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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University There was not a lot of cheer in the media reporting ahead of the 2025/6 Victorian budget released on Wednesday. Debt and deficits dominated the coverage. All eyes turned to new treasurer, Jaclyn Symes, to see if in ... <a title="Victorian budget has cash to splash on health, transport but new levies, job cuts, rising debt signal pain ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/victorian-budget-has-cash-to-splash-on-health-transport-but-new-levies-job-cuts-rising-debt-signal-pain-ahead-257013/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian budget has cash to splash on health, transport but new levies, job cuts, rising debt signal pain ahead">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock speaks at a forum during the World Bank/IMF meetings in Washington in April. Jose Luis Magana/AP The Reserve Bank of Australia cut the official interest rate for the ... <a title="RBA cuts interest rates, ready to respond again if the economy weakens further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/rba-cuts-interest-rates-ready-to-respond-again-if-the-economy-weakens-further-256798/" aria-label="Read more about RBA cuts interest rates, ready to respond again if the economy weakens further">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Botterill, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In the weeks since the federal election, there’s been much speculation about the future of the Coalition agreement. In their soul-searching, it seemed possible the Liberals might pull the pin, given the degree of their ... <a title="The Coalition is on a break, but the Nationals risk finding their former partner doesn’t want them back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/the-coalition-is-on-a-break-but-the-nationals-risk-finding-their-former-partner-doesnt-want-them-back-257117/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition is on a break, but the Nationals risk finding their former partner doesn’t want them back">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Ensuring the provision of high quality disability services will pose a significant challenge for the Albanese government’s second term. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) cost A$43.9 billion in 2023–24 and is one of the ... <a title="The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/the-government-wants-to-contain-ndis-growth-but-ineligible-people-with-disability-also-need-support-256236/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Bell-James, Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland New federal Environment Minister Murray Watt is in Western Australia this week to reboot nature law reform. Reform stalled in the Senate last term, following stiff opposition from the state’s Labor government and mining sector. ... <a title="Can Murray Watt fix Australia’s broken nature laws? First stop, Western Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/can-murray-watt-fix-australias-broken-nature-laws-first-stop-western-australia-257000/" aria-label="Read more about Can Murray Watt fix Australia’s broken nature laws? First stop, Western Australia">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Riboldi, Lecturer in Social Impact and Social Change, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney The Conversation , CC BY Social media advertising is an increasingly important frontier in election campaigns. Political parties, candidates and third-party groups – such as trade unions, industry bodies and interest ... <a title="Follow the money: the organisations that spent the most on social media during the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/follow-the-money-the-organisations-that-spent-the-most-on-social-media-during-the-election-256784/" aria-label="Read more about Follow the money: the organisations that spent the most on social media during the election">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Making Jakarta their first overseas visit has become a set piece for newly elected Australian prime ministers dating back to John Howard in 1996. ... <a title="There’s no country more important to Australia than Indonesia. Trouble is, the feeling isn’t mutual" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/theres-no-country-more-important-to-australia-than-indonesia-trouble-is-the-feeling-isnt-mutual-256900/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no country more important to Australia than Indonesia. Trouble is, the feeling isn’t mutual">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Nationals’ leader David Littleproud has singled out nuclear energy as a key reason for his party’s spectacular split from the Liberals, as both parties seek to rebuild following the Coalition’s devastating election loss. Speaking to the media ... <a title="David Littleproud cites nuclear energy disagreement as major factor in Coalition split" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/david-littleproud-cites-nuclear-energy-disagreement-as-major-factor-in-coalition-split-256904/" aria-label="Read more about David Littleproud cites nuclear energy disagreement as major factor in Coalition split">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Sheard, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne Studio Romantic/Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly transforming the world of work – not least, the process of hiring, managing and promoting employees. According to the most recent Responsible AI Index, 62% of Australian organisations used AI ... <a title="AI may be exposing jobseekers to discrimination. Here’s how we could better protect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/ai-may-be-exposing-jobseekers-to-discrimination-heres-how-we-could-better-protect-them-256789/" aria-label="Read more about AI may be exposing jobseekers to discrimination. Here’s how we could better protect them">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University 1000 Words/Shutterstock An apt metaphor for the Department of Defence in Labor’s second term might be the Titanic. The good ship “defence” has hit an iceberg: the senior officers are reassuring all is fine, the band is playing and ... <a title="Labor’s second-term defence priorities – could they include a pact with Europe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/labors-second-term-defence-priorities-could-they-include-a-pact-with-europe-256580/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s second-term defence priorities – could they include a pact with Europe?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Sandberg, Senior Lecturer, Technology in Culture and Society, The University of Melbourne Netflix It all starts when a group of old friends in Buenos Aires meet for a round of the card game truco on a hot summer night. Suddenly – a power outage. As darkness ... <a title="Why Netflix’s The Eternaut is one of the most important shows to come out of Argentina in recent years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/why-netflixs-the-eternaut-is-one-of-the-most-important-shows-to-come-out-of-argentina-in-recent-years-256879/" aria-label="Read more about Why Netflix’s The Eternaut is one of the most important shows to come out of Argentina in recent years">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals have broken the Coalition, for the first time in nearly four decades, because new Liberal leader Sussan Ley would not agree to their policy demands being part of a new agreement between the parties. Ley had hoped an ... <a title="Nationals break the Coalition, in a major blow to Sussan Ley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/nationals-break-the-coalition-in-a-major-blow-to-sussan-ley-256455/" aria-label="Read more about Nationals break the Coalition, in a major blow to Sussan Ley">Read more</a>
