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February 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Despite two years of housing market cooling in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia stayed near the top of the global unaffordability league in 2019. And with prices rebounding in our two largest ... <a title="Australia’s housing system needs a big shake-up: here’s how we can crack this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/17/australias-housing-system-needs-a-big-shake-up-heres-how-we-can-crack-this-130291/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s housing system needs a big shake-up: here’s how we can crack this">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diane Kraal, Senior Lecturer, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University So worried is the government about the meagre income it is getting from gas during the middle of Australia’s biggest gas export boom that it asked an independent advisor to chair a review ... <a title="In the midst of an LNG export boom, why are we getting so little for our gas?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/17/in-the-midst-of-an-lng-export-boom-why-are-we-getting-so-little-for-our-gas-131461/" aria-label="Read more about In the midst of an LNG export boom, why are we getting so little for our gas?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sung-ae Lee, Lecturer, Asian Studies, Macquarie University Parasite, the South Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho, received four Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film. It was an historic moment. Parasite is the first non-English-language movie ... <a title="Parasite’s win is the perfect excuse to get stuck into genre-bending and exciting Korean cinema" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/17/parasites-win-is-the-perfect-excuse-to-get-stuck-into-genre-bending-and-exciting-korean-cinema-131548/" aria-label="Read more about Parasite’s win is the perfect excuse to get stuck into genre-bending and exciting Korean cinema">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University An Australian family on the average wage typically spends close to A$6,000 out of pocket per year on child care, a new analysis from the Mitchell Institute shows. This is more than the average cost of sending a ... <a title="Quality childcare has become a necessity for Australian families, and for society. It’s time the government paid up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/16/quality-childcare-has-become-a-necessity-for-australian-families-and-for-society-its-time-the-government-paid-up-131748/" aria-label="Read more about Quality childcare has become a necessity for Australian families, and for society. It’s time the government paid up">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Norris, Associate Professor, Programme Director (Composition), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington After a week-long controversy, New Zealand’s public broadcaster Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has withdrawn a proposal to axe its classical music station RNZ Concert. But despite the sudden backtrack, RNZ Concert isn’t ... <a title="NZ’s classical music station is not safe yet. It now needs innovation and leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/15/nzs-classical-music-station-is-not-safe-yet-it-now-needs-innovation-and-leadership-131762/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s classical music station is not safe yet. It now needs innovation and leadership">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The secretary of the Prime Minister’s department, Phil Gaetjens, has criticised “significant shortcomings” in Bridget McKenzie’s decision-making in the sports rorts affair, while outlining his argument that her allocation of grants was not politically biased. Gaetjens has made his first ... <a title="Gaetjens criticises McKenzie’s handling of grants decisions, but defends his finding funding wasn’t politically biased" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/14/gaetjens-criticises-mckenzies-handling-of-grants-decisions-but-defends-his-finding-funding-wasnt-politically-biased-131838/" aria-label="Read more about Gaetjens criticises McKenzie’s handling of grants decisions, but defends his finding funding wasn’t politically biased">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The secretary of the Prime Minister’s department, Phil Gaetjens, has criticised “significant shortcomings” in Bridget McKenzie’s decision-making in the sports rorts affair, while outlining his argument that her allocation of grants was not politically biased. Gaetjens has made his first ... <a title="Gaejens criticises McKenzie’s handling of grants decisions, but defends his finding funding wasn’t politically biased" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/14/gaejens-criticises-mckenzies-handling-of-grants-decisions-but-defends-his-finding-funding-wasnt-politically-biased-131838/" aria-label="Read more about Gaejens criticises McKenzie’s handling of grants decisions, but defends his finding funding wasn’t politically biased">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Deputy Vice Chancellor Geoff Crisp about the week in politics, including further developments in the “sports rorts” affair, the future of Michael McCormack’s leadership of the Nationals, and the extension of the corona virus travel ban. ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on an embarrassed government, sports rorts, and the corona virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/14/video-michelle-grattan-on-an-embarrassed-government-sports-rorts-and-the-corona-virus-131837/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on an embarrassed government, sports rorts, and the corona virus">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jayne Lucke, Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland A study published today claims to have found a link between having had ten or more sexual partners and an increased risk of cancer. But it’s not as simple as that. While having a sexually transmissible infection (STI) can ... <a title="Saying sex increases cancer risk is neither totally correct, nor in any way helpful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/14/saying-sex-increases-cancer-risk-is-neither-totally-correct-nor-in-any-way-helpful-131747/" aria-label="Read more about Saying sex increases cancer risk is neither totally correct, nor in any way helpful">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hardy, Honorary Lecturer, Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW What’s in a name? A lot when it comes to disease outbreaks, according to the recent communication from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the previously named coronavirus, now to be known as COVID-19. While it has been ... <a title="Today’s disease names are less catchy, but also less likely to cause stigma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/14/todays-disease-names-are-less-catchy-but-also-less-likely-to-cause-stigma-131465/" aria-label="Read more about Today’s disease names are less catchy, but also less likely to cause stigma">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Grenfell, Director of Health and Biosecurity, CSIRO The World Health Organisation said this week it may be 18 months before a vaccine against the coronavirus is publicly available. Let’s explore why, even with global efforts, it might take this long. China shared publicly the full RNA ... <a title="Here’s why the WHO says a coronavirus vaccine is 18 months away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/14/heres-why-the-who-says-a-coronavirus-vaccine-is-18-months-away-131213/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why the WHO says a coronavirus vaccine is 18 months away">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Response, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University creMost of us are probably familiar with the concept of psychological trauma, the impact on an individual’s psyche caused by an extremely distressing event. But there’s another kind of ... <a title="Collective trauma is real, and could hamper Australian communities’ bushfire recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/14/collective-trauma-is-real-and-could-hamper-australian-communities-bushfire-recovery-131555/" aria-label="Read more about Collective trauma is real, and could hamper Australian communities’ bushfire recovery">Read more</a>
