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December 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Reese, Research Assistant, University of Melbourne The 1927 Tariff Board inquiry into the import duty on gramophone records coming into Australia was about more than industry protection. In fact the piano roll industry, which might be expected to be the one most concerned about the impact ... <a title="Protecting Australian women from American jazz: the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/25/protecting-australian-women-from-american-jazz-the-hidden-aim-of-the-1927-tariff-inquiry-127522/" aria-label="Read more about Protecting Australian women from American jazz: the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penelope Rossiter, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University From the smell of chlorine to water bombing and a mixing of cultures – just some of reminiscences of 28 Australians in the book, The Memory Pool: Australian stories of summer, sun and swimming compiled ... <a title="Take a plunge into the memories of Australia’s favourite swimming pools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/25/take-a-plunge-into-the-memories-of-australias-favourite-swimming-pools-128928/" aria-label="Read more about Take a plunge into the memories of Australia’s favourite swimming pools">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rheanna Mainzer, Melbourne Early Career Academic Fellow (Statistics Tutor), University of Melbourne Last Christmas, my family gathered to organise our Kris Kringle. My sister drew her husband, but they were already buying presents for each other, so we decided to draw again. No one in my family ... <a title="Merry Christmaths: the statistics of Secret Santa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/merry-christmaths-the-statistics-of-secret-santa-127730/" aria-label="Read more about Merry Christmaths: the statistics of Secret Santa">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Jarden, Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Psychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne Christmas can be a stressful time of year. You will blow your budget, your relatives will annoy you, and you’ll receive gifts that go straight to Vinnies, all in 40℃ heat. ... <a title="Being grateful this Christmas benefits you even when your family’s driving you bananas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/being-grateful-this-christmas-benefits-you-even-when-your-familys-driving-you-bananas-124168/" aria-label="Read more about Being grateful this Christmas benefits you even when your family’s driving you bananas">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Whitehead, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland In recent years, false claims have circulated that electric vehicles are “breaking our roads” because they don’t use fuel and so their drivers don’t pay fuel excise. Heeding such concerns, both the Victorian and New South Wales governments are ... <a title="Wrong way, go back: a proposed new tax on electric vehicles is a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/wrong-way-go-back-a-proposed-new-tax-on-electric-vehicles-is-a-bad-idea-127608/" aria-label="Read more about Wrong way, go back: a proposed new tax on electric vehicles is a bad idea">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England It’s not always possible for families to be together during the Christmas holidays if one parent is working away for several days. They could be on a tour of duty for the Australian Defence Force or in ... <a title="How to support children whose parent works away for long periods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/how-to-support-children-whose-parent-works-away-for-long-periods-125641/" aria-label="Read more about How to support children whose parent works away for long periods">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela McCarthy, Senior Lecturer in Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia A 900kg baby Jesus statue in Mexico that looks remarkably like musician Phil Collins recently became a social media phenomenon. But in considering art history, we can gain some interesting insights into how we have come ... <a title="Baby Jesus in art and the long tradition of depicting Christ as a man-child" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/baby-jesus-in-art-and-the-long-tradition-of-depicting-christ-as-a-man-child-127812/" aria-label="Read more about Baby Jesus in art and the long tradition of depicting Christ as a man-child">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Marc Pilisuk, Jennifer Rountree and Rebecca FerencikFrom Berkeley, CA and Portland, OR In its attempt to stem a spike in the number of Latin American men, women, and children traveling to the U.S., an unprecedented number of them seeking asylum, the Trump administration has pushed Guatemala and other ... <a title="Families Fleeing from Guatemala: A Case of Corporate and State Aggression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/families-fleeing-from-guatemala-a-case-of-corporate-and-state-aggression/" aria-label="Read more about Families Fleeing from Guatemala: A Case of Corporate and State Aggression">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Year, decade in review Audrey Young (Herald): And my politician of the year is … (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern found new heights of power in 2019 – and hit hard limits TVNZ: John Armstrong’s none-too-serious ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 23 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-23-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 23 2019">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Maxwell, Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland I’m a geek. And as a geek, I love my tech toys. But over time I’ve noticed toys are becoming harder to understand. Some modern toys resemble advanced devices. There are flying toys, walking toys, and roving toys. A ... <a title="Robots, AI and drones: when did toys turn into rocket science?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/23/robots-ai-and-drones-when-did-toys-turn-into-rocket-science-127503/" aria-label="Read more about Robots, AI and drones: when did toys turn into rocket science?">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity It took 400 years, but sometime in the early fifth century Christians transformed a tradition about Jesus’s miraculous virgin birth into a doctrine that inextricably connected sex with sin. It has plagued the ... <a title="From virgin births to purity movements: Christians and their problem with sex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/23/from-virgin-births-to-purity-movements-christians-and-their-problem-with-sex-118327/" aria-label="Read more about From virgin births to purity movements: Christians and their problem with sex">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Forgasz, Associate Professor, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University The eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins Sunday, December 22. From Melbourne and New York to Berlin and Moscow, thousands of people will gather to light giant menorahs. In many places, these public ceremonies will be ... <a title="The story of Hanukkah: how a minor Jewish holiday was remade in the image of Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/23/the-story-of-hanukkah-how-a-minor-jewish-holiday-was-remade-in-the-image-of-christmas-127620/" aria-label="Read more about The story of Hanukkah: how a minor Jewish holiday was remade in the image of Christmas">Read more</a>
