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October 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University School choice is a defining feature of Australian education. One reason is because more families make choices between public and private schools than in other OECD countries. In 2017, 29.8% of Australian primary, and 40.6% secondary, students were ... <a title="Choosing a school for your kid? Here’s how other Australian parents do it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/choosing-a-school-for-your-kid-heres-how-other-australian-parents-do-it-126011/" aria-label="Read more about Choosing a school for your kid? Here’s how other Australian parents do it">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Coelli, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne Should we believe headlines claiming nearly half of all jobs will be lost to robots and artificial intelligence? We think not, and in a newly released study we explain why. Headlines trumpeting massive job losses have been in abundance for ... <a title="Behind those headlines. Why not to rely on claims robots threaten half our jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/behind-those-headlines-why-not-to-rely-on-claims-robots-threaten-half-our-jobs-125935/" aria-label="Read more about Behind those headlines. Why not to rely on claims robots threaten half our jobs">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geir Henning Presterudstuen, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, Western Sydney University The ghosts of Halloween decorations provide light entertainment, but our enduring fascination for and fear of them is far from child’s play. Polls indicate 35% of Australians believe in the existence of ghosts, figures echoed in the ... <a title="Cyclones, screens, lost souls: how the ghosts we believe in reflect our changing fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/cyclones-screens-lost-souls-how-the-ghosts-we-believe-in-reflect-our-changing-fears-125493/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclones, screens, lost souls: how the ghosts we believe in reflect our changing fears">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn S. McLaggan, Research Fellow, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland Modern buildings have seen rapid development in recent decades, with a push towards sustainable practices and improved energy efficiency. But the advancement of fire safety has been less prioritised, and we need to rethink ... <a title="We made a flammable cladding database to help boost fire safety in our buildings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/we-made-a-flammable-cladding-database-to-help-boost-fire-safety-in-our-buildings-125933/" aria-label="Read more about We made a flammable cladding database to help boost fire safety in our buildings">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn S. McLaggan, Research Fellow, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland Modern buildings have seen rapid development in recent decades, with a push towards sustainable practices and improved energy efficiency. But the advancement of fire safety has been less prioritised, and we need to rethink ... <a title="We made a database to help boost fire safety in our buildings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/we-made-a-database-to-help-boost-fire-safety-in-our-buildings-125933/" aria-label="Read more about We made a database to help boost fire safety in our buildings">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Synot, Centre Manager, Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW Many will feel a sense of déjà vu when reading the minister for Indigenous Australians’ announcement of a co-design process for a “voice to government”. This is yet another process in the long journey of Indigenous people to set ... <a title="Ken Wyatt’s proposed ‘voice to government’ marks another failure to hear Indigenous voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/ken-wyatts-proposed-voice-to-government-marks-another-failure-to-hear-indigenous-voices-126103/" aria-label="Read more about Ken Wyatt’s proposed ‘voice to government’ marks another failure to hear Indigenous voices">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael (Mike) Joy, Senior Researcher; Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington After months of deliberations, New Zealand’s coalition government last week announced a partnership with the farming sector, with a five-year plan to quantify and price farm emissions by 2025. Agriculture is responsible ... <a title="Why water quality should have been an issue when NZ government joined with farm sector to curb emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/why-water-quality-should-have-been-an-issue-when-nz-government-joined-with-farm-sector-to-curb-emissions-125870/" aria-label="Read more about Why water quality should have been an issue when NZ government joined with farm sector to curb emissions">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Chart Analysis by Keith Rankin. Most countries’ economies have financial signatures that reflect their cultures and histories. We may, in a binary sense, call these surplus and deficit signatures. But there are a number of important nuances. For these four developed countries, Germany and Japan would be classed as having ‘surplus’ economies, while New Zealand ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: Financial Signatures of Four Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-financial-signatures-of-four-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: Financial Signatures of Four Countries">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Frederick B. MillsFrom Washington DC Over the past month, ruling elites in Ecuador and Chile as well as the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, have been warning that the specter of the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, is behind rising anti-neoliberal sentiments throughout the region. ... <a title="The “Super-Mustache” of Nicolás Maduro: The Scapegoat of Neoliberal Elites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/the-super-mustache-of-nicolas-maduro-the-scapegoat-of-neoliberal-elites/" aria-label="Read more about The “Super-Mustache” of Nicolás Maduro: The Scapegoat of Neoliberal Elites">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luciana d’Arcangeli, Cassamarca Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies, Flinders University, Flinders University Lina Wertmüller was known to everyone in the world of cinema long before she donned her iconic, custom made, white-rimmed glasses in the 80s, or her hair turned white to match. The Italian filmmaker has ... <a title="The lowdown on Lina Wertmüller – the rule-breaking, nonagenarian female director finally awarded an Oscar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/the-lowdown-on-lina-wertmuller-the-rule-breaking-nonagenarian-female-director-finally-awarded-an-oscar-126009/" aria-label="Read more about The lowdown on Lina Wertmüller – the rule-breaking, nonagenarian female director finally awarded an Oscar">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
By Michael Andrew PMC Director Professor David Robie gave a blistering attack on the Australian and New Zealand governments and mainstream media for their deafening “silence” over the West Papua crisis earlier this week. Speaking in the pre-conference keynote for next month’s Melanesian Media Freedom Forum (MMFF) at Griffith University’s South Bank campus in Brisbane, ... <a title="PMC director blasts politicians, media over ‘shameful silence’ over Papua rights violations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/pmc-director-blasts-politicians-media-over-shameful-silence-over-papua-rights-violations/" aria-label="Read more about PMC director blasts politicians, media over ‘shameful silence’ over Papua rights violations">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Christoff, Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne Anthony Albanese’s “Jobs and the Future of Work” speech delivered on Tuesday was, in some ways, a beacon in a dark landscape short on policy ambition. It illuminates the right issues. Technological change and artificial intelligence. The ... <a title="Labor’s reset on climate and jobs is a political mirage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/labors-reset-on-climate-and-jobs-is-a-political-mirage-126013/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s reset on climate and jobs is a political mirage">Read more</a>
