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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Chappell, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute; Professor of Law, UNSW On December 10, the world marks 70 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Regrettably, instead of the anniversary signalling the enduring impact of human rights, some are fearing the ... <a title="Human rights in 2018 – ten issues that made headlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/human-rights-in-2018-ten-issues-that-made-headlines-106534/" aria-label="Read more about Human rights in 2018 – ten issues that made headlines">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Heizer, Commissioning Editor, Education, The Conversation Ah yes, December. Christmas trees and decorations are popping up in shop windows, the weather is warming up, and the school holiday period looms. This may be exciting or distressing, depending on your relationship with your family. Not everyone celebrates ... <a title="We asked five experts: should I lie to my children about Santa?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/we-asked-five-experts-should-i-lie-to-my-children-about-santa-106930/" aria-label="Read more about We asked five experts: should I lie to my children about Santa?">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Moore, PhD Candidate, Melbourne School of Design, Monash University Every other year, retired couple Jorg and Jan journey some 5,000 kilometres in their campervan from Port Fairy in southeastern Australia to Broome in the far northwest for a change of lifestyle and scenery. There they catch ... <a title="Grey nomad lifestyle provides a model for living remotely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/grey-nomad-lifestyle-provides-a-model-for-living-remotely-106074/" aria-label="Read more about Grey nomad lifestyle provides a model for living remotely">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Who wouldn’t want cheaper power? And who wouldn’t enjoy a bit of a stoush between the big bad generators and the government, trying to break them up on our behalf? Even if it was largely tangential to keeping prices low. ... <a title="The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/the-government-can-restrain-electricity-prices-without-threatening-to-break-up-power-companies-its-adviser-says-so-108333/" aria-label="Read more about The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwen Neil, Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University The Parthenon is one of the most famous and recognisable buildings in the world. Designed as a testimony to Athenian greatness, visible miles from the Acropolis (the citadel) on which it stands, the Parthenon still stands proudly among the ... <a title="Blowing up the Parthenon: the power of a symbol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/blowing-up-the-parthenon-the-power-of-a-symbol-100826/" aria-label="Read more about Blowing up the Parthenon: the power of a symbol">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
By Sara Stefanini and Karl Mathiesen in Katowice, Poland In a moment of drama in Poland, countries have closed ranks against a push by oil producers to water down recognition of the UN’s report on the impacts of 1.5C warming. Four big oil and gas producers blocked the UN climate talks from welcoming the most ... <a title="Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down UN report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/nations-close-ranks-to-stop-big-four-oil-producers-watering-down-un-report/" aria-label="Read more about Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down UN report">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
Sixteen bodies have been retrieved from the killings of workers on a Papuan infrastructure project claimed by pro-independence militants to be Indonesian soldiers. Image: Hark Arena By Ray Jordan in Lampung, Indonesia President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo insists that work on the Trans-Papua road project will continue despite this week’s shooting of construction workers in the ... <a title="Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/widodo-wants-security-forces-to-guard-all-development-projects-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeleine De Gabriele, Deputy Editor: Energy + Environment Giant eucalypts play an irreplaceable part in many of Australia’s ecosystems. These towering elders develop hollows, which make them nature’s high-rises, housing everything from endangered squirrel-gliders to lace monitors. Over 300 species of vertebrates in Australia depend on hollows ... <a title="Comic explainer: forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/comic-explainer-forest-giants-house-thousands-of-animals-so-why-do-we-keep-cutting-them-down-106708/" aria-label="Read more about Comic explainer: forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?)">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
By Craig Major of AUT Communications Professor David Robie, Director of the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies, has been part of the contingent of more than 100 journalists and media academics reporting on and analysing the historic New Caledonian independence referendum in early November. Only 2 out of the 100 were ... <a title="PMC director reports on historic New Caledonia referendum 30 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/pmc-director-reports-on-historic-new-caledonia-referendum-30-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about PMC director reports on historic New Caledonia referendum 30 years on">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Merkel, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University After being caught up in the broader drama of the last day of Parliament for 2018, the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 passed both houses on Thursday, with the support of the Coalition and ... <a title="The government’s encryption laws finally passed despite concerns over security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/the-governments-encryption-laws-finally-passed-despite-concerns-over-security-108409/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s encryption laws finally passed despite concerns over security">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Blake, PhD candidate, law and military uses of outer space, University of Adelaide Australia is part of the global explosion in space industries – including the design and engineering of satellites smaller than a loaf of bread. But we’re at a point now where we need ... <a title="The problems with small satellites – and what Australia’s Space Agency can do to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/the-problems-with-small-satellites-and-what-australias-space-agency-can-do-to-help-108156/" aria-label="Read more about The problems with small satellites – and what Australia’s Space Agency can do to help">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ leadership still being undermined by Dr Bryce Edwards This week’s Colmar Brunton poll was one of the most bittersweet polls a political party and its leader have ever received. On the one hand, the party was up to 46 per cent but, on the other, leader Simon Bridges was only on ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ leadership still being undermined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-simon-bridges-leadership-still-being-undermined/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ leadership still being undermined">Read more</a>
