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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University In the early 1970s, when rising inflation and unemployment tore through the economy, someone coined the aphorism “one man’s wage increase is another man’s job” (unfortunately, most of the talk was about men in those ... <a title="Why the coronavirus shouldn’t stand in the way of the next wage increase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/why-the-coronavirus-shouldnt-stand-in-the-way-of-the-next-wage-increase-139277/" aria-label="Read more about Why the coronavirus shouldn’t stand in the way of the next wage increase">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University It looked just like any posed political picture. The politician, in this case the National Party’s newly elected leader, Todd Muller, standing by a ... <a title="Why Trump’s Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/why-trumps-make-america-great-again-hat-makes-a-dangerous-souvenir-for-foreign-politicians-139296/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney At age 77, in his twilight years, the third time was the charm for Joe Biden. He prevailed over a field of 24 Democrats from across the political spectrum and has emerged as his party’s ... <a title="Third time’s the charm for Joe Biden: now he has an election to win and a country to save" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/third-times-the-charm-for-joe-biden-now-he-has-an-election-to-win-and-a-country-to-save-138616/" aria-label="Read more about Third time’s the charm for Joe Biden: now he has an election to win and a country to save">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Gaynor, Associate Professor of History, University of Western Australia The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks. This turn to self-provisioning was prompted in part by the high price rises ... <a title="If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/if-you-took-to-growing-veggies-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic-then-keep-it-up-when-lockdown-ends-135359/" aria-label="Read more about If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology The coronavirus pandemic has affected our cities in profound ways. People adapted by teleworking, shopping locally and making only necessary trips. One of the many challenges of recovery will be to build on the momentum of ... <a title="Coronavirus recovery: public transport is key to avoid repeating old and unsustainable mistakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/coronavirus-recovery-public-transport-is-key-to-avoid-repeating-old-and-unsustainable-mistakes-138415/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus recovery: public transport is key to avoid repeating old and unsustainable mistakes">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Literature, Deakin University With remarkable speed, numerous children’s books have been published in response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, teaching children about coronavirus and encouraging them to protect themselves and others. Children’s literature has a long history of ... <a title="P is for Pandemic: kids’ books about coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/p-is-for-pandemic-kids-books-about-coronavirus-138299/" aria-label="Read more about P is for Pandemic: kids’ books about coronavirus">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison says it is vital to get the Australian economy “out of ICU” and “off the medication” of government support “before it becomes too accustomed to it”. In speech on his government’s plans to reset economic growth over the ... <a title="Australian economy must come ‘out of ICU’: Scott Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/australian-economy-must-come-out-of-icu-scott-morrison-139347/" aria-label="Read more about Australian economy must come ‘out of ICU’: Scott Morrison">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Speaker Tony Smith has announced July 4 for the byelection in the Labor NSW seat of Eden-Monaro, which will be the first electoral test between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese. For health reasons this will coincide with the start of ... <a title="Eden-Monaro byelection to be on July 4" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/eden-monaro-byelection-to-be-on-july-4-139324/" aria-label="Read more about Eden-Monaro byelection to be on July 4">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Dawel, Lecturer, Australian National University Many Australians have welcomed the gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions. We can now catch up with friends and family in small numbers, and get out and about a little more than we’ve been able to for a couple of months. All ... <a title="Coronavirus lockdown made many of us anxious. But for some people, returning to ‘normal’ might be scarier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/coronavirus-lockdown-made-many-of-us-anxious-but-for-some-people-returning-to-normal-might-be-scarier-138517/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus lockdown made many of us anxious. But for some people, returning to ‘normal’ might be scarier">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hui Feng, ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University Beijing’s recent announcement it would authorise the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress – China’s rubber-stamp parliament – to draft a national security law for Hong Kong caught most off guard. The move sparked renewed ... <a title="China is taking a risk by getting tough on Hong Kong. Now, the US must decide how to respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/china-is-taking-a-risk-by-getting-tough-on-hong-kong-now-the-us-must-decide-how-to-respond-139294/" aria-label="Read more about China is taking a risk by getting tough on Hong Kong. Now, the US must decide how to respond">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann Kayis-Kumar, Senior Lecturer and Tax Clinic Director, School of Taxation & Business Law, UNSW Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they are behind on their paperwork Are sole traders falling through the JobKeeper cracks? JobKeeper is working out awfully ... <a title="Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they get behind on their paperwork" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/performers-and-sole-traders-find-it-hard-to-get-jobkeeper-in-part-because-they-get-behind-on-their-paperwork-137997/" aria-label="Read more about Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they get behind on their paperwork">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland It is low tide at the end of the wet season in Broome, Western Australia. Shorebirds feeding voraciously on worms and clams suddenly get restless. Chattering loudly they take flight, circling up over Roebuck Bay then heading off for ... <a title="Be still, my beating wings: hunters kill migrating birds on their 10,000km journey to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/be-still-my-beating-wings-hunters-kill-migrating-birds-on-their-10-000km-journey-to-australia-138382/" aria-label="Read more about Be still, my beating wings: hunters kill migrating birds on their 10,000km journey to Australia">Read more</a>