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November 14, 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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Euthanasia Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Euthanasia bill proves there’s power in a party-of-one Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Euthanasia’s parliamentary battle is won. Now the real fight begins Anna Whyte (1News): Parliament ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 14 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-14-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 14 2019">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Wasef, Postdoctoral research fellow, Griffith University These days, not many Aussies consider the ibis a particularly admirable creature. But these birds, now colloquially referred to as “bin chickens” due to their notorious scavenging antics, have a grandiose and important place in history – ancient Egyptian history, ... <a title="Holy bin chickens: ancient Egyptians tamed wild ibis for sacrifice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/14/holy-bin-chickens-ancient-egyptians-tamed-wild-ibis-for-sacrifice-126186/" aria-label="Read more about Holy bin chickens: ancient Egyptians tamed wild ibis for sacrifice">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Ward, PhD candidate, University of Sydney The ABC has announced it will not provide live radio coverage of the Olympics for the first time in 67 years for budgetary reasons, and because Australians now have the “increased ability to access Olympics coverage in other ways”. The ... <a title="Nation-building to ‘national shame’: the ABC’s complex debate over its role as sports broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/14/nation-building-to-national-shame-the-abcs-complex-debate-over-its-role-as-sports-broadcaster-126924/" aria-label="Read more about Nation-building to ‘national shame’: the ABC’s complex debate over its role as sports broadcaster">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Mosley, Research Fellow, Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting one in 350 Australians. It’s caused by the loss of cells deep within the brain that produce a neurotransmitter called dopamine. Degeneration of these neurons impairs the ... <a title="Why do many people with Parkinson’s disease develop an addiction? We built a virtual casino to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/14/why-do-many-people-with-parkinsons-disease-develop-an-addiction-we-built-a-virtual-casino-to-find-out-126019/" aria-label="Read more about Why do many people with Parkinson’s disease develop an addiction? We built a virtual casino to find out">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael James Walsh, Assistant Professor Social Science, University of Canberra The concept of “home” refers to more than bricks and mortar. Just as cities are more than buildings and infrastructure, our homes carry all manner of emotional, aesthetic and socio-cultural significance. Our research investigates music and sound ... <a title="Sonic havens: how we use music to make ourselves feel at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/14/sonic-havens-how-we-use-music-to-make-ourselves-feel-at-home-126188/" aria-label="Read more about Sonic havens: how we use music to make ourselves feel at home">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lin Crase, Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia The deal to crank up Adelaide’s desalination plant to make more water available to farmers in the drought-stricken Murray-Darling Basin makes no sense. It involves the federal government paying the South Australian government up ... <a title="Up the creek: the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/14/up-the-creek-the-85-million-plan-to-desalinate-water-for-drought-relief-126681/" aria-label="Read more about Up the creek: the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Andreallo, Lecturer in digital culture, University of Sydney When thinking of sexbots, companionship might not be the first word that comes to mind. But sexbot advertising promises more than sex toys. It is also selling emotional intimacy: robots marketed as if they are capable of meeting ... <a title="Robots with benefits: how sexbots are marketed as companions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/14/robots-with-benefits-how-sexbots-are-marketed-as-companions-126262/" aria-label="Read more about Robots with benefits: how sexbots are marketed as companions">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Oliver, Research Leader in Respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Senior Lecturer, School of Medical & Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology Sydney New South Wales and Queensland are in the grip of a devastating bushfire emergency, which has tragically ... <a title="How does poor air quality from bushfire smoke affect our health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/how-does-poor-air-quality-from-bushfire-smoke-affect-our-health-126835/" aria-label="Read more about How does poor air quality from bushfire smoke affect our health?">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toni Noble, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology & Education, Australian Catholic University More than 600 schools have been closed, and some damaged, in recent days as bushfires rage across Queensland and New South Wales. Some students have been urgently evacuated while in school. People have lost ... <a title="Bushfires can make kids scared and anxious: here are 5 steps to help them cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/bushfires-can-make-kids-scared-and-anxious-here-are-5-steps-to-help-them-cope-126926/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfires can make kids scared and anxious: here are 5 steps to help them cope">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Moore, Senior lecturer in English, the University of Otago, New Zealand, University of Otago Bushfire writing has long been a part of Australian literature. Tales of heroic rescues and bush Christmases describe a time when the fire season was confined only to summer months and Australia’s ... <a title="‘Like volcanoes on the ranges’: how Australian bushfire writing has changed with the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/like-volcanoes-on-the-ranges-how-australian-bushfire-writing-has-changed-with-the-climate-126831/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Like volcanoes on the ranges’: how Australian bushfire writing has changed with the climate">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya M Howard, Senior research fellow, University of New England It’s five years since government worker Glen Turner was murdered by a farmer in a confrontation over land clearing laws. Media reporting after his death frequently propagated the image of the “poor farmer” at the mercy of ... <a title="Farmers, murder and the media: getting to the bottom of the city-country divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/farmers-murder-and-the-media-getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-city-country-divide-125735/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers, murder and the media: getting to the bottom of the city-country divide">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Australians woke to the news last weekend that a 19-year-old Warlpiri man had been shot and killed by a police officer in Yuendumu, 300km north-west of Alice Springs. A confrontation had occurred after two officers ... <a title="If Australian police officers are allowed to shoot to kill, they should be better trained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/if-australian-police-officers-are-allowed-to-shoot-to-kill-they-should-be-better-trained-126820/" aria-label="Read more about If Australian police officers are allowed to shoot to kill, they should be better trained">Read more</a>
