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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Who’d make a decision that would give a household with an income of A$150,000 an extra $100,000 to $120,000 of borrowing power? APRA, that’s who. APRA is the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. It was hived off from the Reserve Bank and ... <a title="Vital Signs: APRA is going to make it easier to borrow. It could be another one of its bad calls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/vital-signs-apra-is-going-to-make-it-easier-to-borrow-it-could-be-another-one-of-its-bad-calls-117967/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: APRA is going to make it easier to borrow. It could be another one of its bad calls">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Melville, Senior Curator, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Museums Victoria You may have seen news in recent days of the suspected demise of the Victorian grassland earless dragon – now thought to be the first lizard species to be driven to extinction by humans in mainland Australia. That suspicion ... <a title="Why we’re not giving up the search for mainland Australia’s ‘first extinct lizard’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/why-were-not-giving-up-the-search-for-mainland-australias-first-extinct-lizard-117831/" aria-label="Read more about Why we’re not giving up the search for mainland Australia’s ‘first extinct lizard’">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Masel, Lecturer in Literature, Australian Catholic University This is a longer read. Enjoy! This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman, America’s most admired poet. Celebrations will be especially joyful around his birthday on May 31 and in New York City, whose ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the ‘poet of America’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/guide-to-the-classics-walt-whitmans-leaves-of-grass-and-the-complex-life-of-the-poet-of-america-116055/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the ‘poet of America’">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Reilly, Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide The Coalition’s election victory on May 18 had an immediate psychological effect on the refugees on Manus Island, with reports of several people attempting suicide. Two class-action lawsuits currently before ... <a title="Cruel, and no deterrent: why Australia’s policy on asylum seekers must change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/cruel-and-no-deterrent-why-australias-policy-on-asylum-seekers-must-change-117969/" aria-label="Read more about Cruel, and no deterrent: why Australia’s policy on asylum seekers must change">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Budget Jane Patterson (RNZ): Wellbeing Budget: Laudable, but not transformational Richard Harman (Politik): Man alone: Gabriel Makhlouf Colin James (ODT): ‘Wellbeing’ facet points to different way of governing Liam Dann (Herald): Budget spending puts Government ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 31 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-31-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 31 2019">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The well-being of Pacific people in New Zealand has been recognised in this year’s Budget with increases in funding for the community in education, languages, health and business. The government said the initiatives announced in the Budget would provide Pacific peoples with more scope to lift their own well-being. It also said ... <a title="NZ Budget gives boost for Pacific education, languages and health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/nz-budget-gives-boost-for-pacific-education-languages-and-health/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget gives boost for Pacific education, languages and health">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Scott Morrison travels to Europe for D-Day commemorations next week. While there, he may also hold talks with leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of the G20 meeting in Japan in June. With the UK ... <a title="As Morrison heads to the Pacific, our nearest neighbours will be looking for more than kind words" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/as-morrison-heads-to-the-pacific-our-nearest-neighbours-will-be-looking-for-more-than-kind-words-118037/" aria-label="Read more about As Morrison heads to the Pacific, our nearest neighbours will be looking for more than kind words">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josephine Agu, PhD candidate, University of Technology Sydney This article is the fifth part in a series, Where culture meets health. Many people seek complementary treatments for various ailments. Perhaps herbal remedies to cure a cold, or acupuncture to ease lower back pain. “Complementary medicine” refers to ... <a title="Traditional medicines must be integrated into health care for culturally diverse groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/traditional-medicines-must-be-integrated-into-health-care-for-culturally-diverse-groups-114980/" aria-label="Read more about Traditional medicines must be integrated into health care for culturally diverse groups">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Varnham, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney The Victorian state government was recently reported to be investigating whether it could make it easier for bullying victims to sue schools. This was prompted by the case of a 13-year-old boy who had to undergo surgery after ... <a title="If your kid is bullied and hurt on school grounds, can you sue the school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/if-your-kid-is-bullied-and-hurt-on-school-grounds-can-you-sue-the-school-116164/" aria-label="Read more about If your kid is bullied and hurt on school grounds, can you sue the school?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Rowley, Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University The re-election of the Morrison government has delivered an Australian housing policy platform based on home ownership. The recently announced First Home Loan Deposit Scheme and the existing First Home Super Saver Scheme ... <a title="Housing affordability has improved slightly, but people on lower incomes will continue to struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/housing-affordability-has-improved-slightly-but-people-on-lower-incomes-will-continue-to-struggle-117898/" aria-label="Read more about Housing affordability has improved slightly, but people on lower incomes will continue to struggle">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Stanford, Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3% hike in the national Minimum Wage, effective July 1 – taking it to A$19.49 per hour, or $740.80 per week. ... <a title="We’ve been given a pay rise. Were it not for concern about the economy, it would have been bigger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/weve-been-given-a-pay-rise-were-it-not-for-concern-about-the-economy-it-would-have-been-bigger-118053/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve been given a pay rise. Were it not for concern about the economy, it would have been bigger">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Beresford, Professor of Politics, Edith Cowan University With the final approval of the Adani Carmichael coal mine now apparently imminent, it is important to ask how it has seemingly defied the assessment of experts that it is not financially viable. After all, it’s only a week ... <a title="If the Adani mine gets built, it will be thanks to politicians, on two continents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/if-the-adani-mine-gets-built-it-will-be-thanks-to-politicians-on-two-continents-118043/" aria-label="Read more about If the Adani mine gets built, it will be thanks to politicians, on two continents">Read more</a>
