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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra “Fake news” is not just a problem of misleading or false claims on fringe websites, it is increasingly filtering into the mainstream and has the potential to be deeply destructive. My recent analysis ... <a title="Australia – How misinformation about 5G is spreading within our government institutions – and who’s responsible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/how-misinformation-about-5g-is-spreading-within-our-government-institutions-and-whos-responsible-139304/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – How misinformation about 5G is spreading within our government institutions – and who’s responsible">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney From next year, access to e-cigarettes and related products containing liquid nicotine will require a doctor’s prescription. This is to ensure liquid nicotine is handled like the poisonous, addictive substance it is and not promoted to young people. It’s ... <a title="Making it harder to import e-cigarettes is good news for our health, especially young people’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/making-it-harder-to-import-e-cigarettes-is-good-news-for-our-health-especially-young-peoples-141986/" aria-label="Read more about Making it harder to import e-cigarettes is good news for our health, especially young people’s">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology The sentencing of the Christchurch mosque killer was always going to be tense. Having admitted his guilt in March, his declaration that he would now represent himself at the hearing on August 24 only adds to that tension. ... <a title="How will the court deal with the Christchurch mosque killer representing himself at sentencing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/how-will-the-court-deal-with-the-christchurch-mosque-killer-representing-himself-at-sentencing-142554/" aria-label="Read more about How will the court deal with the Christchurch mosque killer representing himself at sentencing?">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Davies, Lecturer, School of the Arts & Media, UNSW Review: A Room Made of Leaves, Text Publishing Some time ago, during the renovation of a historic house in Sydney, a tin box, sealed with wax and wrapped in oiled canvas, was found wedged under a beam ... <a title="Review: Kate Grenville’s A Room Made of Leaves fills the silence of the archives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/review-kate-grenvilles-a-room-made-of-leaves-fills-the-silence-of-the-archives-141985/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Kate Grenville’s A Room Made of Leaves fills the silence of the archives">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News Grey Power is enraged by what it says is the “stupid and dangerous” behaviour of people fleeing managed isolation facilities, and says they need the book thrown at them. A person broke a window and absconded from an Auckland hotel on Friday, the fourth such escape in a week. The ... <a title="‘Lock them up’, says furious Grey Power over covid isolation escapees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/lock-them-up-says-furious-grey-power-over-covid-isolation-escapees/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lock them up’, says furious Grey Power over covid isolation escapees">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
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 National Party Tim Watkin (Pundit): National’s Problem With Privacy And Privilege Andrea Vance (Stuff): Dirty Politics: Can National stop the rot? Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Only two things can rescue Muller and the National Party ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 13 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-13-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 13 2020">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohan Clarke, Director, Monash Drone Discovery Platform, and Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Monash University This article is part of Flora, Fauna, Fire, a special project by The Conversation that launched this week. The project tracks the recovery of Australia’s native plants and animals after last summer’s bushfire ... <a title="Our helicopter rescue may seem a lot of effort for a plain little bird, but it was worth it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/our-helicopter-rescue-may-seem-a-lot-of-effort-for-a-plain-little-bird-but-it-was-worth-it-138818/" aria-label="Read more about Our helicopter rescue may seem a lot of effort for a plain little bird, but it was worth it">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Marsh, Research fellow at the Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University This article is part of Flora, Fauna, Fire, a special project by The Conversation that launched this week. The project tracks the recovery of Australia’s native plants and animals after last summer’s bushfire tragedy. Explore the ... <a title="I’m searching firegrounds for surviving Kangaroo Island Micro-trapdoor spiders. 6 months on, I’m yet to find any" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/im-searching-firegrounds-for-surviving-kangaroo-island-micro-trapdoor-spiders-6-months-on-im-yet-to-find-any-139556/" aria-label="Read more about I’m searching firegrounds for surviving Kangaroo Island Micro-trapdoor spiders. 6 months on, I’m yet to find any">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Lintermans, Associate professor, University of Canberra This article is part of Flora, Fauna, Fire, a special project by The Conversation that launched this week. The project tracks the recovery of Australia’s native plants and animals after last summer’s bushfire tragedy. Explore the project here and read ... <a title="Double trouble: this plucky little fish survived Black Summer, but there’s worse to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/double-trouble-this-plucky-little-fish-survived-black-summer-but-theres-worse-to-come-139921/" aria-label="Read more about Double trouble: this plucky little fish survived Black Summer, but there’s worse to come">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum This article is part of Flora, Fauna, Fire, a special project by The Conversation that launched this week. The project tracks the recovery of Australia’s native plants and animals after last summer’s bushfire tragedy. Explore the project ... <a title="A few months ago, science gave this rare lizard a name – and it may already be headed for extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/a-few-months-ago-science-gave-this-rare-lizard-a-name-and-it-may-already-be-headed-for-extinction-140356/" aria-label="Read more about A few months ago, science gave this rare lizard a name – and it may already be headed for extinction">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Matisoo-Smith, Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Otago How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl brought the topic to public attention when he sailed a balsa-wood raft ... <a title="Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/did-ancient-americans-settle-in-polynesia-the-evidence-doesnt-stack-up-142383/" aria-label="Read more about Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University New research on disadvantage in Australia has found the gap between rich and poor is very wide in Sydney, while much of Queensland struggles with educational disadvantage ... <a title="Where are the most disadvantaged parts of Australia? New research shows it’s not just income that matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/where-are-the-most-disadvantaged-parts-of-australia-new-research-shows-its-not-just-income-that-matters-132428/" aria-label="Read more about Where are the most disadvantaged parts of Australia? New research shows it’s not just income that matters">Read more</a>
