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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gigi Foster, Professor, School of Economics, UNSW After three years and 35 polls, the Economic Society of Australia has received its first-ever unanimous response to a survey question. It asked just over 50 of Australia’s leading economists to respond to this statement: There is no way to ... <a title="It’s unanimous: Economists’ poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn’t mean we will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/its-unanimous-economists-poll-says-we-can-fix-the-banks-but-that-doesnt-mean-we-will-111748/" aria-label="Read more about It’s unanimous: Economists’ poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn’t mean we will">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Management, Swinburne University of Technology The leaders of our banks and financial institutions are seen as the most self-serving in the nation, according to a national survey undertaken by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology. More than a third (35.4%) of respondents ... <a title="One-third of Australians think banks do nothing for the greater public good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/one-third-of-australians-think-banks-do-nothing-for-the-greater-public-good-111346/" aria-label="Read more about One-third of Australians think banks do nothing for the greater public good">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Lee, Graduate Researcher, University of Tasmania Who is currently regarded as the greatest guitarist of all time? It’s a hard question to answer but plenty have tried. In the last decade, a plethora of lists have sought to rank our guitar greats, drawing variously on panels ... <a title="We crunched the numbers on ten recent ‘world’s best guitarist’ lists. Where are the women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/we-crunched-the-numbers-on-ten-recent-worlds-best-guitarist-lists-where-are-the-women-111598/" aria-label="Read more about We crunched the numbers on ten recent ‘world’s best guitarist’ lists. Where are the women?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Milford, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Alita: Battle Angel is an interesting and wild ride, jam-packed full of concepts around cybernetics, dystopian futures and cyberpunk themes. The film – in cinemas from today – revolves around Alita (Rosa Salazar), a female cyborg (with original human brain) ... <a title="A robot that can touch, eat and sleep? The reality of cyborgs like Alita: Battle Angel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/a-robot-that-can-touch-eat-and-sleep-the-reality-of-cyborgs-like-alita-battle-angel-110430/" aria-label="Read more about A robot that can touch, eat and sleep? The reality of cyborgs like Alita: Battle Angel">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Over the past 15 years, we’ve seen a decline in the performance of Australian school students on international tests. On the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Australia ranks a disappointing 20th in mathematics and 12th in reading. However you feel ... <a title="Why we should (carefully) consider paying kids to learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/why-we-should-carefully-consider-paying-kids-to-learn-111624/" aria-label="Read more about Why we should (carefully) consider paying kids to learn">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne History tells us that no matter which side of politics – Labor or Coalition – is in power, there is no respite for the ABC from incipient government hostility. What does change, however, ... <a title="Australian governments have a long history of trying to manipulate the ABC – and it’s unlikely to stop now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/australian-governments-have-a-long-history-of-trying-to-manipulate-the-abc-and-its-unlikely-to-stop-now-110712/" aria-label="Read more about Australian governments have a long history of trying to manipulate the ABC – and it’s unlikely to stop now">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Independent MP Kerryn Phelps, who set the ball rolling for the medical transfers legislation, says its passage is “a remarkable exercise in cooperation”. Phelps says that of the about 1000 people on Manus and Nauru “around 70 people require urgent ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kerryn Phelps on medical transfer numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-kerryn-phelps-on-medical-transfer-numbers-111751/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kerryn Phelps on medical transfer numbers">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Procter, Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, University of South Australia Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have now passed amendments to the Migration Act 1958 that allow for the medical evacuation of asylum-seekers from Manus Island and Nauru. These amendments are also known ... <a title="Explainer: how will the ‘medevac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/explainer-how-will-the-medevac-bill-actually-affect-ill-asylum-seekers-111645/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how will the ‘medevac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Marie Rivers, PhD Candidate, Monash University Twenty-six of the forty-six fish species known to live in the Murray-Darling basin are listed as rare or threatened. Recent fish kills in the iconic river system are a grim reminder of how quickly things can take a turn for ... <a title="It’s fish on ice, as frozen zoos make a last-ditch attempt to prevent extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/its-fish-on-ice-as-frozen-zoos-make-a-last-ditch-attempt-to-prevent-extinction-111633/" aria-label="Read more about It’s fish on ice, as frozen zoos make a last-ditch attempt to prevent extinction">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Goetz Richter, Associate Professor, Violin – Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Chinese technology company Huawei has not had a particularly good press recently. Countries including Australia have excluded it from construction of a 5G network, while the US Justice Department recently laid criminal charges against ... <a title="Composers are under no threat from AI, if Huawei’s finished Schubert symphony is a guide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/composers-are-under-no-threat-from-ai-if-huaweis-finished-schubert-symphony-is-a-guide-111630/" aria-label="Read more about Composers are under no threat from AI, if Huawei’s finished Schubert symphony is a guide">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Procter, Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, University of South Australia Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have now passed amendments to the Migration Act 1958 that allow for the medical evacuation of asylum-seekers from Manus Island and Nauru. These amendments are also known ... <a title="Explainer: how will the ‘medivac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/explainer-how-will-the-medivac-bill-actually-affect-ill-asylum-seekers-111645/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how will the ‘medivac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia When Kenneth Hayne handed down the banking royal commission’s final report, he urged the corporate watchdog to investigate several entities for criminal charges. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has since announced it ... <a title="Yes, we can put bank bosses in jail, but is that the best way to hold them to account?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/yes-we-can-put-bank-bosses-in-jail-but-is-that-the-best-way-to-hold-them-to-account-111507/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we can put bank bosses in jail, but is that the best way to hold them to account?">Read more</a>
