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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Cebulla, Senior Research Fellow, South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide In the past decade a 30-year trend to earlier retirement has been reversed. In OECD countries the average age at which people retire has risen by about one to two years. In Australia ... <a title="There’s a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/theres-a-yawning-gap-in-the-plan-to-keep-older-australians-working-119013/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gay Hawkins, Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Most of us will never see a platypus or a lyrebird in the wild, but it’s likely we’ve encountered them on television. Our new research looks at the vital role early ABC television played in making ... <a title="Natural history on TV: how the ABC took Australian animals to the people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/natural-history-on-tv-how-the-abc-took-australian-animals-to-the-people-125221/" aria-label="Read more about Natural history on TV: how the ABC took Australian animals to the people">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is responding to increasing concern about the faltering economy by bringing forward A$3.8 billion of infrastructure investment into the next four years, including $1.8 billion for the current and next financial years. Scott Morrison will outline the infrastructure ... <a title="Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/government-to-inject-economic-stimulus-by-accelerating-infrastructure-spend-127358/" aria-label="Read more about Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has overhauled its much-criticised robo-debt scheme which has seen many welfare recipients asked to repay money they do not owe. A Tuesday email to staff in the Human Services department’s customer compliance division said “additional proof” would now ... <a title="Government makes changes to error-prone robo-debt collection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/government-makes-changes-to-error-prone-robo-debt-collection-127324/" aria-label="Read more about Government makes changes to error-prone robo-debt collection">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has overhauled its much-criticised robo-debt scheme which has seen many welfare recipients asked to repay money they do not owe. A Tuesday email to staff in the Human Services department’s customer compliance division said “additional proof” would now ... <a title="Government announces changes to error-prone robo-debt collection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/government-announces-changes-to-error-prone-robo-debt-collection-127324/" aria-label="Read more about Government announces changes to error-prone robo-debt collection">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University Every summer in Australia, bushfires, cyclones and floods threaten lives and properties. Preparing for these emergencies includes creating an emergency kit that contains everything you and your baby will need if essential services are ... <a title="Evacuating with a baby? Here’s what to put in your emergency kit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/evacuating-with-a-baby-heres-what-to-put-in-your-emergency-kit-127026/" aria-label="Read more about Evacuating with a baby? Here’s what to put in your emergency kit">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Allen, Researcher, UNSW Despite 28 years of uninterrupted economic growth, future generations of Australians face being worse off due to increasing household debt, cost-of-living pressures, rising wealth inequality, climate change impacts and environmental degradation. But our new research finds a fairer, greener and more prosperous Australia ... <a title="We modelled 4 scenarios for Australia’s future. Economic growth alone can’t deliver the goods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/we-modelled-4-scenarios-for-australias-future-economic-growth-alone-cant-deliver-the-goods-126823/" aria-label="Read more about We modelled 4 scenarios for Australia’s future. Economic growth alone can’t deliver the goods">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Wake, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, UNSW Australia invests heavily in its major festivals: A$5 million in state government funding for Sydney Festival, $7 million for Perth, and $9 million for Adelaide. Funding for festivals has remained relatively constant over the past five years, even ... <a title="Australia’s major summer arts festivals: reckoning with the past or retreating into it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/australias-major-summer-arts-festivals-reckoning-with-the-past-or-retreating-into-it-126829/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s major summer arts festivals: reckoning with the past or retreating into it?">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Klein, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Australian National University Why do people believe conspiracy theories? Is it because of who they are, what they’ve encountered, or a combination of both? The answer is important. Belief in conspiracy theories helps fuel climate change denial, anti-vaccination stances, racism, and ... <a title="Don’t (just) blame echo chambers. Conspiracy theorists actively seek out their online communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/dont-just-blame-echo-chambers-conspiracy-theorists-actively-seek-out-their-online-communities-127119/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t (just) blame echo chambers. Conspiracy theorists actively seek out their online communities">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Tattersall, Postdoc in Urban Geography and Research Lead at Sydney Policy Lab. Host of ChangeMakers Podcast., University of Sydney While thousands of Hong Kongers have protested “like water” for the past six months – flowing through the city with seemingly spontaneous movements – the past week ... <a title="University under siege: a dangerous new phase for the Hong Kong protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/university-under-siege-a-dangerous-new-phase-for-the-hong-kong-protests-127228/" aria-label="Read more about University under siege: a dangerous new phase for the Hong Kong protests">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Last week’s catastrophic fires on Australia’s east coast – and warnings of more soon to come – will become all too common as climate change gathers pace. And as the challenges of modern hazard reduction become ... <a title="Our land is burning, and western science does not have all the answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/our-land-is-burning-and-western-science-does-not-have-all-the-answers-100331/" aria-label="Read more about Our land is burning, and western science does not have all the answers">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Chlöe Swarbrick’s “OK boomer” retort in Parliament has proved to be the spark that set alight a dry field of latent generational angst. The debate over the remark rolls on and on, revealing that generational warfare is a growing cleavage in New Zealand. Increasingly, political problems of housing, inequality, climate change and so forth, are ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why “OK boomer” generational warfare is a dead-end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-ok-boomer-generational-warfare-is-a-dead-end/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why “OK boomer” generational warfare is a dead-end">Read more</a>
