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May 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has made a late bid for the support of younger voters with a promise that a re-elected Coalition government would provide a guarantee to help them bridge the deposit gap for their first home. But as the campaign ... <a title="View from the Hill: Quick on the draw Labor matches Morrison’s first home owners scheme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/12/view-from-the-hill-quick-on-the-draw-labor-matches-morrisons-first-home-owners-scheme-116969/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: Quick on the draw Labor matches Morrison’s first home owners scheme">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Is there a “big black hole” in Labor’s election costings? It’s unlikely. The final campaign before the arrival of the Parliamentary Budget Office in 2012, the 2010 Gillard versus Abbott contest, was full them. Abbott ... <a title="Labor’s costings broadly check out. The days of black holes are behind us, thankfully" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/labors-costings-broadly-check-out-the-days-of-black-holes-are-behind-us-thankfully-116904/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s costings broadly check out. The days of black holes are behind us, thankfully">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Associate Professor, Art & Design: UNSW Australia. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, UNSW Tony Costa’s portrait of fellow artist Lindy Lee has won the 2019 Archibald Prize. His subject, Lindy Lee is both one of Australia’s most distinguished artists and ... <a title="The zen of portraiture: Tony Costa wins the 2019 Archibald Prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/the-zen-of-portraiture-tony-costa-wins-the-2019-archibald-prize-116807/" aria-label="Read more about The zen of portraiture: Tony Costa wins the 2019 Archibald Prize">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eileen Webb, Professor, School of Law, The University of South Australia; Adjunct Professor, Curtin Law School, University of South Australia New laws in Western Australia will make it easier for people escaping family violence to “break” their leases. The laws are “unashamedly victim-focused” – the latest development ... <a title="New laws in Western Australia will help victims of family violence end their tenancies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/new-laws-in-western-australia-will-help-victims-of-family-violence-end-their-tenancies-116800/" aria-label="Read more about New laws in Western Australia will help victims of family violence end their tenancies">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fitzgerald, PhD candidate, University of Tasmania Sunny interludes punctuate showers of rain, hail and sleet as furious winds sweep clouds across the sky. It’s a typical summer day on Macquarie Island, a sliver of ocean floor that rose more than 2.5 km from the depths of ... <a title="How I stumbled on a lost plant just north of Antarctica" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/how-i-stumbled-on-a-lost-plant-just-north-of-antarctica-115631/" aria-label="Read more about How I stumbled on a lost plant just north of Antarctica">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kellie Bousfield, Associate Head of School, School of Education, Charles Sturt University Bill Shorten shared his mother’s story on Q&A this week. Dr Ann Shorten aspired to a career in law. But financial responsibilities led her to teaching instead. In response to Shorten’s heartfelt anecdote #MyMum began ... <a title="Teaching is too often seen as a fall-back option, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/teaching-is-too-often-seen-as-a-fall-back-option-and-thats-unlikely-to-change-anytime-soon-116805/" aria-label="Read more about Teaching is too often seen as a fall-back option, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Sivey, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University The number of people who attend the doctor for free has gone from 82% under Labor to 86% under us. – Health minister Greg Hunt, during the health policy federal election debate at the National ... <a title="FactCheck: do 86% of people visit the doctor for free?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/factcheck-do-86-of-people-visit-the-doctor-for-free-116726/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: do 86% of people visit the doctor for free?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University It probably wasn’t exactly how egg-tossing activist Amber Holt thought her hit on prime minister Scott Morrision would go down. The egg bounced off his head. He cracked jokes about it. She’s been charged with common assault, and may ... <a title="Egging the question: can your employer sack you for what you say or do in your own time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/egging-the-question-can-your-employer-sack-you-for-what-you-say-or-do-in-your-own-time-116880/" aria-label="Read more about Egging the question: can your employer sack you for what you say or do in your own time?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Independent Kerryn Phelps has dug herself into the Sydney seat of Wentworth, with the Liberals facing a tough battle to dislodge her, according to focus group research done this week. “Traditional Liberal voters who gave Phelps a go at the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Focus groups suggest Wentworth is embracing Phelps, but Sharma helped by fear of Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/view-from-the-hill-focus-groups-suggest-wentworth-is-embracing-phelps-but-sharma-helped-by-fear-of-labor-116897/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Focus groups suggest Wentworth is embracing Phelps, but Sharma helped by fear of Labor">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss the final impressions made at the leaders debates, the leaders’ prospective cabinets, Bill Shorten’s campaign moment in relation to his late ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Shorten’s campaign moment – and Morrison’s battle plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/video-michelle-grattan-on-shortens-campaign-moment-and-morrisons-battle-plan-116884/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Shorten’s campaign moment – and Morrison’s battle plan">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford This essay is part of our occasional series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in ... <a title="Ten ethical flaws in the Caster Semenya decision on intersex in sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/ten-ethical-flaws-in-the-caster-semenya-decision-on-intersex-in-sport-116448/" aria-label="Read more about Ten ethical flaws in the Caster Semenya decision on intersex in sport">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diana Perche, Senior Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, Nura Gili Indigenous Programs Unit, UNSW First Nations people in Australia face structural barriers to political participation. The institutions of government remain predominantly white, and almost 60 years after being given the right to vote, very few Indigenous people have ... <a title="More First Nations people in parliament matters. Here’s why." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/more-first-nations-people-in-parliament-matters-heres-why-115633/" aria-label="Read more about More First Nations people in parliament matters. Here’s why.">Read more</a>
