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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>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Robertson, Innovation Fellow and Lecturer, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Monash University Remote areas were described as “unused” and/or “underperforming” in a 2017 address by internationally renowned architects Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of OMA. Similarly, a 2004 territorial study of Switzerland by ETH Studio ... <a title="Building in ways that meet the needs of Australia’s remote regions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/building-in-ways-that-meet-the-needs-of-australias-remote-regions-106071/" aria-label="Read more about Building in ways that meet the needs of Australia’s remote regions">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Newton, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University Christmas trees in the aisles. Baubles hanging from the ceiling. Carols playing on the in-store speakers. Tinsel around the cash register. Shops put a lot of effort into Christmas decorations. It’s in their interest to ... <a title="Yes, retailers exploit Christmas, but their decorations still evoke religious spirit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/yes-retailers-exploit-christmas-but-their-decorations-still-evoke-religious-spirit-108334/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, retailers exploit Christmas, but their decorations still evoke religious spirit">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Gallagher, PhD Candidate, School of History, Australian National University Most Australians know something about “folklore”. Every year crowds converge on Canberra for the National Folk Festival. But, folklore encompasses far more than song and dance. The term refers to a rich intangible heritage of games, yarns, ... <a title="What the folk? Whatever happened to Australia’s national folklife centre?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/20/what-the-folk-whatever-happened-to-australias-national-folklife-centre-108678/" aria-label="Read more about What the folk? Whatever happened to Australia’s national folklife centre?">Read more</a>
