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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Whitehead, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, have raised the question of electric vehicles’ capacity for “grunt”. Now I’m by no means a “grunt” expert, but when it comes to performance, electric cars are far from lacking. In fact, ... <a title="Here’s why electric cars have plenty of grunt, oomph and torque" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/heres-why-electric-cars-have-plenty-of-grunt-oomph-and-torque-115356/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why electric cars have plenty of grunt, oomph and torque">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland This year is the 40th anniversary of the release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The film met with instant controversy in 1979 and was banned in Ireland, Norway and parts of Britain. ... <a title="Life of Brian at 40: an assertion of individual freedom that still resonates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/life-of-brian-at-40-an-assertion-of-individual-freedom-that-still-resonates-114743/" aria-label="Read more about Life of Brian at 40: an assertion of individual freedom that still resonates">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mirjam van der Mheen, PhD Candidate in Oceanography, University of Western Australia Great areas of our rubbish are known to form in parts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. But no such “garbage patch” has been found in the Southern Indian Ocean. Our research – published recently ... <a title="There’s no ‘garbage patch’ in the Southern Indian Ocean, so where does all the rubbish go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/theres-no-garbage-patch-in-the-southern-indian-ocean-so-where-does-all-the-rubbish-go-114439/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no ‘garbage patch’ in the Southern Indian Ocean, so where does all the rubbish go?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The election contest continues to focus on tax and health, with the government setting out the tax benefit people in particular occupations would get in the long term under its plan, and Labor announcing funding for pathology from its cancer ... <a title="Election stays on tax and health battlegrounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/election-stays-on-tax-and-health-battlegrounds-115500/" aria-label="Read more about Election stays on tax and health battlegrounds">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burton, Adjunct Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University This article is part of our series on homeschooling in Australia. The series answers common questions including why homeschooling is on the rise and how outcomes of homeschooled children compare with those who attend formal schooling. Between 2011 ... <a title="Homeschooled children are far more socially engaged than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/homeschooled-children-are-far-more-socially-engaged-than-you-might-think-111353/" aria-label="Read more about Homeschooled children are far more socially engaged than you might think">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne Lately, governments and oppositions have been obsessed with “returning to surplus” in order to balance the budget. It hasn’t always been so. In the lead-up to the 1961 federal election, unemployment had climbed above 2% and was creeping towards 3%. ... <a title="Memories. In 1961 Labor promised to boost the deficit to fight unemployment. The promise won" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/memories-in-1961-labor-promised-to-boost-the-deficit-to-fight-unemployment-the-promise-won-115376/" aria-label="Read more about Memories. In 1961 Labor promised to boost the deficit to fight unemployment. The promise won">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra While Peter Dutton is fighting for his political life in his marginal Brisbane seat of Dickson, he is being “weaponised” by Labor in its efforts to defeat two of his strongest Victorian supporters, Greg Hunt and Michael Sukkar, despite their ... <a title="View from The Hill: Peter Dutton – Labor’s not-so-secret weapon against Hunt and Sukkar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/view-from-the-hill-peter-dutton-labors-not-so-secret-weapon-against-hunt-and-sukkar-115474/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Peter Dutton – Labor’s not-so-secret weapon against Hunt and Sukkar">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2019
Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Ezekiel Alebua … “too many flaws in 2018 Electoral Act.” Image: SIBC/AFP Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Ezekiel Alebua says that while last week’s general election was peaceful, he claims it was also among the most corrupt. The main source of election corruption was the 2018 Electoral ... <a title="Solomon Island’s election among ‘most corrupt’, says former PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/solomon-islands-election-among-most-corrupt-says-former-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Island’s election among ‘most corrupt’, says former PM">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2019
Neles Tebay of the West Papua Catholic Justice and Peace Secretariat, as well as the Papua Peace Network. Photo: UCA News By RNZ Pacific A leading West Papuan peace campaigner, Neles Tebay, has died in Jakarta after being hospitalised with leukemia. A Catholic priest and academic as well as the co-ordinator of the Papua Peace ... <a title="West Papuan peace advocate who urged dialogue dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/west-papuan-peace-advocate-who-urged-dialogue-dies/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan peace advocate who urged dialogue dies">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With five weeks until the May 18 election, this week’s Newspoll, conducted April 11-14 from a sample of 1,700 people, gave Labor a 52-48 lead, unchanged since last week. Primary votes were 39% Coalition (up ... <a title="Poll wrap: Labor maintains its lead in Newspoll, while One Nation drops; NSW upper house finalised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/poll-wrap-labor-maintains-its-lead-in-newspoll-while-one-nation-drops-nsw-upper-house-finalised-115426/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Labor maintains its lead in Newspoll, while One Nation drops; NSW upper house finalised">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Although Rosslynd Piggott has a high profile in the contemporary Australian art scene, her work is difficult to characterise; meaning in her installations, objects and paintings is elusive and interpretations are ambiguous. Her art is not easily ... <a title="Transforming the incidental into the memorable: the enigmatic art of Rosslynd Piggott" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/transforming-the-incidental-into-the-memorable-the-enigmatic-art-of-rosslynd-piggott-115452/" aria-label="Read more about Transforming the incidental into the memorable: the enigmatic art of Rosslynd Piggott">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Health is proving a bone of contention in the 2019 election campaign. Labor has positioned health as a key point of difference, and the Coalition is arguing that Labor’s promises are untrue in one case and underfunded in another. This ... <a title="As Mediscare 2.0 takes centre stage, here’s what you need to know about hospital ‘cuts’ and cancer funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/as-mediscare-2-0-takes-centre-stage-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-hospital-cuts-and-cancer-funding-115447/" aria-label="Read more about As Mediscare 2.0 takes centre stage, here’s what you need to know about hospital ‘cuts’ and cancer funding">Read more</a>
