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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn discuss the fourth week of the 2025 election campaign. While the death of Pope Francis interrupted campaigning for a while, the leaders had another debate on Tuesday night and the opposition (belatedly) put out its ... <a title="Scares and stunts in the home stretch: election special podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/scares-and-stunts-in-the-home-stretch-election-special-podcast-255224/" aria-label="Read more about Scares and stunts in the home stretch: election special podcast">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Whatever the result on May 3, even people within the Liberals think they have run a very poor national campaign. Not just poor, but odd. Nothing makes the point more strongly than this week’s release of the opposition’s defence policy. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Coalition’s campaign lacks good planning and enough elbow grease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/grattan-on-friday-coalitions-campaign-lacks-good-planning-and-enough-elbow-grease-254992/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Coalition’s campaign lacks good planning and enough elbow grease">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carole Cusack, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Sydney ➡️ View the full interactive version of this article here. Carole Cusack does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no ... <a title="Inside the elaborate farewell to Pope Francis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/inside-the-elaborate-farewell-to-pope-francis-255020/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the elaborate farewell to Pope Francis">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Ghezelbash, Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney People who apply for asylum in Australia face significant delays in having their claims processed. These delays undermine the integrity of the asylum system, erode public confidence and cause significant ... <a title="5 ways to tackle Australia’s backlog of asylum cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/5-ways-to-tackle-australias-backlog-of-asylum-cases-254071/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways to tackle Australia’s backlog of asylum cases">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Every election cycle the media becomes infatuated, even if temporarily, with preference deals between parties. The 2025 election is no exception, with many media reports about preference ... <a title="Preference deals can decide the outcome of a seat in an election – but not always" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/preference-deals-can-decide-the-outcome-of-a-seat-in-an-election-but-not-always-255005/" aria-label="Read more about Preference deals can decide the outcome of a seat in an election – but not always">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania For each Australian federal election, there are two different ways you get to vote. Whether you vote early, by post or on polling day on May 3, each eligible voter will be given two ballot papers: one ... <a title="What is preferential voting and how does it work? Your guide to making your vote count" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/what-is-preferential-voting-and-how-does-it-work-your-guide-to-making-your-vote-count-254286/" aria-label="Read more about What is preferential voting and how does it work? Your guide to making your vote count">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Mortimore, Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Griffith University wedmoment.stock/Shutterstock If elected, the Coalition has pledged to end Labor’s substantial tax break for new zero- or low-emissions vehicles. This, combined with an earlier promise to roll back new fuel efficiency standards, would successfully slow the transition to hybrid ... <a title="Back to the fuel guzzlers? Coalition plans to end EV tax breaks would hobble the clean transport transition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/back-to-the-fuel-guzzlers-coalition-plans-to-end-ev-tax-breaks-would-hobble-the-clean-transport-transition-255211/" aria-label="Read more about Back to the fuel guzzlers? Coalition plans to end EV tax breaks would hobble the clean transport transition">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University Once again, housing affordability is at the forefront of an Australian federal election. Both major parties have put housing policies at the centre of their respective campaigns. But there are still concerns too little is being done ... <a title="Many experienced tradies don’t have formal qualifications. Could fast-tracked recognition ease the housing crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/many-experienced-tradies-dont-have-formal-qualifications-could-fast-tracked-recognition-ease-the-housing-crisis-255108/" aria-label="Read more about Many experienced tradies don’t have formal qualifications. Could fast-tracked recognition ease the housing crisis?">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Meade, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University Daria Nipot/Shutterstock With ongoing cost of living pressures, the Australian and New Zealand supermarket sectors are attracting renewed political attention on both sides of the Tasman. Allegations of price gouging have become ... <a title="This may be as good as it gets: NZ and Australia face a complicated puzzle when it comes to supermarket prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/this-may-be-as-good-as-it-gets-nz-and-australia-face-a-complicated-puzzle-when-it-comes-to-supermarket-prices-254987/" aria-label="Read more about This may be as good as it gets: NZ and Australia face a complicated puzzle when it comes to supermarket prices">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erika K. Smith, Associate Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University This article contains mention of racist terms in historical context. Every Anzac Day, Australians are presented with narratives that re-inscribe particular versions of our national story. One such narrative persistently claims “fuzzy wuzzy angel” was ... <a title="The phrase ‘fuzzy wuzzy angels’ is far from affectionate – it reflects 500 years of racism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/the-phrase-fuzzy-wuzzy-angels-is-far-from-affectionate-it-reflects-500-years-of-racism-253953/" aria-label="Read more about The phrase ‘fuzzy wuzzy angels’ is far from affectionate – it reflects 500 years of racism">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Fellow, Naval Studies at UNSW Canberra, and Expert Associate, National Security College, Australian National University Australian strategic thinking has long struggled to move beyond a narrow view of defence that focuses solely on protecting our shores. However, in today’s world, our economy could be ... <a title="Why AUKUS remains the right strategy for the future defence of Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/why-aukus-remains-the-right-strategy-for-the-future-defence-of-australia-254985/" aria-label="Read more about Why AUKUS remains the right strategy for the future defence of Australia">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University As Australia begins voting in the federal election, we’re awash with political messages. While this of course includes the typical paid ads in newspapers and on TV (those ones with the infamously fast-paced “authorised by” ... <a title="Election meme hits and duds – we’ve graded some of the best (and worst) of the campaign so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/election-meme-hits-and-duds-weve-graded-some-of-the-best-and-worst-of-the-campaign-so-far-254709/" aria-label="Read more about Election meme hits and duds – we’ve graded some of the best (and worst) of the campaign so far">Read more</a>
