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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University AAP/Mick Tsikas As the election is looming, the Labor Party has placed integrity issues prominently on its party platform. Labor leader Anthony Albanese claims the Morrison government cannot be trusted, and that the only way to restore integrity ... <a title="Explainer: what are Labor and the Coalition promising on an anti-corruption commission and what is the government’s record?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/explainer-what-are-labor-and-the-coalition-promising-on-an-anti-corruption-commission-and-what-is-the-governments-record-180971/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what are Labor and the Coalition promising on an anti-corruption commission and what is the government’s record?">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Moodie, Adjunct professor, RMIT University In the lead-up to the federal election, neither of the major parties has given higher education much thought or attention. While the Coalition focuses on the military and Labor on aged care, universities continue to sweat it out after a decade ... <a title="Here’s what the major parties need to do about higher education this election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/heres-what-the-major-parties-need-to-do-about-higher-education-this-election-180855/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what the major parties need to do about higher education this election">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert K. Niven, Associate Professor, Australian Defence Force Academy Launcher with rocket missile on display at the Togliatti Technical museum, Russia. Shutterstock There has been widespread discussion of Russia’s threat to use tactical nuclear weapons in its war on Ukraine. Russia is estimated to have thousands of ... <a title="How to survive a tactical nuclear bomb? Defence experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/how-to-survive-a-tactical-nuclear-bomb-defence-experts-explain-181340/" aria-label="Read more about How to survive a tactical nuclear bomb? Defence experts explain">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Despite the seismic changes that have convulsed media communications and journalism since the turn of the millennium, the mainstream media remains a formidably relevant force, including at election time. Data on where people get ... <a title="How much do mainstream media matter in an election campaign? (Spoiler: more than you might think)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/how-much-do-mainstream-media-matter-in-an-election-campaign-spoiler-more-than-you-might-think-180780/" aria-label="Read more about How much do mainstream media matter in an election campaign? (Spoiler: more than you might think)">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Cutler, Director, Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University Kyle Green/AAP, CC BY The private health insurance rebate costs Australian taxpayers nearly A$7 billion per year, and has cost over $100 billion since its introduction. Yet the rebate’s return on investment has never been estimated. In ... <a title="What should happen to the private health insurance rebate this election? A $7 billion question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/what-should-happen-to-the-private-health-insurance-rebate-this-election-a-7-billion-question-181264/" aria-label="Read more about What should happen to the private health insurance rebate this election? A $7 billion question">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Gordon, Professor, Queensland University of Technology shutterstock Australian aged care policy and programs are increasingly focused on what’s known as “successful ageing” – helping people feel satisfied, happier and healthier as they age. The goal is not just living longer, but also living better. An essential ... <a title="Older Australians on the tough choices they face as energy costs set to increase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/older-australians-on-the-tough-choices-they-face-as-energy-costs-set-to-increase-180974/" aria-label="Read more about Older Australians on the tough choices they face as energy costs set to increase">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand GettyImages As New Zealand considers the removal of the goods and services tax (GST) from food to reduce costs for low income households, advocates need to consider the impact cheap food has on the environment and whether ... <a title="Cheaper food comes with other costs – why cutting GST isn’t the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/cheaper-food-comes-with-other-costs-why-cutting-gst-isnt-the-answer-181463/" aria-label="Read more about Cheaper food comes with other costs – why cutting GST isn’t the answer">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: On Katherine Deves, a hung parliament, and the new silence about COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/word-from-the-hill-on-katherine-deves-a-hung-parliament-and-the-new-silence-about-covid-181496/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: On Katherine Deves, a hung parliament, and the new silence about COVID">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation Remember those classic lines that have come out of election debates? Recall 2013 when Tony Abbott asked the audience, “Does this guy [Kevin Rudd] ever shut up?” Or Bill Shorten in 2019 describing Scott Morrison as a “classic space invader?” ... <a title="Below the Line: Will anyone watch the Morrison vs Albanese debate? And will a transphobia debate divide the Liberals? – podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/below-the-line-will-anyone-watch-the-morrison-vs-albanese-debate-and-will-a-transphobia-debate-divide-the-liberals-podcast-181476/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: Will anyone watch the Morrison vs Albanese debate? And will a transphobia debate divide the Liberals? – podcast">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock This election will be won by the Coalition and Prime Minister Scott Morrison if the economic models perform as expected – and they usually do. A model refined in 2000 by then Melbourne University ... <a title="This economic model tipped the last 2 elections – and it’s now pointing to a Coalition win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/this-economic-model-tipped-the-last-2-elections-and-its-now-pointing-to-a-coalition-win-181462/" aria-label="Read more about This economic model tipped the last 2 elections – and it’s now pointing to a Coalition win">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel da Silva, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne Russia may have used chemical weapons in its invasion of Ukraine, according to unconfirmed reports from the besieged city of Mariupol last week. The reports have been taken seriously, with official investigations announced and the ... <a title="Chemical weapons: how will we know if they have been used in Ukraine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/chemical-weapons-how-will-we-know-if-they-have-been-used-in-ukraine-181339/" aria-label="Read more about Chemical weapons: how will we know if they have been used in Ukraine?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW Sydney This month, mask mandates were lifted in South Australia, and vaccine requirements for dining and nightlife were removed in Queensland. Public health experts at the World Health Organization have begun discussing what conditions would eventually signal the public health emergency declared ... <a title="Many places are starting to wind back COVID restrictions, but this doesn’t mean the pandemic is over yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/many-places-are-starting-to-wind-back-covid-restrictions-but-this-doesnt-mean-the-pandemic-is-over-yet-180856/" aria-label="Read more about Many places are starting to wind back COVID restrictions, but this doesn’t mean the pandemic is over yet">Read more</a>
