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November 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Soderstrom, Professor of Accounting and Deputy Head of Department, University of Melbourne Sydney is currently blanketed by smoke haze from severe bushfires that have burned through New South Wales. Air pollution levels on Thursday reached hazardous levels for the second time in a week. The NSW ... <a title="Australia: Smoke haze hurts financial markets as well as the environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/22/smoke-haze-hurts-financial-markets-as-well-as-the-environment-127511/" aria-label="Read more about Australia: Smoke haze hurts financial markets as well as the environment">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Australia’s system of childcare support is pretty good. It ensures high-quality care is provided to a large number of children, it is targeted through income-based subsidies, and it is attentive to the needs of disadvantaged children and families. But it has ... <a title="Vital Signs. Untaxing childcare is a bold idea that seems unfair, but might benefit us all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/22/vital-signs-untaxing-childcare-is-a-bold-idea-that-seems-unfair-but-might-benefit-us-all-127430/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. Untaxing childcare is a bold idea that seems unfair, but might benefit us all">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Mary Ann Evans took the pseudonym “George Eliot” because she wanted to be taken seriously as a writer. Other female authors – Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen, for example – had penned work under their own ... <a title="Friday essay: George Eliot 200 years on – a scandalous life, a brilliant mind and a huge literary legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/22/friday-essay-george-eliot-200-years-on-a-scandalous-life-a-brilliant-mind-and-a-huge-literary-legacy-127438/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: George Eliot 200 years on – a scandalous life, a brilliant mind and a huge literary legacy">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison’s government is heading to the end of 2019 amid a debate about its economic judgement and with a number of substantial policy moves started but not completed. Morrison this week delivered to an audience from big business what ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison will go into 2020 with a challenging cluster of policy loose ends" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/grattan-on-friday-scott-morrison-will-go-into-2020-with-a-challenging-cluster-of-policy-loose-ends-127527/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison will go into 2020 with a challenging cluster of policy loose ends">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Christoff, Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne A new United Nations report shows the world’s major fossil fuel producing countries, including Australia, plan to dig up far more coal, oil and gas than can be burned if the world is to prevent serious harm ... <a title="New report shows the world is awash with fossil fuels. It’s time to cut off supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/new-report-shows-the-world-is-awash-with-fossil-fuels-its-time-to-cut-off-supply-126605/" aria-label="Read more about New report shows the world is awash with fossil fuels. It’s time to cut off supply">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
New Zealand is officially one of the least corrupt countries in the world. But it could be argued that our political system is still biased in favour of the wealthy. Here – as in other countries – wealthy individuals and businesses are able to disproportionately influence policy decisions and the distribution of resources in their ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s going on with NZ First’s mysterious donations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whats-going-on-with-nz-firsts-mysterious-donations/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s going on with NZ First’s mysterious donations?">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Hamilton, Strategic Advisory Panel Member, Australian-German Energy Transition Hub, University of Melbourne The possibilities presented by hydrogen are the subject of excited discussion across the world – and across Australia’s political divide, notoriously at war over energy policy. Read more: Hydrogen fuels rockets, but what about ... <a title="Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/enough-ambition-and-hydrogen-could-get-australia-to-200-renewable-energy-127117/" aria-label="Read more about Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energy">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hongzhi Gao, Associate professor, Victoria University of Wellington Despite disruptions to global value chains, the 18-month trade tensions between the US and China appear to have left New Zealand exporters unscathed so far. As our analysis of StatsNZ’s merchandise trade data shows, New Zealand has managed an ... <a title="NZ remains unscathed by US-China trade war, but that’s no reason for complacency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/nz-remains-unscathed-by-us-china-trade-war-but-thats-no-reason-for-complacency-125710/" aria-label="Read more about NZ remains unscathed by US-China trade war, but that’s no reason for complacency">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. Review: Linear, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney The value of Australian First Peoples’ scientific knowledge is now being more ... <a title="Dramatic and engaging, new exhibition Linear celebrates the art in Indigenous science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/dramatic-and-engaging-new-exhibition-linear-celebrates-the-art-in-indigenous-science-127023/" aria-label="Read more about Dramatic and engaging, new exhibition Linear celebrates the art in Indigenous science">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Minister Stuart Robert this month announced a number of “practical changes” to the scheme. Acknowledging the NDIS is not consistently living up to expectations, he said these improvements will put it “onto a business as ... <a title="The NDIS is changing. Here’s what you need to know – and what problems remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/the-ndis-is-changing-heres-what-you-need-to-know-and-what-problems-remain-127223/" aria-label="Read more about The NDIS is changing. Here’s what you need to know – and what problems remain">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Billingsley, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW The small number of Australians being held in prison camps in northern Syria has been an ongoing, albeit low-level, challenge for the Australian government. There are believed to be eight Australian fighters for the Islamic State in captivity, ... <a title="Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/why-australia-can-no-longer-avoid-responsibility-for-its-citizens-held-in-syria-127439/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis McNevin, Professor of Forensic Genetics, University of Technology Sydney Designer baby, anyone? A New Jersey startup company, Genomic Prediction, might be able to help you. Genomic Prediction claims to be able to use DNA testing to predict disease risk in an embryo. The idea is to ... <a title="An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren’t here just yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/an-american-company-will-test-your-embryos-for-genetic-defects-but-designer-babies-arent-here-just-yet-126833/" aria-label="Read more about An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren’t here just yet">Read more</a>
