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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Lecturer, Languages and Literature of Ancient Israel, Macquarie 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: who came up with the first letters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/curious-kids-who-came-up-with-the-first-letters-116816/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: who came up with the first letters?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Belgrave, Lecturer in Politics and Citizenship, Massey University In most countries, the question of whether to produce guns or butter is a metaphor for whether a country should put its efforts into defence or well-being. In New Zealand, this debate is much more literal and has ... <a title="With climate change likely to sharpen conflict, NZ balances pacifist traditions with defence spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/with-climate-change-likely-to-sharpen-conflict-nz-balances-pacifist-traditions-with-defence-spending-118783/" aria-label="Read more about With climate change likely to sharpen conflict, NZ balances pacifist traditions with defence spending">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will J Grant, Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University In an ideal world, people would look at issues with a clear focus only on the facts. But in the real world, we know that doesn’t happen often. People often ... <a title="We asked people to do climate change maths. Their answers depended on their politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/we-asked-people-to-do-climate-change-maths-their-answers-depended-on-their-politics-117503/" aria-label="Read more about We asked people to do climate change maths. Their answers depended on their politics">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mihiri Silva, Paediatric dentist, Senior Lecturer and Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute If you imagine a teething child, what do you see? An irritable tot with a fever, in pain, and generally unwell? Teething’s a normal developmental process that people have long associated with illness. ... <a title="Beware the teething trap. Many products don’t work, and can even be dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/beware-the-teething-trap-many-products-dont-work-and-can-even-be-dangerous-117673/" aria-label="Read more about Beware the teething trap. Many products don’t work, and can even be dangerous">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Zaphir, Researcher for the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project; and Online Teacher at Education Queensland’s IMPACT Centre, The University of Queensland This essay is part of a series of articles on the future of education. For much of human history, education has served an important ... <a title="What’s the point of education? It’s no longer just about getting a job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/whats-the-point-of-education-its-no-longer-just-about-getting-a-job-117897/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the point of education? It’s no longer just about getting a job">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Enrolments to Australian public universities boomed during the last decade. This was due to a government policy known as “demand driven funding”, which between 2012 and 2017 allowed universities to enrol unlimited numbers of domestic bachelor-degree students. In 2017, ... <a title="More students are going to university than before, but those at risk of dropping out need more help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/more-students-are-going-to-university-than-before-but-those-at-risk-of-dropping-out-need-more-help-118764/" aria-label="Read more about More students are going to university than before, but those at risk of dropping out need more help">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Slonim, Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Do you think you are paying more than you should for energy, banking, insurance, internet and phone services? You are not alone, and you are probably right. Companies offer a growing number of deals that supposedly enable you to ... <a title="Inducing consumer paralysis: how retailers bury customers in an avalanche of choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/inducing-consumer-paralysis-how-retailers-bury-customers-in-an-avalanche-of-choice-116078/" aria-label="Read more about Inducing consumer paralysis: how retailers bury customers in an avalanche of choice">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin T. Jones, Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia When the Australian constitution was written in the 1890s, the authors did not envision an independent nation, but a self-governing dominion of the British empire. As such, the preamble does not contain flowery language about national values. Instead it ... <a title="Young Australians champion ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ in designing constitutional change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/young-australians-champion-democracy-and-freedom-in-designing-constitutional-change-118530/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians champion ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ in designing constitutional change">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Australians love our iconic coastal lifestyle. So many of our settlements are spread along our huge coastline. Real estate prices soar where we can catch a view of the water. But where there are crowded communities, there ... <a title="Australia’s pristine beaches have a poo problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/australias-pristine-beaches-have-a-poo-problem-116175/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s pristine beaches have a poo problem">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Robertson, Innovation Fellow and Lecturer, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Monash University The payment for ecosystem services (PES) model is supporting a new wave of self-determined construction on Aboriginal homelands. With no secure strategy for government infrastructure investment in homelands, particularly in new housing or ... <a title="Caring for Country: how remote communities are building on payment for ecosystem services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/caring-for-country-how-remote-communities-are-building-on-payment-for-ecosystem-services-116737/" aria-label="Read more about Caring for Country: how remote communities are building on payment for ecosystem services">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Scully, Associate Professor of Modern European History, University of New England The New York Times has announced it will no longer be running daily political cartoons in its international edition, amid a continuing controversy over anti-Semitism in its pages. This brings the international paper in line ... <a title="The New York Times ends daily political cartoons, but it’s not the death of the art form" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/the-new-york-times-ends-daily-political-cartoons-but-its-not-the-death-of-the-art-form-118754/" aria-label="Read more about The New York Times ends daily political cartoons, but it’s not the death of the art form">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government almost certainly would have to obtain the support of Tasmanian crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie to amend or repeal the medevac legislation. Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton on Sunday claimed Labor was reconsidering its position on the legislation, but ... <a title="Lambie’s vote key if government wants to have medevac repealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/16/lambies-vote-key-if-government-wants-to-have-medevac-repealed-118905/" aria-label="Read more about Lambie’s vote key if government wants to have medevac repealed">Read more</a>
