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Word from The Hill: Christmas can’t come too soon for Morrison

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversation’s politics ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Christmas can’t come too soon for Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/word-from-the-hill-christmas-cant-come-too-soon-for-morrison-172413/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Christmas can’t come too soon for Morrison">Read more</a>

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Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University original The Morrison government has finally provided details of the third draft of its religious discrimination bill. This prompted heated discussion in a meeting of Coalition MPs on Tuesday, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison still wants to see ... <a title="Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/third-time-lucky-what-has-changed-in-the-latest-draft-of-the-religious-discrimination-bill-172386/" aria-label="Read more about Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?">Read more</a>

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New Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme offers more flexibility … for employers

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Stead, Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Shutterstock The Australian government has announced a major change to its arrangements for migrant workers from Pacific Island nations (and Timor-Leste), replacing two existing temporary visa schemes with a single scheme, to be ... <a title="New Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme offers more flexibility … for employers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/new-pacific-australia-labour-mobility-scheme-offers-more-flexibility-for-employers-172385/" aria-label="Read more about New Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme offers more flexibility … for employers">Read more</a>

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Vale Stuart Macintyre: a history warrior who worked for a better Australia

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet McCalman AC, Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, The University of Melbourne Main photo: Melbourne University Publishing Stuart Macintyre has gone. To those whose lives touched his, an Australian history community without him seems hugely empty. For almost half a century he was there in the lives ... <a title="Vale Stuart Macintyre: a history warrior who worked for a better Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/vale-stuart-macintyre-a-history-warrior-who-worked-for-a-better-australia-172394/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Stuart Macintyre: a history warrior who worked for a better Australia">Read more</a>

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Adele has successfully asked Spotify to remove ‘shuffle’ from albums. Here’s why that’s important for musicians

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Assistant researcher, Queensland University of Technology Adele’s long awaited, newly released fourth studio album, 30 was guaranteed to make waves in the international music scene as Adele’s first full-length record in over six years. This week it made the news for a different ... <a title="Adele has successfully asked Spotify to remove ‘shuffle’ from albums. Here’s why that’s important for musicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/adele-has-successfully-asked-spotify-to-remove-shuffle-from-albums-heres-why-thats-important-for-musicians-172301/" aria-label="Read more about Adele has successfully asked Spotify to remove ‘shuffle’ from albums. Here’s why that’s important for musicians">Read more</a>

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‘Can-do capitalism’ is delivering less than it used to. Here are 3 reasons why

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The good news is supposed to be that when the government gets out of the way “can-do capitalism” will have us roaring back to where we were before. That’s the prime minister’s newest slogan, and ... <a title="‘Can-do capitalism’ is delivering less than it used to. Here are 3 reasons why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/can-do-capitalism-is-delivering-less-than-it-used-to-here-are-3-reasons-why-172376/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Can-do capitalism’ is delivering less than it used to. Here are 3 reasons why">Read more</a>

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Morrison’s opening of the door to international students leaves many in the sector blindsided and scrambling to catch up

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Ziguras, Professor of Global Studies, RMIT University Fully vaccinated international students from around the world will be allowed into Australia from next week, without needing to apply for a travel exemption. Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement yesterday. Although university bodies such as Universities Australia ... <a title="Morrison’s opening of the door to international students leaves many in the sector blindsided and scrambling to catch up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/morrisons-opening-of-the-door-to-international-students-leaves-many-in-the-sector-blindsided-and-scrambling-to-catch-up-172382/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s opening of the door to international students leaves many in the sector blindsided and scrambling to catch up">Read more</a>

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Morrison’s opening of the door to international students left many in the sector blindsided and scrambling to catch up

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Ziguras, Professor of Global Studies, RMIT University Fully vaccinated international students from around the world will be allowed into Australia from next week, without needing to apply for a travel exemption. Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement yesterday. Although university bodies such as Universities Australia ... <a title="Morrison’s opening of the door to international students left many in the sector blindsided and scrambling to catch up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/morrisons-opening-of-the-door-to-international-students-left-many-in-the-sector-blindsided-and-scrambling-to-catch-up-172382/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s opening of the door to international students left many in the sector blindsided and scrambling to catch up">Read more</a>

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We expected people with asthma to fare worse during COVID. Turns out they’ve had a break

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Thompson, Professor and Dean of the School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock There were fears at the beginning of the COVID pandemic that people with asthma would fare much worse than those without it. Intuitively, a disease that attacks the lungs should put ... <a title="We expected people with asthma to fare worse during COVID. Turns out they’ve had a break" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/we-expected-people-with-asthma-to-fare-worse-during-covid-turns-out-theyve-had-a-break-165730/" aria-label="Read more about We expected people with asthma to fare worse during COVID. Turns out they’ve had a break">Read more</a>

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New Zealand’s climate change regulation is messy and complex — here’s how to improve it

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Lynn Grieveson – Newsroom via Getty Images Like other countries, New Zealand has both international and domestic targets to reduce emissions, but they run on different timelines and are based on different assumptions. This week, public submissions close ... <a title="New Zealand’s climate change regulation is messy and complex — here’s how to improve it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/new-zealands-climate-change-regulation-is-messy-and-complex-heres-how-to-improve-it-172231/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s climate change regulation is messy and complex — here’s how to improve it">Read more</a>

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Andrew Wallace becomes the new speaker – a role that’s never been more important in Australian politics

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra The House of Representatives today chose Andrew Wallace as the new Speaker. Wallace has been the member for the Queensland Sunshine Coast electorate of Fisher since 2016. He worked as a ... <a title="Andrew Wallace becomes the new speaker – a role that’s never been more important in Australian politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/andrew-wallace-becomes-the-new-speaker-a-role-thats-never-been-more-important-in-australian-politics-171388/" aria-label="Read more about Andrew Wallace becomes the new speaker – a role that’s never been more important in Australian politics">Read more</a>

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Coal plants are closing faster than expected. Governments can keep the exit orderly

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Ha, Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The international climate summit in Glasgow aimed to “consign coal power to history”. But while some major coal-consuming countries have agreed to phase out the fossil fuel in the 2030s, Australia is not one of them. Under its recently released plan ... <a title="Coal plants are closing faster than expected. Governments can keep the exit orderly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/coal-plants-are-closing-faster-than-expected-governments-can-keep-the-exit-orderly-172150/" aria-label="Read more about Coal plants are closing faster than expected. Governments can keep the exit orderly">Read more</a>