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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Burton, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne The 2020-21 fire season is well underway, and we’ve watched in horror as places like K’gari (Fraser Island) burn uncontrollably, threatening people and their homes and devastating the environment. Read more: The K’gari-Fraser Island bushfire is causing catastrophic damage. What ... <a title="How the size and shape of dried leaves can turn small flames into colossal bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/how-the-size-and-shape-of-dried-leaves-can-turn-small-flames-into-colossal-bushfires-150951/" aria-label="Read more about How the size and shape of dried leaves can turn small flames into colossal bushfires">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University It’s a tough time to be a university student. Amid a global pandemic, overstretched mental health services and sweeping university staff cuts, students have had to attend classes and hand in ... <a title="Stressed out, dropping out: COVID has taken its toll on uni students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/stressed-out-dropping-out-covid-has-taken-its-toll-on-uni-students-152004/" aria-label="Read more about Stressed out, dropping out: COVID has taken its toll on uni students">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krystian Seibert, Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Christmas is nearly here, and as we enjoy buying presents for family and friends, it’s also a time when many of us think about donating to charity. As last summer’s bushfires showed, the devastation caused ... <a title="The dos and don’ts of donating — how to give wisely this Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/the-dos-and-donts-of-donating-how-to-give-wisely-this-christmas-150530/" aria-label="Read more about The dos and don’ts of donating — how to give wisely this Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University A week ahead of Thursday’s budget update, it finally happened. Instead of the government paying to borrow in a way that would add to the burden on the budget (as has happened since time immemorial) it actually got paid to ... <a title="Negative rates explained: how money for (less than) nothing is helping out the budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/negative-rates-explained-how-money-for-less-than-nothing-is-helping-out-the-budget-152082/" aria-label="Read more about Negative rates explained: how money for (less than) nothing is helping out the budget">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tof Eklund, Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series is one of the world’s best-selling video game series. Featuring settings ranging from Ancient Greece to the French revolution, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, released last month, takes the player into the mind of Evior, a viking raider ... <a title="Assassin’s Creed: after 13 years, 12 games and a ton of sales, what’s the secret to the franchise’s success?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/assassins-creed-after-13-years-12-games-and-a-ton-of-sales-whats-the-secret-to-the-franchises-success-150265/" aria-label="Read more about Assassin’s Creed: after 13 years, 12 games and a ton of sales, what’s the secret to the franchise’s success?">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Sheldon Chanel in Suva The uproar over the recent fisticuffs between Chinese and Taiwanese diplomats in Fiji may have subsided, with the Fijian police declaring the case closed, but the incident has left analysts in the Pacific concerned about what they called Beijing’s increasingly hostile tactics in the region. The altercation took place ... <a title="The Taiwan ‘prize’ and the US-China rivalry in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/the-taiwan-prize-and-the-us-china-rivalry-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about The Taiwan ‘prize’ and the US-China rivalry in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. With respect to the Covid19 pandemic, our news media is biased towards the United States and Western Europe. Little do we know that the worst affected region of the world over the last month or two has been Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. This region was relatively unaffected in March and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Eastern Europe and Canada" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-eastern-europe-and-canada/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Eastern Europe and Canada">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Aged care in Australia is underfunded. As a consequence, many older Australians don’t have the support they need. Today’s federal government announcement of A$850 million for an additional 10,000 home care packages goes some way to addressing the long waiting ... <a title="Yes, older Australians need more home-care funding. But these dribs and drabs only make a dent in the waiting list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/yes-older-australians-need-more-home-care-funding-but-these-dribs-and-drabs-only-make-a-dent-in-the-waiting-list-152165/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, older Australians need more home-care funding. But these dribs and drabs only make a dent in the waiting list">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nugent, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University Review: Biting the Clouds: a Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act by Fiona Foley, UQP In late 1897, the colonial Queensland parliament introduced the oddly named the Aboriginals ... <a title="Review: Fiona Foley’s Biting the Clouds is a visceral look at opium and control on the colonial frontier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/review-fiona-foleys-biting-the-clouds-is-a-visceral-look-at-opium-and-control-on-the-colonial-frontier-151748/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Fiona Foley’s Biting the Clouds is a visceral look at opium and control on the colonial frontier">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Allen, Swinburne Space Office Project Coordinator | Manager Swinburne Astronomy Productions, Swinburne University of Technology Since time immemorial, humans have been fascinated by the night sky. Our relationship with it was forever changed in the early 1600s, when Galileo Galilei raised a small hand-held telescope to ... <a title="The best gift in the galaxy: an astronomer’s guide to buying a home telescope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/the-best-gift-in-the-galaxy-an-astronomers-guide-to-buying-a-home-telescope-151374/" aria-label="Read more about The best gift in the galaxy: an astronomer’s guide to buying a home telescope">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cath Pearn, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research I’m sure most people can remember trying to master a certain maths rule or procedure in primary or secondary school. My elderly mother has a story about a time her father was helping her with arithmetic homework. ... <a title="Jump, split or make to the next 10: strategies to teach maths have changed since you were at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/jump-split-or-make-to-the-next-10-strategies-to-teach-maths-have-changed-since-you-were-at-school-150262/" aria-label="Read more about Jump, split or make to the next 10: strategies to teach maths have changed since you were at school">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Briefings to Incoming Ministers Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government briefings blame Covid and are a double edged sword No Right Turn: BIM day Henry Cooke (Stuff): Some cash, please: Many government departments want more funding after Covid-19 Herald: Briefings to ministers: ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 16 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-16-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 16 2020">Read more</a>
