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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University COVID has shown us what’s possible when it comes to alleviating poverty. For six months JobSeeker payments were doubled and then maintained at a level 50% above normal. When the bonus finishes at ... <a title="$1 billion per year (or less) could halve rental housing stress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/1-billion-per-year-or-less-could-halve-rental-housing-stress-146397/" aria-label="Read more about $1 billion per year (or less) could halve rental housing stress">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Isaacs, Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney How do filmmakers communicate big ideas on screen? In this video series, film scholar Bruce Isaacs analyses pivotal film scenes in detail. (Warning: this video contains violence and may be upsetting for some viewers.) [embedded content] Hollywood has ... <a title="Close up: in JFK’s opening montage Oliver Stone gets creative with history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/close-up-in-jfks-opening-montage-oliver-stone-gets-creative-with-history-146920/" aria-label="Read more about Close up: in JFK’s opening montage Oliver Stone gets creative with history">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In an election victory driven by her management of COVID, the dire second wave in Victoria likely helped Annastacia Pałaszczuk. Defending her tough border policy and her message about keeping Queenslanders safe, she had a real life example to illustrate ... <a title="View from The Hill: Victoria’s pain reinforced Pałaszczuk’s winning message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/view-from-the-hill-victorias-pain-reinforced-palaszczuks-winning-message-149244/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Victoria’s pain reinforced Pałaszczuk’s winning message">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Salisbury, Research Assistant, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland Queensland’s state election was always going to deliver an outcome for the record books. This was Australia’s first poll at state or federal level contested by two female leaders. It was also ... <a title="‘Three-peat Palaszczuk’: why Queenslanders swung behind Labor in historic election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/three-peat-palaszczuk-why-queenslanders-swung-behind-labor-in-historic-election-149076/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Three-peat Palaszczuk’: why Queenslanders swung behind Labor in historic election">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 48% of enrolled voters counted in Saturday’s Queensland election, the ABC is giving Labor 47 of the 93 seats (a bare majority), the LNP 33, all Others seven and six seats remain in doubt. ... <a title="Labor wins Queensland election, as Greens could win up to four seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/labor-wins-queensland-election-as-greens-could-win-up-to-four-seats-148715/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wins Queensland election, as Greens could win up to four seats">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University After three people died in a knife attack in Nice this week that French President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist attack”, there was a sense of déjà vu — we ... <a title="For French Muslims, every terror attack brings questions about their loyalty to the republic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/for-french-muslims-every-terror-attack-brings-questions-about-their-loyalty-to-the-republic-149151/" aria-label="Read more about For French Muslims, every terror attack brings questions about their loyalty to the republic">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Tranter, Professor of Sociology, University of Tasmania It’s written into electoral folklore that Labor was wiped out at the 2019 federal election because Queensland didn’t like its position on coal. As the story goes, Labor’s lukewarm support for the Adani coal mine and its ambitious climate ... <a title="Labor politicians need not fear: Queenslanders are no more attached to coal than the rest of Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/labor-politicians-need-not-fear-queenslanders-are-no-more-attached-to-coal-than-the-rest-of-australia-148993/" aria-label="Read more about Labor politicians need not fear: Queenslanders are no more attached to coal than the rest of Australia">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia should develop a national aerial fire fighting capability and fuel load management strategies should be more transparent, the inquiry set up following last summer’s devastating bushfires has recommended. In its 80 recommendations, including many shared between federal and state ... <a title="Set up national air fleet to fight fires, says royal commission, warning of worsening weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/set-up-national-air-fleet-to-fight-fires-says-royal-commission-warning-of-worsening-weather-149165/" aria-label="Read more about Set up national air fleet to fight fires, says royal commission, warning of worsening weather">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania The bushfire royal commission today handed down its long-awaited final report. At almost 1,000 pages, it will take us all some time to digest. But it marks the start of Australia’s national disaster adaptation journey after ... <a title="The bushfire royal commission has made a clarion call for change. Now we need politics to follow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/the-bushfire-royal-commission-has-made-a-clarion-call-for-change-now-we-need-politics-to-follow-149158/" aria-label="Read more about The bushfire royal commission has made a clarion call for change. Now we need politics to follow">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania The bushfire royal commission today handed down its long-awaited final report. At almost 1,000 pages, it will take us all some time to digest. But it marks the start of Australia’s national disaster adaptation journey after ... <a title="The bushfire royal commission sets a strong precedent for change. Now we need politics to follow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/the-bushfire-royal-commission-sets-a-strong-precedent-for-change-now-we-need-politics-to-follow-149158/" aria-label="Read more about The bushfire royal commission sets a strong precedent for change. Now we need politics to follow">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Uhlmann, Professor of English, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University Review: Cursed! by Kodie Bedford, directed by Jason Klarwein Tucked away at the back of the program for Kodie Bedford’s first play Cursed! is a blurb on Belvoir, mentioning the company has “faith in ... <a title="Review: Cursed! is a play of outrageous wit and deep thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/review-cursed-is-a-play-of-outrageous-wit-and-deep-thought-148333/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Cursed! is a play of outrageous wit and deep thought">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Mealy, Lecturer in Computer Science, University of the Sunshine Coast On Monday October 26, five days ahead of Queensland’s election, many voters received an unsolicited text message from Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy, accusing Labor of planning to introduce a “death tax” and providing a link ... <a title="How political parties legally harvest your data and use it to bombard you with election spam" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/how-political-parties-legally-harvest-your-data-and-use-it-to-bombard-you-with-election-spam-148803/" aria-label="Read more about How political parties legally harvest your data and use it to bombard you with election spam">Read more</a>
