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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Phelan, Associate Profesor of Communication, Massey University Two months before New Zealand’s 2017 elections, which eventually installed the Ardern coalition government, then Green party co-leader Metiria Turei gave a speech on welfare reform. Many political commentators had predicted an easy victory for the ruling National party, ... <a title="Were journalists ‘just doing their job’ in the political resignation of Metiria Turei?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/were-journalists-just-doing-their-job-in-the-political-resignation-of-metiria-turei-115040/" aria-label="Read more about Were journalists ‘just doing their job’ in the political resignation of Metiria Turei?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Gillespie, Deputy Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy & Associate Professor in Health Policy, University of Sydney Labor’s 2016 “Mediscare” has entered political memory as a campaign tactic that almost changed the game in that election. Using robocalls and text messages purporting to come from Medicare, ... <a title="Election campaign lesson #1: don’t mess with Medicare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/election-campaign-lesson-1-dont-mess-with-medicare-114292/" aria-label="Read more about Election campaign lesson #1: don’t mess with Medicare">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elsa Dominish, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Growing demand for electric vehicles is important to help cut transport emissions, but it will also lead to new mining. Without a careful approach, we could create new environmental damage while trying to solve ... <a title="Electric cars can clean up the mining industry – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/electric-cars-can-clean-up-the-mining-industry-heres-how-115369/" aria-label="Read more about Electric cars can clean up the mining industry – here’s how">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute State governments may run schools, but federal decisions still make a big difference to the education of Australian children. Whoever the federal education minister after the May 18 election, he or she needs to put these three things first: ... <a title="Three things Australia’s next education minister must prioritise to improve schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/three-things-australias-next-education-minister-must-prioritise-to-improve-schools-115223/" aria-label="Read more about Three things Australia’s next education minister must prioritise to improve schools">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute A federal election is an opportunity to take stock of how we are doing, where we are going, and what governments can do about it. Grattan Institute’s latest report, Commonwealth Orange Book 2019, released today, is designed to help the ... <a title="Grattan Orange Book. What the election should be about: priorities for the next government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/grattan-orange-book-what-the-election-should-be-about-priorities-for-the-next-government-115563/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan Orange Book. What the election should be about: priorities for the next government">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Almost a week into this campaign, many people would be finding their heads hurting. Others would be staying tuned out for a while yet, put off by the cacophony of conflicting claims. Voters have been bombarded by numbers. Numbers asserted, ... <a title="View from The Hill: Why would rational voters believe talk of hundreds of billions and 10-year timeframes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/17/view-from-the-hill-why-would-rational-voters-believe-talk-of-hundreds-of-billions-and-10-year-timeframes-115578/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Why would rational voters believe talk of hundreds of billions and 10-year timeframes?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Almost a week into this campaign, many people would be finding their heads hurting. Others would be staying tuned out for a while yet, put off by the cacophony of conflicting claims. Voters have been bombarded by numbers. Numbers asserted, ... <a title="View from The Hill: Why would rational voters believe talk of multiple billions and 10-year timeframes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/view-from-the-hill-why-would-rational-voters-believe-talk-of-multiple-billions-and-10-year-timeframes-115578/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Why would rational voters believe talk of multiple billions and 10-year timeframes?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona, Associate Research Fellow, Heritage Destruction Specialist, Deakin University Scrolling through news of the Notre Dame fire on social media feeds was like watching a real-time archive of grief in the making, as people expressed their dismay and sorrow at the damage wrought. Why ... <a title="Why are we so moved by the plight of the Notre Dame?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/why-are-we-so-moved-by-the-plight-of-the-notre-dame-115555/" aria-label="Read more about Why are we so moved by the plight of the Notre Dame?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Smith, Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University The destruction of Notre Dame cathedral is lamentable. A wonderful icon has been largely destroyed by fire. However, we should not despair. Part of the reason this loss is so upsetting is because ... <a title="Notre Dame: how a rebuilt cathedral could be just as wonderful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/notre-dame-how-a-rebuilt-cathedral-could-be-just-as-wonderful-115551/" aria-label="Read more about Notre Dame: how a rebuilt cathedral could be just as wonderful">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Smith, Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University The destruction of Notre Dame cathedral is lamentable. A wonderful icon has been largely destroyed by fire. However, we should not despair. Part of the reason this loss is so upsetting is because ... <a title="Don’t despair about Notre Dame – a rebuilt cathedral could be just as wonderful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/dont-despair-about-notre-dame-a-rebuilt-cathedral-could-be-just-as-wonderful-115551/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t despair about Notre Dame – a rebuilt cathedral could be just as wonderful">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Smith, Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University The destruction of Notre Dame cathedral is lamentable. A wonderful icon has been largely destroyed by fire. However, we should not despair. Part of the reason this loss is so upsetting is because ... <a title="Don’t despair about Notre Dame – a rebuilt church could be just as wonderful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/dont-despair-about-notre-dame-a-rebuilt-church-could-be-just-as-wonderful-115551/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t despair about Notre Dame – a rebuilt church could be just as wonderful">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Brookhouse, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Every autumn we are treated to one of nature’s finest seasonal annual transitions: leaf colour change and fall. Most of the autumn leaf-shedding trees in Australia are not native, and some are declared weeds. Nevertheless, Australia has a spectacular display ... <a title="Why climate change will dull autumn leaf displays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/why-climate-change-will-dull-autumn-leaf-displays-114750/" aria-label="Read more about Why climate change will dull autumn leaf displays">Read more</a>
