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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kym Simoncini, Associate professor Early Childhood and Primary Education, University of Canberra Christmas is just around the corner. If you’re wondering what to get your child, your friends’ children, your nieces, nephews or basically any very young person in your life – I highly recommend picture books. ... <a title="5 reasons I always get children picture books for Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/5-reasons-i-always-get-children-picture-books-for-christmas-127801/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons I always get children picture books for Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill John Swannie, Lecturer in College of Law and Justice, Victoria University With summer holidays around the corner, many Victorians may be thinking about offering their homes through a home-share platform, such as Airbnb, while they get away themselves. Airbnb’s terms of service describe home-share arrangements as ... <a title="Your Airbnb guest could be a tenant. Until the law is cleared up, hosts are in limbo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/your-airbnb-guest-could-be-a-tenant-until-the-law-is-cleared-up-hosts-are-in-limbo-128051/" aria-label="Read more about Your Airbnb guest could be a tenant. Until the law is cleared up, hosts are in limbo">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Zizzo, Professor and Academic Dean of the School of Economics, The University of Queensland As Christmas shopping ramps up, you may be getting a lot of emails offering you attractive discounts for a short period only. You may see flash sales or special deals that exhort ... <a title="Must end soon! But not too soon! The catch in time-limited sales tactics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/must-end-soon-but-not-too-soon-the-catch-in-time-limited-sales-tactics-124897/" aria-label="Read more about Must end soon! But not too soon! The catch in time-limited sales tactics">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Nickl, Lecturer in International Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, University of Sydney Jojo Rabbit is not Disney Studios’ first foray into Hitler parody. In 1943, it produced der Fuehrer’s Face – an anti-Nazi film inside Donald Duck’s nightmares. Now, Disney is the Australian distributor of Jojo ... <a title="Jojo Rabbit: Hitler humour and a child’s eye view of war make for dark satire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/16/jojo-rabbit-hitler-humour-and-a-childs-eye-view-of-war-make-for-dark-satire-128622/" aria-label="Read more about Jojo Rabbit: Hitler humour and a child’s eye view of war make for dark satire">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne At the December 12 UK election, the Conservatives won 365 of the 650 House of Commons seats (up 48 since the 2017 election), Labour 202 (down 60), the Scottish National Party (SNP) 48 (up 13) ... <a title="Conservative landslide at UK’s Brexit election; Trump’s ratings rise on strong US economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/14/conservative-landslide-at-uks-brexit-election-trumps-ratings-rise-on-strong-us-economy-128699/" aria-label="Read more about Conservative landslide at UK’s Brexit election; Trump’s ratings rise on strong US economy">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Tormey, Professor of Politics, University of Bristol So for all the talk of narrowing polls, tactical voting, and possible shocks leading to a hung parliament, Boris Johnson achieved a crushing victory over Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party in the UK’s general election of 2019. With ... <a title="Johnson’s thumping win an electoral lesson in not just having policies, but knowing how to sell them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/14/johnsons-thumping-win-an-electoral-lesson-in-not-just-having-policies-but-knowing-how-to-sell-them-128243/" aria-label="Read more about Johnson’s thumping win an electoral lesson in not just having policies, but knowing how to sell them">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has rejected or sidelined a number of recommendations from the long-awaited Thodey review of the public service that might have constrained his and his government’s power. Not surprisingly, a proposal to ensure changes to the machinery of government ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison won’t have a bar of public service intrusions on government’s power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/13/view-from-the-hill-morrison-wont-have-a-bar-of-public-service-intrusions-on-governments-power-128880/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison won’t have a bar of public service intrusions on government’s power">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] For their last video for the year, University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan look backwards to the big issues which have shaped political discourse. They discuss the surprise election results, and the ongoing natural disasters ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan reflects on the year in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/13/video-michelle-grattan-reflects-on-the-year-in-politics-128858/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan reflects on the year in politics">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Loader, Emeritus Professor of New Testament at Murdoch University, Murdoch University This article is part of our Gender and Christianity series. To understand contemporary Christian ideas about gender, and specifically masculinity, we need to go all the way back to the values that shaped Christian origins ... <a title="God as man, man as God: no wonder many Christian men today are having a masculinity crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/13/god-as-man-man-as-god-no-wonder-many-christian-men-today-are-having-a-masculinity-crisis-126504/" aria-label="Read more about God as man, man as God: no wonder many Christian men today are having a masculinity crisis">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gissing, General Manager, Risk Frontiers, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University Calls are growing for a national bushfire plan, including from former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who says they are an issue of national security and the federal government must provide hands-on leadership. It’s true that more people ... <a title="Australia needs a national crisis plan, and not just for bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/13/australia-needs-a-national-crisis-plan-and-not-just-for-bushfires-128781/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a national crisis plan, and not just for bushfires">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology Popular commentary on dating apps often associates their use with “risky” sex, harassment and poor mental health. But anyone who has used a dating app knows there’s much more to ... <a title="Right-swipes and red flags – how young people negotiate sex and safety on dating apps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/13/right-swipes-and-red-flags-how-young-people-negotiate-sex-and-safety-on-dating-apps-128390/" aria-label="Read more about Right-swipes and red flags – how young people negotiate sex and safety on dating apps">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Grimmer, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania Australian shoppers are set to spend $52.7 billion this Christmas. In the words of the retail industry, we are “stampeding” to empty our wallets, both online and in stores. The shopping frenzy ... <a title="Your Christmas shopping could harm or help the planet. Which will it be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/13/your-christmas-shopping-could-harm-or-help-the-planet-which-will-it-be-123340/" aria-label="Read more about Your Christmas shopping could harm or help the planet. Which will it be?">Read more</a>
