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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Associate Director – City Futures – Urban Policy and Strategy, City Futures Research Centre, Housing Policy and Practice, UNSW In the wake of slumping demand for apartment building, it’s little wonder the multi-unit housing industry has been eagerly eyeing a possible new residential product: “build-to-rent”. ... <a title="Build to rent could shake up real estate but won’t take off without major tax changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/build-to-rent-could-shake-up-real-estate-but-wont-take-off-without-major-tax-changes-119603/" aria-label="Read more about Build to rent could shake up real estate but won’t take off without major tax changes">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne Australia took its eyes off long-term unemployment, for what it thought were good reasons. Long-term unemployment is defined as unemployment for more than 12 months in a row. In the early 1990s, after the “recession we had to have”, ... <a title="What we missed while we looked away — the growth of long‐term unemployment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/what-we-missed-while-we-looked-away-the-growth-of-long-term-unemployment-119870/" aria-label="Read more about What we missed while we looked away — the growth of long‐term unemployment">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Valentina Hurtado-McCormick, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Have you ever walked into the ocean from a stunning Australian beach and realised the sand was covered with hundreds of ticklish leaves? This submerged canopy is a seagrass meadow, and while you might see them as a nuisance ... <a title="Eelgrass keeps the oceans alive and preserves shipwrecks, so just cope when it tickles your feet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/eelgrass-keeps-the-oceans-alive-and-preserves-shipwrecks-so-just-cope-when-it-tickles-your-feet-119882/" aria-label="Read more about Eelgrass keeps the oceans alive and preserves shipwrecks, so just cope when it tickles your feet">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sangeetha Pillai, Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Yesterday, the government introduced a bill into Parliament that, if passed, would allow the home affairs minister Peter Dutton to temporarily exclude some Australian citizens – including children – ... <a title="There’s no clear need for Peter Dutton’s new bill excluding citizens from Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/theres-no-clear-need-for-peter-duttons-new-bill-excluding-citizens-from-australia-119876/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no clear need for Peter Dutton’s new bill excluding citizens from Australia">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Mary Dervan, Senior lecturer in law BCL(Oxon), TEP, Auckland University of Technology The New Zealand government’s plan to introduce deposit insurance is a welcome step. Last week, finance minister Grant Robertson announced a new deposit protection regime to make the banking system safer for customers and ... <a title="NZ’s plan for deposit insurance falls well short of protecting people’s savings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/nzs-plan-for-deposit-insurance-falls-well-short-of-protecting-peoples-savings-117890/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s plan for deposit insurance falls well short of protecting people’s savings">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dave Drayton, Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Ryan O’Neill’s recent book The Drover’s Wives joins a rich corpus of ... <a title="Inside the story: 99 versions of the same tale in The Drover’s Wives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/inside-the-story-99-versions-of-the-same-tale-in-the-drovers-wives-112407/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: 99 versions of the same tale in The Drover’s Wives">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Sinclair, Professor of Dermatology, University of Melbourne Unwanted facial and body hair can affect the way we feel, our social interactions, what we wear and what we do. Options to camouflage or remove unwanted hair include plucking, shaving, bleaching, using creams and epilation (using a device ... <a title="Thinking of laser hair removal? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/thinking-of-laser-hair-removal-heres-what-you-need-to-know-113561/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of laser hair removal? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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July 5, 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 and President Professor Deep Saini about the new parliament’s first week back on the hill, including how Jacqui Lambie and Centre Alliance’s vote made it possible for the government’s tax ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the 46th parliament’s first week, and Jacqui Lambie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-46th-parliaments-first-week-and-jacqui-lambie-119924/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the 46th parliament’s first week, and Jacqui Lambie">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Wardle, Weather Services Manager, Queensland, Australian Bureau of Meteorology This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au Who calls cyclones their names? – Guy Mullin, Mozambique. In the ... <a title="I’ve always wondered: who calls cyclones their names?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/ive-always-wondered-who-calls-cyclones-their-names-116885/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve always wondered: who calls cyclones their names?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liang Ma, Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University In Australia, more than 9 million people commute to work every weekday. The distance they travel and how they get there – car, public transport, cycling or walking – can influence their well-being and performance at work. Our study, ... <a title="Walking and cycling to work makes commuters happier and more productive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/walking-and-cycling-to-work-makes-commuters-happier-and-more-productive-117819/" aria-label="Read more about Walking and cycling to work makes commuters happier and more productive">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Gawne, David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University We’re much more likely to be hanging out on social media than at the watercooler these days. But just because we’re no longer face-to-face when we chat, doesn’t mean our communication is completely disembodied. Over the last three ... <a title="Emoji aren’t ruining language: they’re a natural substitute for gesture ???" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/emoji-arent-ruining-language-theyre-a-natural-substitute-for-gesture-118689/" aria-label="Read more about Emoji aren’t ruining language: they’re a natural substitute for gesture ???">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University Labor has criticised former ministers Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop for taking up new roles related to their government portfolios, saying these actions breach ministerial standards. Pyne, the former defence minister, was appointed as defence consultant to consulting ... <a title="Australia: Why Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop fail the ‘pub test’ with their new jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/why-christopher-pyne-and-julie-bishop-fail-the-pub-test-with-their-new-jobs-119875/" aria-label="Read more about Australia: Why Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop fail the ‘pub test’ with their new jobs">Read more</a>
