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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Zyngier, Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University It’s often claimed private schools outperform public schools. In recent days, a media report revealed the Liberal Party candidate for the Melbourne seat of Macnamara had previously written in support of public funding of private schools. The report said ... <a title="Public schools actually outperform private schools, and with less money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/public-schools-actually-outperform-private-schools-and-with-less-money-113914/" aria-label="Read more about Public schools actually outperform private schools, and with less money">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Thompson, Senior Research Fellow, Transport, Health and Urban Design (THUD) Research Hub, University of Melbourne Globally, road crashes kill 1.3 million people a year and injure nearly 50 million more. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been identified as a potential solution to this issue if they can ... <a title="Nothing to fear? How humans (and other intelligent animals) might ruin the autonomous vehicle utopia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/nothing-to-fear-how-humans-and-other-intelligent-animals-might-ruin-the-autonomous-vehicle-utopia-114504/" aria-label="Read more about Nothing to fear? How humans (and other intelligent animals) might ruin the autonomous vehicle utopia">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Expect to hear a lot about tax during the coming leaders’ debates. Which is why it’s important to get two things straight. The first is that you can’t argue against a tax by pointing out ... <a title="Election tip: 23.9% is a meaningless figure, ignore the tax-to-GDP ratio" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/election-tip-23-9-is-a-meaningless-figure-ignore-the-tax-to-gdp-ratio-115432/" aria-label="Read more about Election tip: 23.9% is a meaningless figure, ignore the tax-to-GDP ratio">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Women have been sharing personal stories of sexual assault, abuse and harassment for – well – centuries. But in October 2017, when #MeToo went viral, there was a shift in the way these stories were received. ... <a title="Thirty-five voices, one movement: a new book examines #MeToo in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/thirty-five-voices-one-movement-a-new-book-examines-metoo-in-australia-116053/" aria-label="Read more about Thirty-five voices, one movement: a new book examines #MeToo in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2019
Simon Bridges’ hold on the National Party leadership is still in trouble, with destabilising factors making his continued survival unlikely. I wrote about this several weeks ago, reporting that a series of gaffes and leadership mis-steps had set off a fresh round of questioning about whether Bridges can continue in the role – see: Simon Bridges’ ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ destabilised leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-simon-bridges-destabilised-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ destabilised leadership">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 26 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 Tax, budget, inequality Listener Editorial: Wasn’t the capital gains tax part of the ‘transformational’ Labour Government? Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Cutting capital gains tax ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 26 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-26-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 26 2019">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a big hit announcement before the start of pre-polling, Bill Shorten on Sunday will pledge a A$4 billion boost for child care, making it cheaper for every family earning up to $174,000. From July 2020, 887,000 families would benefit ... <a title="Bill Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/28/bill-shorten-promises-4-billion-for-child-care-benefitting-887-000-families-116128/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will seek to bring the debate over immigration and refugees to the centre of the election campaign, with an announcement that a Coalition government would freeze the humanitarian intake. He will contrast this with Labor plans for an ... <a title="Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/28/morrison-brings-immigration-centre-stage-with-freeze-on-refugee-intake-116129/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Ahead of the first pre-pollers voting on Monday – and then switching off from the campaign noise – Labor will dangle more big bait, this time on child care. Bill Shorten flagged the initiative on Friday, saying that “in the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Palmer flypaper sticky for both sides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/27/view-from-the-hill-palmer-flypaper-sticky-for-both-sides-116096/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Palmer flypaper sticky for both sides">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Mudd, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University One day before calling the election, the government approved the controversial Yeelirrie uranium mine in the remote wilderness of Western Australia, about 500km north of Kalgoorlie. The Tjiwarl Traditional Owners have fought any uranium mining on their land ... <a title="It’s not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/26/its-not-worth-wiping-out-a-species-for-the-yeelirrie-uranium-mine-116059/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mine">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
Political Roundup: A different sort of Anzac Day by Dr Bryce Edwards It’s a very different Anzac Day this year. In recent years this remembrance day has been steadily transforming. Most notably, becoming more popular, with attendance at ceremonies up, and an apparently more interested population in general. Last year’s centenary also bolstered the importance ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A different sort of Anzac Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-different-sort-of-anzac-day/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A different sort of Anzac Day">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 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 Tax Chris Trotter (Interest): Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson won’t be losing much sleep over their left-wing critics’ anger over the CGT decision ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-24-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 2019">Read more</a>
