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December 11, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University In 1846 Melbourne was gripped by a panic: a story had spread that a white woman had been shipwrecked off the coast of Gippsland and was living with Aboriginal people. “Expeditions” were sent to “rescue” ... <a title="Recovered Aboriginal songs offer clues to 18th century mystery of the shipwrecked ‘white woman’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/recovered-aboriginal-songs-offer-clues-to-18th-century-mystery-of-the-shipwrecked-white-woman-108070/" aria-label="Read more about Recovered Aboriginal songs offer clues to 18th century mystery of the shipwrecked ‘white woman’">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Whelan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Last year, more people bought their seventh home than those buying their first. – Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni, media statement, November 22, 2018 Housing affordability remains a serious issue in many cities ... <a title="FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first home last year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/factcheck-did-more-people-buy-their-seventh-home-than-bought-their-first-home-last-year-108492/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first home last year?">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Whelan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Last year, more people bought their seventh home than those buying their first. – Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni, media statement, November 22, 2018 Housing affordability remains a serious issue in many cities ... <a title="FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first last year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/factcheck-did-more-people-buy-their-seventh-home-than-bought-their-first-last-year-108492/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first last year?">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
UN’s OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani … “there are many West Papuan grievances, and we’ve seen this in many parts of the world where grievances are unaddressed, or there’s a suppression of dissent.” Image: UN interview screenshot Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly have been defended by the ... <a title="UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/un-official-defends-west-papuan-rights-free-speech-peaceful-assembly/" aria-label="Read more about UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
By Keith Rankin There will almost certainly be another major financial crisis, just like there will be another big earthquake (or, as the Australians would instead say, another big bushfire). We can do much to improve our monitoring of systemic stresses, our awareness of critical-state dynamics, and our before-and-after mitigation processes. Wilful blindness is not ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Crisis Postponed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/keith-rankins-chart-for-this-month-crisis-postponed/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Crisis Postponed">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2018 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Education Liz Gordon (Daily Blog): Yesterday’s schools Simon Collins (Herald): ‘Stalinist’ or ‘exciting’: Battle begins over radical school reforms John Minto (Daily Blog): A breath of fresh ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-10-2018/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2018">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Smales, Associate Professor, Finance, University of Western Australia Nearly 170 years before the invention of Bitcoin, the journalist Charles Mackay noted the way whole communities could “fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit”. Millions of people, he wrote, “become simultaneously impressed ... <a title="How low will Bitcoin now go? The history of price bubbles provides some clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/how-low-will-bitcoin-now-go-the-history-of-price-bubbles-provides-some-clues-107596/" aria-label="Read more about How low will Bitcoin now go? The history of price bubbles provides some clues">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Beirman, Senior Lecturer, Tourism, University of Technology Sydney Over the past year, Australians took almost 11 million international trips. We’re among the world’s leading international travellers on a per-capita basis. Australians took more than 3.5 million trips to Asia in the past year. Indonesia (especially Bali), ... <a title="Going travelling? Don’t forget insurance (and to read the fine print)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/going-travelling-dont-forget-insurance-and-to-read-the-fine-print-107961/" aria-label="Read more about Going travelling? Don’t forget insurance (and to read the fine print)">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
How UN agencies strive to put human rights at the centre of their work. Video: UN Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of workers from the Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) held a protest march at the weekend in the capital of Jakarta and Fiji’s Coalition on Human Rights staged a march today to commemorate ... <a title="Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/labour-rally-in-jakarta-fiji-march-highlight-global-human-rights-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Rogers, Lecturer in Psychology, Edith Cowan University This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome: find out how to enter at the bottom. You ... <a title="Curious Kids: Where do dreams come from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/curious-kids-where-do-dreams-come-from-105130/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: Where do dreams come from?">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Who wouldn’t want cheaper power? And who wouldn’t enjoy a bit of a stoush between the big bad generators and the government, trying to break them up on our behalf? Even if it was largely tangential to keeping prices low. ... <a title="Newsflash. The government doesn’t need to break up power companies in order to tame prices. The ACCC says so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/newsflash-the-government-doesnt-need-to-break-up-power-companies-in-order-to-tame-prices-the-accc-says-so-108333/" aria-label="Read more about Newsflash. The government doesn’t need to break up power companies in order to tame prices. The ACCC says so">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmine Probst, Senior lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong This article is in the series This is research, where we ask academics to share and discuss open access articles that reveal important aspects of science. Today’s piece explains how clinical trials assess drug effectiveness. Ear infections, ... <a title="How researchers assess whether medications work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/how-researchers-assess-whether-medications-work-102773/" aria-label="Read more about How researchers assess whether medications work">Read more</a>
