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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas M Fisk, Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise), UNSW Whether it’s purchasing power parity or the Happiness Index, global comparisons require benchmarking. Sport does this well with World Cups and the Olympics, or better still the single ranking familiar to tennis and golf aficionados. The ... <a title="New global ranking system shows Australian universities are ahead of the pack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/new-global-ranking-system-shows-australian-universities-are-ahead-of-the-pack-152313/" aria-label="Read more about New global ranking system shows Australian universities are ahead of the pack">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter A. Heslin, Professor of Management and Scientia Education Fellow, UNSW For most of us, 2020 was an exhausting year. The COVID-19 pandemic heralded draining physical health concerns, social isolation, job dislocation, uncertainty about the future and related mental health issues. Although some of us have enjoyed ... <a title="Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 ways to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/exhausted-by-2020-here-are-5-ways-to-recover-and-feel-more-rested-throughout-2021-152608/" aria-label="Read more about Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 ways to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Potts, Professor of Economics, RMIT University Bitcoin continues to trade close to its all-time high reached this month. Its price is now around US $34,000 — up about 77% over the past month and 305% over the past year. First launched in 2009 as a digital ... <a title="Why is Bitcoin’s price at an all-time high? And how is its value determined?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/why-is-bitcoins-price-at-an-all-time-high-and-how-is-its-value-determined-152616/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Bitcoin’s price at an all-time high? And how is its value determined?">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hart, Member of the Emeritus Faculty, Australian National University This week, the US Congress will put the finishing touches to the chaotic, protracted 2020 US presidential election. A joint session of the House and Senate will assemble at 1pm on January 6 (5am AEDT/7am NZDT on ... <a title="Trump’s last stand: how the dramatic endgame for the 2020 US election will play out in Congress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/trumps-last-stand-how-the-dramatic-endgame-for-the-2020-us-election-will-play-out-in-congress-152678/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s last stand: how the dramatic endgame for the 2020 US election will play out in Congress">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Frederick B. Mills, Alina Duarte, Patricio Zamorano From Washington DC On Monday January 4 a British court denied a U.S. request to extradite world renowned journalist and Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, to face charges in the U.S. under the Espionage Act. Shortly after this breaking news, President ... <a title="Mexico Offers Asylum to Assange: A Step Forward for Government Accountability and Press Freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/mexico-offers-asylum-to-assange-a-step-forward-for-government-accountability-and-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Mexico Offers Asylum to Assange: A Step Forward for Government Accountability and Press Freedom">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
COMMENT: By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby For the majority of Papua New Guineans living in the capital of Port Moresby, providing a home for their families is only a dream as housing has become a luxury that only the rich can afford. Many families are forced to rent out single rooms for between K500 ... <a title="Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/rebecca-kuku-no-end-in-sight-for-port-moresbys-unaffordable-rental-prices/" aria-label="Read more about Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental prices">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Housing Financial Times: New Zealand’s housing crisis poses big test for Jacinda Ardern Jean Bell (RNZ): Buying first home will be out of reach for more people in 2021 – CoreLogic Dan Satherley (Newshub): House prices kept ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 6 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-6-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 6 2021">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University If you live in the northern part of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the epicentre of one of two current COVID outbreaks in New South Wales, you can’t currently cross any state borders. Instead, you’re confined to the local area for all ... <a title="Australia’s mishmash of COVID border closures is confusing, inconsistent and counterproductive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/australias-mishmash-of-covid-border-closures-is-confusing-inconsistent-and-counterproductive-152620/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s mishmash of COVID border closures is confusing, inconsistent and counterproductive">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Porch, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Earth Science, Deakin University Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. Which animals are quintessentially Australian? Koalas and kangaroos, emus, tiger ... <a title="Photos from the field: zooming in on Australia’s hidden world of exquisite mites, snails and beetles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/photos-from-the-field-zooming-in-on-australias-hidden-world-of-exquisite-mites-snails-and-beetles-147576/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: zooming in on Australia’s hidden world of exquisite mites, snails and beetles">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong Road-user charges on electric vehicles based on distance driven were announced in November 2020 by the governments of South Australia and Victoria, while New South Wales ministers have differing views. These charges are justified on several grounds, including the ... <a title="Distance-based road charges will improve traffic — and if done right won’t slow Australia’s switch to electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/distance-based-road-charges-will-improve-traffic-and-if-done-right-wont-slow-australias-switch-to-electric-cars-150290/" aria-label="Read more about Distance-based road charges will improve traffic — and if done right won’t slow Australia’s switch to electric cars">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter A. Heslin, Professor of Management and Scientia Education Fellow, UNSW For most of us, 2020 was an exhausting year. The COVID-19 pandemic heralded draining physical health concerns, social isolation, job dislocation, uncertainty about the future and related mental health issues. Although some of us have enjoyed ... <a title="Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 steps to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/exhausted-by-2020-here-are-5-steps-to-recover-and-feel-more-rested-throughout-2021-152608/" aria-label="Read more about Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 steps to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruno David, Professor, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University New collaborative work at an Aboriginal cave in eastern Victoria, published today, shows the stark difference between contemporary archaeological research and that conducted in the 1970s. In 1971, Cloggs Cave was ... <a title="Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/magic-culture-and-stalactites-how-aboriginal-perspectives-are-transforming-archaeological-histories-151756/" aria-label="Read more about Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories">Read more</a>
