to poverty in Australia">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain Surplus or not, the budget papers show us living through pretty awful times. Living standards measured by the buying power of wages are set to go backwards in 2023-24 as wages are expected ... <a title="Budgeting for difficult times is hard – just ask Jim Chalmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/budgeting-for-difficult-times-is-hard-just-ask-jim-chalmers-205209/" aria-label="Read more about Budgeting for difficult times is hard – just ask Jim Chalmers">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP A big incentive for doctors to bulk bill, a modest $40 a fortnight rise in JobSeeker and extra rent assistance are highlights of a Labor budget that juggles targeted cost-of-living relief with containing inflation. The government will triple ... <a title="Jim Chalmers hands down a budget for Anthony Albanese’s battlers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/jim-chalmers-hands-down-a-budget-for-anthony-albaneses-battlers-205210/" aria-label="Read more about Jim Chalmers hands down a budget for Anthony Albanese’s battlers">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This budget is the culmination of a tug of war between the government’s imperative to fight inflation and the siren call from Labor’s base to help people who are struggling. The government has delivered measures to ease cost-of-living pressures on ... <a title="View from The Hill: Chalmers’ budget delivers modestly to the vulnerable while keeping the inflation ogre in mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/view-from-the-hill-chalmers-budget-delivers-modestly-to-the-vulnerable-while-keeping-the-inflation-ogre-in-mind-205208/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Chalmers’ budget delivers modestly to the vulnerable while keeping the inflation ogre in mind">Read more</a>
