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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Mills, Hon Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney Australians’ enthusiastic uptake of early voting is changing the traditional election campaign in largely unexpected ways. Candidates are spending less time campaigning in the community and more time at pre-polling stations. Parties are ... <a title="Three weeks of early voting has a significant effect on democracy. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/three-weeks-of-early-voting-has-a-significant-effect-on-democracy-heres-why-115909/" aria-label="Read more about Three weeks of early voting has a significant effect on democracy. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History , UNSW With taxes and health care emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from agricultural workers’ wages to the Vietnam War. ... <a title="Issues that swung elections: Petrol shortages and the dawn of the Menzies era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/issues-that-swung-elections-petrol-shortages-and-the-dawn-of-the-menzies-era-115130/" aria-label="Read more about Issues that swung elections: Petrol shortages and the dawn of the Menzies era">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siew Lim, NHMRC Early Career Fellow/ Monash Health dietitian, Monash University Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are more likely to be overweight or obese and their symptoms worsen the heavier they are. What causes this weight gain? How can losing weight help? And how can women ... <a title="Weight loss improves polycystic ovary symptoms. But don’t wait until middle age – start now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/weight-loss-improves-polycystic-ovary-symptoms-but-dont-wait-until-middle-age-start-now-113449/" aria-label="Read more about Weight loss improves polycystic ovary symptoms. But don’t wait until middle age – start now">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Labor’s proposed A$4 billion reform to the childcare subsidy on Sunday confirms that early childhood is a key policy issue this election. This is on top of Labor’s previous announcement of 15 hours of funded preschool for every ... <a title="Labor’s childcare plan: parents, children, and educators stand to benefit, but questions remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/labors-childcare-plan-parents-children-and-educators-stand-to-benefit-but-questions-remain-116143/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s childcare plan: parents, children, and educators stand to benefit, but questions remain">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Zyngier, Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University It’s often claimed private schools outperform public schools. In recent days, a media report revealed the Liberal Party candidate for the Melbourne seat of Macnamara had previously written in support of public funding of private schools. The report said ... <a title="Public schools actually outperform private schools, and with less money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/public-schools-actually-outperform-private-schools-and-with-less-money-113914/" aria-label="Read more about Public schools actually outperform private schools, and with less money">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Thompson, Senior Research Fellow, Transport, Health and Urban Design (THUD) Research Hub, University of Melbourne Globally, road crashes kill 1.3 million people a year and injure nearly 50 million more. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been identified as a potential solution to this issue if they can ... <a title="Nothing to fear? How humans (and other intelligent animals) might ruin the autonomous vehicle utopia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/nothing-to-fear-how-humans-and-other-intelligent-animals-might-ruin-the-autonomous-vehicle-utopia-114504/" aria-label="Read more about Nothing to fear? How humans (and other intelligent animals) might ruin the autonomous vehicle utopia">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Expect to hear a lot about tax during the coming leaders’ debates. Which is why it’s important to get two things straight. The first is that you can’t argue against a tax by pointing out ... <a title="Election tip: 23.9% is a meaningless figure, ignore the tax-to-GDP ratio" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/election-tip-23-9-is-a-meaningless-figure-ignore-the-tax-to-gdp-ratio-115432/" aria-label="Read more about Election tip: 23.9% is a meaningless figure, ignore the tax-to-GDP ratio">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Women have been sharing personal stories of sexual assault, abuse and harassment for – well – centuries. But in October 2017, when #MeToo went viral, there was a shift in the way these stories were received. ... <a title="Thirty-five voices, one movement: a new book examines #MeToo in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/thirty-five-voices-one-movement-a-new-book-examines-metoo-in-australia-116053/" aria-label="Read more about Thirty-five voices, one movement: a new book examines #MeToo in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a big hit announcement before the start of pre-polling, Bill Shorten on Sunday will pledge a A$4 billion boost for child care, making it cheaper for every family earning up to $174,000. From July 2020, 887,000 families would benefit ... <a title="Bill Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/28/bill-shorten-promises-4-billion-for-child-care-benefitting-887-000-families-116128/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will seek to bring the debate over immigration and refugees to the centre of the election campaign, with an announcement that a Coalition government would freeze the humanitarian intake. He will contrast this with Labor plans for an ... <a title="Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/28/morrison-brings-immigration-centre-stage-with-freeze-on-refugee-intake-116129/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Ahead of the first pre-pollers voting on Monday – and then switching off from the campaign noise – Labor will dangle more big bait, this time on child care. Bill Shorten flagged the initiative on Friday, saying that “in the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Palmer flypaper sticky for both sides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/27/view-from-the-hill-palmer-flypaper-sticky-for-both-sides-116096/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Palmer flypaper sticky for both sides">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Mudd, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University One day before calling the election, the government approved the controversial Yeelirrie uranium mine in the remote wilderness of Western Australia, about 500km north of Kalgoorlie. The Tjiwarl Traditional Owners have fought any uranium mining on their land ... <a title="It’s not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/26/its-not-worth-wiping-out-a-species-for-the-yeelirrie-uranium-mine-116059/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mine">Read more</a>
