CoveragePost
July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Kaufman, PhD Scholar in Transport, Griffith University Many mainstays in our lives – phones, personal music libraries and movies – began as pay-as-you-go services. But subscription services are starting to rule, from iTunes shifting to Apple Music, and “all-you-can-watch” subscriptions to the Netflix catalogue. It should ... <a title="We subscribe to movies and music, why not transport?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/we-subscribe-to-movies-and-music-why-not-transport-119538/" aria-label="Read more about We subscribe to movies and music, why not transport?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne What happens in our first three years profoundly influences the rest of our lives. Children who encounter extreme adversity in those early years – including prolonged exposure to physical or sexual abuse and living in a highly stressful family ... <a title="Early days, but we’ve found a way to lift the IQ and resilience of Australia’s most vulnerable children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/early-days-but-weve-found-a-way-to-lift-the-iq-and-resilience-of-australias-most-vulnerable-children-119003/" aria-label="Read more about Early days, but we’ve found a way to lift the IQ and resilience of Australia’s most vulnerable children">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Pallant, Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology The Woolworths Group proclaims it celebrates “family-friendly values”. Within its supermarkets the company has sought to demonstrate this commitment. Woolies gives out free fruit to kids, for example, and no longer gives out plastic bags. Its goal, the ... <a title="Getting out of liquor and pokies will cost Woolworths, but deliver lasting benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/getting-out-of-liquor-and-pokies-will-cost-woolworths-but-deliver-lasting-benefits-119817/" aria-label="Read more about Getting out of liquor and pokies will cost Woolworths, but deliver lasting benefits">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Doolan, Lecturer in Creative Writing, Southern Cross University In the popular imagination, the term “Gothic” evokes images of grim, crumbling castles, wild moors, jagged mountain peaks, and coffins creaking open in labyrinthine underground crypts. Populating this Gothic terrain are bloodsucking (or, more recently, sparkling) vampires, howling ... <a title="Australian Gothic: from Hanging Rock to Nick Cave and Kylie, this genre explores our dark side" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/australian-gothic-from-hanging-rock-to-nick-cave-and-kylie-this-genre-explores-our-dark-side-111742/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Gothic: from Hanging Rock to Nick Cave and Kylie, this genre explores our dark side">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In an intervention that would resonate with the late Brian Harradine, who was legendary for extracting concessions for Tasmania in return for his Senate vote, Jacqui Lambie has demanded the federal government forgive the state’s housing debt. The Tasmanian senator ... <a title="View from The Hill: Jacqui Lambie plays the Harradine game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/view-from-the-hill-jacqui-lambie-plays-the-harradine-game-119824/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Jacqui Lambie plays the Harradine game">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Frank Brennan, Jesuit priest and member of the expert panel on Religious Freedom set up by Malcolm Turnbull, says the Israel Folau matter is a “simple freedom of contract case regardless of Mr. Folau’s religious views”. “I think the question ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Father Frank Brennan on Israel Folau and religious freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/politics-with-michelle-grattan-father-frank-brennan-on-israel-folau-and-religious-freedom-119821/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Father Frank Brennan on Israel Folau and religious freedom">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Douglas, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland Bob pushed me onto the floor and dragged me into the closet. While I was in the closet he put his hand over my mouth again and pushed on my neck. I started to feel dizzy and was ... <a title="Victoria’s commitment to a non-fatal strangulation offence will make a difference to vulnerable women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/victorias-commitment-to-a-non-fatal-strangulation-offence-will-make-a-difference-to-vulnerable-women-119743/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s commitment to a non-fatal strangulation offence will make a difference to vulnerable women">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Habib, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University Sunday’s trilateral meeting in the Korean Demilitarized Zone between US President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and South Korean President Moon Jae In made for compelling viewing, the latest chapter ... <a title="Trump and Kim are talking (again). But the leaders have yet to find real common ground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/trump-and-kim-are-talking-again-but-the-leaders-have-yet-to-find-real-common-ground-119737/" aria-label="Read more about Trump and Kim are talking (again). But the leaders have yet to find real common ground">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Heron, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University Climate change is the fastest-growing global threat to World Heritage. However, no systematic approach to assess the climate vulnerability of each particular property has existed – until now. Our newly developed tool, the Climate Vulnerability Index, was showcased this week ... <a title="From Shark Bay seagrass to Stone Age Scotland, we can now assess climate risks to World Heritage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/from-shark-bay-seagrass-to-stone-age-scotland-we-can-now-assess-climate-risks-to-world-heritage-119643/" aria-label="Read more about From Shark Bay seagrass to Stone Age Scotland, we can now assess climate risks to World Heritage">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Borroz, PhD candidate in international business and comparative political economy, University of Auckland The UK’s space agency is already planning for spaceflights to Australia, taking just 90 minutes. This week it announced the site of its first “spaceport”. Where exactly a spacecraft might land in Australia ... <a title="To be a rising star in the space economy, Australia should also look to the East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/to-be-a-rising-star-in-the-space-economy-australia-should-also-look-to-the-east-119742/" aria-label="Read more about To be a rising star in the space economy, Australia should also look to the East">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graham Meadows, Professor of Adult Psychiatry, Monash University The poorer people are, the higher their chances of contending with domestic violence, crime, social conflict, homelessness and unemployment. All these factors contribute to increased levels of psychological distress, which is associated with common mental disorders such as depression ... <a title="When it’s easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/when-its-easier-to-get-meds-than-therapy-how-poverty-makes-it-hard-to-escape-mental-illness-114505/" aria-label="Read more about When it’s easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University The United Kingdom will have another prime minister by the end of July, when members of the Conservative party choose between Jeremy Hunt (who?) and Boris Johnson (yes, really). Aside from the morbid fascination of watching ... <a title="Tory leadership race: it’s Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/tory-leadership-race-its-jeremy-hunt-who-vs-boris-johnson-yes-really-with-the-future-of-the-uk-at-stake-119234/" aria-label="Read more about Tory leadership race: it’s Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake">Read more</a>
