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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne Before the recession we were on a collision course with environmental disaster. The recovery provides a rare opportunity to do things differently; to rebuild a better economy that can support living standards without irretrievably damaging the environment. The closer we ... <a title="Stay in the doughnut, not the hole: how to get out of the crisis with both our economy and environment intact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/stay-in-the-doughnut-not-the-hole-how-to-get-out-of-the-crisis-with-both-our-economy-and-environment-intact-151917/" aria-label="Read more about Stay in the doughnut, not the hole: how to get out of the crisis with both our economy and environment intact">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University 2020 has been a challenging year. For some challenges, such as the coronavirus, a light is appearing at the end of ... <a title="Conspiracy theories on the right, cancel culture on the left: how political legitimacy came under threat in 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/conspiracy-theories-on-the-right-cancel-culture-on-the-left-how-political-legitimacy-came-under-threat-in-2020-150844/" aria-label="Read more about Conspiracy theories on the right, cancel culture on the left: how political legitimacy came under threat in 2020">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Olive, ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Queensland Summer is the season when we like to cool off with a plunge into water. For some it’s in the local or backyard swimming pool, but others prefer the salt water of the ocean. Sometimes referred to as ... <a title="Why going for a swim in the ocean can be good for you, and for nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/why-going-for-a-swim-in-the-ocean-can-be-good-for-you-and-for-nature-150281/" aria-label="Read more about Why going for a swim in the ocean can be good for you, and for nature">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Mitchell Lee, PhD Candidate, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia built a number of coastal defences to help protect the country from any enemy attack during the second world war. Now, almost 80 years later, some of the physical remnants of those historic ... <a title="Left to ruin: we must preserve our forgotten wartime defences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/left-to-ruin-we-must-preserve-our-forgotten-wartime-defences-149435/" aria-label="Read more about Left to ruin: we must preserve our forgotten wartime defences">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The Deficit Myth: How to Build a Better Economy Stephanie Kelton, Hachette Australia No book prepared ahead of time better targeted the year in economics. Just as governments including Australia’s were embracing debt (A$800 billion ... <a title="(Economics) books to read over summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/economics-books-to-read-over-summer-152088/" aria-label="Read more about (Economics) books to read over summer">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan McHugh, Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, University of Wollongong A friend listened to her first podcast last month – an investigative journalism narrative – and binged the whole series over a long Friday evening. Now she’s avid for more. It was a reminder that, despite the vaunted ... <a title="10 summer podcasts perfect for strolls along the beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/10-summer-podcasts-perfect-for-strolls-along-the-beach-150528/" aria-label="Read more about 10 summer podcasts perfect for strolls along the beach">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Barnier, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Performance) and Professor of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University In Charles Dickens’ famous 1843 ghost story, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. However, we do not need supernatural powers ... <a title="Ah, memories of 2020. Why it’s important to remember our COVID holidays, good or bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/ah-memories-of-2020-why-its-important-to-remember-our-covid-holidays-good-or-bad-150061/" aria-label="Read more about Ah, memories of 2020. Why it’s important to remember our COVID holidays, good or bad">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Houseman, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, University of Leeds The end of an era is something of a cliché, but it’s the only way to describe the closure of Sydney University’s International House at the end of this year. Prominently located on the corner of City Road ... <a title="‘A world view that sees people rather than nations’: the legacy of Sydney Uni’s International House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/a-world-view-that-sees-people-rather-than-nations-the-legacy-of-sydney-unis-international-house-150086/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A world view that sees people rather than nations’: the legacy of Sydney Uni’s International House">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Barbour, Senior Lecturer, Linguistics, University of Waikato Malekula, the second-largest island in the Vanuatu archipelago, has a linguistic connection to Aotearoa. All of its many languages are distantly related to te reo Māori and the island is the site of a long-term project to document them. ... <a title="People on Vanuatu’s Malekula Island speak more than 30 Indigenous languages. Here’s why we must record them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/people-on-vanuatus-malekula-island-speak-more-than-30-indigenous-languages-heres-why-we-must-record-them-122253/" aria-label="Read more about People on Vanuatu’s Malekula Island speak more than 30 Indigenous languages. Here’s why we must record them">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University On December 10, it finally happened. Instead of demanding an interest payment from the government in return for lending it money, a group of investors offered to pay the government in order to lend it ... <a title="Sure, interest rates are negative, but so are some prices, and when you look around, they’re everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/sure-interest-rates-are-negative-but-so-are-some-prices-and-when-you-look-around-theyre-everywhere-152081/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, interest rates are negative, but so are some prices, and when you look around, they’re everywhere">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe ... <a title="Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/flip-flop-the-un-australian-history-of-the-rubber-thong-150068/" aria-label="Read more about Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Dickson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University For many cultures, the dawn of the new year is marked not only with celebration, but also the opportunity for personal reflection and growth. But as the year progresses, our initial drive for self-betterment can falter. The good ... <a title="9 tips to give yourself the best shot at sticking to new year’s resolutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/9-tips-to-give-yourself-the-best-shot-at-sticking-to-new-years-resolutions-151372/" aria-label="Read more about 9 tips to give yourself the best shot at sticking to new year’s resolutions">Read more</a>
