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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum This article is part of Flora, Fauna, Fire, a special project by The Conversation that launched this week. The project tracks the recovery of Australia’s native plants and animals after last summer’s bushfire tragedy. Explore the project ... <a title="A few months ago, science gave this rare lizard a name – and it may already be headed for extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/a-few-months-ago-science-gave-this-rare-lizard-a-name-and-it-may-already-be-headed-for-extinction-140356/" aria-label="Read more about A few months ago, science gave this rare lizard a name – and it may already be headed for extinction">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Matisoo-Smith, Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Otago How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl brought the topic to public attention when he sailed a balsa-wood raft ... <a title="Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/did-ancient-americans-settle-in-polynesia-the-evidence-doesnt-stack-up-142383/" aria-label="Read more about Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University New research on disadvantage in Australia has found the gap between rich and poor is very wide in Sydney, while much of Queensland struggles with educational disadvantage ... <a title="Where are the most disadvantaged parts of Australia? New research shows it’s not just income that matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/where-are-the-most-disadvantaged-parts-of-australia-new-research-shows-its-not-just-income-that-matters-132428/" aria-label="Read more about Where are the most disadvantaged parts of Australia? New research shows it’s not just income that matters">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Peters, Associate Professor of Wildlife Health and Pathology, Charles Sturt University This article is part of Flora, Fauna, Fire, a special project by The Conversation that launched this week. The project tracks the recovery of Australia’s native plants and animals after last summer’s bushfire tragedy. Explore ... <a title="‘Death by irony’: The mystery of the mouse that died of smoke inhalation, but went nowhere near a fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/death-by-irony-the-mystery-of-the-mouse-that-died-of-smoke-inhalation-but-went-nowhere-near-a-fire-139906/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Death by irony’: The mystery of the mouse that died of smoke inhalation, but went nowhere near a fire">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wee Tiong Seah, Associate Professor in Mathematics Education, University of Melbourne On Sunday, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced government school students in prep to Year 10 in metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire will learn from home for term three. The remote learning period will run from ... <a title="Students in Melbourne will go back to remote schooling. Here’s what we learnt last time and how to make it better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/students-in-melbourne-will-go-back-to-remote-schooling-heres-what-we-learnt-last-time-and-how-to-make-it-better-142550/" aria-label="Read more about Students in Melbourne will go back to remote schooling. Here’s what we learnt last time and how to make it better">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillippa Carnemolla, Senior Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney The stated purpose of the Morrison government’s HomeBuilder program is to stimulate the economy and create construction jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research shows home improvements could do much more than just ... <a title="Renovations as stimulus? Home modifications can do so much more to transform people’s lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/renovations-as-stimulus-home-modifications-can-do-so-much-more-to-transform-peoples-lives-140639/" aria-label="Read more about Renovations as stimulus? Home modifications can do so much more to transform people’s lives">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Davidson, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW Suddenly, the idea of a “job guarantee” is back in vogue. Lawyer, academic, land rights activist and founder of the Cape York Institute Noel Pearson has come out of it favour of it, University of Newcastle labour market specialist Bill Mitchell ... <a title="There’s serious talk about a “job guarantee”, but it’s not that straightforward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/theres-serious-talk-about-a-job-guarantee-but-its-not-that-straightforward-140632/" aria-label="Read more about There’s serious talk about a “job guarantee”, but it’s not that straightforward">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann Kayis-Kumar, Senior Lecturer and Tax Clinic Director, School of Taxation & Business Law, UNSW For some people tax time will result in no tax paid this year, and if past years are anything to go by, about 50 of them will be millionaires. Not mere millionaires, ... <a title="Yes, there are millionaires who pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn’t help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/yes-there-are-millionaires-who-pay-no-tax-but-crimping-deductions-mightnt-help-139279/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, there are millionaires who pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn’t help">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland From the 11th century onwards, the Legend of Barlaam and Josaphat enjoyed a popularity in the medieval West attained perhaps by no other legend. It was available in over 60 versions in ... <a title="How the Buddha became a Christian saint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/how-the-buddha-became-a-christian-saint-142285/" aria-label="Read more about How the Buddha became a Christian saint">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
From RNZ Mediawatch New Zealand children use a lot less Kiwi media than they used to. New research shows its Netflix, YouTube and TikTok engaging their eyeballs big time these days. If our kids screen out our local media, what does the future hold for them? The news media seized on one startling stat in ... <a title="New Zealand kids prefer YouTube, Netflix and TokTok to local media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/new-zealand-kids-prefer-youtube-netflix-and-toktok-to-local-media/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand kids prefer YouTube, Netflix and TokTok to local media">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2020
From RNZ Saturday Morning Described by a Guardian reviewer as “superb hate-reading”, writer and columnist Anand Giridharadas‘s latest book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World investigates the hypocrisy of billionaire “do-gooders”. He questions how and why we have become reliant on the philanthropy of the super-rich to help solve our biggest ... <a title="Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/11/beware-of-elite-billionaire-do-gooder-hypocrisy-warns-author/" aria-label="Read more about Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A request by the Philippines’ biggest radio and TV network for a new franchise has been rejected by a congressional committee in a vote that will go down in history as a flagrant violation of the country’s constitution, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The Paris-based media freedom watchdog has urged support ... <a title="Duterte’s congressional supporters seal Philippine TV network’s fate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/11/dutertes-congressional-supporters-seal-philippine-tv-networks-fate/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte’s congressional supporters seal Philippine TV network’s fate">Read more</a>
