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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University One of the more elusive goals of education research is answering the question: what makes one school perform better than another? The evidence base is growing, but so far the answer is: it depends. School success depends on ... <a title="What makes a school good? It’s about more than just test results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/what-makes-a-school-good-its-about-more-than-just-test-results-114372/" aria-label="Read more about What makes a school good? It’s about more than just test results">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Townson, Senior Designer, Chair in Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology You’re smiling as your e-scooter whispers along the riverside path. Without the helmet, the wind can blow through your hair – and it looks good! You hear a shout, “Pull over!”, and turn to see ... <a title="Helmet churn adds to challenges of e-scooter disruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/helmet-churn-adds-to-challenges-of-e-scooter-disruption-113754/" aria-label="Read more about Helmet churn adds to challenges of e-scooter disruption">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathomi Gatwiri, Lecturer, Southern Cross University Review: Growing Up African in Australia, edited by Maxine Beneba Clarke, Magan Magan and Ahmed Yussuf For many African-diaspora people in Australia, belonging means masking yourself. To fit in is to curate one’s Africanness and one’s blackness. You teach yourself to ... <a title="Growing Up African in Australia: racism, resilience and the right to belong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/growing-up-african-in-australia-racism-resilience-and-the-right-to-belong-113121/" aria-label="Read more about Growing Up African in Australia: racism, resilience and the right to belong">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shadow Finance minister Jim Chalmers said Labor was looking for ways to make things fairer for low-income earners who were “largely left behind” in the government’s budget. He told The Conversation the measures “would be through the tax system and ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on Labor’s budget reaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jim-chalmers-on-labors-budget-reaction-114830/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on Labor’s budget reaction">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne It says something about the place of the arts in Australian public life that a federal budget speech delivered on the eve of an election chooses not to mention them. Agriculture gets a mention. Culture, however, doesn’t. If The ... <a title="Missing in action: a vision for the arts in the 2019 budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/missing-in-action-a-vision-for-the-arts-in-the-2019-budget-114816/" aria-label="Read more about Missing in action: a vision for the arts in the 2019 budget">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2019
Political Roundup: Are gun laws being unnecessarily rushed? by Dr Bryce Edwards In what will be a highly symbolic move by Parliament, new laws on gun control are set to pass late next week, just one month on from the Christchurch terrorist attacks. The Government and Opposition see this, no doubt, as reflecting the public’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Are gun laws being unnecessarily rushed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-are-gun-laws-being-unnecessarily-rushed/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Are gun laws being unnecessarily rushed?">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 3 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Foreign affairs Richard Harman (Politik): Ardern faces critical choice Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s China trip successful but ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 3 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-3-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 3 2019">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne The ABC board comes out badly from the report of the Senate inquiry into political interference in the ABC, which culminated last September in the sacking of the managing director, Michelle Guthrie, and ... <a title="ABC inquiry finds board knew of trouble between Milne and Guthrie, but did nothing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/abc-inquiry-finds-board-knew-of-trouble-between-milne-and-guthrie-but-did-nothing-114752/" aria-label="Read more about ABC inquiry finds board knew of trouble between Milne and Guthrie, but did nothing">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Courtney Hempton, PhD Candidate, Monash University The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) comes into effect on June 19, making Victoria the first state in Australia to allow “voluntary assisted dying”. The legislation was passed in November 2017 following the recommendations of a state parliamentary inquiry into ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in Victoria, and this is what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/voluntary-assisted-dying-will-soon-be-legal-in-victoria-and-this-is-what-you-need-to-know-111836/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in Victoria, and this is what you need to know">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute In his first budget speech, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said education was the first defence of the nation […] it is critical to our prosperity, harmony and advancement as a country. Frydenberg said funding for government, independent and Catholic schools ... <a title="Don’t be fooled, billions for schools in budget 2019 aren’t new. And what happened to the national evidence institute?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/dont-be-fooled-billions-for-schools-in-budget-2019-arent-new-and-what-happened-to-the-national-evidence-institute-114193/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t be fooled, billions for schools in budget 2019 aren’t new. And what happened to the national evidence institute?">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Associate Professor in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology After weeks of speculation, Woolworths has confirmed it will close 30 of its Big W stores in Australia, as well as two distribution centres. This represents about 16% of its 183-strong network. The obvious ... <a title="The trouble with Big W: don’t blame online for killing discount department stores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/the-trouble-with-big-w-dont-blame-online-for-killing-discount-department-stores-114630/" aria-label="Read more about The trouble with Big W: don’t blame online for killing discount department stores">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2019
Cuba’s Leima Freire speaking in Auckland on behalf of ICAP … programmes “helping disadvantaged people”. Image: Michael Andrew/PMC By Michael Andrew Cuba will develop relationships with Pacific countries despite pressure from the United States, says a visiting advocate. On a tour of New Zealand, Leima Martinez Freire, Asia Pacific director of the Cuban Institute for ... <a title="Cuba boosting ‘Pacific connection’ in defiance of US blockade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/03/cuba-boosting-pacific-connection-in-defiance-of-us-blockade/" aria-label="Read more about Cuba boosting ‘Pacific connection’ in defiance of US blockade">Read more</a>
