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April 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition spokesman for Indigenous Australians Julian Leeser has delivered a detailed critique of the government’s Voice proposal, ahead of Wednesday’s special Liberal Party meeting to determine its stand. Leeser, a long-time supporter of the Voice, also flagged he would like ... <a title="Liberals to meet on Voice, with Julian Leeser favouring campaign freedom for senior figures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/liberals-to-meet-on-voice-with-julian-leeser-favouring-campaign-freedom-for-senior-figures-203157/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals to meet on Voice, with Julian Leeser favouring campaign freedom for senior figures">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Professor Marcia Langton, Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies, The University of Melbourne Peter Eve/Yothu Yindi Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. Yunupiŋu’s family have given permission for his name and images to be used. ... <a title="Yunupiŋu was a great clan leader, a great family man and very much loved. I wish Australian political leaders could have learned more from him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/yunupinu-was-a-great-clan-leader-a-great-family-man-and-very-much-loved-i-wish-australian-political-leaders-could-have-learned-more-from-him-203160/" aria-label="Read more about Yunupiŋu was a great clan leader, a great family man and very much loved. I wish Australian political leaders could have learned more from him">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University Australia’s homicide rate has continued its overall downward trajectory in the latest crime data released last week. In fact, in 2020-21, Australia recorded the second-lowest number of homicides since the Australian Institute of Criminology began compiling ... <a title="Australia’s homicide rate is down over 50% from the 1990s, despite a small blip during COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/australias-homicide-rate-is-down-over-50-from-the-1990s-despite-a-small-blip-during-covid-202730/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s homicide rate is down over 50% from the 1990s, despite a small blip during COVID">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. A pandemic can end in three ways. Either the death rates attributed to the pandemic disease cease, or at least drop back to pre-pandemic levels. Or normality is re-established, with the pandemic disease still present, but displacing other causes of death. Or a ‘new normal’ is established, with higher ongoing ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Post-Pandemic: Back to Normal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-post-pandemic-back-to-normal/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Post-Pandemic: Back to Normal?">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Although Labor has returned to power in NSW, it will be in a minority government, with probably 45 seats, two short of a majority, to the Coalition’s 36 (assuming the Liberal Party wins the seat of ... <a title="It’s not easy, but history shows minority government has worked in NSW before. Here’s what Chris Minns must do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/its-not-easy-but-history-shows-minority-government-has-worked-in-nsw-before-heres-what-chris-minns-must-do-203138/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not easy, but history shows minority government has worked in NSW before. Here’s what Chris Minns must do">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarryd Daymond, Lecturer, University of Sydney Australia’s federal parliament has approved a A$15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, intended to reverse the nation’s dwindling manufacturing sector. It is the “first step” in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s election promise “to revive our ability to make world-class products”. The fund ... <a title="3 ways to help the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund revive manufacturing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/3-ways-to-help-the-15-billion-national-reconstruction-fund-revive-manufacturing-202834/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways to help the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund revive manufacturing">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Shutterstock New Zealand is a small country that suddenly has big ideas about public transportation projects for its largest city. In February, the physical work began for a partially tunnelled light rail line under the Auckland CBD ... <a title="A short history of doomed second harbour crossing proposals for Auckland – and a quicker, cheaper option" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/a-short-history-of-doomed-second-harbour-crossing-proposals-for-auckland-and-a-quicker-cheaper-option-203140/" aria-label="Read more about A short history of doomed second harbour crossing proposals for Auckland – and a quicker, cheaper option">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Lobbyists have never been under such intense pressure and scrutiny. There is currently a real momentum building to rein in New Zealand’s wild west lobbying environment. Politicians challenged to clampdown on lobbying Political parties are now being challenged to say how they would gain control of New Zealand’s runaway lobbying ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Demands on politicians to regulate lobbying ramp up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-demands-on-politicians-to-regulate-lobbying-ramp-up/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Demands on politicians to regulate lobbying ramp up">Read more</a>
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April 3, 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 STUART NASH, OIA, LOBBYING Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Stuart Nash scandal puts OIA and lobbyist laws in the spotlight 1News: Q+A: Nash saga erodes public’s trust in Govt – ... <a title="Newsletter: April 3 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/newsletter-april-3-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: April 3 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Higgins, Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock The following story deals with reports of childhood maltreatment, including neglect and physical and sexual abuse. This week, we released results from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study. It is the first national survey ... <a title="Major study reveals two-thirds of people who suffer childhood maltreatment suffer more than one kind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/major-study-reveals-two-thirds-of-people-who-suffer-childhood-maltreatment-suffer-more-than-one-kind-202033/" aria-label="Read more about Major study reveals two-thirds of people who suffer childhood maltreatment suffer more than one kind">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor Green, Senior Lecturer In Computational Petrology, The University of Melbourne An amateur gold prospector in Victoria, Australia, recently discovered a gold nugget big enough to hold in two hands, worth around A$240,000. It was a lucky find, but he had chosen the right place to look. ... <a title="Victoria’s gold rush ended in the 19th century. So why are people still finding so much gold?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/victorias-gold-rush-ended-in-the-19th-century-so-why-are-people-still-finding-so-much-gold-202846/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s gold rush ended in the 19th century. So why are people still finding so much gold?">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Hobbs, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney This is the second article in our series explaining Voice, Treaty and Truth. Read the first article in the series here. The Uluru Statement from the Heart calls for Voice, Treaty and Truth. These aspirations are intended as a ... <a title="What actually is a treaty? What could it mean for Indigenous people?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/what-actually-is-a-treaty-what-could-it-mean-for-indigenous-people-200261/" aria-label="Read more about What actually is a treaty? What could it mean for Indigenous people?">Read more</a>