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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucile Jacquot, Research fellow, Griffith University By 2017, 58% of Chinese people were living in cities. This is much less than the 79% for Western Europe and 86% for Australia, but China is undergoing very rapid urbanisation, as the chart below shows. It is expected 70% of ... <a title="China can learn from Australian urban design, but it’s not all one-way traffic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/china-can-learn-from-australian-urban-design-but-its-not-all-one-way-traffic-115905/" aria-label="Read more about China can learn from Australian urban design, but it’s not all one-way traffic">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Fels, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne A “loyalty tax” occurs when discounts are offered to new customers while longer-term customers pay more. Often this involves increasing premiums at the first and subsequent renewals. As the NSW government’s Insurance Monitor, charged with making sure insurance companies do ... <a title="Simple fixes could help save Australian consumers from up to $3.6 billion in ‘loyalty taxes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/simple-fixes-could-help-save-australian-consumers-from-up-to-3-6-billion-in-loyalty-taxes-119978/" aria-label="Read more about Simple fixes could help save Australian consumers from up to $3.6 billion in ‘loyalty taxes’">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University This year’s Australian Conference of Economists takes place in Melbourne on July 14-16. During the conference The Conversation will publish a selection of pieces written by the authors of papers to be delivered ... <a title="The edges of home ownership are becoming porous. It’s no longer a one-way street" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/the-edges-of-home-ownership-are-becoming-porous-its-no-longer-a-one-way-street-119995/" aria-label="Read more about The edges of home ownership are becoming porous. It’s no longer a one-way street">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Salvatore Ferraro, Lecturer, RMIT University This year’s Australian Conference of Economists takes place in Melbourne on July 14-16. During the conference The Conversation will publish a selection of pieces written by the authors of papers to be delivered at the conference. Since the surprise re-election of the ... <a title="Inequality is growing, but it is also changing as Australia’s super rich evolve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/inequality-is-growing-but-it-is-also-changing-as-australias-super-rich-evolve-119925/" aria-label="Read more about Inequality is growing, but it is also changing as Australia’s super rich evolve">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Constant Mews, Director, Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University Algebra, alchemy, artichoke, alcohol, and apricot all derive from Arabic words which came to the West during the age of Crusades. Even more fundamental are the Indo-Arabic numerals (0-9), which replaced Roman numerals during the same period and ... <a title="Explainer: what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/explainer-what-western-civilisation-owes-to-islamic-cultures-101195/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ajay Pandey, Senior Lecturer (Intelligent Bionics and Soft Robotics), Queensland University of Technology We have robots that can walk, see, talk and hear, and manipulate objects in their robotic hands. There’s even a robot that can smell. But what about a sense of touch? This is easier ... <a title="It’s not easy to give a robot a sense of touch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/its-not-easy-to-give-a-robot-a-sense-of-touch-118111/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not easy to give a robot a sense of touch">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University A report released last week showed quality preschool would deliver a two-for-one return on investment for Australia: that is, for every dollar governments invest in preschool, two dollars will be returned to the economy. Commissioned by early childhood ... <a title="Report finds every $1 Australia spends on preschool will return $2, but this won’t just magically happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/report-finds-every-1-australia-spends-on-preschool-will-return-2-but-this-wont-just-magically-happen-120217/" aria-label="Read more about Report finds every $1 Australia spends on preschool will return $2, but this won’t just magically happen">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has cut deeming rate for large investments from 3.25% to 3%, and for smaller ones from 1.75% all the way down to 1%, backdated to the start of July. But exactly is ... <a title="They’ve cut deeming rates, but what are they?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/14/theyve-cut-deeming-rates-but-what-are-they-120333/" aria-label="Read more about They’ve cut deeming rates, but what are they?">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] Michelle Grattan talks with University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Deep Saini about the government’s proposal to put a referendum this term to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution. They discuss whether Indigenous leaders are likely to make the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s plans for Indigenous recognition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-governments-plans-for-indigenous-recognition-120231/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s plans for Indigenous recognition">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. River red gums, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, are among the most iconic of Australia’s eucalypts. They are the most widely distributed of ... <a title="The river red gum is an icon of the driest continent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/the-river-red-gum-is-an-icon-of-the-driest-continent-118839/" aria-label="Read more about The river red gum is an icon of the driest continent">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra The proposed ban on some textured breast implants announced by the Australian pharmaceuticals and medical devices regulator earlier this week tells us something very disquieting about the effectiveness of consumer protection. It will not reassure women ... <a title="The TGA’s proposed breast implant ban exposes a litany of failures, and fails to protect women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/the-tgas-proposed-breast-implant-ban-exposes-a-litany-of-failures-and-fails-to-protect-women-120281/" aria-label="Read more about The TGA’s proposed breast implant ban exposes a litany of failures, and fails to protect women">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Christensen, Lecturer in Criminology & Justice | Co-leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit (SVRPU), University of the Sunshine Coast Jeffrey Epstein, a powerfully connected American financier, is facing charges of sex trafficking, bringing underage girls as young as 14 years old into homes ... <a title="Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest is the tip of the iceberg: human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/jeffrey-epsteins-arrest-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-human-trafficking-is-the-worlds-fastest-growing-crime-120225/" aria-label="Read more about Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest is the tip of the iceberg: human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing crime">Read more</a>
