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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Q J Wang, Professor, University of Melbourne Earlier this year, researchers suggested the amount of water returned to the Murray Darling Basin under a federal program has been “grossly exaggerated”, to the tune of hundreds of billions of litres. The report argued that government investment in irrigation ... <a title="Billions spent on Murray-Darling water infrastructure: here’s the result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/billions-spent-on-murray-darling-water-infrastructure-heres-the-result-119985/" aria-label="Read more about Billions spent on Murray-Darling water infrastructure: here’s the result">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Burch, Accredited Dietitian/Nutritionist & PhD Candidate, Griffith University Want to boost your immune system, reduce your physical signs of ageing, or cleanse your blood to get rid of toxins? Intravenous (IV) vitamin therapy, or vitamin drips, promise to help. Some claim they can even benefit serious ... <a title="Do vitamin drips really work? The evidence says ‘no’, so save your money and eat real food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/do-vitamin-drips-really-work-the-evidence-says-no-so-save-your-money-and-eat-real-food-116823/" aria-label="Read more about Do vitamin drips really work? The evidence says ‘no’, so save your money and eat real food">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priya Dev, Blockchain Researcher & Lecturer Data Analysis, Australian National University Amid the hype around Facebook’s plan to launch its own cryptocurrency, Libra, there’s one big question. How is the company going to profit from it? The project relies on developing blockchain technology. But blockchain’s whole raison ... <a title="All the hype around Libra is a red herring. Facebook’s main game is Calibra" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/all-the-hype-around-libra-is-a-red-herring-facebooks-main-game-is-calibra-119595/" aria-label="Read more about All the hype around Libra is a red herring. Facebook’s main game is Calibra">Read more</a>
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July 8, 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 Cancer care Newshub: Expert slams successive Governments’ approach to cancer Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government promises to cancer patients could come back to bite as politics takes over RNZ: Terminally ill father garners 130k signatures ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 08 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-08-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 08 2019">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Dalziell, Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, University of Western Australia Fifty years after her death, Australian writer Charmian Clift is experiencing a renaissance. Born in 1923, Clift co-authored three novels with her husband George Johnston, wrote two under her own name, produced two travel memoirs, ... <a title="‘A woman ahead of her time’: remembering the Australian writer Charmian Clift, 50 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/a-woman-ahead-of-her-time-remembering-the-australian-writer-charmian-clift-50-years-on-117322/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A woman ahead of her time’: remembering the Australian writer Charmian Clift, 50 years on">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
TVNZ’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver reports on organisers trying to shut down the outgoing Miss Heilala Queen during her final address. Video: TVNZ By Kalafi Moala in Nuku’alofa Angry criticism has flooded social media over a reported intervention by Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister – including calls for his resignation – at the Miss Heilala beauty ... <a title="Anger as Tongan beauty queen’s bullying claim speech disrupted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/anger-as-tongan-beauty-queens-bullying-claim-speech-disrupted/" aria-label="Read more about Anger as Tongan beauty queen’s bullying claim speech disrupted">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Sven Tuzovic, Senior Lecturer, QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology From the Fitbit to Apple’s smartwatch, wearable tech is becoming increasingly popular across the globe. Compared to other nations like US, which has seen higher adoption of fitness trackers, uptake in Australia is still less ... <a title="Treat or trick: we asked people how they feel about sharing fitness data with insurance companies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/treat-or-trick-we-asked-people-how-they-feel-about-sharing-fitness-data-with-insurance-companies-119806/" aria-label="Read more about Treat or trick: we asked people how they feel about sharing fitness data with insurance companies">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alana Schetzer, Sessional Tutor and Journalist, University of Melbourne The rapid spread of fake news can influence millions of people, impacting elections and financial markets. A study on the impact of fake news on the 2016 US presidential election, for instance, has found that fake news stories ... <a title="Governments are making fake news a crime – but it could stifle free speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/governments-are-making-fake-news-a-crime-but-it-could-stifle-free-speech-117654/" aria-label="Read more about Governments are making fake news a crime – but it could stifle free speech">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University The NSW inquest into recent drug deaths at music festivals is due to start this week. So focus is turning to how to make music festivals safer by reducing drug-related incidents. We know that prohibition doesn’t ... <a title="Testing festival goers’ pills isn’t the only way to reduce overdoses. Here’s what else works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/testing-festival-goers-pills-isnt-the-only-way-to-reduce-overdoses-heres-what-else-works-118827/" aria-label="Read more about Testing festival goers’ pills isn’t the only way to reduce overdoses. Here’s what else works">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Midgley, Honorary Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Southern Queensland Just before the May federal election, then shadow treasurer Chris Bowen gave a speech in which he lamented the low levels of Year 12 students studying Mandarin in Australia. The speech was at a launch ... <a title="China crisis? Hardly – it doesn’t matter most Aussie kids don’t speak fluent Mandarin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/china-crisis-hardly-it-doesnt-matter-most-aussie-kids-dont-speak-fluent-mandarin-119647/" aria-label="Read more about China crisis? Hardly – it doesn’t matter most Aussie kids don’t speak fluent Mandarin">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Associate Director – City Futures – Urban Policy and Strategy, City Futures Research Centre, Housing Policy and Practice, UNSW In the wake of slumping demand for apartment building, it’s little wonder the multi-unit housing industry has been eagerly eyeing a possible new residential product: “build-to-rent”. ... <a title="Build to rent could shake up real estate but won’t take off without major tax changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/build-to-rent-could-shake-up-real-estate-but-wont-take-off-without-major-tax-changes-119603/" aria-label="Read more about Build to rent could shake up real estate but won’t take off without major tax changes">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne Australia took its eyes off long-term unemployment, for what it thought were good reasons. Long-term unemployment is defined as unemployment for more than 12 months in a row. In the early 1990s, after the “recession we had to have”, ... <a title="What we missed while we looked away — the growth of long‐term unemployment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/what-we-missed-while-we-looked-away-the-growth-of-long-term-unemployment-119870/" aria-label="Read more about What we missed while we looked away — the growth of long‐term unemployment">Read more</a>
