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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW If a week is a long time in politics, then 35 years must be an eternity. 35 years ago, on Monday December 12, 1983, the Hawke-Keating government announced the Australian dollar would be floated. That is, the ... <a title="Vital Signs: 35 extraordinary years. What the float of Australian dollar bought us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/vital-signs-35-extraordinary-years-what-the-float-of-australian-dollar-bought-us-108052/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: 35 extraordinary years. What the float of Australian dollar bought us">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, Senior Lecturer, Business Law, Charles Darwin University An agreement between Darwin’s city council and an overseas municipal counterpart normally wouldn’t attract much attention. Local government officials love signing such deals. Darwin already has no less than six “sister city” arrangements, including with the Chinese city ... <a title="Darwin port’s sale is a blueprint for China’s future economic expansion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/darwin-ports-sale-is-a-blueprint-for-chinas-future-economic-expansion-108254/" aria-label="Read more about Darwin port’s sale is a blueprint for China’s future economic expansion">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Breen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Publishing, Griffith University When you grow up with no books in the house except maybe the full Readers Digest set of Catherine Cooksons and Bert Ryan’s Guide to Fishing you worship other heroes. The great battles in life are not ... <a title="Friday essay: love hurts – on a life of sports fandom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/friday-essay-love-hurts-on-a-life-of-sports-fandom-105661/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: love hurts – on a life of sports fandom">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the topsy turvy Liberal universe, just when the right is trying to tighten its grip on the throat of the party, the government is haring off to the left, with this week’s legislation to allow it to break up ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Hokey-pokey politics as the government is shaken all about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/grattan-on-friday-hokey-pokey-politics-as-the-government-is-shaken-all-about-108364/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Hokey-pokey politics as the government is shaken all about">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University There has been a six-fold increase in sales of infant formula prescribed for babies with cows’ milk protein allergy in the United Kingdom from 2006 to 2016. This is despite no evidence of a ... <a title="Infant formula companies are behind the guidelines on milk allergy, and their sales are soaring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/infant-formula-companies-are-behind-the-guidelines-on-milk-allergy-and-their-sales-are-soaring-108255/" aria-label="Read more about Infant formula companies are behind the guidelines on milk allergy, and their sales are soaring">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester Among the tributes, critiques and personal reminsces on the life of former US president George H.W. Bush, there has been plenty of reflection on his war record – but less on how he handled himself during the ... <a title="George Bush Sr could have got in on the ground floor of climate action – history would have thanked him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/george-bush-sr-could-have-got-in-on-the-ground-floor-of-climate-action-history-would-have-thanked-him-108050/" aria-label="Read more about George Bush Sr could have got in on the ground floor of climate action – history would have thanked him">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Today we’re taking a look back at some of the biggest issues of 2018 with special guest Kath Viner, editor-in-chief of The Guardian. As the media grappled this year with how to cover Donald Trump ... <a title="Media Files: Covering Trump, funding news and the rise of impunity. The Guardian’s Kath Viner on the big media stories of 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/media-files-covering-trump-funding-news-and-the-rise-of-impunity-the-guardians-kath-viner-on-the-big-media-stories-of-2018-106540/" aria-label="Read more about Media Files: Covering Trump, funding news and the rise of impunity. The Guardian’s Kath Viner on the big media stories of 2018">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 06 2018 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry report Kyle MacDonald (Herald): Government Inquiry into Mental Health could look like this Glenn McConnell (Stuff): We all know how bad ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 06 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-06-2018/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 06 2018">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Biddle, Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Support for democracy and trust in politicians is falling. We hear a lot about evidence-based policy as a way to stem this decline, but less about how that evidence should be generated. One ... <a title="Voters are crying out for better government but have mixed views on how to achieve it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/voters-are-crying-out-for-better-government-but-have-mixed-views-on-how-to-achieve-it-107713/" aria-label="Read more about Voters are crying out for better government but have mixed views on how to achieve it">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jana Matthews, ANZ Chair in Business Growth. Director, Australian Centre for Business Growth, University of South Australia The Australian government has a plan to help the nation’s small and medium-sized businesses – but it’s not a very well-developed one. Its cornerstone is A$2 billion for a “Securitisation ... <a title="Thanks for the $2 billion for small-business expansion; now all we need are plans to expand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/thanks-for-the-2-billion-for-small-business-expansion-now-all-we-need-are-plans-to-expand-107797/" aria-label="Read more about Thanks for the $2 billion for small-business expansion; now all we need are plans to expand">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kellie Bousfield, Lecturer, Charles Sturt University Australia’s education system often suffers a barrage of criticism – claims of stagnant or declining NAPLAN results, slippage in international comparisons and rankings, and an irrelevant curriculum, tend to draw the attention of politicians, the media, and the Australian public. It’s ... <a title="Student protests show Australian education does get some things right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/student-protests-show-australian-education-does-get-some-things-right-108258/" aria-label="Read more about Student protests show Australian education does get some things right">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Linden, Sessional Lecturer, PhD (Management) Candidate, School of Management, RMIT University As the final round of what the Twitterverse calls #BankingRC ended, two of Australia’s most highly respected business journalists sought to sum up what has emerged in the 68 days of hearings. They didn’t hold ... <a title="Will Hayne blink? The problems with banks demand tough measures that neither they nor their regulators want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/06/will-hayne-blink-the-problems-with-banks-demand-tough-measures-that-neither-they-nor-their-regulators-want-107953/" aria-label="Read more about Will Hayne blink? The problems with banks demand tough measures that neither they nor their regulators want">Read more</a>
