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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Kyne, Senior Research Fellow in conservation biology, Charles Darwin University More than 28,000 species around the world are threatened, according to the Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The list, updated on Thursday night, has assessed ... <a title="More than 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/more-than-28-000-species-are-officially-threatened-with-more-likely-to-come-120430/" aria-label="Read more about More than 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to come">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University Two Australian universities, University of Technology Sydney and Curtin University, are conducting internal reviews of their funding and research approval procedures after Four Corners’ revealed their links to researchers whose ... <a title="Australian universities must wake up to the risks of researchers linked to China’s military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/australian-universities-must-wake-up-to-the-risks-of-researchers-linked-to-chinas-military-120574/" aria-label="Read more about Australian universities must wake up to the risks of researchers linked to China’s military">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne The next US presidential election will be held on November 3, 2020. Incumbent president Donald Trump will almost certainly be the Republican nominee, but there is a contest for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Republican ... <a title="US Dem presidential primaries: Biden leading, followed by Sanders, Warren, Harris; and will Trump be beaten?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/us-dem-presidential-primaries-biden-leading-followed-by-sanders-warren-harris-and-will-trump-be-beaten-120340/" aria-label="Read more about US Dem presidential primaries: Biden leading, followed by Sanders, Warren, Harris; and will Trump be beaten?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney Review: Whiteley, Opera Australia, Sydney. Opera Australia’s newest production, Whiteley, brings together three Australian icons. Elena Kats-Chernin, the doyenne of Australian composers, has written an opera on the life of a famous Australian painter and had it staged ... <a title="Opera Australia’s Whiteley brings together 3 icons to tell the artist’s complicated story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/opera-australias-whiteley-brings-together-3-icons-to-tell-the-artists-complicated-story-120575/" aria-label="Read more about Opera Australia’s Whiteley brings together 3 icons to tell the artist’s complicated story">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rona Macniven, Research Fellow, University of Sydney Indigenous Australians have a long and proud heritage in both traditional sports and games, and in modern sport through the achievements of people like Johnathan Thurston and Ashleigh Barty. There’s also long been the belief that sport can be used ... <a title="Are sports programs closing the gap in Indigenous communities? The evidence is limited." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/are-sports-programs-closing-the-gap-in-indigenous-communities-the-evidence-is-limited-120413/" aria-label="Read more about Are sports programs closing the gap in Indigenous communities? The evidence is limited.">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University It’s 50 years since the two Apollo 11 astronauts – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – spent 22 hours collecting samples, deploying experiments and sometimes just playing in the Sea of Tranquillity on the Moon. In ... <a title="We need to protect the heritage of the Apollo missions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/we-need-to-protect-the-heritage-of-the-apollo-missions-117007/" aria-label="Read more about We need to protect the heritage of the Apollo missions">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neal Hughes, Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Water prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin have reached their highest levels since the worst of the Millennium drought more than a decade ago. These high water prices are causing much anxiety in ... <a title="Drought and climate change are driving high water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/drought-and-climate-change-are-driving-high-water-prices-in-the-murray-darling-basin-119993/" aria-label="Read more about Drought and climate change are driving high water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
It seems inevitable that New Zealand will soon officially be in a state of emergency over climate change, with a declaration likely to be passed in Parliament. Is this a good thing? The debate over moving into official emergency status has already been going on in every local government body throughout the country. A large ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The problems with declaring climate change emergencies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-problems-with-declaring-climate-change-emergencies/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The problems with declaring climate change emergencies">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Even though we can see the Moon shining brightly in the night sky – and sometimes in daylight – it’s hard to put into perspective just how large, and just how distant, our nearest neighbour actually is. So just ... <a title="How big is the Moon? Let me compare …" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/how-big-is-the-moon-let-me-compare-118840/" aria-label="Read more about How big is the Moon? Let me compare …">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Barratt, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University A NSW Coronial Inquest investigating a series of drug-related deaths at Australian music festivals has heard evidence of festival goers taking multiple concurrent doses of MDMA to avoid police detection and not receiving ... <a title="The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/the-profile-of-festival-drug-takers-might-be-different-to-what-you-expect-120161/" aria-label="Read more about The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expect">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil R Jordan, Lecturer, UNSW Humans and dogs go way back. From wolf totems to the big bad wolf of fact and fairy tale, through sheepdogs, lap dogs, and labradoodles, our relationships with these animals are complex, emotionally charged and sometimes contradictory. The split between humanity’s lavishing ... <a title="Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a ‘Fido fund’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/dog-owners-could-take-the-lead-on-dingo-conservation-with-a-fido-fund-118124/" aria-label="Read more about Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a ‘Fido fund’">Read more</a>
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July 18, 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 Foreign affairs and trade Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Beware, nice guys finish last Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters’ big pitch to the United States on free trade: ‘You’re missing out!’ Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters pushes ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 18 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-18-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 18 2019">Read more</a>
