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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Wong, Associate professor, Monash University The food we eat, the clothes we wear, the air we breathe, the water we drink – it’s all underpinned by healthy and productive soils. Since Europeans arrived in Australia, the continent’s soil has steadily been degraded. Yet, until now, we’ve ... <a title="Pay dirt: $200 million plan for Australia’s degraded soil is a crucial turning point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/pay-dirt-200-million-plan-for-australias-degraded-soil-is-a-crucial-turning-point-160704/" aria-label="Read more about Pay dirt: $200 million plan for Australia’s degraded soil is a crucial turning point">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week, out of left field, the government placed a three-year embargo on normal public sector wage bargaining, essentially a salary freeze. While there has been a certain amount of backtracking since, it is clear that the government has been very committed to ‘fiscal consolidation’ (aka ‘austerity’). What were they thinking? ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/keith-rankin-analysis-the-new-zealand-governments-public-finance-rabbithole/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne The federal budget’s allocation of A$2.3 billion in mental health and suicide prevention funding will be welcome news for the mental health services sector and for people who have struggled to find adequate support. The recent Productivity Commission and ... <a title="A bigger budget for mental health services won’t necessarily improve Australia’s mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/a-bigger-budget-for-mental-health-services-wont-necessarily-improve-australias-mental-health-160767/" aria-label="Read more about A bigger budget for mental health services won’t necessarily improve Australia’s mental health">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne The arts were in free fall this time last year. COVID-19 restrictions had shut everything down and artists and arts organisations were reeling from a dramatic loss of income, as ... <a title="Has the government rescued the arts in this budget? There are some winners but not much has changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/has-the-government-rescued-the-arts-in-this-budget-there-are-some-winners-but-not-much-has-changed-160195/" aria-label="Read more about Has the government rescued the arts in this budget? There are some winners but not much has changed">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The Government’s wage subsidy scheme may have incorrectly paid out billions of dollars to ineligible businesses, and this is not being audited. That’s the conclusion to be taken from the Auditor General’s report, released yesterday. It is highly critical about the lack of checks and balances on a scheme that has ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have billions been incorrectly paid out in the wage subsidy scheme?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-have-billions-been-incorrectly-paid-out-in-the-wage-subsidy-scheme/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have billions been incorrectly paid out in the wage subsidy scheme?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University This week, a returned traveller who was quarantining in South Australia seems to have been infected with the virus during his stay, before testing positive once returning to Melbourne. It’s the latest in a long line of hotel quarantine leaks ... <a title="Should we vaccinate all returned travellers in hotel quarantine? It’s no magic fix but it could reduce risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/should-we-vaccinate-all-returned-travellers-in-hotel-quarantine-its-no-magic-fix-but-it-could-reduce-risks-160711/" aria-label="Read more about Should we vaccinate all returned travellers in hotel quarantine? It’s no magic fix but it could reduce risks">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Bergin, Researcher, The University of Melbourne At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed prime real estate in the centre of Serbia’s capital, Belgrade: his face plastered across a billboard with the words “Thank you brother Xi”. The sign, courtesy of the ... <a title="How China used the media to spread its COVID narrative — and win friends around the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/how-china-used-the-media-to-spread-its-covid-narrative-and-win-friends-around-the-world-160694/" aria-label="Read more about How China used the media to spread its COVID narrative — and win friends around the world">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marek Kowalkiewicz, Professor and Founding Director of QUT Centre for the Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology The federal budget for 2021-22 promises A$1.2 billion over the next six years to support the Digital Economy Strategy, a plan to make Australia “a leading digital economy and society ... <a title="Did someone drop a zero? Australia’s digital economy budget spend should be 10 times bigger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/did-someone-drop-a-zero-australias-digital-economy-budget-spend-should-be-10-times-bigger-160626/" aria-label="Read more about Did someone drop a zero? Australia’s digital economy budget spend should be 10 times bigger">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The big investment in aged care announced in last night’s federal budget – an extra A$17.7 billion over five years – is a welcome response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. But even an investment of ... <a title="Budget package doesn’t guarantee aged-care residents will get better care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/budget-package-doesnt-guarantee-aged-care-residents-will-get-better-care-160611/" aria-label="Read more about Budget package doesn’t guarantee aged-care residents will get better care">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamara Cumming, Senior Lecturer, Charles Sturt University The government has committed an additional A$1.7 billion over five years to reduce the cost of childcare for around 250,000 families with more than one child. Another $1.6 billion is going into ensuring each four-year-old child gets 15 hours of ... <a title="‘Insulting’ and ‘degrading’: budget funding for childcare may help families but educators are still being paid pennies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/insulting-and-degrading-budget-funding-for-childcare-may-help-families-but-educators-are-still-being-paid-pennies-160610/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Insulting’ and ‘degrading’: budget funding for childcare may help families but educators are still being paid pennies">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Dunning, Sessional Lecturer, The University of Queensland Weeks of tensions between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem have boiled over in recent days, unleashing some of the worst violence between Israel and the Palestinians in years. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have left 30 ... <a title="Israel-Palestinian violence: why East Jerusalem has become a flashpoint in a decades-old conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/israel-palestinian-violence-why-east-jerusalem-has-become-a-flashpoint-in-a-decades-old-conflict-160697/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Palestinian violence: why East Jerusalem has become a flashpoint in a decades-old conflict">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Mowle, Lecturer in Finance, University of Canberra Home renovation has long been something of a national sport for many Australians, but community demand for home fix-ups has reached fever pitch since the pandemic. If you’re lucky enough to own a house — and able to afford ... <a title="How much can I spend on my home renovation? A personal finance expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/how-much-can-i-spend-on-my-home-renovation-a-personal-finance-expert-explains-160696/" aria-label="Read more about How much can I spend on my home renovation? A personal finance expert explains">Read more</a>
