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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Wilkinson, Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney Many of us who endured lockdowns in Australia are familiar with the surge in energy bills at home. But for older Australians who depend on the Age Pension for income, lockdowns drove many deeper into ... <a title="‘I can’t save money for potential emergencies’: COVID lockdowns drove older Australians into energy poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/i-cant-save-money-for-potential-emergencies-covid-lockdowns-drove-older-australians-into-energy-poverty-153096/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I can’t save money for potential emergencies’: COVID lockdowns drove older Australians into energy poverty">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael P. Cameron, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Waikato Population growth plays a role in environmental damage and climate change. But addressing climate change through either reducing or reversing growth in population raises difficult moral questions that most people would prefer to avoid having to answer. ... <a title="Curb population growth to tackle climate change: now that’s a tough ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/curb-population-growth-to-tackle-climate-change-now-thats-a-tough-ask-153382/" aria-label="Read more about Curb population growth to tackle climate change: now that’s a tough ask">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Fellow, School Education, Grattan Institute School is back for 2021, and some students will get extra help this year. Students who fell behind in their learning during the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 will be eligible for extra tutoring in Victoria and New South Wales. Governments ... <a title="Victoria and NSW are funding extra tutors to help struggling students. Here’s what parents need to know about the schemes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/victoria-and-nsw-are-funding-extra-tutors-to-help-struggling-students-heres-what-parents-need-to-know-about-the-schemes-153450/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria and NSW are funding extra tutors to help struggling students. Here’s what parents need to know about the schemes">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Duffy, Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University Australia Day used to be an obvious and uncontroversial occasion for brands to endear themselves to Australian consumers. No longer. There has been a decided shift over the past decade in commercial attitudes to January 26, acknowledging the ... <a title="It’s not just cricket: Australia Day isn’t the commercial winner it used to be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/its-not-just-cricket-australia-day-isnt-the-commercial-winner-it-used-to-be-153633/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just cricket: Australia Day isn’t the commercial winner it used to be">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
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 In January 1971, Art News published Linda Nochlin’s Why have there been no great women artists? Her essay was both a clarion ... <a title="Why weren’t there any great women artists? In gratitude to Linda Nochlin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/why-werent-there-any-great-women-artists-in-gratitude-to-linda-nochlin-153099/" aria-label="Read more about Why weren’t there any great women artists? In gratitude to Linda Nochlin">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Terry, Professor of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland The challenge of bringing the world’s best tennis players and support staff, about 1,200 people in all, from COVID-ravaged parts of the world to our almost pandemic-free shores was always going to be a big ask. Soon after ... <a title="Self-entitled prima donnas or do they have a point? Why Australian Open tennis players find hard lockdown so tough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/self-entitled-prima-donnas-or-do-they-have-a-point-why-australian-open-tennis-players-find-hard-lockdown-so-tough-153631/" aria-label="Read more about Self-entitled prima donnas or do they have a point? Why Australian Open tennis players find hard lockdown so tough">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Browne, Research Fellow in International Urban Development, University of Melbourne The Victorian government has committed to removing 75 road/rail level crossings across Melbourne by 2025. That’s the fastest rate of removal in the city’s history. The scale of the investment — at least A$14.8 billion — ... <a title="Level-crossing removals: a case study in why major projects must also be investments in health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/level-crossing-removals-a-case-study-in-why-major-projects-must-also-be-investments-in-health-149820/" aria-label="Read more about Level-crossing removals: a case study in why major projects must also be investments in health">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In an age of hyperpartisan politics, the Biden presidency offers a welcome centrism that might help bridge the divides. But it is also Biden’s economic centrism that offers a chance to cut through what has become an increasingly polarised approach to ... <a title="Vital Signs: Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/vital-signs-bidens-economic-centrism-isnt-exciting-but-right-for-these-divisive-times-153647/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Stevens, Lecturer in History, University of Waikato In a year of surprises, one of the more pleasant was the recent runaway viral popularity of 19th century sea shanties on TikTok. A collaborative global response to pandemic isolation, it saw singers and musicians layering harmonies atop an ... <a title="The viral ‘Wellerman’ sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/the-viral-wellerman-sea-shanty-is-also-a-window-into-the-remarkable-cross-cultural-whaling-history-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-153634/" aria-label="Read more about The viral ‘Wellerman’ sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Sainsbury, Senior Lecturer Composition, Australian National University Despite having different cultural backgrounds and experiences — Indigenous composers with an Indigenous mentor, and a pianist descended from Anglo-colonial history — it is nevertheless possible to create a project that can serve as a focus for unification and ... <a title="Four Indigenous composers and a piano from colonial times — making passionate, layered, honest music together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/four-indigenous-composers-and-a-piano-from-colonial-times-making-passionate-layered-honest-music-together-152080/" aria-label="Read more about Four Indigenous composers and a piano from colonial times — making passionate, layered, honest music together">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury With new, more infectious variants of COVID-19 detected around the world, and at New Zealand’s border, the risk of further level 3 or 4 lockdowns is increased if those viruses get into the community. These include a variant ... <a title="Why the COVID-19 variants are so dangerous and how to stop them spreading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/why-the-covid-19-variants-are-so-dangerous-and-how-to-stop-them-spreading-153535/" aria-label="Read more about Why the COVID-19 variants are so dangerous and how to stop them spreading">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Hogg, Lecturer in Psychology, Charles Sturt University Horse racing is an ethical hotbed in Australia. The Melbourne Cup alone has seen seven horses die after racing since 2013, and animal cruelty protesters have become a common feature at carnivals. The latest event to spark protests was ... <a title="Racing 2-year-old horses is lucrative, but is it worth the risks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/racing-2-year-old-horses-is-lucrative-but-is-it-worth-the-risks-152228/" aria-label="Read more about Racing 2-year-old horses is lucrative, but is it worth the risks?">Read more</a>
