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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaime Gongora, Associate Professor, Animal and Wildlife Genetics and Genomics, University of Sydney Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world with more than 56,000 recorded species, some 9,000 of which are unique. However protecting and researching this natural treasure has been extraordinarily difficult during ... <a title="Peace with nature: helping former Colombian guerrilla fighters to become citizen scientists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/peace-with-nature-helping-former-colombian-guerrilla-fighters-to-become-citizen-scientists-121695/" aria-label="Read more about Peace with nature: helping former Colombian guerrilla fighters to become citizen scientists">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Graham, Executive Director, La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University Concerns are growing about Chinese influence on Australian universities. Some universities are reviewing research partnerships with Chinese state-owned companies after the ABC’s Four Corners revealed links to technology being used by the Chinese Government to carry out ... <a title="Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That’s a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/australia-has-too-few-home-grown-experts-on-the-chinese-communist-party-thats-a-problem-121174/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That’s a problem">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Millar, Lecturer, La Trobe University Family planning organisation and abortion provider Marie Stopes today warned that Australian women face a confusing patchwork of state-based laws and service shortages that restrict access to abortions, based on where they live. At the centre of these inconsistent laws is ... <a title="Here’s why there should be no gestational limits for abortion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/heres-why-there-should-be-no-gestational-limits-for-abortion-121500/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why there should be no gestational limits for abortion">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian R. Camilleri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Technology Sydney Ever relied on an online review to make a purchasing decision? How do you know it was actually genuine? Consumer reviews can be hugely influential, so it’s hardly surprising there’s a thriving trade in fake ones. ... <a title="How to spot a fake review: you’re probably worse at it than you realise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/how-to-spot-a-fake-review-youre-probably-worse-at-it-than-you-realise-121043/" aria-label="Read more about How to spot a fake review: you’re probably worse at it than you realise">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Williams, Senior Research Fellow & Lecturer, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England Australia has made a global commitment to “sustainable agriculture”, an endeavour seen as increasingly crucial to ending world poverty, halting biodiversity loss, and combating climate change. A recent report from ... <a title="Australia urgently needs real sustainable agriculture policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/australia-urgently-needs-real-sustainable-agriculture-policy-120597/" aria-label="Read more about Australia urgently needs real sustainable agriculture policy">Read more</a>
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August 12, 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. Government John Armstrong (1News): Winston Peters has breached trust in threatening ‘to chuck a spanner’ into abortion reform Audrey Young (Herald): How Winston Peters failed his coalition partner (paywalled) Henry ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 12 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-12-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 12 2019">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, ‘Data as a Source of Market Power’ Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW Australia’s consumer watchdog has recommended major changes to our consumer protection and privacy laws. If these reforms are ... <a title="Here’s how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/heres-how-tech-giants-profit-from-invading-our-privacy-and-how-we-can-start-taking-it-back-120078/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne In light of the ministerial direction issued to the Australian Federal Police by the Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on August 9, it would be a spectacular contradiction in policy if the Australian ... <a title="Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/dutton-directive-gives-journalists-more-breathing-space-but-not-whistleblowers-121730/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney Earlier this year, a new app was launched in China to put the patriotism of Chinese citizens to the test. Named “Study Xi to Strengthen the Nation”, the app quizzes users on all things related ... <a title="Chinese propaganda goes tech-savvy to reach a new generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/chinese-propaganda-goes-tech-savvy-to-reach-a-new-generation-119642/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese propaganda goes tech-savvy to reach a new generation">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in recent days that “TAFE is as good as university”, and in many cases leads to better pay. TAFE plays a vital role, but for most university students, a TAFE course is not going ... <a title="If you have a low ATAR, you could earn more doing a VET course than a uni degree – if you’re a man" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/if-you-have-a-low-atar-you-could-earn-more-doing-a-vet-course-than-a-uni-degree-if-youre-a-man-121624/" aria-label="Read more about If you have a low ATAR, you could earn more doing a VET course than a uni degree – if you’re a man">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Hutchison, Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University The past year has seen wide concern about the safety of medical implants. Some of the worst scandals have involved devices for women, such as textured breast implants with links to cancer, and transvaginal mesh implants, which were the subject ... <a title="Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/why-women-are-more-likely-to-have-dodgy-hip-implants-or-other-medical-devices-121363/" aria-label="Read more about Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Daft, Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University An open letter from 24 scientists published in Nature last month calls on governments to draft a new Geneva Convention dedicated to protecting the environment during armed conflict. This inspired a number of headlines that misleadingly said the scientists ... <a title="Environmental destruction is a war crime, but it’s almost impossible to fall foul of the laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/environmental-destruction-is-a-war-crime-but-its-almost-impossible-to-fall-foul-of-the-laws-121180/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental destruction is a war crime, but it’s almost impossible to fall foul of the laws">Read more</a>
