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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University Last week Labor pledged to consider serious steps to improve Australian diets and tackle our obesity epidemic. This would form part of a A$115.6 million plan from the Opposition to address preventable illness. This is the first time one of the ... <a title="Labor’s election pledge to improve Australian diets is a first – now we need action, not just ‘consideration’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/labors-election-pledge-to-improve-australian-diets-is-a-first-now-we-need-action-not-just-consideration-116425/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s election pledge to improve Australian diets is a first – now we need action, not just ‘consideration’">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hamilton, PhD Candidate in Zoology, University of Tasmania Tasmanian devils have a reputation as a fearsome animal – most of the time this is undeserved. When it comes to the mating season, however, it’s a fair judgement. Between February and April, mating can be incredibly aggressive, ... <a title="Sexual aggression key to spread of deadly tumours in Tasmanian devils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/sexual-aggression-key-to-spread-of-deadly-tumours-in-tasmanian-devils-116271/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual aggression key to spread of deadly tumours in Tasmanian devils">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 06 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Welfare Tim Watkin (Pundit): Another chance to be transformational rejected… Labour’s cautious welfare response Sue Bradford (Spinoff): No hope for progressive welfare reform from ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 06 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-06-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 06 2019">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Miragliotta, Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University The Greens are not expected to be the beneficiaries of a supposed surge in support for minor parties and independent candidates at this election. Since June 2017, Newspoll has rarely recorded the Greens’ primary vote much above 10%. ... <a title="Greens on track for stability, rather than growth, this election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/greens-on-track-for-stability-rather-than-growth-this-election-116295/" aria-label="Read more about Greens on track for stability, rather than growth, this election">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Mullens, PhD candidate in the School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne In Avengers: Endgame, the highly-anticipated 22nd film in the Marvel franchise, Earth’s mightiest heroes contend with the repercussions of supervillain Thanos wiping out half of all life in the universe with the ... <a title="Avengers: Endgame and why a smaller population doesn’t guarantee paradise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/avengers-endgame-and-why-a-smaller-population-doesnt-guarantee-paradise-116070/" aria-label="Read more about Avengers: Endgame and why a smaller population doesn’t guarantee paradise">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steinar Ellingsen, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Communication and Media, University of Wollongong Over the past decade the profits of 160-odd regional and rural publications that make up the former Fairfax business division known as Australian Community Media (ACM) have fallen steeply. In 2012 the division made a ... <a title="After a dark decade for Australia’s regional newspapers, a hopeful light flickers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/after-a-dark-decade-for-australias-regional-newspapers-a-hopeful-light-flickers-116359/" aria-label="Read more about After a dark decade for Australia’s regional newspapers, a hopeful light flickers">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 12 days until the May 18 election, this week’s Newspoll, conducted May 2-5 from a sample of 1,880, gave Labor a 51-49 lead, unchanged since last week. Primary votes were 38% Coalition (steady), 36% ... <a title="Poll wrap: Newspoll and Ipsos have contrasting leaders’ ratings trends; Abbott trails in Warringah" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/poll-wrap-newspoll-and-ipsos-have-contrasting-leaders-ratings-trends-abbott-trails-in-warringah-116413/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Newspoll and Ipsos have contrasting leaders’ ratings trends; Abbott trails in Warringah">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Farmer, Researcher, University of Melbourne Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on ... <a title="Curious Kids: what is brain freeze?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/curious-kids-what-is-brain-freeze-112774/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what is brain freeze?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jumping beyond May 18, we know a good deal more about how a Shorten government ministry would look than the shape of a re-elected Morrison government. A rash of ministers quitting politics at the election has left some significant holes ... <a title="View from The Hill: Lots of ministry spots to fill if Morrison wins, while many Shorten ministers would return to a familiar cabinet room" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/view-from-the-hill-lots-of-ministry-spots-to-fill-if-morrison-wins-while-many-shorten-ministers-would-return-to-a-familiar-cabinet-room-116589/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Lots of ministry spots to fill if Morrison wins, while many Shorten ministers would return to a familiar cabinet room">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne The appointment of David Anderson as managing director and editor-in-chief of the ABC is something of a relief. It is an important early signal of how the new ABC chair, Ita Buttrose, is ... <a title="David Anderson’s appointment as ABC managing director is a relief and will further steady the broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/david-andersons-appointment-as-abc-managing-director-is-a-relief-and-will-further-steady-the-broadcaster-116540/" aria-label="Read more about David Anderson’s appointment as ABC managing director is a relief and will further steady the broadcaster">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emil Jeyaratnam, Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety begins hearings on residential aged care facilities, or nursing homes, in Sydney today. The standards of nursing homes in Australia have been in the public eye since the Oakden Aged ... <a title="Nearly 2 out of 3 nursing homes are understaffed. These 10 charts explain why aged care is in crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/nearly-2-out-of-3-nursing-homes-are-understaffed-these-10-charts-explain-why-aged-care-is-in-crisis-114182/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly 2 out of 3 nursing homes are understaffed. These 10 charts explain why aged care is in crisis">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute In an election campaign full of giveaways but short on serious economic reform, Labor’s proposed change to childcare support is the most important economic news. It fits in with this year’s Grattan Institute Commonwealth Orange Book, which identified getting more ... <a title="Why Labor’s childcare policy is the biggest economic news of the election campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/why-labors-childcare-policy-is-the-biggest-economic-news-of-the-election-campaign-116441/" aria-label="Read more about Why Labor’s childcare policy is the biggest economic news of the election campaign">Read more</a>
