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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neal Hughes, Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Water prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin have reached their highest levels since the worst of the Millennium drought more than a decade ago. These high water prices are causing much anxiety in ... <a title="Drought and climate change are driving high water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/drought-and-climate-change-are-driving-high-water-prices-in-the-murray-darling-basin-119993/" aria-label="Read more about Drought and climate change are driving high water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
It seems inevitable that New Zealand will soon officially be in a state of emergency over climate change, with a declaration likely to be passed in Parliament. Is this a good thing? The debate over moving into official emergency status has already been going on in every local government body throughout the country. A large ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The problems with declaring climate change emergencies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-problems-with-declaring-climate-change-emergencies/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The problems with declaring climate change emergencies">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Even though we can see the Moon shining brightly in the night sky – and sometimes in daylight – it’s hard to put into perspective just how large, and just how distant, our nearest neighbour actually is. So just ... <a title="How big is the Moon? Let me compare …" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/how-big-is-the-moon-let-me-compare-118840/" aria-label="Read more about How big is the Moon? Let me compare …">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
By Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s threat to pursue anyone who impedes investment is worrying environmental activists who claim that such actions could criminalise those fighting for the environment, reports CNN Indonesia. Jokowi made the threat during his July 14 “Vision Indonesia” speech, in which he said he would chase and “soundly ... <a title="Jokowi’s investment vision worrying environmental activists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/jokowis-investment-vision-worrying-environmental-activists/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi’s investment vision worrying environmental activists">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Barratt, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University A NSW Coronial Inquest investigating a series of drug-related deaths at Australian music festivals has heard evidence of festival goers taking multiple concurrent doses of MDMA to avoid police detection and not receiving ... <a title="The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/the-profile-of-festival-drug-takers-might-be-different-to-what-you-expect-120161/" aria-label="Read more about The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expect">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil R Jordan, Lecturer, UNSW Humans and dogs go way back. From wolf totems to the big bad wolf of fact and fairy tale, through sheepdogs, lap dogs, and labradoodles, our relationships with these animals are complex, emotionally charged and sometimes contradictory. The split between humanity’s lavishing ... <a title="Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a ‘Fido fund’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/dog-owners-could-take-the-lead-on-dingo-conservation-with-a-fido-fund-118124/" aria-label="Read more about Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a ‘Fido fund’">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Foreign affairs and trade Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Beware, nice guys finish last Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters’ big pitch to the United States on free trade: ‘You’re missing out!’ Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters pushes ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 18 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-18-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 18 2019">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Blaskovich, Senior Research Officer, The University of Queensland Artistic depictions of several chemical elements feature in a new exhibition from today as part of Australia’s celebrations for the International Year of the Periodic Table. They are the work of artists Damon Kowarsky and Hyunju Kim, who ... <a title="When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/when-an-artist-looks-at-a-chemical-element-what-do-they-see-117906/" aria-label="Read more about When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Hopkins, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University In 2017, a small group of male prisoners participated in an eight-week yoga program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre(AMC), which houses all adult prisoners in Canberra. While prison yoga programs have been evaluated in other countries, this yoga program was ... <a title="First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/first-ever-australian-study-shows-how-yoga-can-improve-the-lives-of-prisoners-120226/" aria-label="Read more about First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ramon Zenel Shaban, Clinical Chair and Professor of Infection Prevention and Disease Control at the University of Sydney, University of Sydney “Travel safe, travel far, travel wide, and travel often,” says Nomadic Matt, the American who quit his job to travel the world, write about it and ... <a title="Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/air-travel-spreads-infections-globally-but-health-advice-from-inflight-magazines-can-limit-that-120283/" aria-label="Read more about Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Con Doolan, Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown made headlines this week after he objected to a proposed wind farm on Tasmania’s Robbins Island. The development would see 200 towers built, each standing 270 metres from base to the ... <a title="Taller, faster, better, stronger: wind towers are only getting bigger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/taller-faster-better-stronger-wind-towers-are-only-getting-bigger-120492/" aria-label="Read more about Taller, faster, better, stronger: wind towers are only getting bigger">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Bone, Lecturer, Massey University A majority of academic staff at some of Australia’s top universities work in casual or fixed-term positions. This reflects a trend towards casualisation in academia, and other industries, in Australia and New Zealand. Fixed-term employment is also a form of precarious employment. ... <a title="Dependent and vulnerable: the experiences of academics on casual and insecure contracts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/dependent-and-vulnerable-the-experiences-of-academics-on-casual-and-insecure-contracts-118608/" aria-label="Read more about Dependent and vulnerable: the experiences of academics on casual and insecure contracts">Read more</a>
