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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Murray, Research Fellow – Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney Real home prices across Australia have climbed 150% since 2000, while real wages have climbed by less than a third. Sydney and Melbourne rank among the most expensive cities in the world. Australia-wide, home ownership levels ... <a title="When houses earn more than jobs: how we lost control of Australian house prices and how to get it back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/when-houses-earn-more-than-jobs-how-we-lost-control-of-australian-house-prices-and-how-to-get-it-back-144076/" aria-label="Read more about When houses earn more than jobs: how we lost control of Australian house prices and how to get it back">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Review: Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky, screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival and on NITV and SBS Viceland. This year marks the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s first landing on the east coast ... <a title="Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky: the ‘view from the shore’ told through songlines, with generosity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/looky-looky-here-comes-cooky-the-view-from-the-shore-told-through-songlines-with-generosity-144065/" aria-label="Read more about Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky: the ‘view from the shore’ told through songlines, with generosity">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Federal parliament is set to make history with its first “hybrid” sitting in the fortnight starting next week, with some members connecting virtually. But border closures and state government rules are causing a nightmare for many of those planning to ... <a title="View from The Hill: ‘Virtual’ participants and border restrictions will make for a bespoke parliamentary sitting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/view-from-the-hill-virtual-participants-and-border-restrictions-will-make-for-a-bespoke-parliamentary-sitting-144602/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: ‘Virtual’ participants and border restrictions will make for a bespoke parliamentary sitting">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Kamradt-Scott, Associate professor, University of Sydney The world is hoping a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine will soon become available. So far, more than 160 candidate vaccines are in development. Some 31 of these have entered human clinical trials. One of them is Russia’s “Sputnik V”, ... <a title="Creating a COVID-19 vaccine is only the first step. It’ll take years to manufacture and distribute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/creating-a-covid-19-vaccine-is-only-the-first-step-itll-take-years-to-manufacture-and-distribute-144352/" aria-label="Read more about Creating a COVID-19 vaccine is only the first step. It’ll take years to manufacture and distribute">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Pendergast, Dean, School of Educational and Professional Studies, Griffith University With a little over three months to go, Year 12 students have their sights set on the last major hurdle that will see them complete their final year of school — exams. What a year it ... <a title="‘It really sucks’: how some Year 12 students in Queensland feel about 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/it-really-sucks-how-some-year-12-students-in-queensland-feel-about-2020-144004/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It really sucks’: how some Year 12 students in Queensland feel about 2020">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Morgan Gilmour, Adjunct Researcher in Marine Science, University of Tasmania After 16 weeks in an industrial compost heap, we unearthed blue and white balloons and found them totally unscathed. The knots we spent hours painstakingly tying by hand more than four months ago were still attached, and ... <a title="We composted ‘biodegradable’ balloons. Here’s what we found after 16 weeks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/we-composted-biodegradable-balloons-heres-what-we-found-after-16-weeks-138731/" aria-label="Read more about We composted ‘biodegradable’ balloons. Here’s what we found after 16 weeks">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor, University of Auckland The decision to delay New Zealand’s 2020 general election to 17 October, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, was partly about voter and candidate safety and partly to allow parties to campaign fairly. As much as anything, Ardern wanted to restore ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern delays New Zealand’s election to allow conventional campaigning – but where are voters really getting information?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/jacinda-ardern-delays-new-zealands-election-to-allow-conventional-campaigning-but-where-are-voters-really-getting-information-144560/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern delays New Zealand’s election to allow conventional campaigning – but where are voters really getting information?">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurie Berg, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney In the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown in March, many temporary visa holders working in heavily casualised industries, such as hospitality and retail, lost their jobs and struggled to meet basic living expenses. These included international students, backpackers, ... <a title="‘I will never come to Australia again’: new research reveals the suffering of temporary migrants during the COVID-19 crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/i-will-never-come-to-australia-again-new-research-reveals-the-suffering-of-temporary-migrants-during-the-covid-19-crisis-143351/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I will never come to Australia again’: new research reveals the suffering of temporary migrants during the COVID-19 crisis">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Usha M. Rodrigues, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Deakin University Australia prides itself on being a successful multicultural society. Yet Australian television does not reflect the make-up of the wider community. This in turn means many stories of multicultural Australians remain untold. An analysis by Deakin University, to ... <a title="Whitewash on the box: how a lack of diversity on Australian television damages us all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/whitewash-on-the-box-how-a-lack-of-diversity-on-australian-television-damages-us-all-143434/" aria-label="Read more about Whitewash on the box: how a lack of diversity on Australian television damages us all">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Ralph, Associate Professor and malaria researcher, University of Melbourne The number of COVID-19 deaths globally – more than 750,000 – is now greater than the amount of people who succumb to malaria most years. Meanwhile, national statistics show lockdown restrictions in Australia have potentially helped reduce ... <a title="From STIs to malaria, here are six disease trends we should heed during the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/from-stis-to-malaria-here-are-six-disease-trends-we-should-heed-during-the-pandemic-143907/" aria-label="Read more about From STIs to malaria, here are six disease trends we should heed during the pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Edwin White, Professor Emeritus, University of Melbourne To slow climate change, humanity has two main options: reduce greenhouse gas emissions directly or find ways to remove them from the atmosphere. On the latter, storing carbon in soil – or carbon farming – is often touted as ... <a title="Dishing the dirt: Australia’s move to store carbon in soil is a problem for tackling climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/dishing-the-dirt-australias-move-to-store-carbon-in-soil-is-a-problem-for-tackling-climate-change-141656/" aria-label="Read more about Dishing the dirt: Australia’s move to store carbon in soil is a problem for tackling climate change">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University The video-sharing app TikTok is a hot political potato amid concerns over who has access to users’ personal data. The United States has moved to ban the app. Other countries, including Australia, have expressed concern. But does this ... <a title="TikTok can be good for your kids if you follow a few tips to stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/tiktok-can-be-good-for-your-kids-if-you-follow-a-few-tips-to-stay-safe-144002/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok can be good for your kids if you follow a few tips to stay safe">Read more</a>
