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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ausma Bernot, Lecturer in Technology and Crime, Griffith University BixPixel Photo/Shutterstock Roblox is a hugely popular online gaming platform that contains its own little universe of games. It is primarily targeted at children. Users can create games themselves and play games built by others, and chat with ... <a title="Roblox was just banned in Turkey to ‘protect children’. What’s Australia doing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/roblox-was-just-banned-in-turkey-to-protect-children-whats-australia-doing-236489/" aria-label="Read more about Roblox was just banned in Turkey to ‘protect children’. What’s Australia doing?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Hodge, Adjunct professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Queensland’s Labor government turned heads last week with a bold new election promise. If returned to power, it would set up 12 state-owned petrol stations and limit fuel price rises to just five cents a litre ... <a title="Queensland’s premier wants publicly owned petrol stations – is that a good idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/queenslands-premier-wants-publicly-owned-petrol-stations-is-that-a-good-idea-236408/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland’s premier wants publicly owned petrol stations – is that a good idea?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Lucigerma/Shutterstock Food prices are adding pressure on household budgets, especially for Australians on the lowest incomes. To help save money on the weekly groceries, consider adding these five staples to your shopping trolley: eggs, oats, carrots, ... <a title="5 foods to add to your shopping list to save money – and they’re good for you too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/5-foods-to-add-to-your-shopping-list-to-save-money-and-theyre-good-for-you-too-229903/" aria-label="Read more about 5 foods to add to your shopping list to save money – and they’re good for you too">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnie Lloydd, Senior Lecturer in Law and Co-Director New Zealand Centre for Public Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Today marks 75 years since the adoption of the Geneva Conventions on August 12 1949. In theory, these rules of war are universally ... <a title="The Geneva Conventions at 75: do the laws of war still have a fighting chance in today’s bloody world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/the-geneva-conventions-at-75-do-the-laws-of-war-still-have-a-fighting-chance-in-todays-bloody-world-235882/" aria-label="Read more about The Geneva Conventions at 75: do the laws of war still have a fighting chance in today’s bloody world?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Newspoll, conducted August 5–9 from a sample of 1,266, had Labor and the Coalition tied at 50–50, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the ... <a title="Labor still struggling in polls as Newspoll tied" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/labor-still-struggling-in-polls-as-newspoll-tied-236235/" aria-label="Read more about Labor still struggling in polls as Newspoll tied">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Vincent, Professor of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology meunierd/Shutterstock When you think of John Lennon from The Beatles, you’re likely to picture him with his circular, wire-rimmed glasses. But at times, he wore contact lenses, or at least he tried to. They kept ... <a title="John Lennon wore contact lenses that kept on pinging out. Then he smoked pot and the rest is history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/john-lennon-wore-contact-lenses-that-kept-on-pinging-out-then-he-smoked-pot-and-the-rest-is-history-235595/" aria-label="Read more about John Lennon wore contact lenses that kept on pinging out. Then he smoked pot and the rest is history">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Hare, Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University Jason Benz Bennee, Shutterstock Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels. While this coal and gas is burned beyond our borders, the climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions affect us all. My colleagues and I at ... <a title="Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/dug-up-in-australia-burned-around-the-world-exporting-fossil-fuels-undermines-climate-targets-236248/" aria-label="Read more about Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Taras Vyshnya/Shutterstock The growth of cities worldwide is contributing to more intense drought conditions in many cities, including Sydney, a new Chinese study has found. This is adding to urban heat and water stress. These important ... <a title="Urban growth is leading to more intense droughts for most of the world’s cities – and Sydney is a case study for areas at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/urban-growth-is-leading-to-more-intense-droughts-for-most-of-the-worlds-cities-and-sydney-is-a-case-study-for-areas-at-risk-236315/" aria-label="Read more about Urban growth is leading to more intense droughts for most of the world’s cities – and Sydney is a case study for areas at risk">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnee Shay, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow School of Education, The University of Queensland The recent Closing the Gap report had some promising news for education, with a 25% increase in Aboriginal children enrolled in childcare over the past seven years. But other report figures show there ... <a title="Aboriginal children as young as 5 are getting suspended from school. We can’t ‘close the gap’ if this is happening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/aboriginal-children-as-young-as-5-are-getting-suspended-from-school-we-cant-close-the-gap-if-this-is-happening-235889/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal children as young as 5 are getting suspended from school. We can’t ‘close the gap’ if this is happening">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilary A Smith, Honorary Research Fellow (Linguistics), Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University From the beginning of the 2025 school year, all schools will be required to use structured literacy – also known as “phonics” or the “science of reading” – to teach children how to ... <a title="Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children to hold on to their mother tongue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/bilingualism-under-threat-structured-literacy-will-make-it-harder-for-children-to-hold-on-to-their-mother-tongue-236140/" aria-label="Read more about Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children to hold on to their mother tongue">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University Stan/Matchbox Pictures The new Stan Original Australian crime series, Critical Incident, joins a long and impressive list of local crime dramas from streaming platforms, including Scrublands (2023) and Binge’s recent release High Country. This time, the camera zooms ... <a title="Critical Incident: new series set in Western Sydney examines the role of policing in diverse communities – with mixed results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/critical-incident-new-series-set-in-western-sydney-examines-the-role-of-policing-in-diverse-communities-with-mixed-results-234686/" aria-label="Read more about Critical Incident: new series set in Western Sydney examines the role of policing in diverse communities – with mixed results">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Astrid R.N. Haas, Adjunct professor, University of Toronto Land prices across many African cities are soaring. This is because land is a city’s key asset. As urbanisation progresses, demand for land will rise, and therefore so will land prices, because the supply of land in cities is ... <a title="Raising revenue from land: what African cities might learn from Hong Kong’s unique land-lease system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/11/raising-revenue-from-land-what-african-cities-might-learn-from-hong-kongs-unique-land-lease-system-235327/" aria-label="Read more about Raising revenue from land: what African cities might learn from Hong Kong’s unique land-lease system">Read more</a>
