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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Middleton, Emeritus Professor, School of Aviation, UNSW When the American aerospace company Bell Nexus unveiled an air taxi at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this month it breathed new life into conversations about a future where ride sharing happens in the air rather ... <a title="Flying taxis within five years? Not likely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/flying-taxis-within-five-years-not-likely-110025/" aria-label="Read more about Flying taxis within five years? Not likely">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney In both the United Kingdom and Australia there is speculation that controversial bills may be passed against the will of the government. If so, could the government advise that the bill be refused royal assent – the last ... <a title="Why a government would be mad to advise the refusal of royal assent to a bill passed against its will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/why-a-government-would-be-mad-to-advise-the-refusal-of-royal-assent-to-a-bill-passed-against-its-will-110501/" aria-label="Read more about Why a government would be mad to advise the refusal of royal assent to a bill passed against its will">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney A new school year, and another battle between bloodsucking parasites and the kids they love to live on. But the real casualties are the stressed-out parents and carers trying to keep their kids free of lice. ... <a title="Back at school? Here’s how to keep kids free of head lice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/back-at-school-heres-how-to-keep-kids-free-of-head-lice-110344/" aria-label="Read more about Back at school? Here’s how to keep kids free of head lice">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siyuan Tian, Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University Another summer, another drought. Sydney’s water storages are running on empty, and desalinisation plants are being dusted off. Elsewhere, shrunken rivers, lakes and dams are swollen with rotting fish. Governments, irrigators and environmentalists blame each other for the drought, or ... <a title="To predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/to-predict-droughts-dont-look-at-the-skies-look-in-the-soil-from-space-110493/" aria-label="Read more about To predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Smith, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University Going to school is one of the few life experiences almost everyone shares. From the time children began to be educated in small groups in Britain, there were school stories in popular culture, beginning with what many consider ... <a title="From The Getting of Wisdom to Heartbreak High: Australian school stories on screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/from-the-getting-of-wisdom-to-heartbreak-high-australian-school-stories-on-screen-109941/" aria-label="Read more about From The Getting of Wisdom to Heartbreak High: Australian school stories on screen">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A high profile independent candidate, Oliver Yates, is expected to run against Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in the heartland Liberal seat of Kooyong in Melbourne. Yates, who lives in the electorate, is a member of the Liberal party and a former ... <a title="View from The Hill: Independent push against Frydenberg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/view-from-the-hill-independent-push-against-frydenberg-110600/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Independent push against Frydenberg">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Melbourne Australian banks have been under enormous scrutiny during the financial services royal commission, which reports on Friday. But one thing that hasn’t dominated the headlines is their relationships with their subsidiaries in New Zealand. Each of Australia’s big ... <a title="Too big to fail. The risks to Australian taxpayers from New Zealand banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/too-big-to-fail-the-risks-to-australian-taxpayers-from-new-zealand-banks-110286/" aria-label="Read more about Too big to fail. The risks to Australian taxpayers from New Zealand banks">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marianna Sigala, Professor of Tourism – Director of the Centre for Tourism & Leisure Management, University of South Australia The scope and scale of the so-called “sharing economy” has increased exponentially over the past decade, to the point where it affects almost every aspect of our lives. ... <a title="The ‘sharing economy’ simply dresses up our consumerist tendencies in a more palatable ideology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/the-sharing-economy-simply-dresses-up-our-consumerist-tendencies-in-a-more-palatable-ideology-99090/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘sharing economy’ simply dresses up our consumerist tendencies in a more palatable ideology">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Hansen, Chief of Staff, The Conversation Pregnancy can be a magical time, but also a stressful one. With so many things you can and can’t do, it can get confusing. Guidelines recommend women without complicated pregnancies should be maintaining fitness. But how? Many women love the ... <a title="We asked five experts: is it safe to run while pregnant?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/we-asked-five-experts-is-it-safe-to-run-while-pregnant-104489/" aria-label="Read more about We asked five experts: is it safe to run while pregnant?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Fellow, Grattan Institute Australia needs to lift the status of teachers to attract the best and brightest to teaching. The world’s top-performing school systems make it a national priority to attract the strongest candidates. Improving teacher selection improves student results. Australia’s brightest students are increasingly ... <a title="Lift teacher status to improve student performance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/lift-teacher-status-to-improve-student-performance-110095/" aria-label="Read more about Lift teacher status to improve student performance">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Shearer, Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Mention “tiny house” in any social gathering and people almost always say, “Oh I love tiny houses.” The enthusiasm for tiny houses isn’t matched, however, by the take-up of tiny house living. Very few people actually live in ... <a title="Life in a tiny house: what’s it like and how can it be made better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/life-in-a-tiny-house-whats-it-like-and-how-can-it-be-made-better-110495/" aria-label="Read more about Life in a tiny house: what’s it like and how can it be made better?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Broomhall, Professor of History, University of Western Australia In 1635, María, a slave woman from the Indian sub-continent living in the Spanish-controlled Philippine Islands, enters the historical record. We know that women as well as men were involved in forced movements like María’s around the region ... <a title="Hidden women of history: María, a slave in Manila who resisted sexual exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/hidden-women-of-history-maria-a-slave-in-manila-who-resisted-sexual-exploitation-110182/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: María, a slave in Manila who resisted sexual exploitation">Read more</a>
