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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Boucher, Senior Lecturer – Modern History, Macquarie University Review: How to Rule the World, Sydney Theatre Company How to Rule the World is Indigenous playwright Nakkiah Lui’s critical riposte to the intellectual poverty of political life in Australia. A biting and urgent satire of the politics ... <a title="How to Rule the World is a biting and urgent satire of Australian politics – that feels all too real" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/how-to-rule-the-world-is-a-biting-and-urgent-satire-of-australian-politics-that-feels-all-too-real-112409/" aria-label="Read more about How to Rule the World is a biting and urgent satire of Australian politics – that feels all too real">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted February 21-24 from a sample of 1,590, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged on last fortnight. Primary votes were also unchanged, with Labor on 39%, the Coalition 37%, the Greens 9% ... <a title="Poll wrap: Newspoll steady at 53-47 despite boats, and Abbott and Dutton trailing in their seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/poll-wrap-newspoll-steady-at-53-47-despite-boats-and-abbott-and-dutton-trailing-in-their-seats-112396/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Newspoll steady at 53-47 despite boats, and Abbott and Dutton trailing in their seats">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Keith Rankin, 26 February 2019 Until late 2018, New Zealand’s immigration statistics have been woefully inadequate. While it has always been possible to keep taps on the total number of people in the country – through births, deaths, and net international passenger movements – ‘official’ net immigration numbers have long been calculated by stated intentions ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Improving New Zealand’s Immigration Statistics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-improving-new-zealands-immigration-statistics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Improving New Zealand’s Immigration Statistics">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Political Roundup: The biggest problem with the CGT – it won’t do enough by Dr Bryce Edwards Are the purported benefits of the Tax Working Group’s proposed capital gains tax an illusion? So far, questions about the potential effectiveness of the tax are the biggest challenge to the proposal, as there are strong doubts about ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The biggest problem with the CGT – it won’t do enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-biggest-problem-with-the-cgt-it-wont-do-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The biggest problem with the CGT – it won’t do enough">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn D’Cruz, Senior Lecturer, Gender Sexuality and Diversity Studies, La Trobe University “Intersectionality” – a word most commonly used in relation to feminism – can be hard to define and easy to abuse. Still, it remains essential for analysing and changing patterns of inequality and injustice. Put ... <a title="Explainer: what does ‘intersectionality’ mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/explainer-what-does-intersectionality-mean-104937/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what does ‘intersectionality’ mean?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here. Australia’s nearly three ... <a title="Now is the time to plan how to fight the next recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/now-is-the-time-to-plan-how-to-fight-the-next-recession-111497/" aria-label="Read more about Now is the time to plan how to fight the next recession">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Spike Lee, who stormed out of the Oscars after Green Book won Best Picture at Sunday’s Oscars, likened the news to a “bad call” by the referee at a Knicks game. Video: Variety By Stuart Richards in Adelaide Every year it is the same story: the Academy comes so close to catching up with the ... <a title="#Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – nothing progressive here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/oscars2019-play-it-safe-with-green-book-nothing-progressive-here/" aria-label="Read more about #Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – nothing progressive here">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 26 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 Capital Gains Tax proposal 1News: Q+A: The impact of a capital gains tax on the ‘Kiwi way of life’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 26 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-26-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 26 2019">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Westaway, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University The Tasmanian devil – despite its name – once roamed the mainland of Australia. Returning the devil to the mainland may not only help its threatened status but could help control invasive predators such ... <a title="Could Tassie devils help control feral cats on the mainland? Fossils say yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/could-tassie-devils-help-control-feral-cats-on-the-mainland-fossils-say-yes-63120/" aria-label="Read more about Could Tassie devils help control feral cats on the mainland? Fossils say yes">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the ... <a title="A Shorten government could shift the country on important issues and show a little spunk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/a-shorten-government-could-shift-the-country-on-important-issues-and-show-a-little-spunk-110885/" aria-label="Read more about A Shorten government could shift the country on important issues and show a little spunk">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Johnson, Adjunct Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces ... <a title="Win or lose the next election, it may be time for the Liberals to rethink their economic narrative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/win-or-lose-the-next-election-it-may-be-time-for-the-liberals-to-rethink-their-economic-narrative-110902/" aria-label="Read more about Win or lose the next election, it may be time for the Liberals to rethink their economic narrative">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Ramírez, PhD candidate, James Cook University Western Australian health authorities recently issued warnings about Murray Valley encephalitis, a serious disease that can spread by the bite of an infected mosquito and cause inflammation of the brain. Thankfully, no human cases have been reported this wet season. ... <a title="Explainer: what is Murray Valley encephalitis virus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/explainer-what-is-murray-valley-encephalitis-virus-112212/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is Murray Valley encephalitis virus?">Read more</a>
