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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Chappell, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute; Professor of Law, UNSW On December 10, the world marks 70 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Regrettably, instead of the anniversary signalling the enduring impact of human rights, some are fearing the ... <a title="Human rights in 2018 – ten issues that made headlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/human-rights-in-2018-ten-issues-that-made-headlines-106534/" aria-label="Read more about Human rights in 2018 – ten issues that made headlines">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Heizer, Commissioning Editor, Education, The Conversation Ah yes, December. Christmas trees and decorations are popping up in shop windows, the weather is warming up, and the school holiday period looms. This may be exciting or distressing, depending on your relationship with your family. Not everyone celebrates ... <a title="We asked five experts: should I lie to my children about Santa?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/we-asked-five-experts-should-i-lie-to-my-children-about-santa-106930/" aria-label="Read more about We asked five experts: should I lie to my children about Santa?">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Moore, PhD Candidate, Melbourne School of Design, Monash University Every other year, retired couple Jorg and Jan journey some 5,000 kilometres in their campervan from Port Fairy in southeastern Australia to Broome in the far northwest for a change of lifestyle and scenery. There they catch ... <a title="Grey nomad lifestyle provides a model for living remotely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/grey-nomad-lifestyle-provides-a-model-for-living-remotely-106074/" aria-label="Read more about Grey nomad lifestyle provides a model for living remotely">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Who wouldn’t want cheaper power? And who wouldn’t enjoy a bit of a stoush between the big bad generators and the government, trying to break them up on our behalf? Even if it was largely tangential to keeping prices low. ... <a title="The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/the-government-can-restrain-electricity-prices-without-threatening-to-break-up-power-companies-its-adviser-says-so-108333/" aria-label="Read more about The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwen Neil, Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University The Parthenon is one of the most famous and recognisable buildings in the world. Designed as a testimony to Athenian greatness, visible miles from the Acropolis (the citadel) on which it stands, the Parthenon still stands proudly among the ... <a title="Blowing up the Parthenon: the power of a symbol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/blowing-up-the-parthenon-the-power-of-a-symbol-100826/" aria-label="Read more about Blowing up the Parthenon: the power of a symbol">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeleine De Gabriele, Deputy Editor: Energy + Environment Giant eucalypts play an irreplaceable part in many of Australia’s ecosystems. These towering elders develop hollows, which make them nature’s high-rises, housing everything from endangered squirrel-gliders to lace monitors. Over 300 species of vertebrates in Australia depend on hollows ... <a title="Comic explainer: forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/comic-explainer-forest-giants-house-thousands-of-animals-so-why-do-we-keep-cutting-them-down-106708/" aria-label="Read more about Comic explainer: forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?)">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Merkel, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University After being caught up in the broader drama of the last day of Parliament for 2018, the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 passed both houses on Thursday, with the support of the Coalition and ... <a title="The government’s encryption laws finally passed despite concerns over security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/the-governments-encryption-laws-finally-passed-despite-concerns-over-security-108409/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s encryption laws finally passed despite concerns over security">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Blake, PhD candidate, law and military uses of outer space, University of Adelaide Australia is part of the global explosion in space industries – including the design and engineering of satellites smaller than a loaf of bread. But we’re at a point now where we need ... <a title="The problems with small satellites – and what Australia’s Space Agency can do to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/the-problems-with-small-satellites-and-what-australias-space-agency-can-do-to-help-108156/" aria-label="Read more about The problems with small satellites – and what Australia’s Space Agency can do to help">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vicki Flenady, Professor, Mater Research Institute; Director, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland Six Australian babies are stillborn each day. This equates to more than 2,000 babies each year. Stillbirth is defined as the death of a baby of at least 20 weeks’ ... <a title="Five ways to reduce the risk of stillbirth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/five-ways-to-reduce-the-risk-of-stillbirth-108253/" aria-label="Read more about Five ways to reduce the risk of stillbirth">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Notre Dame Australia Review: The School There’s something about the Australian context that lends itself to explorations of horror. As I have argued elsewhere, the combination of what historian Geoffrey Blainey famously described as the “tyranny of distance,” the ... <a title="The best thing about the new Oz horror film The School is its poster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/the-best-thing-about-the-new-oz-horror-film-the-school-is-its-poster-108340/" aria-label="Read more about The best thing about the new Oz horror film The School is its poster">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zahra Zsuzsanna Stardust, PhD Candidate, Arts/Media & Law, UNSW The social networking and microblogging site Tumblr announced on Monday that from December 17 it will no longer host adult content on its platform. The Washington Post reported that the policy “removes one of the last major refuges ... <a title="Sexual subcultures are collateral damage in Tumblr’s ban on adult content" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/sexual-subcultures-are-collateral-damage-in-tumblrs-ban-on-adult-content-108169/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual subcultures are collateral damage in Tumblr’s ban on adult content">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Richards, Lecturer Sport Business Management, Western Sydney University For Australians, the accolade “sporting capital of the world” is arguably more prized than “world’s most liveable city”. Australian cities (and the states) have appeared hell-bent on outdoing one another in building bigger and better sporting venues in ... <a title="Australians love their sport, but investing in new venues is another matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/australians-love-their-sport-but-investing-in-new-venues-is-another-matter-108020/" aria-label="Read more about Australians love their sport, but investing in new venues is another matter">Read more</a>
