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Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake

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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View from The Hill: Palmer flypaper sticky for both sides

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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It’s not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mine

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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The baby or the fridge

February 14, 2019

Column: Barbara Sumner – 1960 was a big year for my adopting parents. First came the infertility diagnosis. Then a new baby arrived with little warning and no fanfare. Followed within days by a new refrigerator. I was one of over 103,000 New Zealand babies forcibly removed from my single mother. Her dying mother sent ... <a title="The baby or the fridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/the-baby-or-the-fridge/" aria-label="Read more about The baby or the fridge">Read more</a>

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Consider youself one of us

January 17, 2019

Column: Barbara Sumner – As a child, my family saw the musical Oliver. For days after, my adopting mother hummed and sang the theme tune: Consider yourself one of us Consider yourself at home Consider yourself one of the family ….etc etc The song is a bit of an earworm. I’d forgotten it and the ... <a title="Consider youself one of us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/consider-youself-one-of-us/" aria-label="Read more about Consider youself one of us">Read more</a>

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Strange fruit

November 23, 2018

Column: Barbara Sumner – There have always been inconsistencies in my birth story. The dates, the people involved, the actual circumstances. All missing, suspect or manufactured. As an adopted person I have no legal right to know anything other than the story my adopting parents chose to tell. So I decided to challenge that. I ... <a title="Strange fruit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/23/strange-fruit/" aria-label="Read more about Strange fruit">Read more</a>