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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Higham, Professor of Tourism, University of Otago Raise your hand if you’ve ever travelled for weeks or months as a backpacker on a limited daily budget. Keep your hand up if you were made welcome in the places you visited on your OE, enjoyed chance encounters ... <a title="5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/5-reasons-why-banishing-backpackers-and-targeting-wealthy-tourists-would-be-a-mistake-for-nz-150639/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Giblin, ARC Future Fellow; Associate Professor; Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, University of Melbourne Many culturally important books by Australian authors are out of print, hard to find as secondhand copies, and confined to the physical shelves of a limited number of libraries. Effectively, ... <a title="10 ‘lost’ Australian literary treasures you should read – and can soon borrow from any library" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/10-lost-australian-literary-treasures-you-should-read-and-can-soon-borrow-from-any-library-150280/" aria-label="Read more about 10 ‘lost’ Australian literary treasures you should read – and can soon borrow from any library">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia’s actions should not be seen just through the lens of the strategic competition between China and the United States, Scott Morrison has said in a speech rejecting “binary choices”. With China casting Australia as an extension of America, disrupting ... <a title="Scott Morrison’s message to China: Don’t pigeonhole us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/scott-morrisons-message-to-china-dont-pigeonhole-us-150663/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison’s message to China: Don’t pigeonhole us">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Victorian government plans a pilot scheme for up to five days sick and carer’s pay, at the national minimum wage, for casuals or insecure workers in priority industries. Even though the initiative is at a very early stage, with ... <a title="Daniel Andrews plans pilot for casual workers’ sick pay but Morrison government critical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/daniel-andrews-plans-pilot-for-casual-workers-sick-pay-but-morrison-government-critical-150648/" aria-label="Read more about Daniel Andrews plans pilot for casual workers’ sick pay but Morrison government critical">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberto Musotto, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow, Edith Cowan University It’s no secret the trail of data we leave online can reveal intimate details about our lives. And there are myriad people whose job it is to collect and sift through this, often with a ... <a title="Prosecuting within complex criminal networks is hard. Data analysis could save the courts precious time and money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/prosecuting-within-complex-criminal-networks-is-hard-data-analysis-could-save-the-courts-precious-time-and-money-150087/" aria-label="Read more about Prosecuting within complex criminal networks is hard. Data analysis could save the courts precious time and money">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Ganderton, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Many of us might not be as fit as we were before the pandemic hit, and as community sport restarts and gyms reopen across the country amid eased coronavirus restrictions, some people might be at increased ... <a title="Physio, chiro, osteo and myo: what’s the difference and which one should I get?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/physio-chiro-osteo-and-myo-whats-the-difference-and-which-one-should-i-get-149993/" aria-label="Read more about Physio, chiro, osteo and myo: what’s the difference and which one should I get?">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. To the surprise of most pundits, substantial real estate price inflation has resumed, after a hiatus from 2017 to 2019. As to be expected, most of the usual tropes have been employed: a lack of supply, immigration (in this latest case returning New Zealanders), and low interest rates. The only missing ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Fixing the 2020 New Zealand House Price Bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/keith-rankin-analysis-fixing-the-2020-new-zealand-house-price-bubble/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Fixing the 2020 New Zealand House Price Bubble">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Churchill, Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Melbourne The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been so profound, particularly for women, that it threatens to upend the progress on gender equality in recent years. During the lockdown, women were doing more of the unpaid labour ... <a title="No one escaped COVID’s impacts, but big fall in tertiary enrolments was 80% women. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/no-one-escaped-covids-impacts-but-big-fall-in-tertiary-enrolments-was-80-women-why-149994/" aria-label="Read more about No one escaped COVID’s impacts, but big fall in tertiary enrolments was 80% women. Why?">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Dalziell, Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, University of Western Australia In a new series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on page and on screen. Trixie Belden, girl detective, does not rank in the world’s pantheon of cool sleuths. She’s unlikely to appear in a ... <a title="My favourite detective: Trixie Belden, the uncool girl sleuth with a sensitive moral compass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/my-favourite-detective-trixie-belden-the-uncool-girl-sleuth-with-a-sensitive-moral-compass-149624/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: Trixie Belden, the uncool girl sleuth with a sensitive moral compass">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Mixed messages in wake of National’s defeat Richard Harman: Goodfellow beats off challenge and calls for unity Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Sir John Key’s speech a chilling glimpse into the future for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 23 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-23-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 23 2020">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Glasziou, Professor of Medicine, Bond University In controlled laboratory situations, face masks appear to do a good job of reducing the spread of coronavirus (at least in hamsters) and other respiratory viruses. However, evidence shows mask-wearing policies seem to have had much less impact on the ... <a title="Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/face-masks-cut-disease-spread-in-the-lab-but-have-less-impact-in-the-community-we-need-to-know-why-147912/" aria-label="Read more about Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University During the recent American elections, the most eye-catching graphics were were the individual county tallies. These showed that even when states appeared to be overwhelmingly Republican red, some still “flipped” to the Democrats on the strength of a ... <a title="Albanese is running out of time to solve Labor’s climate crisis. He needs a plan that works for two Australias" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/albanese-is-running-out-of-time-to-solve-labors-climate-crisis-he-needs-a-plan-that-works-for-two-australias-150066/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese is running out of time to solve Labor’s climate crisis. He needs a plan that works for two Australias">Read more</a>
