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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brock Bastian, Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Have you looked at the international rankings of the world’s happiest countries lately? Measuring a country’s subjective levels of happiness has become something of an international sport. People look with interest (and a little ... <a title="Research finds countries that focus the most on happiness can end up making people feel worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/research-finds-countries-that-focus-the-most-on-happiness-can-end-up-making-people-feel-worse-177323/" aria-label="Read more about Research finds countries that focus the most on happiness can end up making people feel worse">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Alidoust, Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland www.shutterstock.com The severe lack of affordable housing is hurting Australians right across the community – from young renters, to families seeking to buy and older people needing a stable home. The number of Australians over 55 who are ... <a title="‘Where would we live otherwise?’: the rise of house-sitting among older Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/where-would-we-live-otherwise-the-rise-of-house-sitting-among-older-australians-173984/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Where would we live otherwise?’: the rise of house-sitting among older Australians">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Wong, Lecturer/Research Fellow in Psychology, Flinders University Eduardo Barrios/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Many of us will have experienced some unexpected honesty from the older people in our lives. Whether it’s grandma telling you your outfit is unflattering or grandpa saying he doesn’t like the meal you’ve prepared, ... <a title="Do we really ‘lose our filter’ as we age?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/do-we-really-lose-our-filter-as-we-age-176248/" aria-label="Read more about Do we really ‘lose our filter’ as we age?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Baak, Senior Lecturer, UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia Shutterstock After August 2012, the Australian government introduced “deterrence policies” for asylum seekers who arrive here by boat. Part of this is keeping them on temporary visas and giving them almost no feasible pathway to permanent ... <a title="Education is a human right, but for most asylum seekers in Australia, university is an impossible dream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/education-is-a-human-right-but-for-most-asylum-seekers-in-australia-university-is-an-impossible-dream-174881/" aria-label="Read more about Education is a human right, but for most asylum seekers in Australia, university is an impossible dream">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney ABS/Shutterstock Thursday brought news that Australia’s official unemployment rate in January remained at a historically low 4.2%. In parliament, Prime Minister Scott Morrision boasted of the nation being on track to achieve a rate “with a 3 in front of ... <a title="Vital Signs: Unemployment steady at 4.2%, but it will need to go lower still to lift wages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/vital-signs-unemployment-steady-at-4-2-but-it-will-need-to-go-lower-still-to-lift-wages-177218/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Unemployment steady at 4.2%, but it will need to go lower still to lift wages">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If you were to believe the Morrison government, you’d think Anthony Albanese as prime minister would sell out Australia’s interests to China, give criminals a break, and perhaps sneak in a death tax. You’d question whether this man, who held ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a scare campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they’ll grow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/grattan-on-friday-morrison-has-sown-the-seeds-for-a-scare-campaign-and-albanese-doesnt-know-whether-theyll-grow-177368/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a scare campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they’ll grow">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is common practice for journalists to share contact details and locations in hostile environments such as war zones. Something is very wrong when news organisations in New Zealand share those details about their staff covering a story in downtown Wellington. Stuff’s head of news Mark Stevens disclosed last Friday that ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/gavin-ellis-copycat-media-abuse-from-ragtag-bag-of-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If you were to believe the Morrison government, you’d think Anthony Albanese as prime minister would sell out Australia’s interests to China, give criminals a break, and perhaps sneak in a death tax. You’d question whether this man, who held ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a negative campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they’ll grow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/grattan-on-friday-morrison-has-sown-the-seeds-for-a-negative-campaign-and-albanese-doesnt-know-whether-theyll-grow-177368/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a negative campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they’ll grow">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl McPhee, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Bond University The fatal shark attack off Sydney on Wednesday left the city shocked, and triggered questions from the horrified public. Why would a shark just grab a man from the water? And will it strike again? The incident – ... <a title="Sydney shark attack triggers calls for a cull – but let’s take a deep breath and look at the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/sydney-shark-attack-triggers-calls-for-a-cull-but-lets-take-a-deep-breath-and-look-at-the-evidence-177357/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney shark attack triggers calls for a cull – but let’s take a deep breath and look at the evidence">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock In the 1970s, low-carb diets were all the rage. The Dr Atkin’s Diet Revolution book claimed carbohydrate restriction was a “high calorie way to stay thin forever”. Carbohydrates are found in breads, cereals and other ... <a title="Do low-carb diets help you lose weight? Here’s what the science says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/do-low-carb-diets-help-you-lose-weight-heres-what-the-science-says-176368/" aria-label="Read more about Do low-carb diets help you lose weight? Here’s what the science says">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Lecturer – Creative Industries, University of South Australia News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the end of this year, has been met with grief and outrage by the Melbourne music community. ... <a title="The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/the-john-curtin-hotel-is-a-home-for-melbournes-musicians-activists-and-unionists-shutting-it-down-is-a-loss-for-our-cultural-heritage-177313/" aria-label="Read more about The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock In a major step forward for Australia’s clean energy transition, the country’s biggest coal-fired power station Eraring is set to close seven years early in 2025, Origin Energy announced this morning. Eraring has been ... <a title="Australia’s largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there’s still no national plan for coal’s inevitable demise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/australias-largest-coal-plant-will-close-7-years-early-but-theres-still-no-national-plan-for-coals-inevitable-demise-177317/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there’s still no national plan for coal’s inevitable demise">Read more</a>
