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April 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Clayton, Lecturer in Curriculum Studies (Primary), University of Tasmania Shutterstock Fewer students are choosing language electives at school, but contrary to popular perception, it isn’t purely a lack of interest causing the decline. My recent study suggests students want to study a language, but can’t. Language ... <a title="3 barriers that stop students choosing to learn a language in high school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/26/3-barriers-that-stop-students-choosing-to-learn-a-language-in-high-school-178033/" aria-label="Read more about 3 barriers that stop students choosing to learn a language in high school">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Eager, Senior Lecturer Freelancing, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, University of Tasmania shutterstock Announce to your friends and family that you’re choosing to live in your vehicle and you’re likely to raise some concern. The 2017 book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder ... <a title="It’s not all nomadland: how #vanlife made mobile living a middle-class aspiration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/26/its-not-all-nomadland-how-vanlife-made-mobile-living-a-middle-class-aspiration-180876/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not all nomadland: how #vanlife made mobile living a middle-class aspiration">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emlyn Dodd, Assistant Director of Archaeology, British School at Rome; Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie University; Research Affiliate, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, Macquarie University Hand Clutching an Olive Branch ca. 1353–1323 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period The Metropolitan Museum of Art In this series, academics explain the ... <a title="Remaking history: using Ancient Egyptian techniques, I made delicious olive oil at home – and you can too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/26/remaking-history-using-ancient-egyptian-techniques-i-made-delicious-olive-oil-at-home-and-you-can-too-180018/" aria-label="Read more about Remaking history: using Ancient Egyptian techniques, I made delicious olive oil at home – and you can too">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor has maintained unchanged its solid two-party leads in both Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review’s Ipsos poll. In Newspoll, published in The Australian, Labor is ahead of the Coalition 53-47% for the third consecutive poll. In Ipsos, it is ... <a title="Labor maintains election-winning leads in Newspoll and Ipsos, as opposition to unveil Pacific initiatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/26/labor-maintains-election-winning-leads-in-newspoll-and-ipsos-as-opposition-to-unveil-pacific-initiatives-181867/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains election-winning leads in Newspoll and Ipsos, as opposition to unveil Pacific initiatives">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romain Fathi, Senior Lecturer, History, Flinders University Guilliame Horcajuelo/EPA/AP Emmanuel Macron has been reelected as President of the Republic of France for a second five-year term. He defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round of the presidential election only hours ago, winning about 58.8% ... <a title="Emmanuel Macron is reelected but the French are longing for radical change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/25/emmanuel-macron-is-reelected-but-the-french-are-longing-for-radical-change-181488/" aria-label="Read more about Emmanuel Macron is reelected but the French are longing for radical change">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Nicole Sharwood, Public health and injury epidemiologist | Expert Witness, University of Sydney Shutterstock Child’s play involves risk and challenge, a vital part of development. Failing, falling and picking yourself up again are crucial life lessons. But children also need to be protected from severe and ... <a title="Giant tube slides and broken legs: why the latest playground craze is a serious hazard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/25/giant-tube-slides-and-broken-legs-why-the-latest-playground-craze-is-a-serious-hazard-181073/" aria-label="Read more about Giant tube slides and broken legs: why the latest playground craze is a serious hazard">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Declan Kuch, Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Parks Australia/AAP Last month former carbon market watchdog Andrew MacIntosh blew the whistle on Australia’s carbon offset market. He described the scheme as a “rort” with up to 80% of carbon offsets “markedly ... <a title="Now we know the flaws of carbon offsets, it’s time to get real about climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/25/now-we-know-the-flaws-of-carbon-offsets-its-time-to-get-real-about-climate-change-181071/" aria-label="Read more about Now we know the flaws of carbon offsets, it’s time to get real about climate change">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jun Yao, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Macquarie University shutterstock Have you noticed your favourite chocolate is a little smaller, there are fewer biscuits in the same-sized package or bags of chips contain more air? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. What marketers call a “contents reduction strategy” ... <a title="All new smaller size! Why getting less with shrinkflation is preferable to paying more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/25/all-new-smaller-size-why-getting-less-with-shrinkflation-is-preferable-to-paying-more-181326/" aria-label="Read more about All new smaller size! Why getting less with shrinkflation is preferable to paying more">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Kell, Honorary Research Associate, Murdoch University HappyWaldo/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Chloé, the French nude by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, is an Australian cultural icon. Chloé made its debut at the 1875 Paris Salon and won medals at the 1879 Sydney and 1880 Melbourne international exhibitions. In December ... <a title="Chloé: how a 19th-century French nude ended up in a Melbourne pub – and became an icon for Australian soldiers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/25/chloe-how-a-19th-century-french-nude-ended-up-in-a-melbourne-pub-and-became-an-icon-for-australian-soldiers-180032/" aria-label="Read more about Chloé: how a 19th-century French nude ended up in a Melbourne pub – and became an icon for Australian soldiers">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the government fights for its life, John Howard, the Liberals’ living icon, has been on the campaign trail. It’s not all been smooth sailing for the veteran, however. When Anthony Albanese had his now infamous numbers lapse, Howard’s first ... <a title="View from The Hill: Could going too negative on ‘teals’ do Liberals more harm than good?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/25/view-from-the-hill-could-going-too-negative-on-teals-do-liberals-more-harm-than-good-181837/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Could going too negative on ‘teals’ do Liberals more harm than good?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Professor Rod Jackson In a recent article (Weekend Herald, April 16) John Roughan wrote that the covid-19 pandemic has been an anticlimax in Aotearoa New Zealand. Surprisingly, he acknowledges covid-19 has killed about 25 million people worldwide, so hopefully he was referring to New Zealand’s 600 deaths. He goes on to ask how ... <a title="Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/rod-jackson-why-new-zealands-response-to-the-covid-pandemic-was-proportionate/" aria-label="Read more about Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt A. Field, Associate Professor – Bioinformatics, James Cook University Barry Eggleton, Author provided Many people know modern dogs evolved from the grey wolf. But did you know most of the more than 340 modern dog breeds we have today only emerged within the past 200 years? ... <a title="From wolf to chihuahua: new research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of dogs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/from-wolf-to-chihuahua-new-research-reveals-where-the-dingo-sits-on-the-evolutionary-timeline-of-dogs-181605/" aria-label="Read more about From wolf to chihuahua: new research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of dogs">Read more</a>
