CoveragePost
April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bill Shorten is pledging an overhaul of the visa system for foreign workers, saying this is needed to make sure employers do not import cheap labour instead of hiring locals. As Shorten campaigns on the theme of wages this week, ... <a title="Crackdown on foreign workers is part of Shorten’s wages campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/crackdown-on-foreign-workers-is-part-of-shortens-wages-campaign-115816/" aria-label="Read more about Crackdown on foreign workers is part of Shorten’s wages campaign">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Aulich, Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, University of Canberra The Coalition has been buoyed by the re-election of the Berejiklian government at the recent New South Wales state election. But this in turn has been tempered by the poor performance of the National Party. ... <a title="Discontent with Nationals in regional areas could spell trouble for Coalition at federal election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/discontent-with-nationals-in-regional-areas-could-spell-trouble-for-coalition-at-federal-election-115364/" aria-label="Read more about Discontent with Nationals in regional areas could spell trouble for Coalition at federal election">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmanuel Stamatakis, Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney People who spend much of their day sitting may need to move around less than we thought to counteract their sedentary lifestyle, new research shows. Our research, published today in the Journal of the ... <a title="How much do sedentary people really need to move? It’s less than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/how-much-do-sedentary-people-really-need-to-move-its-less-than-you-think-114824/" aria-label="Read more about How much do sedentary people really need to move? It’s less than you think">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Taylor, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Victoria has some of the most carbon-dense native forests in the world. Advocates for logging these forests often argue that wood products in buildings and furniture become long-term storage for carbon. However, these claims ... <a title="Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/logged-native-forests-mostly-end-up-in-landfill-not-in-buildings-and-furniture-115054/" aria-label="Read more about Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Assistant professor, George Washington University As I mentioned a few days ago, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison recycled three pretty big tax ideas in the 2019 budget, each one originally from the 2018 budget but supercharged, and in one case doubled. The ... <a title="The budget’s dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you’re not meant to know about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/the-budgets-dirty-secret-is-the-hikes-in-tax-rates-youre-not-meant-to-know-about-115457/" aria-label="Read more about The budget’s dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you’re not meant to know about">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Svenja J. Kratz, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Creative Practice, University of Tasmania Eat the Problem, Kirsha Kaechele’s latest MONA-based project, proposes that killing and consuming invasive species offers a more sustainable and ethical option than our current industrial farming practices. In some ways, Kaechele’s work is a welcome ... <a title="MONA’s Eat the Problem is possibly well-meaning but ultimately exquisitely elitist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/monas-eat-the-problem-is-possibly-well-meaning-but-ultimately-exquisitely-elitist-115433/" aria-label="Read more about MONA’s Eat the Problem is possibly well-meaning but ultimately exquisitely elitist">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Most people have experienced being blocked up from time to time, whether it’s while travelling, after taking painkillers, or when you’ve let your diet go. But some people will experience constipation more often, and for longer ... <a title="Health Check: what causes constipation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/22/health-check-what-causes-constipation-114290/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: what causes constipation?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An Easter weekend in an election campaign might be a bit of a challenge for a pair of leaders who were atheist. But fortunately for Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten, declared believers, it wasn’t a problem. Both attended church services ... <a title="View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull’s home truths on the NEG help Labor in the climate wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/21/view-from-the-hill-malcolm-turnbulls-home-truths-on-the-neg-help-labor-in-the-climate-wars-115795/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull’s home truths on the NEG help Labor in the climate wars">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Cothren, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Chris Lilley was in strife almost from the moment he started filming his new mockumentary series Lunatics, which has begun streaming on Netflix. Last year, leaked photos of the comedic actor in African dress and an afro-wig set off a social ... <a title="Chris Lilley’s Lunatics has deadpan cringe, great dialogue but is more mawkish than outrageous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/19/chris-lilleys-lunatics-has-deadpan-cringe-great-dialogue-but-is-more-mawkish-than-outrageous-115453/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Lilley’s Lunatics has deadpan cringe, great dialogue but is more mawkish than outrageous">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Simpson, Professor of Population Health, Victoria University of Wellington The next influenza pandemic is a case of when, rather than if. In the last major influenza pandemic in 2009, 201,200 people worldwide died. The UK is now leading the world in how it prepares for such ... <a title="How the UK is leading the world on flu research, ready to kick in quickly when the next pandemic hits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/19/how-the-uk-is-leading-the-world-on-flu-research-ready-to-kick-in-quickly-when-the-next-pandemic-hits-115594/" aria-label="Read more about How the UK is leading the world on flu research, ready to kick in quickly when the next pandemic hits">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Politically speaking, the Easter break is a blessing for a jaded electorate, at least a partial rest for voters’ eyes and ears in a campaign that’s started as an impossibly complex jumble of claims and numbers. For Bill Shorten, Easter ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The campaign with built-in R&R for voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/19/grattan-on-friday-the-campaign-with-built-in-randr-for-voters-115715/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The campaign with built-in R&R for voters">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The first week of the federal election campaign has been dominated by heated disputes about the numbers behind both government and opposition policies. Both sides are under pressure. Notably, the cost of Labor’s 45% emissions-reduction target has been rightly questioned. Opposition ... <a title="Vital Signs: the ‘ball-tampering’ budget trick they don’t want you to know about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/vital-signs-the-ball-tampering-budget-trick-they-dont-want-you-to-know-about-115704/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the ‘ball-tampering’ budget trick they don’t want you to know about">Read more</a>
