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December 17, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Morgan, Senior Meteorologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology 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: how do people know what the weather will be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/curious-kids-how-do-people-know-what-the-weather-will-be-108295/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do people know what the weather will be?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Prime Minister Scott Morrison will have learned a valuable foreign policy lesson in the past day or so as it relates to the Holy Land. As ye sow, so shall ye reap (Galatians 6:7). When Morrison allowed ... <a title="Morrison’s decision to recognise West Jerusalem the latest bad move in a mess of his own making" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/morrisons-decision-to-recognise-west-jerusalem-the-latest-bad-move-in-a-mess-of-his-own-making-108892/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s decision to recognise West Jerusalem the latest bad move in a mess of his own making">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Carter, Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney 2018 has been a big year for video games – and not just because of the games that were released. We’ve seen broken revenue records, burgeoning discussions about the labour that goes into producing games, and ... <a title="Broken records, ‘crunch’ and freemium that’s not free: 2018 was a huge year in gaming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/broken-records-crunch-and-freemium-thats-not-free-2018-was-a-huge-year-in-gaming-105736/" aria-label="Read more about Broken records, ‘crunch’ and freemium that’s not free: 2018 was a huge year in gaming">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Melbourne Children are a wonderful gift, bringing joy, laughter, and love. But, then there are the toys, the sleepless nights, the constant barrage of “why?” questions and the plethora of sticky handprints. For many parents, the decision to have ... <a title="Having a second child worsens parents’ mental health: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/having-a-second-child-worsens-parents-mental-health-new-research-107806/" aria-label="Read more about Having a second child worsens parents’ mental health: new research">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Stafford, Research Fellow in Health Sciences, Curtin University Australia is kicking off another summer of cricket. And if watching the series is a family affair, you may be concerned with the alcohol advertisements your children are being exposed to. An extensive body of research shows exposure ... <a title="Children’s health hit for six as industry fails to regulate alcohol ads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/childrens-health-hit-for-six-as-industry-fails-to-regulate-alcohol-ads-108494/" aria-label="Read more about Children’s health hit for six as industry fails to regulate alcohol ads">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manuela Taboada, Senior Lecturer, Visual Design, Queensland University of Technology Research shows that waste can double during the Christmas period, and most of it is plastic from gift wrapping and packaging. The British, for example, go through more than 40 million rolls of (mostly plastic) sticky tape ... <a title="How to have yourself a plastic-free Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/how-to-have-yourself-a-plastic-free-christmas-108828/" aria-label="Read more about How to have yourself a plastic-free Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Gately, Criminology Courses Coordinator, Edith Cowan University Many working parents battle with school holidays, especially the long period between Christmas and the start of the new school year. Most people receive four weeks’ leave a year, but school holidays take up about 12 weeks of the ... <a title="Home alone: how to keep your kids safe (and out of trouble) when you’re at work these holidays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/home-alone-how-to-keep-your-kids-safe-and-out-of-trouble-when-youre-at-work-these-holidays-105581/" aria-label="Read more about Home alone: how to keep your kids safe (and out of trouble) when you’re at work these holidays">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Harper, Lecturer in Architecture, Monash University The question of what to do with abandoned mine sites confronts both regional communities and mining companies in the wake of Australia’s recent mining boom. The companies are increasingly required to consider site remediation and reuse. Ex-mining sites do present ... <a title="Afterlife of the mine: lessons in how towns remake challenging sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/afterlife-of-the-mine-lessons-in-how-towns-remake-challenging-sites-106073/" aria-label="Read more about Afterlife of the mine: lessons in how towns remake challenging sites">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Isaacs, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney What makes a film a classic? In this video series, film scholar Bruce Isaacs looks at a classic film and analyses its brilliance. [embedded content] Back to the Future (1985) Read more: It’s Back to the Future ... <a title="The great movie scenes: Back to the Future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/the-great-movie-scenes-back-to-the-future-108345/" aria-label="Read more about The great movie scenes: Back to the Future">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government is going over the top in trying to outsmart and smother Bill Shorten and the Labor national conference. Leaving aside the holding of the July Super Saturday byelections when the ALP meeting was originally due, the government ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison goes a bridge too far to outsmart Shorten" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/16/view-from-the-hill-morrison-goes-a-bridge-too-far-to-outsmart-shorten-108890/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison goes a bridge too far to outsmart Shorten">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Carey, Professor, Director of the Centre for Remote Health, Flinders University This article was written with Rob McPhee, Deputy CEO of the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service and co-chair of the Commonwealth-funded Kimberley Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Working Group. Last year, 165 Indigenous Australians died as a result ... <a title="It’s despair, not depression, that’s responsible for Indigenous suicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/its-despair-not-depression-thats-responsible-for-indigenous-suicide-108497/" aria-label="Read more about It’s despair, not depression, that’s responsible for Indigenous suicide">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Woodcock, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Technology Sydney Ahead of the start of the 2018-19 Big Bash League season comes news of a radical change that will bring a smile to the faces of backyard cricketers across the country. In a move familiar to everyone ... <a title="Can the Big Bash League’s backyard cricket bat flip truly be fair?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/can-the-big-bash-leagues-backyard-cricket-bat-flip-truly-be-fair-108601/" aria-label="Read more about Can the Big Bash League’s backyard cricket bat flip truly be fair?">Read more</a>
