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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University So you think it’s the right time to dive in and buy a home. I can’t tell you you’re wrong. I can tell you it would have been better to do it before prices began ... <a title="Paying off a home loan used to be easier than it looked. It’s now harder. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/paying-off-a-home-loan-used-to-be-easier-than-it-looked-its-now-harder-heres-why-161873/" aria-label="Read more about Paying off a home loan used to be easier than it looked. It’s now harder. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul M. Garrett, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne The COVIDSafe app was pretty popular upon its release, with around 70% of surveyed Australians saying they supported the idea. And it was a good idea at the time. Now? Not so much. Actual uptake was ... <a title="Australia has all but abandoned the COVIDSafe app in favour of QR codes (so make sure you check in)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/australia-has-all-but-abandoned-the-covidsafe-app-in-favour-of-qr-codes-so-make-sure-you-check-in-161880/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has all but abandoned the COVIDSafe app in favour of QR codes (so make sure you check in)">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send ... <a title="Climate explained: why is the Arctic warming faster than other parts of the world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/climate-explained-why-is-the-arctic-warming-faster-than-other-parts-of-the-world-160614/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why is the Arctic warming faster than other parts of the world?">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McInerney, Research scientist, CSIRO Climate change will make Australia hotter and drier in future, and we’re starting to see the dangerous consequences of this in our rivers, lakes and streams. As waters warm and flow patterns alter, the animals who call these waterways home may struggle ... <a title="Willow trees are notorious pests. But for freshwater animals, they could be unlikely climate heroes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/willow-trees-are-notorious-pests-but-for-freshwater-animals-they-could-be-unlikely-climate-heroes-152609/" aria-label="Read more about Willow trees are notorious pests. But for freshwater animals, they could be unlikely climate heroes">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harriette Richards, Research Associate, Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne Last week, reports emerged that North Korea was banning skinny jeans over concerns regarding their symbolic relationship with the “exotic and decadent lifestyle” of capitalism. The crackdown on “anti-socialist behaviour” also reportedly bans mullet, spiky or dyed ... <a title="Denim jeans have long been political: now skinny jeans are in the firing line" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/denim-jeans-have-long-been-political-now-skinny-jeans-are-in-the-firing-line-161665/" aria-label="Read more about Denim jeans have long been political: now skinny jeans are in the firing line">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Op-Ed by Chris Leitch – leader of the Social Credit Party. One could be forgiven for thinking that the last few members of the Flat Earth Society had infiltrated the New Zealand Initiative, which is a pity because not all the Initiative’s ideas are bad. I disagree with their slavish adherence to the notion that ... <a title="Op-Ed: Fiscal Fantasy Land Indeed – Chris Leitch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/op-ed-fiscal-fantasy-land-indeed-chris-leitch/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Fiscal Fantasy Land Indeed – Chris Leitch">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design, Queensland University of Technology Most of us benefit every day from the fact computers can now “understand” us when we speak or write. Yet few of us have paused to consider the potentially damaging ways this same technology may be ... <a title="Machine learning is changing our culture. Try this text-altering tool to see how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/machine-learning-is-changing-our-culture-try-this-text-altering-tool-to-see-how-159430/" aria-label="Read more about Machine learning is changing our culture. Try this text-altering tool to see how">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle While the focus has been largely on vaccines, you might have also heard Pfizer is trialling a pill to treat COVID-19. It almost sounds too good to be true. Indeed, the results are very ... <a title="Could a simple pill beat COVID-19? Pfizer is giving it a go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/could-a-simple-pill-beat-covid-19-pfizer-is-giving-it-a-go-160988/" aria-label="Read more about Could a simple pill beat COVID-19? Pfizer is giving it a go">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Adams, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania Two years ago, emergency workers rescued a hiker in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. He had spent nine days in his tent in freezing weather with dangerous blizzards, trying to keep dry from ... <a title="If you’re planning to hike this winter, invest in the right gear. Being unprepared for Australia’s harsh terrain can be deadly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/if-youre-planning-to-hike-this-winter-invest-in-the-right-gear-being-unprepared-for-australias-harsh-terrain-can-be-deadly-161509/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re planning to hike this winter, invest in the right gear. Being unprepared for Australia’s harsh terrain can be deadly">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Kang, Adjunct associate professor, University of Technology Sydney Young people have a lot of questions about sex. I answered hundreds of them over 23 years for the Dolly Doctor magazine column, until the magazine closed at the end of 2016. Many questions from girls suggested they ... <a title="‘I always get horny … am I not normal?’: teenage girls often feel shame about pleasure. Sex education needs to address this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/i-always-get-horny-am-i-not-normal-teenage-girls-often-feel-shame-about-pleasure-sex-education-needs-to-address-this-159543/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I always get horny … am I not normal?’: teenage girls often feel shame about pleasure. Sex education needs to address this">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Siminski, Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney A lot of us are pessimistic about our children’s future. According to the most recent data from the Pew Global Attitudes Survey (in 2019), just 29% of Australians believe today’s children will be better off financially than their ... <a title="68% of millennials earn more than their parents, but boomers had it better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/68-of-millennials-earn-more-than-their-parents-but-boomers-had-it-better-161647/" aria-label="Read more about 68% of millennials earn more than their parents, but boomers had it better">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paige Gleeson, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. Every contemporary Australian has likely seen Gwoja Tjungurrayi’s image. Tjungurrayi, a stockman, traditional lawman, and survivor of the brutal 1928 Coniston massacre, is ... <a title="Elder, lawman, survivor: new stamp discovery is the latest chapter in Gwoja Tjungurrayi’s remarkable life in pictures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/01/elder-lawman-survivor-new-stamp-discovery-is-the-latest-chapter-in-gwoja-tjungurrayis-remarkable-life-in-pictures-161437/" aria-label="Read more about Elder, lawman, survivor: new stamp discovery is the latest chapter in Gwoja Tjungurrayi’s remarkable life in pictures">Read more</a>
