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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide HomeBuilder is a good idea gone bad. It is possibly the most complex and least equitable program the government could have devised to deliver construction jobs. It gives $25,000 to people who already own a home or already ... <a title="HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/homebuilder-might-be-the-most-complex-least-equitable-construction-jobs-program-ever-devised-140162/" aria-label="Read more about HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devised">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University The federal government’s new A$688 million HomeBuilder package might protect residential construction jobs but it’s a missed opportunity to deliver sustainability benefits that would save owners money in the long run. The A$25,000 grant ... <a title="HomeBuilder misses a chance to make our homes perform better for us and the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/homebuilder-misses-a-chance-to-make-our-homes-perform-better-for-us-and-the-planet-140067/" aria-label="Read more about HomeBuilder misses a chance to make our homes perform better for us and the planet">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Keller, Professor of Cognitive Science, Western Sydney University The coronavirus pandemic has silenced the world’s concert halls and opera theatres. Organisations specialising in live performance face an existential crisis under current restrictions on social gatherings, with up to 75% of people employed in the creative and ... <a title="There is no easy path out of coronavirus for live classical music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/there-is-no-easy-path-out-of-coronavirus-for-live-classical-music-138207/" aria-label="Read more about There is no easy path out of coronavirus for live classical music">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University Scott Morrison wants to overhaul the skills workforce to ensure a better post-COVID-19 recovery. But there may not be enough people with the necessary skills to do so. And travel restrictions, which will reduce migration, will only ... <a title="There may not be enough skilled workers in Australia’s pipeline for a post-COVID-19 recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/there-may-not-be-enough-skilled-workers-in-australias-pipeline-for-a-post-covid-19-recovery-140061/" aria-label="Read more about There may not be enough skilled workers in Australia’s pipeline for a post-COVID-19 recovery">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity US President Donald Trump delivered an address this week in which he threatened military action on the nation. Then he walked to the nearby St John’s Episcopal Church to pose with a Bible. ... <a title="Trump’s photo op with church and Bible was offensive, but not new" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/trumps-photo-op-with-church-and-bible-was-offensive-but-not-new-140053/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s photo op with church and Bible was offensive, but not new">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Why do we burp? We sometimes also burp before meals, why does this happen? — Ahaana, age 7 That is a really interesting question, Ahaana! There are two types of burping, but mainly we burp to ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we burp?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/curious-kids-why-do-we-burp-137493/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we burp?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Bell-James, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland After years of litigation, Australia’s highest court will today make a major decision on the fate of the controversial proposed expansion to the New Acland Coal mine in Queensland. A so-called “special leave application”, ... <a title="High Court decision today on the long legal battle over New Acland Coal mine expansion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/high-court-decision-today-on-the-long-legal-battle-over-new-acland-coal-mine-expansion-139866/" aria-label="Read more about High Court decision today on the long legal battle over New Acland Coal mine expansion">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Williams, Associate Professor in Urban Ecology and Urban Horticulture, University of Melbourne Tomorrow is the first World Green Roof Day. Cities around the world will celebrate the well-documented environmental, economic and social benefits of green roofs. New ground-level green spaces are difficult to create in high-density ... <a title="Greening our grey cities: here’s how green roofs and walls can flourish in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/greening-our-grey-cities-heres-how-green-roofs-and-walls-can-flourish-in-australia-139478/" aria-label="Read more about Greening our grey cities: here’s how green roofs and walls can flourish in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Klein, Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Robodebt isn’t the only measure the government should consider withdrawing. Late last Friday, after a long press conference from the prime minister which avoided any mention of the topic, the government conceded all points on ... <a title="After Robodebt, it’s time to address ParentsNext" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/after-robodebt-its-time-to-address-parentsnext-133222/" aria-label="Read more about After Robodebt, it’s time to address ParentsNext">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Harvard University’s Alberto Alesina died suddenly of a heart attack on May 23. He was 63. His long-time colleague and friend Larry Summers wrote that before him, “there was no academic field of political economy. Today, political economy is an important ... <a title="Vital signs. Remembering Alberto Alesina, the father of political economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/vital-signs-remembering-alberto-alesina-the-father-of-political-economy-139995/" aria-label="Read more about Vital signs. Remembering Alberto Alesina, the father of political economy">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University What keeps democracies together? As America burns, Brazilians die and Europe braces for another wave of the coronavirus, the question assumes an alarming immediacy. If the answer is complicated in one way, it is simple in another: what we ... <a title="Friday essay: the politics of dancing and thinking about cultural values beyond dollars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/friday-essay-the-politics-of-dancing-and-thinking-about-cultural-values-beyond-dollars-139839/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: the politics of dancing and thinking about cultural values beyond dollars">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When Ken Wyatt, the Minister for Indigenous Australians, last week effectively pronounced dead the prospect of a referendum on indigenous recognition being put to the people this parliamentary term, the demise of his hoped-for timetable received little attention. Partly, this ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Pandemic kills Indigenous referendum, delivers likely mortal blow to religious discrimination legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/grattan-on-friday-pandemic-kills-indigenous-referendum-delivers-likely-mortal-blow-to-religious-discrimination-legislation-140079/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Pandemic kills Indigenous referendum, delivers likely mortal blow to religious discrimination legislation">Read more</a>
