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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The vote among the 100 undecided voters at Wednesday’s Sky News/Courier Mail people’s forum was a modest 40% victory for Anthony Albanese. Morrison was rated the winner by 35% of the audience, while some 25% were undecided. The debate won’t ... <a title="View from The Hill: Undecided voters give narrow victory to Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/view-from-the-hill-undecided-voters-give-narrow-victory-to-albanese-181495/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Undecided voters give narrow victory to Albanese">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra shutterstock Before each federal election, the heads of the Commonwealth departments of treasury and finance release a report on the state of the government’s budget, together with updated economic forecasts. It is known as the pre-election fiscal and economic ... <a title="PEFO tells us Morrison has abandoned some secret promises, but his books are in order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/pefo-tells-us-morrison-has-abandoned-some-secret-promises-but-his-books-are-in-order-181538/" aria-label="Read more about PEFO tells us Morrison has abandoned some secret promises, but his books are in order">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese met at the Gabba in Brisbane on Wednesday evening with 100 undecided voters. In the first leaders’ debate of the election campaign, the leaders took ... <a title="No magic moments: 3 Australian politics experts on Morrison and Albanese’s first election debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/no-magic-moments-3-australian-politics-experts-on-morrison-and-albaneses-first-election-debate-181475/" aria-label="Read more about No magic moments: 3 Australian politics experts on Morrison and Albanese’s first election debate">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Dempsey, Senior lecturer, University of Canterbury Phil Walter/Getty Images Scientifically and emotively, we think every volcano has its own “personality”. However, we’ve discovered that volcanoes share behaviour traits – and this could form the basis for an eruption warning system. Whakaari White Island, a picturesque volcanic ... <a title="New research detects pre-eruption warning signals at Whakaari White Island and other active volcanoes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/new-research-detects-pre-eruption-warning-signals-at-whakaari-white-island-and-other-active-volcanoes-181090/" aria-label="Read more about New research detects pre-eruption warning signals at Whakaari White Island and other active volcanoes">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Andrew Wilkie, MP for the Tasmanian seat of Clark, has “lived” a hung parliament. In 2010, Wilkie did a formal “deal” to support Julia Gillard. When later she didn’t deliver on his key issue of gambling reform, he broke it ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Wilkie invites independent candidates to call him for a chat about approaching a hung parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/politics-with-michelle-grattan-andrew-wilkie-invites-independent-candidates-to-call-him-for-a-chat-about-approaching-a-hung-parliament-181604/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Wilkie invites independent candidates to call him for a chat about approaching a hung parliament">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen R Fisher, Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Labor has announced its plan to fix the problems plaguing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). If elected it will conduct a review into the NDIS, co-designed with people with disability. The announcement is welcome news ... <a title="Labor vows to tackle the NDIS crisis – what’s needed is more autonomy for people with disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/labor-vows-to-tackle-the-ndis-crisis-whats-needed-is-more-autonomy-for-people-with-disability-181470/" aria-label="Read more about Labor vows to tackle the NDIS crisis – what’s needed is more autonomy for people with disability">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karlie Noon, Astronomer, Australian National University Shutterstock Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples worldwide have observed, tracked and memorised all the visible objects in the night sky. This ancient star knowledge was meticulously ingrained with practical knowledge of the land, sky, waters, community and the Dreaming — and ... <a title="Thousands of satellites are polluting Australian skies, and threatening ancient Indigenous astronomy practices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/thousands-of-satellites-are-polluting-australian-skies-and-threatening-ancient-indigenous-astronomy-practices-173840/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of satellites are polluting Australian skies, and threatening ancient Indigenous astronomy practices">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney The single most important measure in Australian election polls is the two-party preferred vote (2PP). It captures the two central characteristics of Australian House of Representatives elections: that it is a preferential voting system, ... <a title="Explainer: how to read political polls – and why we can expect a lot of drama on election night" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/explainer-how-to-read-political-polls-and-why-we-can-expect-a-lot-of-drama-on-election-night-181477/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how to read political polls – and why we can expect a lot of drama on election night">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University AAP/Mick Tsikas As the election is looming, the Labor Party has placed integrity issues prominently on its party platform. Labor leader Anthony Albanese claims the Morrison government cannot be trusted, and that the only way to restore integrity ... <a title="Explainer: what are Labor and the Coalition promising on an anti-corruption commission and what is the government’s record?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/explainer-what-are-labor-and-the-coalition-promising-on-an-anti-corruption-commission-and-what-is-the-governments-record-180971/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what are Labor and the Coalition promising on an anti-corruption commission and what is the government’s record?">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Moodie, Adjunct professor, RMIT University In the lead-up to the federal election, neither of the major parties has given higher education much thought or attention. While the Coalition focuses on the military and Labor on aged care, universities continue to sweat it out after a decade ... <a title="Here’s what the major parties need to do about higher education this election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/heres-what-the-major-parties-need-to-do-about-higher-education-this-election-180855/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what the major parties need to do about higher education this election">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert K. Niven, Associate Professor, Australian Defence Force Academy Launcher with rocket missile on display at the Togliatti Technical museum, Russia. Shutterstock There has been widespread discussion of Russia’s threat to use tactical nuclear weapons in its war on Ukraine. Russia is estimated to have thousands of ... <a title="How to survive a tactical nuclear bomb? Defence experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/how-to-survive-a-tactical-nuclear-bomb-defence-experts-explain-181340/" aria-label="Read more about How to survive a tactical nuclear bomb? Defence experts explain">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Despite the seismic changes that have convulsed media communications and journalism since the turn of the millennium, the mainstream media remains a formidably relevant force, including at election time. Data on where people get ... <a title="How much do mainstream media matter in an election campaign? (Spoiler: more than you might think)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/how-much-do-mainstream-media-matter-in-an-election-campaign-spoiler-more-than-you-might-think-180780/" aria-label="Read more about How much do mainstream media matter in an election campaign? (Spoiler: more than you might think)">Read more</a>
