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March 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Australia has more than 3,400 buildings with flammable cladding. In Victoria alone, at least 71 of these buildings have been classified as “extreme risk” and another 368 as “high risk”. Despite the tragic evidence ... <a title="Only a small fraction of buildings with flammable cladding have been fixed, and owners are feeling the strain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/only-a-small-fraction-of-buildings-with-flammable-cladding-have-been-fixed-and-owners-are-feeling-the-strain-157307/" aria-label="Read more about Only a small fraction of buildings with flammable cladding have been fixed, and owners are feeling the strain">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology The call by New Zealand business leaders for an inquiry into the need for a modern-day slavery law is welcome but long overdue. As a recent investigation of New Zealand business and political links to the oppression and ... <a title="Previous governments blocked it, but anti-slavery law should now be an urgent priority for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/previous-governments-blocked-it-but-anti-slavery-law-should-now-be-an-urgent-priority-for-new-zealand-157497/" aria-label="Read more about Previous governments blocked it, but anti-slavery law should now be an urgent priority for New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University The Reserve Bank is going all out for wage growth “sustainably above 3%” — the kind of wage growth Australia hasn’t seen for the best part of a decade. It has already committed itself to ... <a title="It’s great to want wage growth, but the way we’re going about it could stunt the recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/its-great-to-want-wage-growth-but-the-way-were-going-about-it-could-stunt-the-recovery-157058/" aria-label="Read more about It’s great to want wage growth, but the way we’re going about it could stunt the recovery">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabrina Pit, Honorary Adjunct Research Fellow, Western Sydney University Yet again, large swathes of New South Wales are underwater. A week of solid rain has led to floods in the Mid-North Coast, Sydney and the Central Coast, with several areas being evacuated as I write. As a ... <a title="Floods leave a legacy of mental health problems — and disadvantaged people are often hardest hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/21/floods-leave-a-legacy-of-mental-health-problems-and-disadvantaged-people-are-often-hardest-hit-157576/" aria-label="Read more about Floods leave a legacy of mental health problems — and disadvantaged people are often hardest hit">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Clement, Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Most of us would recognise a human brain, but what about the brain of a frog or fish? Given the vast diversity of life on Earth, there are some weird and wonderful brains out ... <a title="When our evolutionary ancestors first crawled onto land, their brains only half-filled their skulls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/20/when-our-evolutionary-ancestors-first-crawled-onto-land-their-brains-only-half-filled-their-skulls-157418/" aria-label="Read more about When our evolutionary ancestors first crawled onto land, their brains only half-filled their skulls">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Heynen, Program Coordinator, Sustainable Energy, The University of Queensland Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, is battling an unfolding COVID crisis. The Morrison government is urgently deploying 8,000 vaccine doses to the nation’s health workers – but poor electricity access means there are serious questions over ... <a title="Australia wants to send 1 million vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/20/australia-wants-to-send-1-million-vaccine-doses-to-png-but-without-reliable-electricity-how-will-they-be-kept-cold-156798/" aria-label="Read more about Australia wants to send 1 million vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Australia’s policy performance on COVID-19 in 2020 was world-leading in terms of both public health and economics. Sadly, our vaccine roll-out strategy has been anything but. I’ve spent plenty of time highlighting this in recent months. But perhaps the most instructive ... <a title="Vital Signs: Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/vital-signs-israel-shows-how-to-do-vaccinations-right-its-a-race-and-were-behind-157242/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Koh, Honorary Associate, Faculty of Business, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney It almost reads like a John Grisham novel. Self-employed woman contracts cancer. Claims under her income-protection insurance policy. Insurer cancels the policy after investigation reveals omission of unrelated health condition (depression) on her ... <a title="Federal Court rules insurance companies have to behave decently. That’s a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/federal-court-rules-insurance-companies-have-to-behave-decently-thats-a-big-deal-157057/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Court rules insurance companies have to behave decently. That’s a big deal">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Hoy, Respiratory Physician. Senior Research Fellow. Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Monash University In 2012 my wife and I renovated our house — a two-storey extension with a brand new kitchen. Inspired by various renovation-themed TV shows and magazines, we chose a sleek stone ... <a title="Renovating your kitchen? Help Australia’s tradies avoid silicosis by not choosing artificial stone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/renovating-your-kitchen-help-australias-tradies-avoid-silicosis-by-not-choosing-artificial-stone-156208/" aria-label="Read more about Renovating your kitchen? Help Australia’s tradies avoid silicosis by not choosing artificial stone">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss the marches which took place all over the nation, consisting ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on March 4 Justice, Christian Porter, and industrial relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/video-michelle-grattan-on-march-4-justice-christian-porter-and-industrial-relations-157507/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on March 4 Justice, Christian Porter, and industrial relations">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela McCabe, Lecturer, Management, La Trobe University Australia has long been seen as failing to fully capitalise on its ground-breaking research. A consultation paper on university research commercialisation is the latest federal government effort to increase the impact of research. Its focus is on creating incentives for ... <a title="How to get the most out of research when universities and industry team up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-research-when-universities-and-industry-team-up-156590/" aria-label="Read more about How to get the most out of research when universities and industry team up">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gareth Wearne, Lecturer in Biblical Studies, School of Theology, Australian Catholic University On Tuesday news broke of the discovery of fresh fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll in Israel. The fragments were said to come from the evocatively named Cave of Horror, near the western shore of ... <a title="Cave of Horror: fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/cave-of-horror-fresh-fragments-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls-echo-dramatic-human-stories-157423/" aria-label="Read more about Cave of Horror: fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories">Read more</a>
