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December 19, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Bax, Director, NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub, CSIRO Off southern Tasmania, at depths between 700 and 1,500 metres, more than 100 undersea mountains provide rocky pedestals for deep-sea coral reefs. Unlike shallow tropical corals, deep-sea corals live in a cold environment without sunlight or symbiotic algae. They ... <a title="Exploring Australia’s ‘other reefs’ south of Tasmania" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/19/exploring-australias-other-reefs-south-of-tasmania-108986/" aria-label="Read more about Exploring Australia’s ‘other reefs’ south of Tasmania">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Garnaut, Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, University of Melbourne Rather than waiting for the world to reach an agreement to act against multinational corporations that shift profits to tax havens, Australia should consider adopting our proposal for a cashflow tax, which would increase both investment and ... <a title="Here’s a long-term budget fix that would boost investment: replace company tax with cashflow tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/19/heres-a-long-term-budget-fix-that-would-boost-investment-replace-company-tax-with-cashflow-tax-108347/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s a long-term budget fix that would boost investment: replace company tax with cashflow tax">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Lecturer – School of Art, RMIT University Review: Theatre is Lying, ACCA, Melbourne. In an era where local and international politics risks being less believable than a long-form TV series like House of Cards, it is apposite that the latest exhibition at the Australian Centre ... <a title="Theatre is Lying is a welcome response to fake news and alternative facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/19/theatre-is-lying-is-a-welcome-response-to-fake-news-and-alternative-facts-108981/" aria-label="Read more about Theatre is Lying is a welcome response to fake news and alternative facts">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It took disgraced Nationals MP Andrew Broad 24 hours after the “sugar baby” story broke to announce the inevitable – that he won’t recontest his Victorian seat of Mallee. They do things slowly in the Nationals. In Michael McCormack’s case, ... <a title="View from The Hill: Michael McCormack fails leadership test in handling of Broad scandal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/view-from-the-hill-michael-mccormack-fails-leadership-test-in-handling-of-broad-scandal-109008/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Michael McCormack fails leadership test in handling of Broad scandal">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Labor party has emerged from its three day national conference in Adelaide looking united and projecting itself as “ready to govern”. Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek told The Conversation the ALP wants voters to see the party as “responsible ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tanya-plibersek-on-a-united-labor-109005/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Fairfax Ipsos poll, conducted December 12-15 from a sample of 1,200, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a two-point gain for Labor since November. Primary votes were 37% Labor (up three), 36% Coalition (down ... <a title="Poll wrap: Labor widens lead in Ipsos; US Democrats gained 40 House seats at midterms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/poll-wrap-labor-widens-lead-in-ipsos-us-democrats-gained-40-house-seats-at-midterms-108907/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Labor widens lead in Ipsos; US Democrats gained 40 House seats at midterms">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Lawson, Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Despite recent falls in the housing market, housing costs and indebtedness bite deeply into household budgets, especially at Christmas time. Just over 433,000 households confront housing stress and homelessness every day across Australia. They represent the ... <a title="Labor’s housing pledge is welcome, but direct investment in social housing would improve it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/labors-housing-pledge-is-welcome-but-direct-investment-in-social-housing-would-improve-it-108909/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s housing pledge is welcome, but direct investment in social housing would improve it">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Turner, PhD student, University of Newcastle Review: Tidelands, Netflix The first original Netflix series filmed in Australia, Tidelands, is a speculative story about half-human/half-siren beings who live in the coastal Queensland town of Orphelin Bay. The story follows the return to the bay of Calliope (Cal), ... <a title="Tidelands struggles to stay afloat in its first series" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/tidelands-struggles-to-stay-afloat-in-its-first-series-108751/" aria-label="Read more about Tidelands struggles to stay afloat in its first series">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dooley, Researcher, Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Three years after the Paris Agreement was struck, we now finally know the rules – or most of them, at least – for its implementation. The Paris Rulebook, agreed at the UN climate summit in ... <a title="We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/we-finally-have-the-rulebook-for-the-paris-agreement-but-global-climate-action-is-still-inadequate-108918/" aria-label="Read more about We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Henry, Adjunct Lecturer, UNSW Debates about cyber security in Australia over the past few weeks have largely centred around the passing of the government’s controversial Assistance and Access bill. But while government access to encrypted messages is an important subject, protecting Australia from threat could depend ... <a title="New guidelines for responding to cyber attacks don’t go far enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/new-guidelines-for-responding-to-cyber-attacks-dont-go-far-enough-108908/" aria-label="Read more about New guidelines for responding to cyber attacks don’t go far enough">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Campbell Pryor, PhD Student in Psychology, University of Melbourne Why do people tend to do what others do, prefer what others prefer, and choose what others choose? Our study, published today in Nature Human Behaviour, shows that people tend to copy other people’s choices, even when they ... <a title="Conform to the social norm: why people follow what other people do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/conform-to-the-social-norm-why-people-follow-what-other-people-do-107446/" aria-label="Read more about Conform to the social norm: why people follow what other people do">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera L. te Velde, Lecturer in Economics, The University of Queensland ’Tis the season for gift-giving and for the scrooges among us to complain about the wastefulness of gift-giving. Why give gifts, they say, when people know what they want better than anyone else? Others grudgingly admit ... <a title="We’re not as Grinchy as we think: how gift-giving is inspired by beliefs-based altruism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/were-not-as-grinchy-as-we-think-how-gift-giving-is-inspired-by-beliefs-based-altruism-108739/" aria-label="Read more about We’re not as Grinchy as we think: how gift-giving is inspired by beliefs-based altruism">Read more</a>
