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How physical activity in Australian schools can help prevent depression in young people

December 11, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Parker, Professor of Physical Activity and Mental Health, Victoria University Adolescence is a critical time for the development of mental health problems. In fact, depression is most likely to occur during adolescence and young adulthood. It’s the leading cause of disability in young people worldwide. At ... <a title="How physical activity in Australian schools can help prevent depression in young people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/how-physical-activity-in-australian-schools-can-help-prevent-depression-in-young-people-107889/" aria-label="Read more about How physical activity in Australian schools can help prevent depression in young people">Read more</a>

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Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here’s how

December 11, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silvia Tavares, Lecturer in Urban Design, James Cook University “What happens if the water temperature rises by a few degrees?” is the 2018 International Year of the Reef leading question. While the ocean is the focus, urbanisation is the main reason for the rising temperatures and water ... <a title="Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/cities-can-grow-without-wrecking-reefs-and-oceans-heres-how-107263/" aria-label="Read more about Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here’s how">Read more</a>

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Digital platforms. Why the ACCC’s proposals for Google and Facebook matter big time

December 11, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sacha Molitorisz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Media Transition, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released the preliminary report of its Digital Platforms Inquiry, and Google and Facebook won’t be happy. Rather than adopting a gently-gently approach, the ACCC ... <a title="Digital platforms. Why the ACCC’s proposals for Google and Facebook matter big time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/digital-platforms-why-the-acccs-proposals-for-google-and-facebook-matter-big-time-108501/" aria-label="Read more about Digital platforms. Why the ACCC’s proposals for Google and Facebook matter big time">Read more</a>

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Recovered Aboriginal songs offer clues to 18th century mystery of the shipwrecked ‘white woman’

December 11, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University In 1846 Melbourne was gripped by a panic: a story had spread that a white woman had been shipwrecked off the coast of Gippsland and was living with Aboriginal people. “Expeditions” were sent to “rescue” ... <a title="Recovered Aboriginal songs offer clues to 18th century mystery of the shipwrecked ‘white woman’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/recovered-aboriginal-songs-offer-clues-to-18th-century-mystery-of-the-shipwrecked-white-woman-108070/" aria-label="Read more about Recovered Aboriginal songs offer clues to 18th century mystery of the shipwrecked ‘white woman’">Read more</a>

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FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first home last year?

December 10, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Whelan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Last year, more people bought their seventh home than those buying their first. – Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni, media statement, November 22, 2018 Housing affordability remains a serious issue in many cities ... <a title="FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first home last year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/factcheck-did-more-people-buy-their-seventh-home-than-bought-their-first-home-last-year-108492/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first home last year?">Read more</a>

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FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first last year?

December 10, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Whelan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Last year, more people bought their seventh home than those buying their first. – Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni, media statement, November 22, 2018 Housing affordability remains a serious issue in many cities ... <a title="FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first last year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/factcheck-did-more-people-buy-their-seventh-home-than-bought-their-first-last-year-108492/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first last year?">Read more</a>

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UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly

December 10, 2018

UN’s OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani … “there are many West Papuan grievances, and we’ve seen this in many parts of the world where grievances are unaddressed, or there’s a suppression of dissent.” Image: UN interview screenshot Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly have been defended by the ... <a title="UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/un-official-defends-west-papuan-rights-free-speech-peaceful-assembly/" aria-label="Read more about UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Crisis Postponed

December 10, 2018

By Keith Rankin There will almost certainly be another major financial crisis, just like there will be another big earthquake (or, as the Australians would instead say, another big bushfire). We can do much to improve our monitoring of systemic stresses, our awareness of critical-state dynamics, and our before-and-after mitigation processes. Wilful blindness is not ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Crisis Postponed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/keith-rankins-chart-for-this-month-crisis-postponed/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Crisis Postponed">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2018

December 10, 2018

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2018 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Education Liz Gordon (Daily Blog): Yesterday’s schools Simon Collins (Herald): ‘Stalinist’ or ‘exciting’: Battle begins over radical school reforms John Minto (Daily Blog): A breath of fresh ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-10-2018/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2018">Read more</a>

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How low will Bitcoin now go? The history of price bubbles provides some clues

December 10, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Smales, Associate Professor, Finance, University of Western Australia Nearly 170 years before the invention of Bitcoin, the journalist Charles Mackay noted the way whole communities could “fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit”. Millions of people, he wrote, “become simultaneously impressed ... <a title="How low will Bitcoin now go? The history of price bubbles provides some clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/how-low-will-bitcoin-now-go-the-history-of-price-bubbles-provides-some-clues-107596/" aria-label="Read more about How low will Bitcoin now go? The history of price bubbles provides some clues">Read more</a>

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Going travelling? Don’t forget insurance (and to read the fine print)

December 10, 2018

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Beirman, Senior Lecturer, Tourism, University of Technology Sydney Over the past year, Australians took almost 11 million international trips. We’re among the world’s leading international travellers on a per-capita basis. Australians took more than 3.5 million trips to Asia in the past year. Indonesia (especially Bali), ... <a title="Going travelling? Don’t forget insurance (and to read the fine print)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/going-travelling-dont-forget-insurance-and-to-read-the-fine-print-107961/" aria-label="Read more about Going travelling? Don’t forget insurance (and to read the fine print)">Read more</a>

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Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues

December 10, 2018

How UN agencies strive to put human rights at the centre of their work. Video: UN Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of workers from the Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) held a protest march at the weekend in the capital of Jakarta and Fiji’s Coalition on Human Rights staged a march today to commemorate ... <a title="Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/labour-rally-in-jakarta-fiji-march-highlight-global-human-rights-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues">Read more</a>