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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Enrolments to Australian public universities boomed during the last decade. This was due to a government policy known as “demand driven funding”, which between 2012 and 2017 allowed universities to enrol unlimited numbers of domestic bachelor-degree students. In 2017, ... <a title="More students are going to university than before, but those at risk of dropping out need more help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/more-students-are-going-to-university-than-before-but-those-at-risk-of-dropping-out-need-more-help-118764/" aria-label="Read more about More students are going to university than before, but those at risk of dropping out need more help">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Slonim, Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Do you think you are paying more than you should for energy, banking, insurance, internet and phone services? You are not alone, and you are probably right. Companies offer a growing number of deals that supposedly enable you to ... <a title="Inducing consumer paralysis: how retailers bury customers in an avalanche of choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/inducing-consumer-paralysis-how-retailers-bury-customers-in-an-avalanche-of-choice-116078/" aria-label="Read more about Inducing consumer paralysis: how retailers bury customers in an avalanche of choice">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin T. Jones, Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia When the Australian constitution was written in the 1890s, the authors did not envision an independent nation, but a self-governing dominion of the British empire. As such, the preamble does not contain flowery language about national values. Instead it ... <a title="Young Australians champion ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ in designing constitutional change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/young-australians-champion-democracy-and-freedom-in-designing-constitutional-change-118530/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians champion ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ in designing constitutional change">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Australians love our iconic coastal lifestyle. So many of our settlements are spread along our huge coastline. Real estate prices soar where we can catch a view of the water. But where there are crowded communities, there ... <a title="Australia’s pristine beaches have a poo problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/australias-pristine-beaches-have-a-poo-problem-116175/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s pristine beaches have a poo problem">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Robertson, Innovation Fellow and Lecturer, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Monash University The payment for ecosystem services (PES) model is supporting a new wave of self-determined construction on Aboriginal homelands. With no secure strategy for government infrastructure investment in homelands, particularly in new housing or ... <a title="Caring for Country: how remote communities are building on payment for ecosystem services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/caring-for-country-how-remote-communities-are-building-on-payment-for-ecosystem-services-116737/" aria-label="Read more about Caring for Country: how remote communities are building on payment for ecosystem services">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Scully, Associate Professor of Modern European History, University of New England The New York Times has announced it will no longer be running daily political cartoons in its international edition, amid a continuing controversy over anti-Semitism in its pages. This brings the international paper in line ... <a title="The New York Times ends daily political cartoons, but it’s not the death of the art form" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/the-new-york-times-ends-daily-political-cartoons-but-its-not-the-death-of-the-art-form-118754/" aria-label="Read more about The New York Times ends daily political cartoons, but it’s not the death of the art form">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government almost certainly would have to obtain the support of Tasmanian crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie to amend or repeal the medevac legislation. Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton on Sunday claimed Labor was reconsidering its position on the legislation, but ... <a title="Lambie’s vote key if government wants to have medevac repealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/16/lambies-vote-key-if-government-wants-to-have-medevac-repealed-118905/" aria-label="Read more about Lambie’s vote key if government wants to have medevac repealed">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Wiseman, Director, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University The word uncertainty is used a lot in quantum mechanics. One school of thought is that this means there’s something out there in the world that we are uncertain about. But most physicists believe nature itself is uncertain. ... <a title="Quantum physics experiment shows Heisenberg was right about uncertainty, in a certain sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/15/quantum-physics-experiment-shows-heisenberg-was-right-about-uncertainty-in-a-certain-sense-118456/" aria-label="Read more about Quantum physics experiment shows Heisenberg was right about uncertainty, in a certain sense">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Markey, Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University John Setka’s reported comments about Rosie Batty have the potential to seriously damage the Labor Party and unions generally in the public eye. The Labor Party’s new federal leader, Anthony Albanese, moved quickly to seek Setka’s expulsion from the party following ... <a title="Setka furore opens division within the labour movement – and there is no easy solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/setka-furore-opens-division-within-the-labour-movement-and-there-is-no-easy-solution-118756/" aria-label="Read more about Setka furore opens division within the labour movement – and there is no easy solution">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. When you are in the northern part of Western Australia, one of nature’s joys is seeing a large boab tree ... <a title="Built like buildings, boab trees are life-savers with a chequered past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/built-like-buildings-boab-trees-are-life-savers-with-a-chequered-past-118821/" aria-label="Read more about Built like buildings, boab trees are life-savers with a chequered past">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. When you are in the northern part of Western Australia, one of nature’s joys is seeing a large boab tree ... <a title="Everything that’s great about boab trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/everything-thats-great-about-boab-trees-118821/" aria-label="Read more about Everything that’s great about boab trees">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago An Australian company’s application to mine a fossil-rich site in the south of New Zealand has been met with fierce criticism and a campaign to protect it in perpetuity. Foulden Maar, near Dunedin, is arguably the most important ... <a title="Proposal to mine fossil-rich site in New Zealand sparks campaign to protect it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/proposal-to-mine-fossil-rich-site-in-new-zealand-sparks-campaign-to-protect-it-118505/" aria-label="Read more about Proposal to mine fossil-rich site in New Zealand sparks campaign to protect it">Read more</a>
