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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susanne Becken, Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Director, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University The directors of most Australian companies are well aware of the impact of carbon emissions, not only on the environment but also on their own firms as emissions-intensive industries get lumbered with taxes ... <a title="Businesses think they’re on top of carbon risk, but tourism destinations have barely a clue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/businesses-think-theyre-on-top-of-carbon-risk-but-tourism-destinations-have-barely-a-clue-105375/" aria-label="Read more about Businesses think they’re on top of carbon risk, but tourism destinations have barely a clue">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University Queensland Senator Fraser Anning has used taxpayer funds to pay for flights to Melbourne to attend a protest with far-right extremists. Anning’s use of taxpayer money for what many argue to be inappropriate reasons is another in a ... <a title="Parliamentary entitlements: what’s allowed and what’s not?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/parliamentary-entitlements-whats-allowed-and-whats-not-109425/" aria-label="Read more about Parliamentary entitlements: what’s allowed and what’s not?">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cowling, Associate Professor in Educational Technology, CQUniversity Australia Cast your mind back to the turn of last century. Experts predicted that by now classrooms would no longer feature human teachers, and holographic virtual entities would deliver lessons instead. This certainly hasn’t happened. The closest we have ... <a title="Holographic teachers were supposed to be part of our future. What happened?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/holographic-teachers-were-supposed-to-be-part-of-our-future-what-happened-108500/" aria-label="Read more about Holographic teachers were supposed to be part of our future. What happened?">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel A. Ankeny, Professor of History and Associate Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide This article is part of a series focusing on the politics of food – what we eat, how our views of food are changing and why it matters from a cultural ... <a title="Red meat and imported wine: why ethical eating often stops at the restaurant door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/red-meat-and-imported-wine-why-ethical-eating-often-stops-at-the-restaurant-door-106926/" aria-label="Read more about Red meat and imported wine: why ethical eating often stops at the restaurant door">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Lloyd Jones, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne For many years experts in the field of drug policy in Australia have known existing policies are failing. Crude messages (calls for total abstinence: “just say no to drugs”) and even cruder enforcement strategies (harsher penalties, criminalisation of ... <a title="Here’s why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/heres-why-doctors-are-backing-pill-testing-at-music-festivals-across-australia-109430/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Chambers, Lecturer, School of Education (Qld), Australian Catholic University Secondary school can be a lonely place for adolescents who don’t have a best friend or a group of trusted friends. Young people will be more skilled in the art of making genuine friends (and keeping them) ... <a title="Adolescence can be awkward. Here’s how parents can help their child make and maintain good friendships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/adolescence-can-be-awkward-heres-how-parents-can-help-their-child-make-and-maintain-good-friendships-107362/" aria-label="Read more about Adolescence can be awkward. Here’s how parents can help their child make and maintain good friendships">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & SocioTechnical Studies, Griffith University It’s a new day not very far in the future. You wake up; your wristwatch has recorded how long you’ve slept, and monitored your heartbeat and breathing. You drive to work; car sensors track your ... <a title="Very risky business: the pros and cons of insurance companies embracing artificial intelligence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/very-risky-business-the-pros-and-cons-of-insurance-companies-embracing-artificial-intelligence-106536/" aria-label="Read more about Very risky business: the pros and cons of insurance companies embracing artificial intelligence">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Cowan, Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Sydney An angry man stands at the crossroads and rails against the moral cesspit around him, teeming with sexual deviants and jumped-up immigrants. This is the image which the Roman poet Juvenal paints of the satirist castigating the vices ... <a title="Guide to the Classics: Juvenal, the true satirist of Rome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/guide-to-the-classics-juvenal-the-true-satirist-of-rome-106156/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the Classics: Juvenal, the true satirist of Rome">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Busbridge, Lecturer in Sociology, Australian Catholic University We see the word “nationalism” as problematic. The weekend rally on St Kilda beach, organised by far-right activist Neil Erikson, reminds us nationalism is the territory of fringe groups who hold bigoted views, particularly towards people who aren’t “white”. ... <a title="The far-right may think they own ‘nationalism’, but we can reclaim it as a force for good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/the-far-right-may-think-they-own-nationalism-but-we-can-reclaim-it-as-a-force-for-good-107788/" aria-label="Read more about The far-right may think they own ‘nationalism’, but we can reclaim it as a force for good">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question 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 Curious Kids. Hello. ... <a title="Curious Kids: is it true dogs don’t like to travel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/curious-kids-is-it-true-dogs-dont-like-to-travel-108670/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: is it true dogs don’t like to travel?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Groom, Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute This article is part of our occasional long read series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in the broader context of society and humanity. Scientists love analogies. We use them continually to communicate ... <a title="Five life lessons from your immune system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/five-life-lessons-from-your-immune-system-103425/" aria-label="Read more about Five life lessons from your immune system">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University Australian politics in 2019 will inevitably be dominated by the federal election, expected in May. So what can we expect for the year ahead? Here’s your handy politics bingo card to play as we watch the ideas, ... <a title="Pencils ready: it’s time for Politics 2019 Bingo!" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/pencils-ready-its-time-for-politics-2019-bingo-108503/" aria-label="Read more about Pencils ready: it’s time for Politics 2019 Bingo!">Read more</a>
