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Can a new department head get the politics out of infrastructure? (And is that a good idea anyway?)

July 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James C. Murphy, Lecturer & Tutor (Teaching Intensive) in Politics and Public Policy, The University of Melbourne Federal infrastructure policy has been rife with controversy for years: from the sports rorts scandal and dubious commuter car parks to overpriced land for the second Sydney airport. So notorious ... <a title="Can a new department head get the politics out of infrastructure? (And is that a good idea anyway?)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/can-a-new-department-head-get-the-politics-out-of-infrastructure-and-is-that-a-good-idea-anyway-185876/" aria-label="Read more about Can a new department head get the politics out of infrastructure? (And is that a good idea anyway?)">Read more</a>

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More rented, more mortgaged, less owned: what the census tells us about housing

July 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University On the surface, the latest census tells us home ownership has changed little over the past five years. Between the 2016 census and this census in 2021, the share of Australians owning their homes remained ... <a title="More rented, more mortgaged, less owned: what the census tells us about housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/more-rented-more-mortgaged-less-owned-what-the-census-tells-us-about-housing-185893/" aria-label="Read more about More rented, more mortgaged, less owned: what the census tells us about housing">Read more</a>

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Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there’s good evidence to support them

July 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University amrothman from Pixabay, CC BY-SA When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media some 500 years later. Yet social media platforms are ... <a title="Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there’s good evidence to support them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/concerns-over-tiktok-feeding-user-data-to-beijing-are-back-and-theres-good-evidence-to-support-them-186211/" aria-label="Read more about Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there’s good evidence to support them">Read more</a>

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‘Quite irreparable damage’: child family violence survivors on how court silenced and retraumatised them

July 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, EG Whitlam Research Fellow, Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University, and Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia Shutterstock Nobody spoke to Donna* or her sister in the lead up to the family court decision that ordered the children to spend time alone with their ... <a title="‘Quite irreparable damage’: child family violence survivors on how court silenced and retraumatised them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/quite-irreparable-damage-child-family-violence-survivors-on-how-court-silenced-and-retraumatised-them-185198/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Quite irreparable damage’: child family violence survivors on how court silenced and retraumatised them">Read more</a>

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Incarcerated people with disability don’t get the support they need – that makes them more likely to reoffend

July 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Yates, Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney People with disability are over-represented in prison and some are criminalised because of behaviours related to their disability. But they are unlikely to have their disability recognised or adjusted for, and the connection between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and ... <a title="Incarcerated people with disability don’t get the support they need – that makes them more likely to reoffend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/incarcerated-people-with-disability-dont-get-the-support-they-need-that-makes-them-more-likely-to-reoffend-185395/" aria-label="Read more about Incarcerated people with disability don’t get the support they need – that makes them more likely to reoffend">Read more</a>

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‘We are not in this alone’: stressed teachers find hope in peer-support model used by frontline health workers

July 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Southall, Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Trauma, La Trobe University Shutterstock Teachers are burning out and leaving the profession in unprecedented numbers. Classrooms and workloads are challenging, made worse by staff shortages, and teachers are stressed. Student welfare needs to be prioritised, but the educators supporting ... <a title="‘We are not in this alone’: stressed teachers find hope in peer-support model used by frontline health workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/we-are-not-in-this-alone-stressed-teachers-find-hope-in-peer-support-model-used-by-frontline-health-workers-185683/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We are not in this alone’: stressed teachers find hope in peer-support model used by frontline health workers">Read more</a>

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How Solntsepyok, a brutal 2021 propaganda film, primed Russians for war with Ukraine

July 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Dolgopolov, Senior Lecturer in Film, UNSW Sydney Screenshot/YouTube The war in Ukraine is as much a bloody conflict as it is a propaganda war. The doublespeak in Russian media is that there is no war, that the Bucha massacre was staged by Ukrainians and that Russians ... <a title="How Solntsepyok, a brutal 2021 propaganda film, primed Russians for war with Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/how-solntsepyok-a-brutal-2021-propaganda-film-primed-russians-for-war-with-ukraine-185701/" aria-label="Read more about How Solntsepyok, a brutal 2021 propaganda film, primed Russians for war with Ukraine">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Government appointments under scrutiny

July 6, 2022

Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Government appointments under scrutiny Are our ethical standards in politics dropping? Recently there have been several appointments made by Government and related agencies that have raised questions about conflicts of interest or about whether correct procedures have been followed. However, not all scrutiny and criticisms are welcomed or embraced. ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Government appointments under scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-government-appointments-under-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Government appointments under scrutiny">Read more</a>

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Nation-building or nature-destroying? Why it’s time NZ faced up to the environmental damage of its colonial past

July 6, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olli Hellmann, Senior Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, University of Waikato National Library of New Zealand, CC BY-NC-ND The ways in which New Zealand remembers European colonisation have changed markedly in recent years. Critics have been chipping away at the public image of Captain James ... <a title="Nation-building or nature-destroying? Why it’s time NZ faced up to the environmental damage of its colonial past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/nation-building-or-nature-destroying-why-its-time-nz-faced-up-to-the-environmental-damage-of-its-colonial-past-185693/" aria-label="Read more about Nation-building or nature-destroying? Why it’s time NZ faced up to the environmental damage of its colonial past">Read more</a>

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Rates rise to 1.35% – and there’s no stopping now the RBA’s on a mission to whip inflation

July 5, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Shutterstock There was no suprise in the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia lifting interest rates at its July meeting. The only question was by how much. Would it be a “regular” increase of 25 basis points? Or a ... <a title="Rates rise to 1.35% – and there’s no stopping now the RBA’s on a mission to whip inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/rates-rise-to-1-35-and-theres-no-stopping-now-the-rbas-on-a-mission-to-whip-inflation-186212/" aria-label="Read more about Rates rise to 1.35% – and there’s no stopping now the RBA’s on a mission to whip inflation">Read more</a>

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Word from The Hill: People’s pockets hit again, with rate rise and floods set to boost veggie prices

July 5, 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. Michelle and Peter Browne from the Politics + Society team ... <a title="Word from The Hill: People’s pockets hit again, with rate rise and floods set to boost veggie prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/word-from-the-hill-peoples-pockets-hit-again-with-rate-rise-and-floods-set-to-boost-veggie-prices-186387/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: People’s pockets hit again, with rate rise and floods set to boost veggie prices">Read more</a>

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With The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the Sydney Theatre Company gives us a Brontë adaptation for our moment

July 5, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Smith, Professor of English, University of Sydney Sydney Theatre Company/Prudence Upton Review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, directed by Jessica Arthur for the Sydney Theatre Company “You know when it’s the autumn of 1827, and you’re sitting in a church, having the wrong sort of existential ... <a title="With The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the Sydney Theatre Company gives us a Brontë adaptation for our moment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/with-the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall-the-sydney-theatre-company-gives-us-a-bronte-adaptation-for-our-moment-186298/" aria-label="Read more about With The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the Sydney Theatre Company gives us a Brontë adaptation for our moment">Read more</a>