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December 21, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Innocent, City of Melbourne Knowledge Fellow 2017-18, Senior Lecturer in Games and Interactivity, Swinburne University of Technology Playable cities connect people and place in creative ways. They appropriate urban environments and infrastructure and provide ways for citizens to participate in smart cities. While people may be ... <a title="Take the tram into a more playable city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/21/take-the-tram-into-a-more-playable-city-106064/" aria-label="Read more about Take the tram into a more playable city">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aysha Fleming, Research Scientist, Adaptive Urban and Social Systems Program, Land and Water, CSIRO ‘Tis the season for seafood. While those in colder parts of the world tuck into turkey and hot dinners, in the southern hemisphere we get festive with prawn cocktails at Christmas and smoked ... <a title="There aren’t plenty of fish in the sea, so let’s eat all that we catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/21/there-arent-plenty-of-fish-in-the-sea-so-lets-eat-all-that-we-catch-104329/" aria-label="Read more about There aren’t plenty of fish in the sea, so let’s eat all that we catch">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne Recently, a group of respected academics, including Melbourne-born philosopher Peter Singer, announced that they were launching a new academic journal called the Journal of Controversial Ideas. In it, authors will have the option of remaining anonymous. The editors say ... <a title="Friday essay: identity politics and the case for shared values" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/21/friday-essay-identity-politics-and-the-case-for-shared-values-107010/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: identity politics and the case for shared values">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Looking back on the federal politics of 2018, voters can conclude they’ve been given a rough trot. What’s been dubbed “the permanent election campaign” to which we are subjected these days is a curse. Too often it encourages expedient rather ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: 2018, the year of governing badly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/grattan-on-friday-2018-the-year-of-governing-badly-109152/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: 2018, the year of governing badly">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Hopkin, Editor: Energy + Environment, The Conversation Let’s be honest – environment news isn’t always the jolliest, and 2018 was no exception. From climate change, to recycling, to energy policy, at times it has felt like we’ve been lurching from one crisis to the next. So ... <a title="Ten feelgood environment stories you may have missed in 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/ten-feelgood-environment-stories-you-may-have-missed-in-2018-108759/" aria-label="Read more about Ten feelgood environment stories you may have missed in 2018">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Therese O’Sullivan, Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University Granny, who lives interstate and whom the kids haven’t seen since last year, is visiting for Christmas. She loves the kids and is eager to scoop them up and smother them with kisses. The young children, who only have a ... <a title="Why you shouldn’t force the kids to hug Granny at Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/why-you-shouldnt-force-the-kids-to-hug-granny-at-christmas-108059/" aria-label="Read more about Why you shouldn’t force the kids to hug Granny at Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Merle Benbow, Senior lecturer in German and European Studies, University of Melbourne We have just concluded four years of commemoration of the centenary of the first world war and, although the guns fell silent in November 1918, by Christmas many Australians were still separated from their ... <a title="What Australian soldiers ate for Christmas in WWI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/what-australian-soldiers-ate-for-christmas-in-wwi-108987/" aria-label="Read more about What Australian soldiers ate for Christmas in WWI">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Wright, Research associate, Griffith University This article was coauthored by Gimuy Yidniji Traditional Owner Gudju Gudju Fourmile. For many decades Aboriginal Australians have campaigned for the return of ancestral remains that continue to be stored in museums worldwide. But in many instances these remains cannot be ... <a title="DNA from ancient Aboriginal Australian remains enables their return to Country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/dna-from-ancient-aboriginal-australian-remains-enables-their-return-to-country-108168/" aria-label="Read more about DNA from ancient Aboriginal Australian remains enables their return to Country">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arie Freiberg, Emeritus Professor of Law, Monash University The community has little sympathy for mass murderers, serial killers or anyone convicted of a very serious crime against another person. Presumably, this is why the Sentence Administration Amendment (Multiple Murders) Act 2018 passed through the WA state parliament ... <a title="Serial killers’ fates are in politicians’ hands. Here’s why that’s a worry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/serial-killers-fates-are-in-politicians-hands-heres-why-thats-a-worry-108825/" aria-label="Read more about Serial killers’ fates are in politicians’ hands. Here’s why that’s a worry">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Christmas and the holidays are a time to relax and celebrate with family and friends. But the festive season can also be a time of unwanted weight gain that won’t budge once the holidays are over. Research ... <a title="Christmas versus kilojoules – how to focus more on celebration and less on the food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/christmas-versus-kilojoules-how-to-focus-more-on-celebration-and-less-on-the-food-107436/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas versus kilojoules – how to focus more on celebration and less on the food">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Grose, Climate Projections Scientist, CSIRO The Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO have released their fifth biennial State of the Climate report. State of the Climate 2018 is the latest biennial snapshot of climate change in Australia. It focuses on observed long-term trends that are happening ... <a title="State of the Climate 2018: Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/state-of-the-climate-2018-bureau-of-meteorology-and-csiro-109001/" aria-label="Read more about State of the Climate 2018: Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Hare, Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne It’s never been easier for university students to cheat. We just need look to the scandal in 2015 that revealed up to 1,000 students from 16 Australian universities had hired the Sydney-based MyMaster company to ghost-write their assignments and sit ... <a title="Doing away with essays won’t necessarily stop students cheating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/doing-away-with-essays-wont-necessarily-stop-students-cheating-108995/" aria-label="Read more about Doing away with essays won’t necessarily stop students cheating">Read more</a>
