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November 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Markus, Pratt Foundation Research Chair of Jewish Civilisation, Monash University While most Australians still view the economy as the most important issue facing the country, a new survey released today shows climate change is rapidly becoming a major concern, as well. Now in its 12th year, ... <a title="Climate Change – The most important issue facing Australia? New survey sees huge spike in concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/26/the-most-important-issue-facing-australia-new-survey-sees-huge-spike-in-concern-over-climate-change-127688/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Change – The most important issue facing Australia? New survey sees huge spike in concern">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Large bills are one of the main reasons people are dissatisfied with their private health insurance – especially when these bills come as a surprise. Doctors charge what they like, and patients rarely have any information about what they are ... <a title="Greedy doctors make private health insurance more painful – here’s a way to end bill shock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/26/greedy-doctors-make-private-health-insurance-more-painful-heres-a-way-to-end-bill-shock-127227/" aria-label="Read more about Greedy doctors make private health insurance more painful – here’s a way to end bill shock">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Sharrock, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy, University of Melbourne Each year universities check the latest OECD Education at a Glance report to see how Australian tertiary spending compares with peer countries. The good news is that every report since 2012 has shown ... <a title="Australia’s tertiary education spending grew while commentators cried otherwise: we explain in 6 charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/26/australias-tertiary-education-spending-grew-while-commentators-cried-otherwise-we-explain-in-6-charts-126492/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s tertiary education spending grew while commentators cried otherwise: we explain in 6 charts">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Baker, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine, Deakin University A self-proclaimed “farmer’s wife” triggered a groundswell of activity on Twitter this month from frustrated rural professionals across Australia. Kirsten Diprose is an ABC metropolitan journalist turned regional reporter. In an article for the ... <a title="Geographical narcissism: when city folk just assume they’re better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/26/geographical-narcissism-when-city-folk-just-assume-theyre-better-127318/" aria-label="Read more about Geographical narcissism: when city folk just assume they’re better">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer, Monash University MARTIN stands for “Macroeconomic Relationships for Targeting Inflation”, or perhaps merely for “Martin Place” which is the location of the Reserve Bank’s headquarters in Sydney. It’s the bank’s new computer model of the Australian economy, made up of 147 equations working in ... <a title="The RBA has a new brain. It has thoughts on what’ll happen after interest rates hit zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/26/the-rba-has-a-new-brain-it-has-thoughts-on-whatll-happen-after-interest-rates-hit-zero-126765/" aria-label="Read more about The RBA has a new brain. It has thoughts on what’ll happen after interest rates hit zero">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Brayshaw, Lecturer, Fashion and Design History, Theory, and Thinking, University of Technology Sydney In June this year, hundreds of Australian shoppers queued – some overnight – to buy a pair of Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Black Static Adidas sneakers the moment they went on sale. Before ... <a title="Designer fashion, nostalgia magnet – what’s behind the rise and rise of the sneaker?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/26/designer-fashion-nostalgia-magnet-whats-behind-the-rise-and-rise-of-the-sneaker-123766/" aria-label="Read more about Designer fashion, nostalgia magnet – what’s behind the rise and rise of the sneaker?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ASIO boss Mike Burgess is known to be more open in his approach than many in the world of spooks. Even so, it was startling when late Sunday night he tweeted a pointer to his statement that ASIO is investigating ... <a title="View from The Hill: ASIO investigating allegation China wanted a horse in the democratic race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/26/view-from-the-hill-asio-investigating-allegation-china-wanted-a-horse-in-the-democratic-race-127744/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: ASIO investigating allegation China wanted a horse in the democratic race">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evie Kendal, Lecturer in Bioethics and Health Humanities, Deakin University Tesla’s new “Blade Runner-inspired” electric cybertruck has the world turning its head. The internet has had a field day since the vehicle’s launch on Thursday, with users finding creative ways to ridicule the truck’s eccentric design. This ... <a title="Tesla’s Blade Runner-inspired pickup truck kind of flopped. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/25/teslas-blade-runner-inspired-pickup-truck-kind-of-flopped-heres-why-126679/" aria-label="Read more about Tesla’s Blade Runner-inspired pickup truck kind of flopped. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Finkel, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist In 1874, science fiction author Jules Verne set out a prescient vision that has inspired governments and entrepreneurs in the 145 years since. In his book The Mysterious Island, Verne wrote of a world where “water will ... <a title="145 years after Jules Verne dreamed up a hydrogen future, it has arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/25/145-years-after-jules-verne-dreamed-up-a-hydrogen-future-it-has-arrived-127701/" aria-label="Read more about 145 years after Jules Verne dreamed up a hydrogen future, it has arrived">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2019
A consensus is building around the need for reform of New Zealand’s rules governing political party donations and spending. Many commentators are asking whether our electoral laws are fundamentally broken and, if so, how they should be changed. Currently the leading ideas appear to be to clamp down further on donations, better regulate loans to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fixing the problems of money in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-fixing-the-problems-of-money-in-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fixing the problems of money in politics">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University If you’re going through IVF, you may be offered a test to look at your embryos’ chromosomes. Pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (chromosome abnormalities), known as PGT-A, is an ... <a title="Genetic testing IVF embryos doesn’t improve the chance of a baby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/25/genetic-testing-ivf-embryos-doesnt-improve-the-chance-of-a-baby-126839/" aria-label="Read more about Genetic testing IVF embryos doesn’t improve the chance of a baby">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Fargher, Lecturer in Accounting, University of Wollongong Australia’s second-biggest bank, Westpac, is poised to overtake the biggest, the Commonwealth Bank. Not in terms of assets, earnings or market capitalisation, but in having to pay the heftiest fine in Australian corporate history. Westpac is accused of breaching ... <a title="How Westpac is alleged to have broken anti-money laundering laws 23 million times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/25/how-westpac-is-alleged-to-have-broken-anti-money-laundering-laws-23-million-times-127518/" aria-label="Read more about How Westpac is alleged to have broken anti-money laundering laws 23 million times">Read more</a>
