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June 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith A Houghton, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock Our newly published research on the costs of university study fails to support estimates used by the Australian government to justify its Job-Ready Graduates Package. The legislated policy directly linked funding to the cost of teaching, which the ... <a title="The government linked the cost of university teaching to funding and student fees, but the numbers don’t add up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/the-government-linked-the-cost-of-university-teaching-to-funding-and-student-fees-but-the-numbers-dont-add-up-161345/" aria-label="Read more about The government linked the cost of university teaching to funding and student fees, but the numbers don’t add up">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abraham Leung, Transport Academic Partnership (TAP) and Transport Innovation and Research Hub (TIRH), Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Shared e-scooters are becoming common across Australia and in major cities around the world. Initial safety concerns about e-scooters left some councils wary, but early results ... <a title="Wallets on wheels: city visitors who use e-scooters more spend more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/wallets-on-wheels-city-visitors-who-use-e-scooters-more-spend-more-161886/" aria-label="Read more about Wallets on wheels: city visitors who use e-scooters more spend more">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Htwe Htwe Thein, Associate professor, Curtin University STRINGER/EPA Myanmar’s democracy movement wants the international community to get tough on the military junta. But if history is any indicator, that’s not going to happen. Western nations have responded with suspending arms sales and “targeted sanctions” aimed at hurting ... <a title="Sanctions against Myanmar’s junta have been tried before. Can they work this time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/sanctions-against-myanmars-junta-have-been-tried-before-can-they-work-this-time-158054/" aria-label="Read more about Sanctions against Myanmar’s junta have been tried before. Can they work this time?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emlyn Dodd, Assistant Director of Archaeology, British School at Rome; Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie University; Research Affiliate, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, Macquarie University Shutterstock Located about 50 kilometres north of Rome, the ancient city of Falerii Novi lies buried beneath agricultural fields and olive groves. City ... <a title="Unearthing Falerii Novi’s secrets in the hot Italian summer: an archaeologist reports from the dig" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/unearthing-falerii-novis-secrets-in-the-hot-italian-summer-an-archaeologist-reports-from-the-dig-162527/" aria-label="Read more about Unearthing Falerii Novi’s secrets in the hot Italian summer: an archaeologist reports from the dig">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra One central reason why the Nationals have installed Barnaby Joyce, with all the risks and baggage he carries, is because they want someone who’ll stand up to Scott Morrison. The minor Coalition partner is after greater influence in government, and ... <a title="View from The Hill: Nationals give Scott Morrison a muscle man to deal with – especially on net zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/view-from-the-hill-nationals-give-scott-morrison-a-muscle-man-to-deal-with-especially-on-net-zero-163109/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Nationals give Scott Morrison a muscle man to deal with – especially on net zero">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hart, Clinical researcher, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Rahmat Gul/AP/AAP Last weekend, China reached a milestone of having administered more than one billion doses of its homegrown COVID-19 vaccines, the majority of which were developed by local companies Sinovac and Sinopharm. What’s more, hundreds of millions of ... <a title="What are the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines? And how effective are they? Two experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/what-are-the-sinopharm-and-sinovac-vaccines-and-how-effective-are-they-two-experts-explain-162258/" aria-label="Read more about What are the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines? And how effective are they? Two experts explain">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taren Sanders, Research Fellow, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Australian children are among the least active in the world. In a recent study, Aussie kids ranked 140th out of 146 countries for physical activity. And in 2018, a physical activity “report card” ... <a title="Aussie kids are some of the least active in the world. We developed a cheap school program that gets results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/aussie-kids-are-some-of-the-least-active-in-the-world-we-developed-a-cheap-school-program-that-gets-results-162844/" aria-label="Read more about Aussie kids are some of the least active in the world. We developed a cheap school program that gets results">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University Journalism has rarely had a fiercer critic, nor a finer practitioner than the longtime writer for The New Yorker, Janet Malcolm, who died last week aged 86. Some might quibble with the description of Malcolm as a journalist, but journalism ... <a title="Remembering Janet Malcolm: her intellectual courage shaped journalism, biographies and Helen Garner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/remembering-janet-malcolm-her-intellectual-courage-shaped-journalism-biographies-and-helen-garner-163005/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Janet Malcolm: her intellectual courage shaped journalism, biographies and Helen Garner">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Cockfield, Professor of Government and Economics, and Deputy Dean, University of Southern Queensland Mick Tsikas/AAP Barnaby Joyce is back as Nationals leader, after a spill in Canberra on Monday morning. This is the latest development in an unusually tumultuous period for the junior Coalition partner, beginning ... <a title="The National Party used to be known for its leadership stability — what happened?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/the-national-party-used-to-be-known-for-its-leadership-stability-what-happened-155382/" aria-label="Read more about The National Party used to be known for its leadership stability — what happened?">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Barnaby Joyce has blasted Michael McCormack out to seize back his old job of Nationals leader. Joyce’s win, which automatically makes him deputy prime minister, has major implications and challenges for Scott Morrison, who had been hoping the more malleable ... <a title="Barnaby Joyce ousts Michael McCormack to regain Nationals leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/barnaby-joyce-ousts-michael-mccormack-to-regain-nationals-leadership-163076/" aria-label="Read more about Barnaby Joyce ousts Michael McCormack to regain Nationals leadership">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Plum, Senior Research Fellow in Applied Labour Economics, Auckland University of Technology www.shutterstock.com A job – any job – is generally thought of as better than no job at all. Consequently, low-paid work is often considered a “stepping stone” to a higher-paid job. But how easily ... <a title="Are low-paid jobs really a stepping stone to better pay? A new study suggests it’s not that simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/are-low-paid-jobs-really-a-stepping-stone-to-better-pay-a-new-study-suggests-its-not-that-simple-162162/" aria-label="Read more about Are low-paid jobs really a stepping stone to better pay? A new study suggests it’s not that simple">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back government measures to speed the transition to electric cars in order to meet emission reduction targets. An exclusive poll of 62 of Australia’s preeminent economists ... <a title="Top economists call for budget measures to speed the switch to electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/top-economists-call-for-budget-measures-to-speed-the-switch-to-electric-cars-162883/" aria-label="Read more about Top economists call for budget measures to speed the switch to electric cars">Read more</a>
