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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute The lowest blow of this election campaign may have come from a firm of real estate agents that abused its position of trust to scare renters about Labor’s proposed negative gearing changes. If you are one ... <a title="Real estate agents targeting tenants is the lowest of the low blows during election 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/real-estate-agents-targeting-tenants-is-the-lowest-of-the-low-blows-during-election-2019-117188/" aria-label="Read more about Real estate agents targeting tenants is the lowest of the low blows during election 2019">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Carney, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Sydney Campaign promises can seem like so much noise and distraction; this morning’s announcement replaced by another by the afternoon and forgotten before bedtime. But as the “robo-debt” saga showed, such announcements can have devastating consequences if not properly ... <a title="Danger. Election 2016 delivered us Robodebt. Promises can have consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/danger-election-2016-delivered-us-robodebt-promises-can-have-consequences-117191/" aria-label="Read more about Danger. Election 2016 delivered us Robodebt. Promises can have consequences">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin O’Brien, Lecturer in Economics, University of Wollongong After three years of submissions, hearings and deliberations, Australia’s workplace relations umpire, the Fair Work Commission, decided in 2017 to decrease the penalty rates paid to retail and hospitality workers on the safety-net award for working on Sundays and ... <a title="Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn’t, and here’s why not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/cutting-penalty-rates-was-supposed-to-create-jobs-it-hasnt-and-heres-why-not-117178/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn’t, and here’s why not">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Paterson, ARC Future Fellow, University of Western Australia It is understandable that Captain Cook is a trigger for debates about our national identity and history. However, we often risk being blinded by the legacy of Cook. Around the continent, early encounters with outsiders occurred on other ... <a title="The Murujuga Mermaid: how rock art in WA sheds light on historic encounters of Australian exploration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/the-murujuga-mermaid-how-rock-art-in-wa-sheds-light-on-historic-encounters-of-australian-exploration-116815/" aria-label="Read more about The Murujuga Mermaid: how rock art in WA sheds light on historic encounters of Australian exploration">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Nationals federal president Larry Anthony has added his weight to a call by the NSW party for supporters to vote below the line” in the Senate, in retaliation against the campaign by maverick Liberal senator Jim Molan to get voters ... <a title="Angry Nationals play payback in NSW Senate row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/angry-nationals-play-payback-in-nsw-senate-row-117208/" aria-label="Read more about Angry Nationals play payback in NSW Senate row">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Camakaris, Visitor in the School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne How little things have changed in the last six years. Back in 2013 I wrote an article for The Conversation called “Wanted: political leader with a vision for a sustainable future”. Like most people, I hoped ... <a title="A ‘Council for the Future’ could break Australia’s climate paralysis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/15/a-council-for-the-future-could-break-australias-climate-paralysis-117185/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘Council for the Future’ could break Australia’s climate paralysis">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Merkel, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University It’s been a day of high-profile security incidents. First there was news the popular WhatsApp messenger app was hacked. Updated versions of WhatsApp have been released, which you should install if you’re one of the more than one billion ... <a title="WhatsApp hacked and bugs in Intel chips: what you need to know to protect yourself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/15/whatsapp-hacked-and-bugs-in-intel-chips-what-you-need-to-know-to-protect-yourself-117173/" aria-label="Read more about WhatsApp hacked and bugs in Intel chips: what you need to know to protect yourself">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Skarbek, CEO at ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University No matter who wins the upcoming federal election, both the ALP and LNP are committed to remaining in the Paris Climate Agreement. This means every five years Australia is expected to submit progressively stronger targets to reduce greenhouse gas ... <a title="The UK has a national climate change act – why don’t we?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/15/the-uk-has-a-national-climate-change-act-why-dont-we-115230/" aria-label="Read more about The UK has a national climate change act – why don’t we?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beryl Exley, Professor, Deputy Head of School, Learning and Teaching, Griffith University The Coalition says, if re-elected, it will invest A$10.8 million for “a Year 1 voluntary phonics health check for parents and teachers to ensure their children are not falling behind”. The aim of this is ... <a title="The Coalition’s $10 million for Year 1 phonics checks would be wasted money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/15/the-coalitions-10-million-for-year-1-phonics-checks-would-be-wasted-money-116997/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition’s $10 million for Year 1 phonics checks would be wasted money">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Siminski, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney The Australian federal government plans to spend A$500 billion this year. With 188 federal agencies and departments, it funds everything from preschool to pensions, from the army to the arts. This is before getting into state/territory and ... <a title="Labor’s idea of an Evaluator General could dramatically cut wasteful spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/15/labors-idea-of-an-evaluator-general-could-dramatically-cut-wasteful-spending-115840/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s idea of an Evaluator General could dramatically cut wasteful spending">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Co-Director Centre for Commercial Law, Bond University It’s now two months since the Christchurch terror attacks. Social media live streaming and distribution of footage from this event sparked rapid activity aimed at restricting spread of hateful and violent content online. Moving forward, it’s ... <a title="It’s vital we clamp down on online terrorism. But is Ardern’s ‘Christchurch Call’ the answer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/15/its-vital-we-clamp-down-on-online-terrorism-but-is-arderns-christchurch-call-the-answer-117169/" aria-label="Read more about It’s vital we clamp down on online terrorism. But is Ardern’s ‘Christchurch Call’ the answer?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Chinna, Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Review: Water, Black Swan, Perth. Water, written by Jane Bodie and directed by Emily McLean, was commissioned by Clare Watson, artistic director of Black Swan, as “a family drama for now, that spoke to the moral questions ... <a title="In Black Swan’s Water, three vignettes explore the politics of immigration, drought and family dynamics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/15/in-black-swans-water-three-vignettes-explore-the-politics-of-immigration-drought-and-family-dynamics-117003/" aria-label="Read more about In Black Swan’s Water, three vignettes explore the politics of immigration, drought and family dynamics">Read more</a>
