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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Linden, Sessional Lecturer, PhD (Management) Candidate, School of Management, RMIT University Every 10 to 15 years it’s the same. Ever since financial deregulation in the 1980s we’ve had a finance industry scandal followed by an inquiry, a quick fix, and a declaration that it shouldn’t happen ... <a title="Hayne’s failure to tackle bank structure means that in a decade or so another treasurer will have to call another royal commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/haynes-failure-to-tackle-bank-structure-means-that-in-a-decade-or-so-another-treasurer-will-have-to-call-another-royal-commission-110437/" aria-label="Read more about Hayne’s failure to tackle bank structure means that in a decade or so another treasurer will have to call another royal commission">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kym Sheehan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney Justice Hayne says in almost every case of appalling misconduct examined by his commission, what happened was “driven not only by the relevant entity’s pursuit of profit, but also by individuals’ pursuit of gain”. He is fingering greed: ... <a title="Banking Royal Commission: the real problem is how we value executives and workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/banking-royal-commission-the-real-problem-is-how-we-value-executives-and-workers-111094/" aria-label="Read more about Banking Royal Commission: the real problem is how we value executives and workers">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard de Grijs, Associate Dean (Global Engagement) and Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University From a great distance, our Milky Way would look like a thin disc of stars that rotates once every few hundred million years around its central region. Hundreds of billions of stars provide the ... <a title="We discovered a warped and twisted disc of young, massive stars at the edge of our Milky Way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/we-discovered-a-warped-and-twisted-disc-of-young-massive-stars-at-the-edge-of-our-milky-way-110985/" aria-label="Read more about We discovered a warped and twisted disc of young, massive stars at the edge of our Milky Way">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University In the face of persistent heatwaves, Australians are reaching for the sunscreen. But you might have heard some mixed messages about its harm to the environment – specifically to coral reefs. In July 2018, Hawaii passed a law to prohibit ... <a title="There’s insufficient evidence your sunscreen harms coral reefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/theres-insufficient-evidence-your-sunscreen-harms-coral-reefs-109567/" aria-label="Read more about There’s insufficient evidence your sunscreen harms coral reefs">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. In April 1941, just a few short years after Superman came swooping out of the Manhattan skies, Miss Fury – originally known as Black Fury ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Tarpe Mills, 1940s comic writer, and her feisty superhero Miss Fury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/hidden-women-of-history-tarpe-mills-1940s-comic-writer-and-her-feisty-superhero-miss-fury-110179/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Tarpe Mills, 1940s comic writer, and her feisty superhero Miss Fury">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arjuna Dibley, Graduate Fellow, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University The tragic recent events on the Darling River, and the political and policy furore around them, have again highlighted the severe financial and environmental consequences of mismanaging climate risks. The Murray-Darling Royal Commission demonstrates ... <a title="Murray-Darling report shows public authorities must take climate change risk seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/murray-darling-report-shows-public-authorities-must-take-climate-change-risk-seriously-110990/" aria-label="Read more about Murray-Darling report shows public authorities must take climate change risk seriously">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government has promised to establish a compensation scheme of last resort – paid for by the financial services industry – as it seeks to avoid the outcome of the banking royal commission becoming a damaging election issue for ... <a title="Compensation scheme to follow Hayne’s indictment of financial sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/compensation-scheme-to-follow-haynes-indictment-of-financial-sector-110981/" aria-label="Read more about Compensation scheme to follow Hayne’s indictment of financial sector">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isobel Ronai, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Sydney In our fast-paced modern world there is an expectation that scientific breakthroughs occur quickly and efficiently. We are bombarded with headlines hyping new findings: Scientists “find cure for cancer which will be available within A YEAR”. Many scientists know ... <a title="New study confirms what scientists already know: basic research is under-valued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/new-study-confirms-what-scientists-already-know-basic-research-is-under-valued-110778/" aria-label="Read more about New study confirms what scientists already know: basic research is under-valued">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Becher, Associate Professor of Business Law, Victoria University of Wellington Most of us will have entered into consumer contracts with large companies and ticked a box to confirm we understand the terms and conditions – without bothering to read the fine print. We accept standard form ... <a title="Research shows most online consumer contracts are incomprehensible, but still legally binding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/research-shows-most-online-consumer-contracts-are-incomprehensible-but-still-legally-binding-110793/" aria-label="Read more about Research shows most online consumer contracts are incomprehensible, but still legally binding">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we need soap?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/curious-kids-why-do-we-need-soap-109083/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we need soap?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Smithies, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. If you are observant enough in the Australian bush, you may be able to spot the spade ... <a title="The humble spade flower moonlights as the ‘love shrub’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/the-humble-spade-flower-moonlights-as-the-love-shrub-110973/" aria-label="Read more about The humble spade flower moonlights as the ‘love shrub’">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evita March, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. This week, the British press and Kensington Palace officials have called for an end to the merciless online trolling ... <a title="Online trolling used to be funny, but now the term refers to something far more sinister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/online-trolling-used-to-be-funny-but-now-the-term-refers-to-something-far-more-sinister-110272/" aria-label="Read more about Online trolling used to be funny, but now the term refers to something far more sinister">Read more</a>
