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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>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryan Lessard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO Notorious for spreading diseases like malaria and Zika virus overseas, mosquitoes contribute to thousands of cases of human disease in Australia each year. But only half of Australia’s approximately 400 different species of mosquitoes have been scientifically named and described. So ... <a title="Why naming all our mozzies is important for fighting disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/why-naming-all-our-mozzies-is-important-for-fighting-disease-92379/" aria-label="Read more about Why naming all our mozzies is important for fighting disease">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian R. Camilleri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Technology Sydney What did you have for dinner last night? Might you have made a different choice if you had a simple way to compare the environmental impacts of different foods? Most people do not recognise the environmental ... <a title="What’s your beef? How ‘carbon labels’ can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/whats-your-beef-how-carbon-labels-can-steer-us-towards-environmentally-friendly-food-choices-108424/" aria-label="Read more about What’s your beef? How ‘carbon labels’ can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Gardner, President and Vice Chancellor, Monash University Yesterday morning, the mid-year budget update unveiled research funding cuts of A$328.5 million over the next four years. This budget raid on research was more than double the size expected by the university research community. This new freeze on ... <a title="MYEFO rips A$130 million per year from research funding despite budget surplus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/myefo-rips-a-130-million-per-year-from-research-funding-despite-budget-surplus-108919/" aria-label="Read more about MYEFO rips A$130 million per year from research funding despite budget surplus">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Lecturer, Languages and Literature of Ancient Israel, Macquarie University There are many sides to the beloved figure of Santa Claus – a giant of pop culture, he also has “miraculous” powers and ties to the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Santa’s blend of religion ... <a title="Teleporting and psychedelic mushrooms: a history of St Nicholas, Santa and his helpers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/teleporting-and-psychedelic-mushrooms-a-history-of-st-nicholas-santa-and-his-helpers-107884/" aria-label="Read more about Teleporting and psychedelic mushrooms: a history of St Nicholas, Santa and his helpers">Read more</a>
