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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle This is the last article in our series on homeschooling in Australia. The series answers common questions including why homeschooling is on the rise and how outcomes of homeschooled children compare with those who attend formal schooling. A successful ... <a title="Time, money and method: three things to consider if you’re thinking about homeschooling your child" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/time-money-and-method-three-things-to-consider-if-youre-thinking-about-homeschooling-your-child-110273/" aria-label="Read more about Time, money and method: three things to consider if you’re thinking about homeschooling your child">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Economou, Senior Lecturer, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University Our “state of the states” series takes stock of the key issues, seats and policies affecting the vote in each of Australia’s states. We’ll check in with our expert political analysts around the country every ... <a title="State of the states: Adani, economics and personality politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/state-of-the-states-adani-economics-and-personality-politics-115554/" aria-label="Read more about State of the states: Adani, economics and personality politics">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asha Bowen, Head, Skin Health, Telethon Kids Institute At any time, almost one in two Aboriginal children living in remote areas will have a school sore. That means right now, there are an estimated 15,000 children needing treatment. School sores can be painful and itchy. But left ... <a title="Antibiotic shortages are putting Aboriginal kids at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/antibiotic-shortages-are-putting-aboriginal-kids-at-risk-114355/" aria-label="Read more about Antibiotic shortages are putting Aboriginal kids at risk">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bird, ARC Laureate Fellow, JCU Distinguished Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University The Australian continent has a remarkable history — a story of isolation, desiccation and resilience on an ark at the edge of the world. It is a ... <a title="Australia’s epic story: a tale of amazing people, amazing creatures and rising seas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/australias-epic-story-a-tale-of-amazing-people-amazing-creatures-and-rising-seas-115701/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s epic story: a tale of amazing people, amazing creatures and rising seas">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity This is the second in a two-part series on heaven and hell by Bible scholar Robyn Whitaker. You can read her piece on hell here. My pious Baptist grandmother once shockingly confessed, at ... <a title="What and where is heaven? The answers are at the heart of the Easter story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/what-and-where-is-heaven-the-answers-are-at-the-heart-of-the-easter-story-115451/" aria-label="Read more about What and where is heaven? The answers are at the heart of the Easter story">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity This is the first in a two-part series on heaven and hell by Bible scholar Robyn Whitaker. You can read her piece on heaven here. “This is hell” we might proclaim, midway through ... <a title="What is hell, exactly? We might joke it’s other people, but the Bible has a more complicated answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/what-is-hell-exactly-we-might-joke-its-other-people-but-the-bible-has-a-more-complicated-answer-113732/" aria-label="Read more about What is hell, exactly? We might joke it’s other people, but the Bible has a more complicated answer">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynda Crowley-Cyr, Associae Professsor of Law, University of Southern Queensland The Easter long weekend marks the last opportunity this year for many Australians to go to the beach as the weather cools down. And for some, particularly in Queensland, it means dodging bluebottle tentacles on the sand. ... <a title="Going to the beach this Easter? Here are four ways we’re not being properly protected from jellyfish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/going-to-the-beach-this-easter-here-are-four-ways-were-not-being-properly-protected-from-jellyfish-112955/" aria-label="Read more about Going to the beach this Easter? Here are four ways we’re not being properly protected from jellyfish">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia In our Here’s looking at series, experts explain prominent works of art. Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s fever of stingrays glide menacingly beneath a crystal sea. The installation Pretty Beach is instantly engaging; the seductive quality of the ... <a title="In Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s Pretty Beach, a fever of stingrays becomes a meditation on suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/in-abdul-rahman-abdullahs-pretty-beach-a-fever-of-stingrays-becomes-a-meditation-on-suffering-114427/" aria-label="Read more about In Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s Pretty Beach, a fever of stingrays becomes a meditation on suffering">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Associate Professor in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology There are some anecdotes just so good that almost every story about a particular economic principle begins the same. So too this article begins with cake mix. In the 1950, the story goes, US ... <a title="The IKEA effect: how we value the fruits of our labour over instant gratification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/the-ikea-effect-how-we-value-the-fruits-of-our-labour-over-instant-gratification-113647/" aria-label="Read more about The IKEA effect: how we value the fruits of our labour over instant gratification">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University The major focus on climate change in Environment Aotearoa 2019, a stocktake on New Zealand’s environment released today, is a welcome change. The report describes an environment that faces serious pressures, including species at risk of extinction, polluted rivers ... <a title="Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/climate-change-is-hitting-hard-across-new-zealand-official-report-finds-115661/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (known as “Jokowi”) looks poised to win another five years in office by a convincing margin. Official results from Wednesday’s election ... <a title="Joko Widodo looks set to win the Indonesia election. Now, the real power struggle begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/joko-widodo-looks-set-to-win-the-indonesia-election-now-the-real-power-struggle-begins-115626/" aria-label="Read more about Joko Widodo looks set to win the Indonesia election. Now, the real power struggle begins">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Bateman, Associate professor, Curtin University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on ... <a title="Curious Kids: How long would garden snails live if they were not eaten by another animal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/curious-kids-how-long-would-garden-snails-live-if-they-were-not-eaten-by-another-animal-114746/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: How long would garden snails live if they were not eaten by another animal?">Read more</a>
