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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Couch, Senior Lecturer – Youth Work and International Development, Australian Catholic University One of the biggest challenges young people of refugee background face in their new country is finding safe, affordable and appropriate housing. Yet this is central to social inclusion and to a young person’s ... <a title="‘We all slept in the car, five of us’. Young refugees talk about being homeless in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/we-all-slept-in-the-car-five-of-us-young-refugees-talk-about-being-homeless-in-australia-121559/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We all slept in the car, five of us’. Young refugees talk about being homeless in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Sheil, Visiting Senior Fellow in History, UNSW The results of the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics biennial survey of income and wealth met have met with an uneven response, perhaps in part due to a slipshod press release. Released with the data on July 12, it ... <a title="What the Bureau of Statistics didn’t highlight: our continuing upward redistribution of wealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/what-the-bureau-of-statistics-didnt-highlight-our-continuing-upward-redistribution-of-wealth-121731/" aria-label="Read more about What the Bureau of Statistics didn’t highlight: our continuing upward redistribution of wealth">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Lee, Senior Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies, Curtin University This story contains spoilers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. While promoting Once Upon a Time in Hollywood at the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was asked why Margot Robbie’s character – murdered actress ... <a title="Tarantino has a questionable record in the #MeToo context, so should we boycott his new film?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/tarantino-has-a-questionable-record-in-the-metoo-context-so-should-we-boycott-his-new-film-121985/" aria-label="Read more about Tarantino has a questionable record in the #MeToo context, so should we boycott his new film?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bradley L Garrett, Research Fellow, University of Sydney A small plane looped through the tranquil and cloudless Sydney sky today, spewing engine-heated liquid paraffin from its exhaust, creating puffy tracers. As people all over the city watched from rooftop bars, beach towels or their office windows, the ... <a title="Free speech or sky vandalism? Here’s what the law says about skywriting in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/free-speech-or-sky-vandalism-heres-what-the-law-says-about-skywriting-in-australia-122054/" aria-label="Read more about Free speech or sky vandalism? Here’s what the law says about skywriting in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Howard, Deputy Section Editor: Arts + Culture You might picture a book club around your neighbour’s coffee table, or over beers at the local pub – but what if it took place in Parliament House? This is the question being asked by Books Create Australia as ... <a title="What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/what-should-politicians-be-reading-at-parliamentary-book-club-our-experts-make-their-picks-122049/" aria-label="Read more about What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute It was a key plank of what was dubbed the most significant package of private health insurance reforms in more than a decade. From April 1 this year, private health insurers have been permitted to offer a youth discount – ... <a title="Youth discounts fail to keep young people in private health insurance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/youth-discounts-fail-to-keep-young-people-in-private-health-insurance-121803/" aria-label="Read more about Youth discounts fail to keep young people in private health insurance">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Osborn, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. What makes us cry? – Claudia, age 7.5, Victoria. Hi Claudia. Thank you for this very sensible question. As you know, crying is something ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we cry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/curious-kids-why-do-we-cry-119814/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we cry?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hopkins, Lecturer in conservation biology and microbial ecology, Edith Cowan University As most of the science community knows, the climate emergency is here now. Weather extremes such as droughts and heatwaves are increasing in frequency and intensity and are measurably exacerbated by climate change. The significant ... <a title="We built a network of greenhouses and rain shelters to simulate what climate change will do to soils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/we-built-a-network-of-greenhouses-and-rain-shelters-to-simulate-what-climate-change-will-do-to-soils-108065/" aria-label="Read more about We built a network of greenhouses and rain shelters to simulate what climate change will do to soils">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krystian Seibert, Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Over the weekend, Prime Minister Scott Morrison launched a new assault on the campaigning group GetUp. At the Liberal Party’s state conference in Adelaide, he said GetUp needed to be “accountable for what they say ... <a title="Yes, GetUp fights for progressive causes, but it is not a political party – and is not beholden to one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/yes-getup-fights-for-progressive-causes-but-it-is-not-a-political-party-and-is-not-beholden-to-one-122033/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, GetUp fights for progressive causes, but it is not a political party – and is not beholden to one">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist, University of Sydney If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. How does our blood fight viruses like chicken pox, sickness and colds? – Teddy, 5, Oxfordshire, England. Our bodies are made up ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does our blood fight viruses like chicken pox and colds?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/curious-kids-how-does-our-blood-fight-viruses-like-chicken-pox-and-colds-119394/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does our blood fight viruses like chicken pox and colds?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hemer, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO The rise in sea levels is not the only way climate change will affect the coasts. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, found a warming planet will also alter ocean waves along more than 50% of ... <a title="Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50% of the world’s coastlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/climate-change-may-change-the-way-ocean-waves-impact-50-of-the-worlds-coastlines-121239/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50% of the world’s coastlines">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Owain Emslie, Associate, Grattan Institute Inheritances can have an enormous impact on finances and lives. Yet in Australia we know surprisingly little about who gets them and how big they are. New Grattan Institute research provides some answers. Inheritances are big and growing A sample of estates ... <a title="Rethink inheritances. These days they no longer help the young, they go to the already middle-aged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/rethink-inheritances-these-days-they-no-longer-help-the-young-they-go-to-the-already-middle-aged-122029/" aria-label="Read more about Rethink inheritances. These days they no longer help the young, they go to the already middle-aged">Read more</a>
