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If Labor wins the 2019 federal election, what role will unions play?

May 7, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University If, as the polls indicate, Labor wins government on May 18, what role will the unions play? There are two mutually exclusive, extreme views on unions and politics – sometimes argued by the ... <a title="If Labor wins the 2019 federal election, what role will unions play?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/if-labor-wins-the-2019-federal-election-what-role-will-unions-play-116343/" aria-label="Read more about If Labor wins the 2019 federal election, what role will unions play?">Read more</a>

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What are the major parties promising on health this election?

May 7, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The major parties’ manifestos for the 2019 federal election present voters with starkly contrasting health policies. These policies are shaped and constrained by the overall themes presented by the party leaders, but have some unique elements. Liberal – money in ... <a title="What are the major parties promising on health this election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/what-are-the-major-parties-promising-on-health-this-election-116427/" aria-label="Read more about What are the major parties promising on health this election?">Read more</a>

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‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis

May 7, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Lim, Lecturer in environmental and sustainability law, University of Adelaide We are witnessing the loss of biodiversity at rates never before seen in human history. Nearly a million species face extinction if we do not fundamentally change our relationship with the natural world, according to the ... <a title="‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/revolutionary-change-needed-to-stop-unprecedented-global-extinction-crisis-116166/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis">Read more</a>

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El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records

May 7, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Freund, PhD Researcher, University of Melbourne The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years. A new category of El Niño has become far more prevalent ... <a title="El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/el-nino-has-rapidly-become-stronger-and-stranger-according-to-coral-records-115560/" aria-label="Read more about El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records">Read more</a>

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Move away from a car-dominated city looks radical but it’s a sensible plan for a liveable future

May 7, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology More shared spaces, safer streets and fewer cars in the city are all part of a newly released ten-year plan by the City of Melbourne. This evening, Town Hall will consider the ambitious draft transport strategy ... <a title="Move away from a car-dominated city looks radical but it’s a sensible plan for a liveable future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/move-away-from-a-car-dominated-city-looks-radical-but-its-a-sensible-plan-for-a-liveable-future-116518/" aria-label="Read more about Move away from a car-dominated city looks radical but it’s a sensible plan for a liveable future">Read more</a>

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Bill Shorten’s promise of a living wage is both realistic and necessary. But it’s not enough.

May 7, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Ortmann, Professor, UNSW Today we kick off a four part election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement. In the first, University of NSW professor Andreas Ortmann examines Labor’s proposal to have the Fair Work Commission award a so-called “living wage” instead of ... <a title="Bill Shorten’s promise of a living wage is both realistic and necessary. But it’s not enough." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/bill-shortens-promise-of-a-living-wage-is-both-realistic-and-necessary-but-its-not-enough-116153/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Shorten’s promise of a living wage is both realistic and necessary. But it’s not enough.">Read more</a>

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On rate-cut Tuesday, here are four reasons why the Reserve Bank shouldn’t jump

May 7, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University Every first Tuesday of every month but January the Reserve Bank Board meets to decide whether to adjust interest rates. It announces its decision at 2.30 pm eastern time. It ought to be an easy decision. Officially, the bank aims for a ... <a title="On rate-cut Tuesday, here are four reasons why the Reserve Bank shouldn’t jump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/on-rate-cut-tuesday-here-are-four-reasons-why-the-reserve-bank-shouldnt-jump-116590/" aria-label="Read more about On rate-cut Tuesday, here are four reasons why the Reserve Bank shouldn’t jump">Read more</a>

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Inside the story: The Merger – a sports film as a vehicle for social change

May 7, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Batty, Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In a new series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Set against the political backdrop of Australia’s refugee policy and the ... <a title="Inside the story: The Merger – a sports film as a vehicle for social change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/inside-the-story-the-merger-a-sports-film-as-a-vehicle-for-social-change-115702/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: The Merger – a sports film as a vehicle for social change">Read more</a>

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Apocalypse Now turns 40: rediscovering the genesis of a film classic

May 7, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington The ocean rushes below as suddenly the LOUDSPEAKERS BLARE out Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries. So reads the screenplay for the 1979 war movie Apocalypse Now. It describes the sequence in which a squadron of American helicopters blasts Wagner ... <a title="Apocalypse Now turns 40: rediscovering the genesis of a film classic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/07/apocalypse-now-turns-40-rediscovering-the-genesis-of-a-film-classic-113448/" aria-label="Read more about Apocalypse Now turns 40: rediscovering the genesis of a film classic">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania

May 6, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Tasmania political science professor, Richard Eccleston, says a lack of a coherent energy policy could count against the Coalition in the island state. “The party which seems to offer the more compelling commitment to climate change and renewable ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/politics-with-michelle-grattan-richard-eccleston-on-the-electoral-mood-in-tasmania-116613/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania">Read more</a>

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India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls

May 6, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Here’s an astonishingly large number. Around 900 million Indians are heading to the polls to decide if they want to reelect the current government of Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). India Tomorrow is a seven-part podcast ... <a title="India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/india-election-2019-millions-of-indian-youth-are-underemployed-and-going-to-the-polls-113563/" aria-label="Read more about India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Expediency rather than transformation on welfare reform

May 6, 2019

by Dr Bryce Edwards Have the political left and supporters of the Labour-led Government been conned again? Big changes were promised in welfare reform, but with the response to the just-released working group report on the welfare system, it looks like very little is actually going to be delivered. Of course, the left has already ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Expediency rather than transformation on welfare reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-expediency-rather-than-transformation-on-welfare-reform/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Expediency rather than transformation on welfare reform">Read more</a>