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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The government’s much-anticipated Retirement Incomes Review has found that increases in employer’s compulsory superannuation contributions are financed by reductions in workers’ wage growth. This isn’t obvious, and ... <a title="Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/workers-bear-71-to-100-of-the-cost-of-increases-in-compulsory-super-150461/" aria-label="Read more about Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian police have arrested 54 participants of a public hearing organised by the Papuan People’s Council (MPR) this week at the Valentine Hotel in Merauke regency in Papua. They were arrested for alleged makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) yet the public hearing was actually discussing evaluating the implementation of Law Number 21/2001 ... <a title="Papua special autonomy hearing broken up, 54 arrested for ‘treason’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/papua-special-autonomy-hearing-broken-up-54-arrested-for-treason/" aria-label="Read more about Papua special autonomy hearing broken up, 54 arrested for ‘treason’">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Egliston, Postdoctoral research fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology In the latest salvo of an almost two-decade console war between Microsoft and Sony, both Sony’s Playstation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S/X were launched last week. With increased spending on videogames due to ... <a title="The war between Xbox and Playstation is no longer about consoles. It’s about winning your loyalty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/the-war-between-xbox-and-playstation-is-no-longer-about-consoles-its-about-winning-your-loyalty-150057/" aria-label="Read more about The war between Xbox and Playstation is no longer about consoles. It’s about winning your loyalty">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Pickering, Assistant Professor, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Now Joe Biden is on track to be the next US president, there has been plenty of speculation about what this means for Australia’s policies on climate change. Biden promises to achieve a ... <a title="After Biden’s win, Australia needs to step up and recommit to this vital UN climate change fund" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/after-bidens-win-australia-needs-to-step-up-and-recommit-to-this-vital-un-climate-change-fund-150444/" aria-label="Read more about After Biden’s win, Australia needs to step up and recommit to this vital UN climate change fund">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Broadway, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne Female workforce participation has risen for the past two decades in Australia, and in turn, more young kids have been attending formal childcare. So it’s very surprising the latest Household, Income ... <a title="Single parents are getting priced out of daycare, triggering a vicious cycle of entrenched poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/single-parents-are-getting-priced-out-of-daycare-triggering-a-vicious-cycle-of-entrenched-poverty-150362/" aria-label="Read more about Single parents are getting priced out of daycare, triggering a vicious cycle of entrenched poverty">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ferdi Botha, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Measuring the material factors of our lives — like finances, work, health — can tell us a lot about the state of Australian society, but what matters most to us? To help answer this question, we need to know not ... <a title="Australia, are you OK? Here are the groups with the highest (and lowest) life satisfaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/australia-are-you-ok-here-are-the-groups-with-the-highest-and-lowest-life-satisfaction-150363/" aria-label="Read more about Australia, are you OK? Here are the groups with the highest (and lowest) life satisfaction">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University It’s that time of the year again. Brochures and emails spruik a bumper crop of new books about the climate crisis. Goodreads This time there are some really big names: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill ... <a title="Friday essay: how many climate crisis books will it take to save the planet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/friday-essay-how-many-climate-crisis-books-will-it-take-to-save-the-planet-149529/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: how many climate crisis books will it take to save the planet?">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When he speaks at functions, Scott Morrison routinely pays tribute to present and past members of the Australian Defence Force. It seems a very American thing to do. But he is also putting the military on an extremely high pedestal. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan – how could those up the chain not know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/grattan-on-friday-australias-war-crimes-in-afghanistan-how-could-those-up-the-chain-not-know-150462/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan – how could those up the chain not know?">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University On Wednesday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced their mRNA vaccine has demonstrated a remarkable 95% efficacy in the “final efficacy analysis” of its phase 3 trial. The news comes hot on the heels of Pfizer/BioNTech’s ... <a title="‘Very convincing evidence’: Pfizer now has the data it needs to apply for COVID vaccine approval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/very-convincing-evidence-pfizer-now-has-the-data-it-needs-to-apply-for-covid-vaccine-approval-150443/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very convincing evidence’: Pfizer now has the data it needs to apply for COVID vaccine approval">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The United States does not have a health system — it has multiple systems, with no coherence. If you are an armed services veteran, you have access to a comprehensive, centrally coordinated, government-run health service. If you are over 65, ... <a title="How the US health-care system works — and how its failures are worsening the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/how-the-us-health-care-system-works-and-how-its-failures-are-worsening-the-pandemic-150271/" aria-label="Read more about How the US health-care system works — and how its failures are worsening the pandemic">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has urged the public to not get caught up in the country’s political crisis which has ended up in the courts. James Marape’s government appears to have staved off a vote of no confidence by quickly passing the budget on Tuesday and adjourning parliament ... <a title="‘Stay clear’ of PNG’s political crisis, Marape tells public" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/stay-clear-of-pngs-political-crisis-marape-tells-public/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stay clear’ of PNG’s political crisis, Marape tells public">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Australia’s biggest gambling company, Crown Resorts, has been told by the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority to delay its planned December 14 opening of its A$2 billion Barangaroo casino complex in Sydney. The ... <a title="It’s hard to see how Crown Resorts can be found ‘fit and proper’ to run Sydney’s Barangaroo casino" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/its-hard-to-see-how-crown-resorts-can-be-found-fit-and-proper-to-run-sydneys-barangaroo-casino-150379/" aria-label="Read more about It’s hard to see how Crown Resorts can be found ‘fit and proper’ to run Sydney’s Barangaroo casino">Read more</a>
