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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University It’s tempting to think home prices are soaring because there aren’t enough homes. But that can’t explain the sudden takeoff from about the year 2000, the sudden takeoff from about 2013, and again now – ... <a title="Home prices are climbing alright, but not for the reason you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/home-prices-are-climbing-alright-but-not-for-the-reason-you-might-think-158776/" aria-label="Read more about Home prices are climbing alright, but not for the reason you might think">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael O’Neil, Executive Director, SA Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide Wiping off Whyalla has become something of a macabre sport. All manner of things have been said to be about to destroy the steelworks town, including (briefly) the 2012-2014 carbon price. BHP abandoned the steelworks, ... <a title="Not wiped out. Even after the collapse of Greensill, there’s time to save Whyalla" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/not-wiped-out-even-after-the-collapse-of-greensill-theres-time-to-save-whyalla-158761/" aria-label="Read more about Not wiped out. Even after the collapse of Greensill, there’s time to save Whyalla">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Quigley, Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne Timor-Leste is reeling after heavy rain caused severe floods and landslides over the Easter weekend, killing at least 42 people. Rates of COVID-19 in Timor-Leste are also on the rise. Together, these hazards threaten to interact ... <a title="Double trouble: floods and COVID-19 have merged to pose great danger for Timor-Leste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/double-trouble-floods-and-covid-19-have-merged-to-pose-great-danger-for-timor-leste-158625/" aria-label="Read more about Double trouble: floods and COVID-19 have merged to pose great danger for Timor-Leste">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University When China’s ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, summoned journalists to the Chinese embassy last week, this was not an occasion for polite exchanges on a troubled relationship between Beijing and Canberra. Cheng was intent on communicating a forceful message to ... <a title="Why China’s attempts to stifle foreign media criticism are likely to fail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/why-chinas-attempts-to-stifle-foreign-media-criticism-are-likely-to-fail-158785/" aria-label="Read more about Why China’s attempts to stifle foreign media criticism are likely to fail">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University COVAX, the global initiative to coordinate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in an equitable way, is crucial for bringing the pandemic under control. But COVAX’s aim of delivering 2 billion doses to participating countries by the end ... <a title="The best hope for fairly distributing COVID-19 vaccines globally is at risk of failing. Here’s how to save it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/the-best-hope-for-fairly-distributing-covid-19-vaccines-globally-is-at-risk-of-failing-heres-how-to-save-it-158779/" aria-label="Read more about The best hope for fairly distributing COVID-19 vaccines globally is at risk of failing. Here’s how to save it">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luise Kazda, PhD candidate, University of Sydney During my daughter’s challenging first year of school, we discovered how much effort it took her to sit and learn. She was the youngest in her class, placing her at higher risk of being diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity ... <a title="More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviours. Our new research shows why that’s a worry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/more-kids-are-being-diagnosed-with-adhd-for-borderline-yet-challenging-behaviours-our-new-research-shows-why-thats-a-worry-156115/" aria-label="Read more about More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviours. Our new research shows why that’s a worry">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cheryl Durrant, Adjunct Associate Professor, UNSW Climate change is a hot topic in Australian security circles, as it poses an emerging threat to our national resilience and way of life. As a new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) last week warned, the federal government ... <a title="Climate change is a security threat the government keeps ignoring. We’ll show up empty handed to yet another global summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/climate-change-is-a-security-threat-the-government-keeps-ignoring-well-show-up-empty-handed-to-yet-another-global-summit-158702/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is a security threat the government keeps ignoring. We’ll show up empty handed to yet another global summit">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Stanford, Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney Fewer than 2% of Australian employees work for the minimum wage (now $19.84 an hour). But the federal Fair Work Commission’s annual decision on how much to increase ... <a title="Resistance to raising the minimum wage reflects obsolete economic thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/resistance-to-raising-the-minimum-wage-reflects-obsolete-economic-thinking-158622/" aria-label="Read more about Resistance to raising the minimum wage reflects obsolete economic thinking">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Sex & Sexuality, La Trobe University The Netflix drama The One centres around a geneticist who invents a new matchmaking service. It uses DNA to help people find their romantic and sexual match: their “one”. “A single strand of ... <a title="The One: could DNA tests find our soulmate? We study sex and sexuality — and think the idea is ridiculous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/the-one-could-dna-tests-find-our-soulmate-we-study-sex-and-sexuality-and-think-the-idea-is-ridiculous-158533/" aria-label="Read more about The One: could DNA tests find our soulmate? We study sex and sexuality — and think the idea is ridiculous">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Duffy, Lecturer in Applied Geoscience, The University of Melbourne Most people know that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain but I want to know for how long it has been the tallest, and for how long in the future it will remain so (…) Which range ... <a title="Curious Kids: how and when did Mount Everest become the tallest mountain? And will it remain so?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/curious-kids-how-and-when-did-mount-everest-become-the-tallest-mountain-and-will-it-remain-so-157509/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how and when did Mount Everest become the tallest mountain? And will it remain so?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Recent media coverage of women not being able to get treatment for birth injuries highlights yet another example of gender bias in healthcare in New Zealand. Following a policy review, the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), which covers accidental injuries, ... <a title="ACC’s policy of not covering birth injuries is one more sign the system is overdue for reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/accs-policy-of-not-covering-birth-injuries-is-one-more-sign-the-system-is-overdue-for-reform-158618/" aria-label="Read more about ACC’s policy of not covering birth injuries is one more sign the system is overdue for reform">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Nott, Professor of Physical Geography, James Cook University Tropical Cyclone Seroja battered parts of Western Australia’s coast on Sunday night, badly damaging buildings and leaving thousands of people without power. While the full extent of the damage caused by the Category 3 system is not yet ... <a title="Cyclone Seroja just demolished parts of WA – and our warming world will bring more of the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/cyclone-seroja-just-demolished-parts-of-wa-and-our-warming-world-will-bring-more-of-the-same-158769/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Seroja just demolished parts of WA – and our warming world will bring more of the same">Read more</a>
