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February 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Denny, Research Fellow – Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania Sensationalist claims that 40% of jobs in Australia won’t exist in the future are unhelpful for young Australians thinking about entering the workforce. The reality is some jobs will no longer exist, ... <a title="Choosing a career? These jobs won’t go out of style" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/20/choosing-a-career-these-jobs-wont-go-out-of-style-111425/" aria-label="Read more about Choosing a career? These jobs won’t go out of style">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Leishman, Professor of Housing Economics, University of Adelaide Housing prices are falling in Sydney and Melbourne, so housing must be becoming more affordable – right? The annual growth of house prices has been slowing consistently for more than a year in Australia’s largest cities. Prices finally ... <a title="Why falling house prices do less to improve affordability than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/20/why-falling-house-prices-do-less-to-improve-affordability-than-you-might-think-111267/" aria-label="Read more about Why falling house prices do less to improve affordability than you might think">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Giancaspro, Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide Online retail giant Amazon’s “Dash Buttons” are considered a key part of Amazon’s strategy to dominate online shopping around the globe. Derided as “gimmicky” and lauded as “unquestionably efficient”, the battery-powered WiFi-connected gizmos were launched in March 2015. About ... <a title="Amazon’s Dash Buttons, now banned in Germany, might be pushing legal limits in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/20/amazons-dash-buttons-now-banned-in-germany-might-be-pushing-legal-limits-in-australia-111632/" aria-label="Read more about Amazon’s Dash Buttons, now banned in Germany, might be pushing legal limits in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia Review: Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley, Art Gallery of Western Australia. For the past century, the curator has been the deciding factor in what is shown by museums and galleries, reassuring audiences of ... <a title="Desert River Sea is a vibrant, compelling tour of the Kimberley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/20/desert-river-sea-is-a-vibrant-compelling-tour-of-the-kimberley-111597/" aria-label="Read more about Desert River Sea is a vibrant, compelling tour of the Kimberley">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mathias Cormann’s 2018 family holiday in Singapore is costing him a good deal more than the $2780.82 he belatedly paid for airfares booked with Helloworld travel company’s CEO who happened to be the Liberal party treasurer and a mate. Cormann, ... <a title="View from the Hill: Minister who watches the nation’s credit card overlooks his own" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/20/view-from-the-hill-minister-who-watches-the-nations-credit-card-overlooks-his-own-112081/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: Minister who watches the nation’s credit card overlooks his own">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Bond University Australia was one of the first countries in the world to have more computers than students in schools. But as the numbers of computers and other technological devices increased, student performance did not. The days of ... <a title="Technology and learning in the classroom: six tips to get the balance right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/technology-and-learning-in-the-classroom-six-tips-to-get-the-balance-right-111430/" aria-label="Read more about Technology and learning in the classroom: six tips to get the balance right">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Feld, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington Professors and graduate students are at opposite ends of the university hierarchy in terms of experience, qualifications and pay. But at many universities, both do the same job: they teach tutorials offered in parallel with lectures. Our research explores ... <a title="Research shows students are as good as professors in tutorial teaching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/research-shows-students-are-as-good-as-professors-in-tutorial-teaching-106845/" aria-label="Read more about Research shows students are as good as professors in tutorial teaching">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Over the weekend, Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority issued notices for a major recycling company to stop receiving waste at two of its sites. While the full consequences of these notices are yet to be realised, in ... <a title="The ‘recycling crisis’ may be here to stay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/the-recycling-crisis-may-be-here-to-stay-112055/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘recycling crisis’ may be here to stay">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo McDonald, Director, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, University of Western Australia Rock inscriptions made by crews from two North American whaleships in the early 19th century were found superimposed over earlier Aboriginal engravings in the Dampier Archipelago. Details of the find in northern Western ... <a title="Rock art shows early contact with US whalers on Australia’s remote northwest coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/rock-art-shows-early-contact-with-us-whalers-on-australias-remote-northwest-coast-104931/" aria-label="Read more about Rock art shows early contact with US whalers on Australia’s remote northwest coast">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo McDonald, Director, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, University of Western Australia Rock inscriptions made by crews from two North American whaleships in the early 19th century were found superimposed over earlier Aboriginal engravings in the Dampier Archipelago. Details of the find in northern Western ... <a title="Rock art shows early contact with US whalers on Australia’s remote north west coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/rock-art-shows-early-contact-with-us-whalers-on-australias-remote-north-west-coast-104931/" aria-label="Read more about Rock art shows early contact with US whalers on Australia’s remote north west coast">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Moana Kolff, Lecturer, UNSW In recent times, church signs have become a stage for political commentary. In an age where most of our public debates happen digitally, and where welcoming public spaces for discussions are in decline, these signs provide an unexpected avenue for expression. Such ... <a title="From refugees to social media to pill testing, church signs are getting political" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/from-refugees-to-social-media-to-pill-testing-church-signs-are-getting-political-103163/" aria-label="Read more about From refugees to social media to pill testing, church signs are getting political">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivienne Glance, Hon Research Fellow in Poetry and Theatre studies, University of Western Australia Review: Kwongkan, Perth Festival 2019 “Kwongkan” means sand in the language of the Nyoongar people, the first inhabitants of south-west Western Australia. Both Nyoongar and Indian traditional ceremonies, which are recreated in this ... <a title="In Kwongkan, Indian and Australian performers convey an urgent climate change message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/in-kwongkan-indian-and-australian-performers-convey-an-urgent-climate-change-message-111985/" aria-label="Read more about In Kwongkan, Indian and Australian performers convey an urgent climate change message">Read more</a>
