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May 17, 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: Five seats to watch on Saturday night, and getting the hang of a hung parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/word-from-the-hill-five-seats-to-watch-on-saturday-night-and-getting-the-hang-of-a-hung-parliament-183236/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Five seats to watch on Saturday night, and getting the hang of a hung parliament">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malcolm Mackerras, Distinguished Fellow, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock As you head to your local polling place this Saturday, or cast your ballot in an early vote, it’s worth pondering: how does Australia’s voting system really work, anyway? The fundamentals of our electoral system have ... <a title="How does Australia’s voting system work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/how-does-australias-voting-system-work-177737/" aria-label="Read more about How does Australia’s voting system work?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation What do One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and Labor’s Tanya Plibersek have in common? They are both winning the battle for eyeballs on social media, says a top Facebook official. In the final episode before polling day of our election podcast ... <a title="Below the Line: A Facebook executive explains the last-minute election battle on social media – podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/below-the-line-a-facebook-executive-explains-the-last-minute-election-battle-on-social-media-podcast-183221/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: A Facebook executive explains the last-minute election battle on social media – podcast">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The last week of campaigns used to be frantic, behind the scenes. In public, right up until the final week, the leaders would make all sorts of promises, many of them expensive, with nary a ... <a title="Elections used to be about costings. Here’s what’s changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/elections-used-to-be-about-costings-heres-whats-changed-183095/" aria-label="Read more about Elections used to be about costings. Here’s what’s changed">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, Research fellow, UNSW Sydney Queensland residents are facing yet another arduous clean-up after floods inundated roads and towns last week. In the current La Niña period, from November 2021 to present, at least 41 people have died (including three missing presumed dead) from floods across ... <a title="When roads become rivers: forming a Plan B can stop people driving into floodwaters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/when-roads-become-rivers-forming-a-plan-b-can-stop-people-driving-into-floodwaters-183036/" aria-label="Read more about When roads become rivers: forming a Plan B can stop people driving into floodwaters">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Scott, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne “Strengthening Medicare” is one of Labor’s key election platforms. On Saturday, one week from the election, the opposition finally outlined its commitment to prop up the ailing primary care system, with a A$970m funding package. The promise ... <a title="Labor’s health package won’t ‘strengthen’ Medicare unless it includes these 3 things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/labors-health-package-wont-strengthen-medicare-unless-it-includes-these-3-things-183093/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s health package won’t ‘strengthen’ Medicare unless it includes these 3 things">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Johnson, Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide Scott Morrison’s election strategy was clear at the end of last year. As borders were opened up and restrictions eased, Morrison argued the Coalition would be winding back the big government measures that were ... <a title="Why Morrison’s ‘can-do’ capitalism and conservative masculinity may not be cutting through anymore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/why-morrisons-can-do-capitalism-and-conservative-masculinity-may-not-be-cutting-through-anymore-183118/" aria-label="Read more about Why Morrison’s ‘can-do’ capitalism and conservative masculinity may not be cutting through anymore">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Shutterstock It would be hard to find someone who’s visited Copenhagen or Amsterdam and complained about too many bikes. And you don’t tend to hear a lot of moaning about too much public transport in Singapore or ... <a title="Will the budget be another missed opportunity to get more New Zealanders out of their cars?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/will-the-budget-be-another-missed-opportunity-to-get-more-new-zealanders-out-of-their-cars-182428/" aria-label="Read more about Will the budget be another missed opportunity to get more New Zealanders out of their cars?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olga Dodd, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Uncertainty in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has wreaked havoc with the international commodity markets. In the normal pattern of the global economy, commodity exporting countries like New Zealand benefit from a rise ... <a title="The Russian invasion of Ukraine made everyone nervous, upending trade patterns for exporting countries like New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-made-everyone-nervous-upending-trade-patterns-for-exporting-countries-like-new-zealand-182857/" aria-label="Read more about The Russian invasion of Ukraine made everyone nervous, upending trade patterns for exporting countries like New Zealand">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Ravenswood, Associate Professor in Employment Relations, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Ahead of the 2022 budget, apprenticeships have been given a $230 million funding boost while negotiations between care workers and the government have fallen apart. It’s hard not to see this as a gender ... <a title="Collapse of negotiations with care workers shows little has changed in how the government views the work of women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/collapse-of-negotiations-with-care-workers-shows-little-has-changed-in-how-the-government-views-the-work-of-women-183025/" aria-label="Read more about Collapse of negotiations with care workers shows little has changed in how the government views the work of women">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Hollier, Adjunct Senior Lecturer – Science and Mathematics, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock When people hear the term “accessibility” in the context of disability, most will see images of ramps, automatic doors, elevators, or tactile paving (textured ground which helps vision impaired people navigate public spaces). These ... <a title="Digital inequality: why can I enter your building – but your website shows me the door?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/digital-inequality-why-can-i-enter-your-building-but-your-website-shows-me-the-door-182432/" aria-label="Read more about Digital inequality: why can I enter your building – but your website shows me the door?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University Mick Tsikas/AAP In the first week of the campaign, we journeyed around the country with six politics experts to examine the key seats and issues affecting different parts of the Australia. What has happened since? Which seats do you ... <a title="State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/state-of-the-states-six-politics-experts-take-us-around-australia-in-the-final-week-of-the-campaign-183099/" aria-label="Read more about State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign">Read more</a>
