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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Clark, PhD Candidate, University of Southern Queensland This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky! You might also like ... <a title="Curious Kids: What existed before the Big Bang? Did something have to be there to go boom?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/curious-kids-what-existed-before-the-big-bang-did-something-have-to-be-there-to-go-boom-103742/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: What existed before the Big Bang? Did something have to be there to go boom?">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
By Pauline Mago-King It has only been two weeks since the conclusion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, yet much has transpired – to the dismay of host country Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea’s trajectory to this monumental event has been one involving great strides from the moment it secured the bid to ... <a title="PNG’s post-APEC technology dream leaves rural sector far behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/pngs-post-apec-technology-dream-leaves-rural-sector-far-behind/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s post-APEC technology dream leaves rural sector far behind">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison faces a major Liberal party crisis after Malcolm Turnbull moved to torpedo the Prime Minister’s plan to protect the preselection of controversial rightwing backbencher Craig Kelly. Morrison wants the NSW Liberal executive to re-endorse sitting NSW federal members ... <a title="Turnbull versus Morrison in Liberal crisis over Craig Kelly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/turnbull-versus-morrison-in-liberal-crisis-over-craig-kelly-108034/" aria-label="Read more about Turnbull versus Morrison in Liberal crisis over Craig Kelly">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian and PhD candidate, University of Sydney Have you thought about adopting a new pet for Christmas? Far from dismissing the idea, animal welfare groups now support the practice of gifting a pet for Christmas – so long as it’s done the right way. With ... <a title="Yes, you can adopt a pet as a Christmas gift – so long as you do it correctly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/yes-you-can-adopt-a-pet-as-a-christmas-gift-so-long-as-you-do-it-correctly-105286/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, you can adopt a pet as a Christmas gift – so long as you do it correctly">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophia Maalsen, I.B. Fell Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney An increasing number of older Australians are living in share housing. A relatively new group to emerge on the share-housing scene, they are choosing to share for financial reasons, but finding unexpected ... <a title="Generation Share: why more older Australians are living in share houses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/generation-share-why-more-older-australians-are-living-in-share-houses-107183/" aria-label="Read more about Generation Share: why more older Australians are living in share houses">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Thirty years after Prime Minister Bob Hawke famously promised that by 1990 no Australian child would live in poverty, Bill Shorten has promised that, if elected, Labor will use a “root and branch review” to lift ... <a title="It’s not just Newstart. Single parents are $271 per fortnight worse off. Labor needs an overarching welfare review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/its-not-just-newstart-single-parents-are-271-per-fortnight-worse-off-labor-needs-an-overarching-welfare-review-107521/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just Newstart. Single parents are $271 per fortnight worse off. Labor needs an overarching welfare review">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodrigo Praino, Senior Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University If someone asks you why you chose the election candidate you voted for, you will likely have a good answer. Maybe you agree with the candidate’s policy stances. Maybe you support his/her party. Maybe you ... <a title="How a candidate’s looks may be swinging your vote (without you even realising it)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/how-a-candidates-looks-may-be-swinging-your-vote-without-you-even-realising-it-107364/" aria-label="Read more about How a candidate’s looks may be swinging your vote (without you even realising it)">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University So, you’re going on a date and you’re understandably a bit nervous. And then you feel it – a churning and cramping in your gut. Suddenly you’re running to the toilet and wondering why your body ... <a title="Nervous tummy: why you might get the runs before a first date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/nervous-tummy-why-you-might-get-the-runs-before-a-first-date-106925/" aria-label="Read more about Nervous tummy: why you might get the runs before a first date">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Redmond, Sir Gerard Brennan Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney It has taken years, but after votes in the Senate and House of Representatives last week, Australia has a Modern Slavery Act. It’ll take effect on January 1. But what difference will it make? ... <a title="At last, Australia has a Modern Slavery Act. Here’s what you’ll need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/at-last-australia-has-a-modern-slavery-act-heres-what-youll-need-to-know-107885/" aria-label="Read more about At last, Australia has a Modern Slavery Act. Here’s what you’ll need to know">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Literature, Popular Entertainment Studies and Science in Fiction Studies, Australian National University Dr Frank-N-furter, the snappy alpha-alien who stars in The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show, is one of the most memorable characters to grace the stage and screen in recent decades. ... <a title="Violent clowns and panto dames: the origins of Rocky Horror’s Frank-N-furter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/violent-clowns-and-panto-dames-the-origins-of-rocky-horrors-frank-n-furter-104003/" aria-label="Read more about Violent clowns and panto dames: the origins of Rocky Horror’s Frank-N-furter">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Morgan, Research Fellow in Environmental Policy and Planning, Griffith University International leaders and policymakers gathering in Katowice, Poland, for the 24th annual round of UN climate talks know that they have plenty of work to do. They are hoping to make progress on the Paris Agreement ... <a title="As they meet in Poland for the next steps, nations are struggling to agree on how the ambitions of the Paris Agreement can be realised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/as-they-meet-in-poland-for-the-next-steps-nations-are-struggling-to-agree-on-how-the-ambitions-of-the-paris-agreement-can-be-realised-107712/" aria-label="Read more about As they meet in Poland for the next steps, nations are struggling to agree on how the ambitions of the Paris Agreement can be realised">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – A bloodied Papuan student attacked during yesterday’s December 1 Free West Papua rally in Surabaya, Indonesia. Image: Human rights sources From the Pacific Media Centre By Tony Firman of Tirto in Surabaya A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Indonesia’s East Java provincial ... <a title="West Papuan ‘independence day’ – nationalist thugs attack rally in Surabaya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/west-papuan-independence-day-nationalist-thugs-attack-rally-in-surabaya/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan ‘independence day’ – nationalist thugs attack rally in Surabaya">Read more</a>
