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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland It’s not uncommon for science and religion to be framed as two opposing forces. The Catholic church has famously struggled to accommodate scientific research in its past, but recently there has ... <a title="Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/pope-francis-and-the-catholic-church-continue-to-look-towards-science-and-that-can-only-be-a-good-thing-123640/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Wilson, Associate Professor of Politics and Religion, University of Groningen The Coalition government’s proposed religious discrimination bill has been criticised for the potential problems it poses for women, the LGBTQI+ community, people with disabilities and people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Yet, there is another ... <a title="The biggest hurdle for the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill: how to define ‘religion’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/the-biggest-hurdle-for-the-coalitions-religious-discrimination-bill-how-to-define-religion-125214/" aria-label="Read more about The biggest hurdle for the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill: how to define ‘religion’">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cat Pausé, Senior Lecturer in Human Development, Massey University The British Psychological Society is calling for changes for how we talk about fatness, suggesting we should no longer use the phrase “obese people”, but instead, “people with obesity” or “people living with obesity”. These changes are being ... <a title="Changing the terminology to ‘people with obesity’ won’t reduce stigma against fat people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/changing-the-terminology-to-people-with-obesity-wont-reduce-stigma-against-fat-people-124266/" aria-label="Read more about Changing the terminology to ‘people with obesity’ won’t reduce stigma against fat people">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University The federal government’s much-vaunted Snowy Hydro expansion is supposed to smooth out the bumps in electricity supply as Australia transitions to renewables. But not only is the project a bad deal for taxpayers, our analysis suggests it will ... <a title="Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/snowy-2-0-will-not-produce-nearly-as-much-electricity-as-claimed-we-must-hit-the-pause-button-125017/" aria-label="Read more about Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chyi Lin Lee, Associate Professor of Property, UNSW Value capture has been advocated as an innovative way to fund infrastructure, including by the Australian government. However, its effectiveness in Australia has been questioned. Our research, based on railway level crossing removals in Victoria, suggests infrastructure projects do ... <a title="Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture’s potential to fund city infrastructure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/rail-works-lift-property-prices-pointing-to-value-captures-potential-to-fund-city-infrastructure-123757/" aria-label="Read more about Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture’s potential to fund city infrastructure">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By María Yanotti, Lecturer of Economics and Finance Tasmanian School of Business & Economics, University of Tasmania The housing market is moving again. In the past month, national prices have climbed 0.9%. What matters most to buyers (and especially to investors), along with price and value, is location. ... <a title="Location, location, location: why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/location-location-location-why-up-to-two-thirds-of-property-investors-may-get-it-wrong-121735/" aria-label="Read more about Location, location, location: why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne It seems appropriate that a painting titled Feng Shui dominates the new exhibition of Guan Wei’s work at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary ... <a title="Guan Wei review: feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/guan-wei-review-feng-shui-for-a-vision-of-a-world-in-harmony-125064/" aria-label="Read more about Guan Wei review: feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Matthews, Lecturer in Digital Media and Popular Culture Researcher, Auckland University of Technology According to a recent study, the sixth leading cause of death for young men in the United States is the warranted and unwarranted use of police force. With the US president himself frequently ... <a title="Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke the cartoon character" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/who-is-judge-dredd-and-why-it-matters-that-media-invoke-the-cartoon-character-124412/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke the cartoon character">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission conducted an inquiry into mortgage pricing as recently as last year. Now Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has asked it to do another, broader one, in order to ensure the banks’ pricing practices are “better understood”, ... <a title="Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/four-questions-about-mortgages-the-accc-inquiry-should-put-to-the-big-four-banks-125224/" aria-label="Read more about Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
The results of the local government elections appear to show that New Zealanders are generally supportive of a more diverse range of representatives, having voted in greater numbers for candidates from traditionally under-represented groups. The elections have therefore modernised our councils in a small but very significant way, helping address some long-standing imbalances in representation. ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The demographic shift in local government elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-demographic-shift-in-local-government-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The demographic shift in local government elections">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk University of the South Pacific staff and students have released a rebuttal to former Vice Chancellor Professor Rajesh Chandra’s claim that he has been “vindicated” from any wrong-doing during his tenure at the university. The rebuttal was prepared and sent to the Fiji Sun on September 20 in response to Chandra’s ... <a title="Former USP Vice Chancellor ‘violated’ norms, say staff and students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/former-usp-vice-chancellor-violated-norms-say-staff-and-students/" aria-label="Read more about Former USP Vice Chancellor ‘violated’ norms, say staff and students">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Skrzypiec, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University Many Australian students don’t know the difference between banter and bullying, with some saying they joke about wishing their friend would “drown” or “die in a car crash”. More than 800 Australian students aged 11-16 took part in a survey asking ... <a title="‘I wish you were murdered’: some students don’t know the difference between bullying and banter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/i-wish-you-were-murdered-some-students-dont-know-the-difference-between-bullying-and-banter-124272/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I wish you were murdered’: some students don’t know the difference between bullying and banter">Read more</a>
