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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Cutler, Director, Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University Kyle Green/AAP, CC BY The private health insurance rebate costs Australian taxpayers nearly A$7 billion per year, and has cost over $100 billion since its introduction. Yet the rebate’s return on investment has never been estimated. In ... <a title="What should happen to the private health insurance rebate this election? A $7 billion question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/what-should-happen-to-the-private-health-insurance-rebate-this-election-a-7-billion-question-181264/" aria-label="Read more about What should happen to the private health insurance rebate this election? A $7 billion question">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Gordon, Professor, Queensland University of Technology shutterstock Australian aged care policy and programs are increasingly focused on what’s known as “successful ageing” – helping people feel satisfied, happier and healthier as they age. The goal is not just living longer, but also living better. An essential ... <a title="Older Australians on the tough choices they face as energy costs set to increase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/older-australians-on-the-tough-choices-they-face-as-energy-costs-set-to-increase-180974/" aria-label="Read more about Older Australians on the tough choices they face as energy costs set to increase">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand GettyImages As New Zealand considers the removal of the goods and services tax (GST) from food to reduce costs for low income households, advocates need to consider the impact cheap food has on the environment and whether ... <a title="Cheaper food comes with other costs – why cutting GST isn’t the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/cheaper-food-comes-with-other-costs-why-cutting-gst-isnt-the-answer-181463/" aria-label="Read more about Cheaper food comes with other costs – why cutting GST isn’t the answer">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: On Katherine Deves, a hung parliament, and the new silence about COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/word-from-the-hill-on-katherine-deves-a-hung-parliament-and-the-new-silence-about-covid-181496/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: On Katherine Deves, a hung parliament, and the new silence about COVID">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation Remember those classic lines that have come out of election debates? Recall 2013 when Tony Abbott asked the audience, “Does this guy [Kevin Rudd] ever shut up?” Or Bill Shorten in 2019 describing Scott Morrison as a “classic space invader?” ... <a title="Below the Line: Will anyone watch the Morrison vs Albanese debate? And will a transphobia debate divide the Liberals? – podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/below-the-line-will-anyone-watch-the-morrison-vs-albanese-debate-and-will-a-transphobia-debate-divide-the-liberals-podcast-181476/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: Will anyone watch the Morrison vs Albanese debate? And will a transphobia debate divide the Liberals? – podcast">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock This election will be won by the Coalition and Prime Minister Scott Morrison if the economic models perform as expected – and they usually do. A model refined in 2000 by then Melbourne University ... <a title="This economic model tipped the last 2 elections – and it’s now pointing to a Coalition win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/this-economic-model-tipped-the-last-2-elections-and-its-now-pointing-to-a-coalition-win-181462/" aria-label="Read more about This economic model tipped the last 2 elections – and it’s now pointing to a Coalition win">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel da Silva, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne Russia may have used chemical weapons in its invasion of Ukraine, according to unconfirmed reports from the besieged city of Mariupol last week. The reports have been taken seriously, with official investigations announced and the ... <a title="Chemical weapons: how will we know if they have been used in Ukraine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/chemical-weapons-how-will-we-know-if-they-have-been-used-in-ukraine-181339/" aria-label="Read more about Chemical weapons: how will we know if they have been used in Ukraine?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW Sydney This month, mask mandates were lifted in South Australia, and vaccine requirements for dining and nightlife were removed in Queensland. Public health experts at the World Health Organization have begun discussing what conditions would eventually signal the public health emergency declared ... <a title="Many places are starting to wind back COVID restrictions, but this doesn’t mean the pandemic is over yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/many-places-are-starting-to-wind-back-covid-restrictions-but-this-doesnt-mean-the-pandemic-is-over-yet-180856/" aria-label="Read more about Many places are starting to wind back COVID restrictions, but this doesn’t mean the pandemic is over yet">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University Chris Seward/AAP Why did 46.8% of Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election? Why did approximately 2,000 of them attack the Capitol building? Why do 54% believe Joe Biden to be one of the worst Presidents in ... <a title="Heroes of the Fourth Turning: how theatre can serve as a mode of inquiry into right wing ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/heroes-of-the-fourth-turning-how-theatre-can-serve-as-a-mode-of-inquiry-into-right-wing-ideas-181057/" aria-label="Read more about Heroes of the Fourth Turning: how theatre can serve as a mode of inquiry into right wing ideas">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 14-17 from a sample of 1,510, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged since last week. Primary votes were 36% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (down one), 12% ... <a title="Labor still has clear lead in Newspoll and Resolve, but Albanese’s ratings slump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/labor-still-has-clear-lead-in-newspoll-and-resolve-but-albaneses-ratings-slump-181469/" aria-label="Read more about Labor still has clear lead in Newspoll and Resolve, but Albanese’s ratings slump">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Oleg Tolmachev/Twitter When images from Ukraine of abandoned Russian tanks tagged with the word “Wolverines” circulated in early April, movie buffs got it right away: Ukrainian fighters were consciously referencing the cult 1984 film Red ... <a title="When war imitates art: rediscovering Red Dawn, the 1984 movie inspiring Ukrainian fighters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/when-war-imitates-art-rediscovering-red-dawn-the-1984-movie-inspiring-ukrainian-fighters-181261/" aria-label="Read more about When war imitates art: rediscovering Red Dawn, the 1984 movie inspiring Ukrainian fighters">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hessom Razavi, Associate professor, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Indigenous people in Australia experience three times more vision loss than non-Indigenous people, creating a concerning gap for vision. Much of this is due to diabetic macular oedema (DMO). Here, blood vessels in the back of the ... <a title="Longer-acting eye treatment could reduce vision loss for Indigenous Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/longer-acting-eye-treatment-could-reduce-vision-loss-for-indigenous-australians-180586/" aria-label="Read more about Longer-acting eye treatment could reduce vision loss for Indigenous Australians">Read more</a>
