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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pratichi Chatterjee, PhD Student, Urban Geography, University of Sydney After years of strong housing market growth, Sydney’s property market is slowing. Despite this, housing stress remains a reality for many Sydneysiders, with rents remaining largely untouched. Public housing is a lifeline for those who can’t afford to ... <a title="We still live here: public housing tenants fight for their place in the city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/we-still-live-here-public-housing-tenants-fight-for-their-place-in-the-city-107188/" aria-label="Read more about We still live here: public housing tenants fight for their place in the city">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Former coup leader Josaia Voreqe “Frank” Bainimarama has won re-election in Fiji. But he did so in a country where press freedom is severely limited, and authoritarian rule is used to curb dissent – even from the ... <a title="Bainimarama wins again in Fiji, helped by muzzling the media, unions and the church" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/bainimarama-wins-again-in-fiji-helped-by-muzzling-the-media-unions-and-the-church-107192/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama wins again in Fiji, helped by muzzling the media, unions and the church">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics, UNSW All hell broke loose during the Wentworth by-election when Prime Minister Scott Morrison suddenly announced that he was thinking of moving of Australia’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The main objections came, not on merits of ... <a title="Indonesia matters to us, and always has. Why the relationship will survive Morrison’s Jerusalem thought bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/indonesia-matters-to-us-and-always-has-why-the-relationship-will-survive-morrisons-jerusalem-thought-bubble-107145/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia matters to us, and always has. Why the relationship will survive Morrison’s Jerusalem thought bubble">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Vardon, Associate Professor at the Fenner School, Australian National University Ensuring the economic health of nations is one of the biggest tasks expected of governments. The elephant in the room has long been the health of the environment, on which the health of the economy (and ... <a title="Elephants and economics: how to ensure we value wildlife properly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/elephants-and-economics-how-to-ensure-we-value-wildlife-properly-107184/" aria-label="Read more about Elephants and economics: how to ensure we value wildlife properly">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Have you ever been licked by a cat? If so you’ll know the feline tongue feels more like sandpaper than satin. A cat’s tongue is covered in hundreds of sharp, scoop-shaped spines made of ... <a title="Cool for cats: that spiny tongue does more than keep a cat well groomed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/cool-for-cats-that-spiny-tongue-does-more-than-keep-a-cat-well-groomed-107007/" aria-label="Read more about Cool for cats: that spiny tongue does more than keep a cat well groomed">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University It took a Nobel Prize before Canadian physicist Donna Strickland got promoted to a full professorship. As anecdotal evidence that women have to prove themselves even more than men to earn a job promotion, her story is hard to ... <a title="The gender qualification gap: women ‘over-invest’ in workplace capabilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/the-gender-qualification-gap-women-over-invest-in-workplace-capabilities-105385/" aria-label="Read more about The gender qualification gap: women ‘over-invest’ in workplace capabilities">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Franciscus Johannes Merkes, PhD candidate, Edith Cowan University Many professional road cycling events are hundreds of kilometres long, but the final placings are often decided by what happens in the last few seconds of any race stage. New research shows that a rider can gain up ... <a title="Your riding position can give you an advantage in a road cycling sprint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/your-riding-position-can-give-you-an-advantage-in-a-road-cycling-sprint-106539/" aria-label="Read more about Your riding position can give you an advantage in a road cycling sprint">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Port Moresby may not be Yalta, nor, it might be said, is it Potsdam. But for a moment at the weekend the steamy out-of-the-way Papua New Guinea capital found itself at the intersection of great power combustibility. ... <a title="As tensions ratchet up between China and the US, Australia risks being caught in the crossfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/as-tensions-ratchet-up-between-china-and-the-us-australia-risks-being-caught-in-the-crossfire-107178/" aria-label="Read more about As tensions ratchet up between China and the US, Australia risks being caught in the crossfire">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Tsonis, Lecturer, Graduate Research School, Western Sydney University If you follow wellness trends, you might’ve come across the claim that an infrared sauna, which heats the body with light, is better for you than a traditional sauna, which uses radiant heat from a stove. In short, ... <a title="Infrared sauna is no better for your health than traditional sauna: busting a common wellness myth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/infrared-sauna-is-no-better-for-your-health-than-traditional-sauna-busting-a-common-wellness-myth-102408/" aria-label="Read more about Infrared sauna is no better for your health than traditional sauna: busting a common wellness myth">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Isabel Booth, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania House and contents underinsurance looks like a problem in need of a solution. It is estimated around half of Australians don’t have an insurance policy that fully covers their assets. Without insurance, households are ... <a title="Insurance is unaffordable for some, but it’s middle Australia that is underinsured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/insurance-is-unaffordable-for-some-but-its-middle-australia-that-is-underinsured-105662/" aria-label="Read more about Insurance is unaffordable for some, but it’s middle Australia that is underinsured">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Donald, Academic – Management, Leadership and Organisational Change, Charles Sturt University AMP’s chief executive Craig Meller, chairperson Catherine Brenner and other directors fell on their swords after the banking royal commission revealed the insurer had spent a decade charging customers for phantom services and lying to ... <a title="Toppling bankers can be satisfying, but it’s not enough to heal a sick culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/toppling-bankers-can-be-satisfying-but-its-not-enough-to-heal-a-sick-culture-106242/" aria-label="Read more about Toppling bankers can be satisfying, but it’s not enough to heal a sick culture">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Salmond, Honorary Associate, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University The Athenian poet Euripides was the last of the three great Greek tragedians (after Aeschylus and Sophocles) and also the least successful. Greek tragedies were performed competitively at religious festivals in Athens in honour of the ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Euripides’ Medea and her terrible revenge against the patriarchy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/guide-to-the-classics-euripides-medea-and-her-terrible-revenge-against-the-patriarchy-106151/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Euripides’ Medea and her terrible revenge against the patriarchy">Read more</a>
