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October 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission conducted an inquiry into mortgage pricing as recently as last year. Now Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has asked it to do another, broader one, in order to ensure the banks’ pricing practices are “better understood”, ... <a title="Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/four-questions-about-mortgages-the-accc-inquiry-should-put-to-the-big-four-banks-125224/" aria-label="Read more about Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Skrzypiec, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University Many Australian students don’t know the difference between banter and bullying, with some saying they joke about wishing their friend would “drown” or “die in a car crash”. More than 800 Australian students aged 11-16 took part in a survey asking ... <a title="‘I wish you were murdered’: some students don’t know the difference between bullying and banter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/i-wish-you-were-murdered-some-students-dont-know-the-difference-between-bullying-and-banter-124272/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I wish you were murdered’: some students don’t know the difference between bullying and banter">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Churchill, Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Melbourne There’s an old maxim: not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. But there are some things we should count, and gender and sexual diversity are among them. The Australian Bureau ... <a title="We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/we-need-to-count-lgbti-communities-in-the-next-census-heres-why-124769/" aria-label="Read more about We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here’s why">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Pollock, Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Northern Australia is likely to see fewer cyclones than usual this season, but hot, dry weather will increase the risk of fire and heatwaves across eastern and southern Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology today released its forecast for the tropical ... <a title="Australia could see fewer cyclones, but more heat and fire risk in coming months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/australia-could-see-fewer-cyclones-but-more-heat-and-fire-risk-in-coming-months-125139/" aria-label="Read more about Australia could see fewer cyclones, but more heat and fire risk in coming months">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shadow foreign minister Penny Wong says Australia needs to “define the boundaries” of its engagement with China now the relationship between the two countries is in a new phase. Focusing on China policy in a Monday address – released ahead ... <a title="Define the boundaries in new phase of Australia-China relationship: Wong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/define-the-boundaries-in-new-phase-of-australia-china-relationship-wong-125210/" aria-label="Read more about Define the boundaries in new phase of Australia-China relationship: Wong">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Jefferies, Affiliate, Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW In the past five years, more than 95,000 people who arrived by plane have lodged a claim for asylum in Australia, new statistics show. Labor’s Immigration Spokesperson, Senator Kristina Keneally, has labelled this a ... <a title="There’s no airport border ‘crisis’, only management failure of the Home Affairs department" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/theres-no-airport-border-crisis-only-management-failure-of-the-home-affairs-department-125068/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no airport border ‘crisis’, only management failure of the Home Affairs department">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Waller, PhD candidate, University of Sydney Organs from potential donors once rejected as being unsafe to transplant may not be as risky as once thought, new Australian research shows. Our study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, suggests organs from injecting drug users or men ... <a title="Organs ‘too risky’ to donate may be safer than we think. We crunched the numbers and here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/organs-too-risky-to-donate-may-be-safer-than-we-think-we-crunched-the-numbers-and-heres-what-we-found-124993/" aria-label="Read more about Organs ‘too risky’ to donate may be safer than we think. We crunched the numbers and here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merrilyn Delporte, PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology Australia’s refugee policy has led to a two-track education system. Those processed offshore, and deemed refugees by the time they have arrived in Australia, are entitled to fee support for university. But the almost 30,000 boat arrivals, considered illegal ... <a title="Asylum seekers have a right to higher education and academics can be powerful advocates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/asylum-seekers-have-a-right-to-higher-education-and-academics-can-be-powerful-advocates-121753/" aria-label="Read more about Asylum seekers have a right to higher education and academics can be powerful advocates">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute Congestion charging should be introduced in Australia’s largest cities, as Grattan Institute’s latest report shows. Our analysis also finds that the people who commute to the Melbourne and Sydney CBDs by driving are two to three times as ... <a title="Three charts on: why congestion charging is fairer than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/three-charts-on-why-congestion-charging-is-fairer-than-you-might-think-124894/" aria-label="Read more about Three charts on: why congestion charging is fairer than you might think">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David C. Ribar, Professorial Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Australia, like the United States, makes it hard for people who get benefits to stay on them. It’s not simply a matter of withdrawing benefits as people get jobs and work more hours – something Australia’s does more ... <a title="Lesson for Australia. Make it hard for people to get benefits, and they’ll stop, but they mightn’t get jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/lesson-for-australia-make-it-hard-for-people-to-get-benefits-and-theyll-stop-but-they-mightnt-get-jobs-124170/" aria-label="Read more about Lesson for Australia. Make it hard for people to get benefits, and they’ll stop, but they mightn’t get jobs">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Silkatcheva, Doctoral Candidate (Oriental Studies – Islamic Art and Archaeology), University of Oxford; Curatorial Researcher, Nicholson Collection, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney In 2005, the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) opened Australia’s first permanent galleries of Islamic art. In the media release, gallery ... <a title="No god but God: a breathtaking exhibition bringing Islamic art out of the shadows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/no-god-but-god-a-breathtaking-exhibition-bringing-islamic-art-out-of-the-shadows-124507/" aria-label="Read more about No god but God: a breathtaking exhibition bringing Islamic art out of the shadows">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The ALP has announced an inquiry into the head office of the NSW ALP, after weeks of shocking revelations at the Independent Commission against Corruption about scandals in the handling of donations. The review, announced by NSW opposition leader Jodi ... <a title="Labor announces inquiry by former attorney-general Lavarch into scandal-ridden NSW head office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/13/labor-announces-inquiry-by-former-attorney-general-lavarch-into-scandal-ridden-nsw-head-office-125209/" aria-label="Read more about Labor announces inquiry by former attorney-general Lavarch into scandal-ridden NSW head office">Read more</a>
