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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Roberts, Associate professor (Curriculum Inquiry / Rural Education), University of Canberra More students from advantaged backgrounds study subjects that will get them a higher ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank) in New South Wales, while students from lower socioeconomic families are over-represented in subjects that contribute less ... <a title="Poorer NSW students study subjects less likely to get them into uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/poorer-nsw-students-study-subjects-less-likely-to-get-them-into-uni-127985/" aria-label="Read more about Poorer NSW students study subjects less likely to get them into uni">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Harris, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, UNSW National, state and city governments aspire to increase prosperity through globally competitive and more liveable cities. Through “world class” infrastructure, buildings and public spaces they aim to increase a city’s competitive advantage in attracting investment and talent. ... <a title="Australian cities pay the price for blocking council input to projects that shape them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/australian-cities-pay-the-price-for-blocking-council-input-to-projects-that-shape-them-127017/" aria-label="Read more about Australian cities pay the price for blocking council input to projects that shape them">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University Western philosophy is a series of footnotes to Plato, the old saying goes. And The Republic (c. 375 BCE), featuring Plato’s teacher Socrates in dialogue with several friends, is unquestionably central to Plato’s thought. There are few subjects that ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Plato’s Republic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/guide-to-the-classics-platos-republic-127724/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Plato’s Republic">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The mid-year budget update has seen the government downgrading its forecast for Australia’s economic growth in 2019-20 by 0.25%, and slashing the projected surplus by A$2.1 billion, to $5 billion. The forecast for wage growth has also been reduced, and ... <a title="Australian Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-mathias-cormann-and-jim-chalmers-on-the-mid-year-budget-update-128931/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberto Musotto, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow, Edith Cowan University Facebook is planning end-to-end encryption on all its messaging services to increase privacy levels. The tech giant started experimenting with this earlier this year. Soon, end-to-end encryption will be standard for every Facebook message. But ... <a title="Facebook’s push for end-to-end encryption is good news for user privacy, as well as terrorists and paedophiles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/facebooks-push-for-end-to-end-encryption-is-good-news-for-user-privacy-as-well-as-terrorists-and-paedophiles-128782/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook’s push for end-to-end encryption is good news for user privacy, as well as terrorists and paedophiles">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute As we come to the end of 2019, you’d be forgiven for being confused about the health of the economy. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg regularly points out that jobs growth is strong, the budget is heading back ... <a title="5 things MYEFO tells us about the economy and the nation’s finances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/5-things-myefo-tells-us-about-the-economy-and-the-nations-finances-128843/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things MYEFO tells us about the economy and the nation’s finances">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Driscoll, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University Feral horse numbers have more than doubled in the past five years in the Australian Alps, according to results just released from the Australian Alps Feral Horse Aerial Survey. In one of the three survey blocks, North Kosciuszko, feral ... <a title="Double trouble as feral horse numbers gallop past 25,000 in the Australian Alps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/double-trouble-as-feral-horse-numbers-gallop-past-25-000-in-the-australian-alps-128852/" aria-label="Read more about Double trouble as feral horse numbers gallop past 25,000 in the Australian Alps">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of South Australia In the aftermath of the tragedy at Whakaari/White Island on December 9, many are analysing the risks of adventure tourism, particularly volcano tourism, and asking pointed questions. It is a sensitive time, with 15 people now ... <a title="Call for clearer risk information for tourists following Whakaari/White Island tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/call-for-clearer-risk-information-for-tourists-following-whakaari-white-island-tragedy-128772/" aria-label="Read more about Call for clearer risk information for tourists following Whakaari/White Island tragedy">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne The United Nations’ COP25 climate talks concluded on Sunday morning in Madrid, almost 40 hours overtime. After two weeks of protracted talks meant to address the planetary warming emergency, world leaders spectacularly failed to reach any ... <a title="The Madrid climate talks failed spectacularly. Here’s what went down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/the-madrid-climate-talks-failed-spectacularly-heres-what-went-down-128921/" aria-label="Read more about The Madrid climate talks failed spectacularly. Here’s what went down">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Today’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO) continues to promise a small budget surplus in 2019-20 and each of the following three years. But the surpluses are very small, roughly half the size of those ... <a title="Surplus before spending. Frydenberg’s risky MYEFO strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/surplus-before-spending-frydenbergs-risky-myefo-strategy-128092/" aria-label="Read more about Surplus before spending. Frydenberg’s risky MYEFO strategy">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University New draft alcohol guidelines, released today, recommend healthy Australian women and men drink no more than ten standard drinks a week and no more than four on any one day to reduce their risk of ... <a title="Cap your alcohol at 10 drinks a week: new draft guidelines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/cap-your-alcohol-at-10-drinks-a-week-new-draft-guidelines-128856/" aria-label="Read more about Cap your alcohol at 10 drinks a week: new draft guidelines">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has shaved its forecasts for both economic growth and the projected surplus for this financial year in its budget update released on Monday. The Australian economy is now expected to grow by only 2.25% in 2019-20, compared with ... <a title="Lower growth, tiny surplus in MYEFO budget update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/lower-growth-tiny-surplus-in-myefo-budget-update-128920/" aria-label="Read more about Lower growth, tiny surplus in MYEFO budget update">Read more</a>
