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May 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney The election is over, the Coalition has won the most seats. But we don’t yet know if it will form a majority or a minority government. So what happens now? First, there will be continued counting to determine ... <a title="Majority or minority Coalition government? Here’s what happens now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/19/majority-or-minority-coalition-government-heres-what-happens-now-117380/" aria-label="Read more about Majority or minority Coalition government? Here’s what happens now">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University The Coalition has won the federal election. So what will this mean for key policy areas? Our experts take a ... <a title="Key challenges for the re-elected Coalition government: our experts respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/19/key-challenges-for-the-re-elected-coalition-government-our-experts-respond-117325/" aria-label="Read more about Key challenges for the re-elected Coalition government: our experts respond">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Coalition has been re-elected in a shock result in which Labor lost seats in Queensland, Tasmania and NSW and failed to make more than minimal gains nationally. But former prime minister Tony Abbott has been routed in Warringah, defeated ... <a title="Scott Morrison hails ‘miracle’ as Coalition snatches unexpected victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/19/scott-morrison-hails-miracle-as-coalition-snatches-unexpected-victory-117375/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison hails ‘miracle’ as Coalition snatches unexpected victory">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 57% of votes counted in the election, the ABC is projecting that the Coalition will win 74 of the 151 seats, to 66 for Labor and six crossbenchers. Six seats remain in doubt, so ... <a title="Coalition likely to win election in Trump-like upset, but Abbott loses Warringah" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/19/coalition-likely-to-win-election-in-trump-like-upset-but-abbott-loses-warringah-116804/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition likely to win election in Trump-like upset, but Abbott loses Warringah">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hudson, Researcher, University of Manchester, University of Manchester Since the news broke of his passing, Bob Hawke has been feted as the “environmental prime minister”. From saving the Franklin River, to protecting Antarctica from mining, conservationists have praised his environmental legacy in the same way economists ... <a title="Bob Hawke, the environmental PM, bequeathed a huge ‘what if’ on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/bob-hawke-the-environmental-pm-bequeathed-a-huge-what-if-on-climate-change-117318/" aria-label="Read more about Bob Hawke, the environmental PM, bequeathed a huge ‘what if’ on climate change">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob J Hyndman, Professor of Statistics, Monash University Australia has changed in many ways over the past two decades. Rising house prices, country-wide improvements in education, an ageing population, and a decline in religious affiliation, are just some of the ways it has changed. At the same ... <a title="You are what you vote: the social and demographic factors that influence your vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/you-are-what-you-vote-the-social-and-demographic-factors-that-influence-your-vote-116591/" aria-label="Read more about You are what you vote: the social and demographic factors that influence your vote">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s always easy to romanticise the past – in celebrating the prime ministership of Bob Hawke it is important to remember it had its peaks and troughs. Trouble marked many years – the fall of ministers, nasty spats between the ... <a title="View from the Hill: Bob Hawke was master of managing government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/view-from-the-hill-bob-hawke-was-master-of-managing-government-117326/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: Bob Hawke was master of managing government">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thornhill, Research botanist at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia/Environment Institute, University of Adelaide Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. On the western side of Mount Bartle Frere, the tallest ... <a title="Vic Stockwell’s Puzzle is an unlikely survivor from a different epoch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/vic-stockwells-puzzle-is-an-unlikely-survivor-from-a-different-epoch-113370/" aria-label="Read more about Vic Stockwell’s Puzzle is an unlikely survivor from a different epoch">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Opinion polls haven’t done too well in some important recent elections. Polls failed to foresee the Brexit decision, and suggested Hillary Clinton would be elected president of the United States in 2016. There’s good reason to think polls now have a ... <a title="Vital Signs: for the best election predictions, look to the betting markets, not the opinion polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/vital-signs-for-the-best-election-predictions-look-to-the-betting-markets-not-the-opinion-polls-117076/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: for the best election predictions, look to the betting markets, not the opinion polls">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics and host of The Airport Economist, UNSW When I was growing up in Adelaide in the 1970s I wanted to be like Bob Hawke. Other kids generally wanted to be cricket, football or rock stars. I wanted to be a ... <a title="What I learned from Bob Hawke: economics isn’t an end itself. There has to be a social benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/what-i-learned-from-bob-hawke-economics-isnt-an-end-itself-there-has-to-be-a-social-benefit-117314/" aria-label="Read more about What I learned from Bob Hawke: economics isn’t an end itself. There has to be a social benefit">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Rolfe, Honorary associate, School of Social Sciences, UNSW It can be hard for a political cause to get noticed in a jaded world awash with information, but conspiracy theories can go a long way. This could help explain the motivations of the lobbying group Advance Australia ... <a title="GetUp!’s brand of in-your-face activism is winning elections – and making enemies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/getup-s-brand-of-in-your-face-activism-is-winning-elections-and-making-enemies-116672/" aria-label="Read more about GetUp!’s brand of in-your-face activism is winning elections – and making enemies">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Leigh Sullivan speaks to Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss the passing of former Labor prime minister Bob Hawke and his legacy, as well as the final campaign push by ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the passing of Bob Hawke – and the final campaign push" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/17/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-passing-of-bob-hawke-and-the-final-campaign-push-117315/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the passing of Bob Hawke – and the final campaign push">Read more</a>
