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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Smith, Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape in south-west Victoria is the first Indigenous Australian landscape to be gazetted on the World Heritage List purely for its cultural values. This listing breaks an invisible barrier: ... <a title="Budj Bim’s world heritage listing is an Australian first – what other Indigenous cultural sites could be next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/budj-bims-world-heritage-listing-is-an-australian-first-what-other-indigenous-cultural-sites-could-be-next-120097/" aria-label="Read more about Budj Bim’s world heritage listing is an Australian first – what other Indigenous cultural sites could be next?">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Figure 10: A Kanak voter wearing a ‘Kanaky New Caledonia’ flag tee shirt at the Loyalty Islands special polling booth in Vallee du Tir, Noumea. Image: David Robie David Robie Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Abstract The French-ruled territory of New Caledonia, or Kanaky, as Indigenous pro-independence campaigners call their cigar-shaped islands, voted on their political ... <a title="Independence for Kanaky: A media and political stalemate or a ‘three strikes’ Frexit challenge?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/independence-for-kanaky-a-media-and-political-stalemate-or-a-three-strikes-frexit-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Independence for Kanaky: A media and political stalemate or a ‘three strikes’ Frexit challenge?">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Paul Fisher, Head of Directing, Department of Film, Screen and Creative Media, Bond University Something incredible might be happening to James Bond: a separation, a personal Brexit of sorts. According to the Daily Mail, while Daniel Craig will return as Bond in the next film, Bond ... <a title="A black, female 007? As a lifelong James Bond fan, I say bring it on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/a-black-female-007-as-a-lifelong-james-bond-fan-i-say-bring-it-on-120419/" aria-label="Read more about A black, female 007? As a lifelong James Bond fan, I say bring it on">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University A freedom of information request has revealed Adani sought the names of CSIRO and Geoscience Australia scientists involved in reviewing groundwater management plans related to its proposed Carmichael mine. Adani ... <a title="Adani has set a dangerous precedent in requesting scientists’ names" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/adani-has-set-a-dangerous-precedent-in-requesting-scientists-names-120487/" aria-label="Read more about Adani has set a dangerous precedent in requesting scientists’ names">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Kang, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney I Need to Know is an ongoing series for teens in search of reliable, confidential advice about life’s tricky questions. If you’re a teen, send us your questions about sex, drugs, health and relationships and we’ll ask an expert ... <a title="‘How do I increase my libido?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/how-do-i-increase-my-libido-118341/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How do I increase my libido?’">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katarina Miljkovic, ARC DECRA fellow, Curtin University Look up on a clear night and you can see some circular formations on the face of our lunar neighbour. These are impact craters, circular depressions found on planetary surfaces. About a century ago, they were suspected to exist on ... <a title="Why the Moon is such a cratered place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/why-the-moon-is-such-a-cratered-place-118842/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Moon is such a cratered place">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident senior fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney The past three days in US politics have been very difficult – and ugly. President Donald Trump chosen to exploit divisions inside the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives – generational and ideological – ... <a title="US House of Representatives condemns racist tweets in another heady week under President Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/us-house-of-representatives-condemns-racist-tweets-in-another-heady-week-under-president-donald-trump-120425/" aria-label="Read more about US House of Representatives condemns racist tweets in another heady week under President Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Two school girls from East Java, Aeshnina Azzahra (alias Nina), 12, and Zahira Zade, 11, have sent hand-written protest letters to US President Donald Trump over the dumping of toxic plastic waste in Indonesia. The letters were sent through the US Consulate-General in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya, reports ... <a title="Indonesian schoolgirls tell Trump ‘take back your toxic rubbish’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/indonesian-schoolgirls-tell-trump-take-back-your-toxic-rubbish/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian schoolgirls tell Trump ‘take back your toxic rubbish’">Read more</a>
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July 17, 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 Climate change Zane Small (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern defends ‘laughable’ 5 percent tax proposed on farming emissions Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Farmers exempt from 95 percent of emissions charges under new proposed rules Jenée Tibshraeny ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 17 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-17-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 17 2019">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sumeet Walia, Senior Lecturer and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, RMIT University What better way to build smarter computer chips than to mimic nature’s most perfect computer – the human brain? Being able to store, delete and process information is crucial for computing, and the brain does this extremely ... <a title="An electronic chip that makes ‘memories’ is a step towards creating bionic brains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/an-electronic-chip-that-makes-memories-is-a-step-towards-creating-bionic-brains-119741/" aria-label="Read more about An electronic chip that makes ‘memories’ is a step towards creating bionic brains">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Debates about constitutional change in Australia inevitably raise the poor success rate of referendums. Only eight out of 44 attempts have ever succeeded and there has not been a successful constitutional change since 1977. So why was the ... <a title="Changing the Australian Constitution was always meant to be difficult – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/changing-the-australian-constitution-was-always-meant-to-be-difficult-heres-why-119162/" aria-label="Read more about Changing the Australian Constitution was always meant to be difficult – here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, Univeristy of Western Australia, University of Western Australia Therapies given to infants before they receive a diagnosis of autism may lead to important improvements in their language abilities, according to our new research published today in the journal ... <a title="Treating suspected autism at 12 months of age improves children’s language skills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/treating-suspected-autism-at-12-months-of-age-improves-childrens-language-skills-120331/" aria-label="Read more about Treating suspected autism at 12 months of age improves children’s language skills">Read more</a>
