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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Constant Mews, Director, Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University Algebra, alchemy, artichoke, alcohol, and apricot all derive from Arabic words which came to the West during the age of Crusades. Even more fundamental are the Indo-Arabic numerals (0-9), which replaced Roman numerals during the same period and ... <a title="Explainer: what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/explainer-what-western-civilisation-owes-to-islamic-cultures-101195/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ajay Pandey, Senior Lecturer (Intelligent Bionics and Soft Robotics), Queensland University of Technology We have robots that can walk, see, talk and hear, and manipulate objects in their robotic hands. There’s even a robot that can smell. But what about a sense of touch? This is easier ... <a title="It’s not easy to give a robot a sense of touch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/its-not-easy-to-give-a-robot-a-sense-of-touch-118111/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not easy to give a robot a sense of touch">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University A report released last week showed quality preschool would deliver a two-for-one return on investment for Australia: that is, for every dollar governments invest in preschool, two dollars will be returned to the economy. Commissioned by early childhood ... <a title="Report finds every $1 Australia spends on preschool will return $2, but this won’t just magically happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/report-finds-every-1-australia-spends-on-preschool-will-return-2-but-this-wont-just-magically-happen-120217/" aria-label="Read more about Report finds every $1 Australia spends on preschool will return $2, but this won’t just magically happen">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has cut deeming rate for large investments from 3.25% to 3%, and for smaller ones from 1.75% all the way down to 1%, backdated to the start of July. But exactly is ... <a title="They’ve cut deeming rates, but what are they?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/14/theyve-cut-deeming-rates-but-what-are-they-120333/" aria-label="Read more about They’ve cut deeming rates, but what are they?">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2019
By Jigger J. Jerusalem in Cagayan De Oro, Mindanao, Philippines In the wake of an attack against a hard-hitting Filipino broadcaster in Kidapawan City – the 14th media practitioner to be killed during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte – the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) is holding a forum in Cagayan ... <a title="NUJP raises alarm over safety of media workers after Mindanao shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/14/nujp-raises-alarm-over-safety-of-media-workers-after-mindanao-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about NUJP raises alarm over safety of media workers after Mindanao shooting">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The new video produced by Blessen Tom and Sri Krishnamurthi for AUT’s Pacific Media Centre. By Sri Krishnamurthi “It’s a bit of a lighthouse” for vital regional news and information, says former contributing editor Alex Perrottet summing up the value of the Pacific Media Centre’s Pacific ... <a title="‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/13/pacific-media-watch-the-genesis-a-new-freedom-ethics-and-plurality-doco/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Wendy Bacon Journalism is not a crime, which is why we must support Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in his battle against extradition to the United States, where he would be tried for offences under the Espionage Act. On Wednesday last week, it was Assange’s birthday. His last seven birthdays were spent in Ecuador’s ... <a title="Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support Wikileaks and Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/13/wendy-bacon-journalism-is-not-a-crime-why-i-support-wikileaks-and-julian-assange/" aria-label="Read more about Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support Wikileaks and Julian Assange">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] Michelle Grattan talks with University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Deep Saini about the government’s proposal to put a referendum this term to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution. They discuss whether Indigenous leaders are likely to make the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s plans for Indigenous recognition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-governments-plans-for-indigenous-recognition-120231/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s plans for Indigenous recognition">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. River red gums, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, are among the most iconic of Australia’s eucalypts. They are the most widely distributed of ... <a title="The river red gum is an icon of the driest continent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/the-river-red-gum-is-an-icon-of-the-driest-continent-118839/" aria-label="Read more about The river red gum is an icon of the driest continent">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra The proposed ban on some textured breast implants announced by the Australian pharmaceuticals and medical devices regulator earlier this week tells us something very disquieting about the effectiveness of consumer protection. It will not reassure women ... <a title="The TGA’s proposed breast implant ban exposes a litany of failures, and fails to protect women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/the-tgas-proposed-breast-implant-ban-exposes-a-litany-of-failures-and-fails-to-protect-women-120281/" aria-label="Read more about The TGA’s proposed breast implant ban exposes a litany of failures, and fails to protect women">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Christensen, Lecturer in Criminology & Justice | Co-leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit (SVRPU), University of the Sunshine Coast Jeffrey Epstein, a powerfully connected American financier, is facing charges of sex trafficking, bringing underage girls as young as 14 years old into homes ... <a title="Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest is the tip of the iceberg: human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/jeffrey-epsteins-arrest-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-human-trafficking-is-the-worlds-fastest-growing-crime-120225/" aria-label="Read more about Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest is the tip of the iceberg: human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing crime">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide in Karida, Papua New Guinea On Wednesday, some of the bodies of 18 women and children in Papua New Guinea were buried by the roadside in Karida Number One village. They were the latest innocent victims of a 20-year tribal war driven by local warlords in the Tagali Local level ... <a title="Women who died in PNG’s Karida massacre were community ‘anchors’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/women-who-died-in-pngs-karida-massacre-were-community-anchors/" aria-label="Read more about Women who died in PNG’s Karida massacre were community ‘anchors’">Read more</a>
