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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra From inside the budget lockup, The Conversation’s Business and Economics editor Peter Martin and political and economic journalist Tim Colebatch from Inside Story shared their reactions to the pre-election budget. Martin said the budget featured a substantial tax cut “that ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on budget strategy and numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-peter-martin-and-tim-colebatch-on-budget-strategy-and-numbers-114354/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on budget strategy and numbers">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute This year’s budget includes $448.5 to modernise Australia’s Medicare system, by encouraging people with diabetes to sign up to a GP clinic for their care. The clinic will receive a lump sum payment to care for the person over time, ... <a title="Budget 2019 boosts aged care and mental health, and modernises Medicare: health experts respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/budget-2019-boosts-aged-care-and-mental-health-and-modernises-medicare-health-experts-respond-114194/" aria-label="Read more about Budget 2019 boosts aged care and mental health, and modernises Medicare: health experts respond">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillip O’Neill, Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University Infrastructure spending is one of the central themes of Treasurer Frydenberg’s budget speech. His headline announcement was the promise to increase the ten-year federal infrastructure spend from the A$75 billion announced last year to a target of ... <a title="Congestion-busting infrastructure plays catch-up on long-neglected needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/congestion-busting-infrastructure-plays-catch-up-on-long-neglected-needs-114598/" aria-label="Read more about Congestion-busting infrastructure plays catch-up on long-neglected needs">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Today’s federal budget, as predicted, was chock full of sweeteners designed to woo voters on the eve of what promises to be a bitterly fought election. We’ve got loads of analysis and at-a-glance graphics over here but if you’re just looking ... <a title="PODCAST: Michelle Grattan, Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on the election-eve budget chock full of sweeteners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/podcast-michelle-grattan-peter-martin-and-tim-colebatch-on-the-election-eve-budget-chock-full-of-sweeteners-114595/" aria-label="Read more about PODCAST: Michelle Grattan, Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on the election-eve budget chock full of sweeteners">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emil Jeyaratnam, Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation The budget bottom line will surge to a surplus next financial year on the back of higher than expected revenues from commodities, strong corporate profits and low unemployment. The estimated surplus of A$7.1 billion for 2019-20 will be the ... <a title="Infographic: Budget 2019 at a glance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/infographic-budget-2019-at-a-glance-114289/" aria-label="Read more about Infographic: Budget 2019 at a glance">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For the government this “election budget” is an exercise in juggling. On the one hand it is throwing out voter bait. On the other, it is running hard on the theme of economic responsibility. For the second budget in a ... <a title="View from The Hill: budget tax-upmanship as we head towards polling day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/view-from-the-hill-budget-tax-upmanship-as-we-head-towards-polling-day-114183/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: budget tax-upmanship as we head towards polling day">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In his budget speech tonight Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced that under a Coalition government we will see a decade of surpluses that will “continue to build toward 1% of GDP within a decade.” He went on: “we climb the mountain and ... <a title="Frydenberg’s budget looks toward zero net debt, but should this be our aim?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/frydenbergs-budget-looks-toward-zero-net-debt-but-should-this-be-our-aim-114185/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg’s budget looks toward zero net debt, but should this be our aim?">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Talk about retrospective. In his determination to quickly inject money into the economy (for economic as well as political reasons), Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has reached back in time to give us an extra tax cut ... <a title="It’s a budget cash splash that reaches back in time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/its-a-budget-cash-splash-that-reaches-back-in-time-114188/" aria-label="Read more about It’s a budget cash splash that reaches back in time">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney A weaker domestic economy has cost the budget A$15 billion over the next four years, but booming international commodity markets are more than offsetting this. The net result is a budget that will remain comfortably in surplus for the ... <a title="Iron ore dollars re-purposed to keep the economy afloat in budget 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/iron-ore-dollars-re-purposed-to-keep-the-economy-afloat-in-budget-2019-114187/" aria-label="Read more about Iron ore dollars re-purposed to keep the economy afloat in budget 2019">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Soanes, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Melbourne The phrase “urban jungle” gets thrown around a lot, but we don’t usually think of cities as places where rare or threatened species live. Our research, published today in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, shows some of Australia’s most ... <a title="The 39 endangered species in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and other Australian cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/the-39-endangered-species-in-melbourne-sydney-adelaide-and-other-australian-cities-114741/" aria-label="Read more about The 39 endangered species in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and other Australian cities">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Quodling, Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology After years of rejecting calls for increased regulatory oversight of Facebook, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now called for more cooperation with government in dealing with problems posed by internet platforms and ... <a title="Zuckerberg’s ‘new rules’ for the internet must move from words to actions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/zuckerbergs-new-rules-for-the-internet-must-move-from-words-to-actions-114593/" aria-label="Read more about Zuckerberg’s ‘new rules’ for the internet must move from words to actions">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato Sport may seem trivial in times of tragedy. But research shows its power during recovery from a traumatic experience. We draw on international research in spaces of conflict and following disaster to explain the ... <a title="The importance of sports in recovery from trauma:
lessons from and for Christchurch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/the-importance-of-sports-in-recovery-from-trauma-lessons-from-and-for-christchurch-114368/" aria-label="Read more about The importance of sports in recovery from trauma:
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