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June 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Gribble, Honorary Professor, Department of English, University of Sydney Chronicling four generations of two families, Felicity Volk’s Desire Lines is set against landmarks of 20th century Australian history, encompassing a geographical span that begins in the Arctic Circle and ends in the Blue Mountains of New ... <a title="Book review: Desire Lines is a small love story inside an epic tale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/book-review-desire-lines-is-a-small-love-story-inside-an-epic-tale-138726/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: Desire Lines is a small love story inside an epic tale">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In its latest move to spur business investment, the government will extend its $150,000 instant assets write-off until the end of the year. The six-months extension, which will be legislated, will cost $300 million in revenue over the forward estimates. ... <a title="Businesses get extension for instant asset write-off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/businesses-get-extension-for-instant-asset-write-off-140289/" aria-label="Read more about Businesses get extension for instant asset write-off">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australian economists narrowly back a wage freeze in the minimum wage case now before the Fair Work Commission, a freeze that could flow through to millions of Australians on awards and affect the wages of ... <a title="Economists back wage freeze 21-19 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/economists-back-wage-freeze-21-19-in-new-economic-society-conversation-survey-140163/" aria-label="Read more about Economists back wage freeze 21-19 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Free childcare will end on July 12, with the government saying it has “done its job” and demand is now increasing for places as the economy is reopening. The system will return to the previous mean tested childcare subsidy scheme ... <a title="Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/free-childcare-ends-july-12-with-sector-losing-jobkeeper-but-receiving-temporary-payment-140253/" aria-label="Read more about Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted June 3-6 from a sample of 1,510, gave the Coalition a 51-49 lead, unchanged from three weeks ago. Primary votes were 42% Coalition (down one), 34% Labor (down one), 12% Greens ... <a title="Polls latest: Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/polls-latest-labor-trails-federally-and-in-queensland-biden-increases-lead-over-trump-140247/" aria-label="Read more about Polls latest: Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Today, for the first time since February 28, New Zealand has no active cases of COVID-19. Today is also the 17th day since the last new case was reported. New Zealand has a total of 1,154 confirmed cases ... <a title="New Zealand hits zero active coronavirus cases. Here are 5 measures to keep it that way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/new-zealand-hits-zero-active-coronavirus-cases-here-are-5-measures-to-keep-it-that-way-139862/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand hits zero active coronavirus cases. Here are 5 measures to keep it that way">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gene Lim, PhD Candidate, Monash University Dating and hook-up service Grindr has announced its intention to remove the “ethnicity filter” from its popular app. The controversial function allowed paying users to filter out prospective partners based on ethnicity labels such as “Asian”, “Black” and “Latino”. Long criticised ... <a title="Grindr is deleting its ‘ethnicity filter’. But racism is still rife in online dating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/grindr-is-deleting-its-ethnicity-filter-but-racism-is-still-rife-in-online-dating-140077/" aria-label="Read more about Grindr is deleting its ‘ethnicity filter’. But racism is still rife in online dating">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University Professor Jenny Hocking recently won her longstanding campaign for the National Archives of Australia to release the so-called “Palace letters” about the dismissal of Gough Whitlam in 1975. This is her account of that campaign. In August 1975, speaking at a ... <a title="Jenny Hocking: why my battle for access to the ‘Palace letters’ should matter to all Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/jenny-hocking-why-my-battle-for-access-to-the-palace-letters-should-matter-to-all-australians-139738/" aria-label="Read more about Jenny Hocking: why my battle for access to the ‘Palace letters’ should matter to all Australians">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Why do we have boogers in our nose? – Tia, aged 6 Great question, Tia! Boogers, snot, bogeys and boogies are the common names for dried nasal mucus. Our nasal mucus is normally a clear, runny ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we have boogers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-boogers-133351/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we have boogers?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Nitschke, Associate Professor – Forest and Landscape Dynamics, University of Melbourne The Federal Court recently ruled that a timber harvesting company couldn’t log potential habitat of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum. This decision led to the immediate protection of more Leadbeater’s possum habitat and will lead ... <a title="We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/we-modelled-the-future-of-leadbeaters-possum-habitat-and-found-bushfires-not-logging-pose-the-greatest-threat-140055/" aria-label="Read more about We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Halvard Dalheim, Practitioner in Residence, The Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney Living, working and playing in the one neighbourhood has often been touted as the ideal outcome for well-planned cities. Yet this goal has been elusive. For most of us, our daily activities are segregated into ... <a title="We’re at a fork in the road: do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/were-at-a-fork-in-the-road-do-we-choose-neighbourhoods-to-live-work-and-play-in-138949/" aria-label="Read more about We’re at a fork in the road: do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University Pacific nations have largely avoided the worst health effects of COVID-19, but its economic impact has been devastating. With the tourism tap turned off, unemployment has soared while GDP has plummeted. In recent weeks, Fiji Airways laid off 775 ... <a title="Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/sun-sand-and-uncertainty-the-promise-and-peril-of-a-pacific-tourism-bubble-139661/" aria-label="Read more about Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble">Read more</a>
