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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharina J. Peters, Postdoctoral fellow, Flinders University A parasite known to infect beaks in some iconic Darwin finches on the Galapagos Islands is changing the mating song of male birds. Our research, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, reveals how the parasite deforms the ... <a title="A parasite attack on Darwin’s finches means they’re losing their lovesong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/a-parasite-attack-on-darwins-finches-means-theyre-losing-their-lovesong-118586/" aria-label="Read more about A parasite attack on Darwin’s finches means they’re losing their lovesong">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Marino, Lecturer and Researcher, RMIT University Uber Air will start test flights of its aerial taxi service in 2020, and move to commercial operations by 2023, the ABC reported today. Melbourne, Dallas and Los Angels have been named as three test cities for the trial. Along ... <a title="Uber in the air: flying taxi trials may lead to passenger service by 2023" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/uber-in-the-air-flying-taxi-trials-may-lead-to-passenger-service-by-2023-118681/" aria-label="Read more about Uber in the air: flying taxi trials may lead to passenger service by 2023">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Baisden, Professor and Chair in Lake and Freshwater Sciences, University of Waikato Internationally, the Ardern government is seen as a progressive beacon, and its recent budget was watched closely as a milestone in the “year of delivery” for Ardern’s well-being agenda. The budget is a leap ... <a title="How New Zealand’s well-being budget delivers for the environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/how-new-zealands-well-being-budget-delivers-for-the-environment-118109/" aria-label="Read more about How New Zealand’s well-being budget delivers for the environment">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Imagine if the Government had announced the $20b new spend on the military on Budget Day. Or if yesterday’s announcement had occurred before the declaration that New Zealand was pulling its troops out of Iraq. It would have been much less palatable to supporters, some of whom are already questioning the priorities of this Labour-led ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The camouflaged military spend-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-camouflaged-military-spend-up/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The camouflaged military spend-up">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Brown, Postdoctoral Research Affiliate, University of Adelaide; Chief Science Storyteller, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute In recent years, we’ve seen increasing scrutiny about the procedures being delivered in the IVF clinic, often referred to as “add-on” or supplementary technologies. These are optional extras you ... <a title="Fertility miracle or fake news? Understanding which IVF ‘add-ons’ really work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/fertility-miracle-or-fake-news-understanding-which-ivf-add-ons-really-work-118585/" aria-label="Read more about Fertility miracle or fake news? Understanding which IVF ‘add-ons’ really work">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Syme, PhD Candidate, Vertebrate Palaeontology, The University of Queensland 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 and ... <a title="Curious Kids: why did the dinosaurs die?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/curious-kids-why-did-the-dinosaurs-die-111912/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why did the dinosaurs die?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Holbrook, ARC DECRA Fellow at Deakin University, Deakin University This article was developed from a series of interviews with politicians, officials and other key players, including former Immigration minister Chris Evans and former Victorian premier Steve Bracks. Others preferred to remain anonymous. We know very little ... <a title="The shameful history of blundering asylum seeker policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/the-shameful-history-of-blundering-asylum-seeker-policy-118396/" aria-label="Read more about The shameful history of blundering asylum seeker policy">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Fifteen months after the treaty pledged to usher in a “new chapter” in the relationship between Australia and neighbouring Timor-Leste, the document remains unratified and the country loses millions of dollars a month from a Timor Sea field belonging to the Timorese. Reporting in the latest edition of Eureka Street, freelance ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s lost oil millions blamed on Australia’s ‘rip-off’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/timor-lestes-lost-oil-millions-blamed-on-australias-rip-off/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s lost oil millions blamed on Australia’s ‘rip-off’">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The first question that will have to be answered before the case against the alleged perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque attacks can proceed is whether he is fit to stand trial. When there is no debate about whether a ... <a title="Establishing fitness to stand trial as the first step in Christchurch attack court process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/establishing-fitness-to-stand-trial-as-the-first-step-in-christchurch-attack-court-process-118587/" aria-label="Read more about Establishing fitness to stand trial as the first step in Christchurch attack court process">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Fisher, Assistant Professor in Journalism, University of Canberra Australian news consumers access news less often and have lower interest in it compared to citizens in many other countries. At the same time, Australians are more likely to think the news media are doing a good job ... <a title="Australians are less interested in news and consume less of it compared to other countries, survey finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/australians-are-less-interested-in-news-and-consume-less-of-it-compared-to-other-countries-survey-finds-118333/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are less interested in news and consume less of it compared to other countries, survey finds">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newdesk A Kiwi photographer was stabbed last week during a roadside robbery in Papua New Guinea. Colin Monteath, 71, and Australians Chris Hoy and Greg Mortimer had all their belongings stolen near the city of Mt Hagen while on their way to visit the popular destination Rondon Ridge Lodge, reports the Otago ... <a title="Kiwi photographer stabbed during roadside robbery in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/kiwi-photographer-stabbed-during-roadside-robbery-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi photographer stabbed during roadside robbery in PNG">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Fiji expects a total value of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2019-2020 to be F$154.4 million, reports FBC News. According to FBC’s northern editor Elenoa Turagaiviu, this will consist of $13.8 million to be disbursed as cash grants and $140.6 million of aid-in-kind contributions. According to the 2019-2020 Budget Supplement, the ... <a title="$154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/154m-earmarked-for-development-assistance-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about $154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji">Read more</a>
