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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s hard to believe Barnaby Joyce really wants to lead the Nationals again. Of course everyone knows he does, desperately, but his unhinged ABC interview with Patricia Karvelas on Monday showed a breathtaking absence of political judgement or personal restraint. ... <a title="View from The Hill: Joyce could be facing waves at a judicial inquiry after the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/view-from-the-hill-joyce-could-be-facing-waves-at-a-judicial-inquiry-after-the-election-115866/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Joyce could be facing waves at a judicial inquiry after the election">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lin Crase, Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia In 2017, the then agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce, signed off on an A$80 million purchase of a water entitlement from a company called Eastern Australia Agriculture. The problem is that Energy Minister Angus Taylor ... <a title="Australia’s ‘watergate’: here’s what taxpayers need to know about water buybacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/australias-watergate-heres-what-taxpayers-need-to-know-about-water-buybacks-115838/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘watergate’: here’s what taxpayers need to know about water buybacks">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Budarick, Lecturer in Media, University of Adelaide The fact that the community ethnic and multicultural broadcasting sector didn’t receive additional funding in the latest budget reflects a misunderstanding of the important role of ethnic media in Australian society. Ethnic print and broadcasting have a long history ... <a title="Ethnic media are essential for new migrants and should be better funded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/ethnic-media-are-essential-for-new-migrants-and-should-be-better-funded-115233/" aria-label="Read more about Ethnic media are essential for new migrants and should be better funded">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Last week’s revelation that a New Zealand nurse has been captured by Islamic State and detained in Syria for almost six years has caused tensions for the New Zealand government. Louisa Akavi was working for the International Committee of ... <a title="Rift between NZ government and aid agency over naming of nurse captured by ISIS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/rift-between-nz-government-and-aid-agency-over-naming-of-nurse-captured-by-isis-115593/" aria-label="Read more about Rift between NZ government and aid agency over naming of nurse captured by ISIS">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Today on Media Files, it’s journalism versus the big banks. We’re hearing from Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission. Adele Ferguson is a reporter ... <a title="Media Files: Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the ‘disappointing’ banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/media-files-investigative-journalist-adele-ferguson-on-the-disappointing-banking-royal-commission-and-how-she-works-with-whistleblowers-115460/" aria-label="Read more about Media Files: Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the ‘disappointing’ banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Kingsbury, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University Sri Lanka has long been subject to extremist violence. Easter Sunday’s coordinated bomb blasts, which killed almost 300 and injured hundreds more, are the latest in a long history of ethno-religious tragedies. While no one has ... <a title="Sri Lanka has a history of conflict, but the recent attacks appear different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/sri-lanka-has-a-history-of-conflict-but-the-recent-attacks-appear-different-115815/" aria-label="Read more about Sri Lanka has a history of conflict, but the recent attacks appear different">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Brown, Associate Professor in Philosophy, The University of Queensland Imagine you’re looking for your keys and you think you might have left them on the bookshelf. But when you look, you see nothing but books. A natural conclusion to draw is that the keys are not ... <a title="You look but do not find: why the absence of evidence can be a useful thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/you-look-but-do-not-find-why-the-a-b-s-e-n-c-e-o-f-e-v-i-d-e-n-c-e-can-be-a-useful-thing-114988/" aria-label="Read more about You look but do not find: why the absence of evidence can be a useful thing">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bill Shorten is pledging an overhaul of the visa system for foreign workers, saying this is needed to make sure employers do not import cheap labour instead of hiring locals. As Shorten campaigns on the theme of wages this week, ... <a title="Crackdown on foreign workers is part of Shorten’s wages campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/crackdown-on-foreign-workers-is-part-of-shortens-wages-campaign-115816/" aria-label="Read more about Crackdown on foreign workers is part of Shorten’s wages campaign">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Aulich, Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, University of Canberra The Coalition has been buoyed by the re-election of the Berejiklian government at the recent New South Wales state election. But this in turn has been tempered by the poor performance of the National Party. ... <a title="Discontent with Nationals in regional areas could spell trouble for Coalition at federal election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/discontent-with-nationals-in-regional-areas-could-spell-trouble-for-coalition-at-federal-election-115364/" aria-label="Read more about Discontent with Nationals in regional areas could spell trouble for Coalition at federal election">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmanuel Stamatakis, Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney People who spend much of their day sitting may need to move around less than we thought to counteract their sedentary lifestyle, new research shows. Our research, published today in the Journal of the ... <a title="How much do sedentary people really need to move? It’s less than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/how-much-do-sedentary-people-really-need-to-move-its-less-than-you-think-114824/" aria-label="Read more about How much do sedentary people really need to move? It’s less than you think">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Taylor, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Victoria has some of the most carbon-dense native forests in the world. Advocates for logging these forests often argue that wood products in buildings and furniture become long-term storage for carbon. However, these claims ... <a title="Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/logged-native-forests-mostly-end-up-in-landfill-not-in-buildings-and-furniture-115054/" aria-label="Read more about Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Assistant professor, George Washington University As I mentioned a few days ago, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison recycled three pretty big tax ideas in the 2019 budget, each one originally from the 2018 budget but supercharged, and in one case doubled. The ... <a title="The budget’s dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you’re not meant to know about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/the-budgets-dirty-secret-is-the-hikes-in-tax-rates-youre-not-meant-to-know-about-115457/" aria-label="Read more about The budget’s dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you’re not meant to know about">Read more</a>
