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July 2, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A report on the alleged mismanagement and abuse charges at the University of the South Pacific is due by August 16, reports Islands Business. New Zealand accounting firm BDO Auckland has been selected to conduct the special investigation in response to allegations of speedy appointments and contract renewals as well as ... <a title="Report into USP mismanagement allegations due next month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/report-into-usp-mismanagement-allegations-due-next-month/" aria-label="Read more about Report into USP mismanagement allegations due next month">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
By Michael Andrew A group of University of the South Pacific journalism students have returned from a week-long trip in the Solomon Islands covering communities at the forefront of climate change. Rosalie Nongebatu, Romeka Kumari and Ben Bilua, who are also part of Wansolwara team, were selected to be a part of the project “Adapting ... <a title="USP journo students return from ‘successful’ Solomons climate project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/usp-journo-students-return-from-successful-solomons-climate-project/" aria-label="Read more about USP journo students return from ‘successful’ Solomons climate project">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Elfving-Hwang, Associate Professor of Korean Studies, University of Western Australia The phenomenal success of K-pop (Korean pop music) and its biggest export bands such as BTS, EXO, Blackpink, MONSTA X and Red Velvet can largely be credited to their highly active and dedicated fandom. This is ... <a title="K-pop fans are creative, dedicated and social – we should take them seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/k-pop-fans-are-creative-dedicated-and-social-we-should-take-them-seriously-119300/" aria-label="Read more about K-pop fans are creative, dedicated and social – we should take them seriously">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Anna Huggins, Senior Lecturer in Law, Queensland University of Technology Federal MP Amanda Rishworth raised concerns over the weekend that Australia could be headed for another robo-debt ordeal after the government reportedly confirmed the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will use data matching to audit childcare rebates. ... <a title="We need human oversight of machine decisions to stop robo-debt drama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/we-need-human-oversight-of-machine-decisions-to-stop-robo-debt-drama-118691/" aria-label="Read more about We need human oversight of machine decisions to stop robo-debt drama">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Gestational diabetes is a specific type of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy. Once you’ve had gestational diabetes, your risk of having it again in your next pregnancy is higher. So too is your lifetime chance of developing ... <a title="Had gestational diabetes? Here are 5 things to help lower your future risk of type 2 diabetes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/had-gestational-diabetes-here-are-5-things-to-help-lower-your-future-risk-of-type-2-diabetes-114298/" aria-label="Read more about Had gestational diabetes? Here are 5 things to help lower your future risk of type 2 diabetes">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University As China solidifies its new status as superpower, we’re publishing a series looking at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields ... <a title="With China’s swift rise as naval power, Australia needs to rethink how it defends itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/with-chinas-swift-rise-as-naval-power-australia-needs-to-rethink-how-it-defends-itself-119459/" aria-label="Read more about With China’s swift rise as naval power, Australia needs to rethink how it defends itself">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
The public’s trust in the competency and integrity of the public service is an essential element of any democracy. If citizens think that those running government departments are foolish, dishonest, or dodgy, then the whole system can start to fall apart. We see the results of such distrust in plenty of other countries. Here in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-lack-of-accountability-over-treasurys-bogus-hacking-claim/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim">Read more</a>
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July 2, 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 Housing Chris Trotter (Interest): Why the government’s housing policies aren’t about to take a sharp left turn Shane Te Pou (Newsroom): How housing could go from clumsy to savvy Southland Times Editorial: For tenants ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-02-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2019">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriele Gratton, Associate Professor of Economics and Scientia Fellow, UNSW There’s a very good chance that later today the Reserve Bank will cut its cash rate to 1%. Some predict more cuts by the end of the year, perhaps to 0.5%. It’s understandable. Economic growth is under-performing; ... <a title="Rate cuts might hurt, as well as help. What if this man didn’t need to do as much?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/rate-cuts-might-hurt-as-well-as-help-what-if-this-man-didnt-need-to-do-as-much-119378/" aria-label="Read more about Rate cuts might hurt, as well as help. What if this man didn’t need to do as much?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling On the outskirts of Sydney, in a secret bushland location, lies what’s officially known as the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER). In books and movies, it’d be called a body farm. Maiken Ueland at the AFTER facility run by ... <a title="‘This is going to affect how we determine time since death’: how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/this-is-going-to-affect-how-we-determine-time-since-death-how-studying-body-donors-in-the-bush-is-changing-forensic-science-117662/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is going to affect how we determine time since death’: how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Kowal, Professor of Anthropology, Deakin University Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited conditions, like Huntington’s Disease or rare cancers. Now, new genetic tests called “polygenic risk scores” have increased access to genetic ... <a title="Genetic risk tests are now widely available, but they aren’t always useful – and could even be harmful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/genetic-risk-tests-are-now-widely-available-but-they-arent-always-useful-and-could-even-be-harmful-119231/" aria-label="Read more about Genetic risk tests are now widely available, but they aren’t always useful – and could even be harmful">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Hjorth, Professor of Mobile Media and Games, RMIT University Over the first weeks of July 2016, a strange phenomenon started to unfold in many parts of the world. A mobile game went viral. Streets in Barcelona, Melbourne, Singapore and New York began to fill with hordes ... <a title="Meet Sofia: a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/meet-sofia-a-67-year-old-widow-who-uses-pokemon-go-to-reconnect-with-her-city-119389/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Sofia: a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city">Read more</a>
