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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The government’s new retirement incomes review will need to work quickly. On Friday Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he expected a final report by June, just seven months after the issues paper he wants it to ... <a title="Five questions about superannuation the government’s new inquiry will need to ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/five-questions-about-superannuation-the-governments-new-inquiry-will-need-to-ask-124400/" aria-label="Read more about Five questions about superannuation the government’s new inquiry will need to ask">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Eltham, Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University The Australian cultural sector has rarely lacked for innovation or creativity, but it has consistently failed to properly lobby for itself. Culture in Australia employs around 400,000 workers and represents A$112 billion of economic activity. But ... <a title="Federal arts funding in Australia is falling, and local governments are picking up the slack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/federal-arts-funding-in-australia-is-falling-and-local-governments-are-picking-up-the-slack-124160/" aria-label="Read more about Federal arts funding in Australia is falling, and local governments are picking up the slack">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has announced very broad terms of reference for its inquiry into Australia’s retirement income system, which will trigger fresh debate about the planned future rises in the superannuation guarantee rate. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Assistant Minister for Superannuation ... <a title="Government retirement incomes inquiry puts superannuation in the frame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/28/government-retirement-incomes-inquiry-puts-superannuation-in-the-frame-124373/" aria-label="Read more about Government retirement incomes inquiry puts superannuation in the frame">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini discusses Scott Morrison’s trip to Washington – including the state dinner thrown in his honour, his speech at the UN General Assembly, and his message to China – with Michelle Grattan. They ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s US trip – and the ACT’s marijuana legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/video-michelle-grattan-on-morrisons-us-trip-and-the-acts-marijuana-legislation-124359/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s US trip – and the ACT’s marijuana legislation">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldwell, Lecturer in Language and Linguistics, University of South Australia The AFL Grand Final is more than a physical contest between professional athletes. It is a culture unto itself, crafted through a distinct set of social practices enacted by players, coaches, supporters, and the media, realised ... <a title="Want to really understand football culture? Here are 6 things to watch out for on Grand Final Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/want-to-really-understand-football-culture-here-are-6-things-to-watch-out-for-on-grand-final-day-124088/" aria-label="Read more about Want to really understand football culture? Here are 6 things to watch out for on Grand Final Day">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin., Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The budget is bouncing out of deficit and is set to stay in surplus for the decade to come. That’s what the April budget and the final budget outcome for 2018-19 tell us, and Thursday’s ... <a title="The dirty secret at the heart of the projected budget surplus: much higher tax bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/the-dirty-secret-at-the-heart-of-the-projected-budget-surplus-much-higher-tax-bills-124273/" aria-label="Read more about The dirty secret at the heart of the projected budget surplus: much higher tax bills">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Davies, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Nearly one in five Australians are affected by hay fever. If you’re one of the unlucky ones, you’ll know how troublesome the symptoms can be. Grass pollen is the major outdoor trigger of hay fever and allergic asthma. Pollen grains ... <a title="How to manage grass pollen exposure this hay fever season: an expert guide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/how-to-manage-grass-pollen-exposure-this-hay-fever-season-an-expert-guide-123271/" aria-label="Read more about How to manage grass pollen exposure this hay fever season: an expert guide">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny C Price, Astrophysicist, Swinburne University of Technology If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. What has the search for extraterrestrial life actually yielded and how does it work? – Rose, age 13. Hi Rose, great question! I am ... <a title="Curious Kids: what has the search for extraterrestrial life actually yielded and how does it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/curious-kids-what-has-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life-actually-yielded-and-how-does-it-work-122454/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what has the search for extraterrestrial life actually yielded and how does it work?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonie Monks, Research scientist, Murdoch University Western Australia boasts seemingly endless fields of pink, white and yellow everlasting daisies. But while there might seem to be an infinite number, one species in particular is actually endangered. The showy everlasting (or Schoenia filifolia subsp. subulifolia) once grew in ... <a title="The showy everlasting is endangered, but a primary school is helping out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/the-showy-everlasting-is-endangered-but-a-primary-school-is-helping-out-123523/" aria-label="Read more about The showy everlasting is endangered, but a primary school is helping out">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney Just before 7am on September 29, 2009, a magnitude 8 earthquake struck the sea floor in the central South Pacific, about 190kms south of Samoa. It was exactly the sort of earthquake – in fact, ... <a title="Lessons for a destabilising planet: insights from the 2009 South Pacific earthquake-tsunami disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/lessons-for-a-destabilising-planet-insights-from-the-2009-south-pacific-earthquake-tsunami-disaster-124275/" aria-label="Read more about Lessons for a destabilising planet: insights from the 2009 South Pacific earthquake-tsunami disaster">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Carroll, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong There have been many explanations for the turmoil in Hong Kong, which is now heading toward its 16th weekend. However, the powerful links between the economic and political elites in the city and the grossly inadequate system of ... <a title="Hong Kong is one of the most unequal cities in the world. So why aren’t the protesters angry at the rich and powerful?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/hong-kong-is-one-of-the-most-unequal-cities-in-the-world-so-why-arent-the-protesters-angry-at-the-rich-and-powerful-123866/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong is one of the most unequal cities in the world. So why aren’t the protesters angry at the rich and powerful?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Gordon, Professor, Queensland University of Technology With the AFL Grand Final between Richmond and Greater Western Sydney this Saturday on the hallowed turf of the MCG, punters around the country will be encouraged to place their bets hoping they can score a sweet victory. Many will ... <a title="The odds you’ll gamble on the Grand Final are high when punting is woven into our very social fabric" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/the-odds-youll-gamble-on-the-grand-final-are-high-when-punting-is-woven-into-our-very-social-fabric-124157/" aria-label="Read more about The odds you’ll gamble on the Grand Final are high when punting is woven into our very social fabric">Read more</a>
