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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Lecturer – Creative Writing & English Literature, University of Southern Queensland Like several classics penned during the golden age of children’s literature, The Wind in the Willows was written with a particular child in mind. Alastair Grahame was four years old when his father Kenneth ... <a title="Guide to the classics: The Wind in the Willows — a tale of wanderlust, male bonding, and timeless delight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/guide-to-the-classics-the-wind-in-the-willows-a-tale-of-wanderlust-male-bonding-and-timeless-delight-151091/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: The Wind in the Willows — a tale of wanderlust, male bonding, and timeless delight">Read more</a>
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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: 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>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland When UK District Judge Vanessa Baraitser declared she was rejecting the US request to extradite Julian Assange, his partner Stella Moris wept with relief. In an emotional speech outside the court, Moris described the ruling as ... <a title="Julian Assange’s extradition victory offers cold comfort for press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/julian-assanges-extradition-victory-offers-cold-comfort-for-press-freedom-152676/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange’s extradition victory offers cold comfort for press freedom">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nematullah Bizhan, Lecturer in Public Policy at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, & Senior Research Associate with the Global Economic Governance Program, Oxford University, Australian National University Peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban are set to resume today in Doha, at a time ... <a title="For the Afghan peace talks to succeed, a ceasefire is the next — and perhaps toughest — step forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/for-the-afghan-peace-talks-to-succeed-a-ceasefire-is-the-next-and-perhaps-toughest-step-forward-152610/" aria-label="Read more about For the Afghan peace talks to succeed, a ceasefire is the next — and perhaps toughest — step forward">Read more</a>
