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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. When you are in the northern part of Western Australia, one of nature’s joys is seeing a large boab tree ... <a title="Everything that’s great about boab trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/everything-thats-great-about-boab-trees-118821/" aria-label="Read more about Everything that’s great about boab trees">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago An Australian company’s application to mine a fossil-rich site in the south of New Zealand has been met with fierce criticism and a campaign to protect it in perpetuity. Foulden Maar, near Dunedin, is arguably the most important ... <a title="Proposal to mine fossil-rich site in New Zealand sparks campaign to protect it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/proposal-to-mine-fossil-rich-site-in-new-zealand-sparks-campaign-to-protect-it-118505/" aria-label="Read more about Proposal to mine fossil-rich site in New Zealand sparks campaign to protect it">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanley Shanapinda, Research Fellow, La Trobe University Massive public protests taking place in Hong Kong over the past week are aimed at a new extradition law, known as the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, that would see accused criminals extradited to mainland China to face prosecution. Hongkongers feel the ... <a title="How a cyber attack hampered Hong Kong protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/how-a-cyber-attack-hampered-hong-kong-protesters-118770/" aria-label="Read more about How a cyber attack hampered Hong Kong protesters">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling A growing number of older Australians don’t own their homes. And whether they are private renters or live in social housing can make a big difference to their risk of loneliness and anxiety. That’s the key finding of research led by ... <a title="‘People felt totally trapped’: what it’s like to be a pensioner renting privately as Australia’s housing costs soar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/people-felt-totally-trapped-what-its-like-to-be-a-pensioner-renting-privately-as-australias-housing-costs-soar-118826/" aria-label="Read more about ‘People felt totally trapped’: what it’s like to be a pensioner renting privately as Australia’s housing costs soar">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanley Shanapinda, Research Fellow, La Trobe University Massive public protests taking place in Hong Kong over the past week are aimed at a new extradition law, known as the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, that would see accused criminals extradited to mainland China to face prosecution. Hongkongers feel the ... <a title="How a cyber attack hampered Hong Kong protestors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/how-a-cyber-attack-hampered-hong-kong-protestors-118770/" aria-label="Read more about How a cyber attack hampered Hong Kong protestors">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle You’ve probably heard eating too much fatty red meat is bad for your health, while lean meat and chicken are better choices. So, recent headlines claiming white meat is just as bad for your cholesterol levels as ... <a title="Research Check: is white meat as bad for your cholesterol levels as red meat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/research-check-is-white-meat-as-bad-for-your-cholesterol-levels-as-red-meat-118390/" aria-label="Read more about Research Check: is white meat as bad for your cholesterol levels as red meat?">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julienne van Loon, Vice Chancellor’s Principal Research Fellow, School of Media & Communication, RMIT University The omniscient narrator – an all-knowing, third-person voice – is making a return to contemporary fiction. Indigenous Australian author Kim Scott, in choosing this technique for his latest award-winning novel, Taboo, is ... <a title="Inside the story: the all-knowing narrator in Kim Scott’s Taboo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/inside-the-story-the-all-knowing-narrator-in-kim-scotts-taboo-117587/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the story: the all-knowing narrator in Kim Scott’s Taboo">Read more</a>
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June 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 Govt retains Hobbit law Derek Cheng (Herald): Hobbit law stays: Minimum standards coming for film industry, but striking will be illegal Dan Satherley and Ella Prendergast (Newshub): Union welcomes ‘Hobbit law’ changes Henry ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 14 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-14-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 14 2019">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Turner, Professor, viral immunology, Monash University “You never forget the flu”. This is the title of the Victorian health department’s current campaign, which highlights people’s recollections of having the flu. ‘The flu knocked me out for weeks’, part of the Victorian health department’s winter flu campaign. ... <a title="Sick with the flu? Here’s why you feel so bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/sick-with-the-flu-heres-why-you-feel-so-bad-118395/" aria-label="Read more about Sick with the flu? Here’s why you feel so bad">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Werner, Professor of Hydrogeology, Flinders University There is now nothing standing between Indian mining giant Adani and the coal buried in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. By approving the Adani’s groundwater management plan on June 13, the Queensland government has given the final green light to the company’s ... <a title="Adani is cleared to start digging its coal mine – six key questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/adani-is-cleared-to-start-digging-its-coal-mine-six-key-questions-answered-118760/" aria-label="Read more about Adani is cleared to start digging its coal mine – six key questions answered">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Munro, Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University Around one in every 70 Australians are on the autism spectrum. The proportion of children with autism is higher – more than 80% of all Australians on the autism spectrum are aged under 25. Autism is ... <a title="Children with autism may use memory differently. Understanding this could help us teach them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/children-with-autism-may-use-memory-differently-understanding-this-could-help-us-teach-them-114987/" aria-label="Read more about Children with autism may use memory differently. Understanding this could help us teach them">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silvia Tavares, Lecturer in Urban Design, James Cook University Urban design undoubtedly influences the urban economy. A simple thing like designing an area to make it more walkable can boost local business profits. This can also increase real estate value, create more and better jobs and generate ... <a title="City temperatures and city economics, a hidden relationship between sun and wind and profits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/city-temperatures-and-city-economics-a-hidden-relationship-between-sun-and-wind-and-profits-116064/" aria-label="Read more about City temperatures and city economics, a hidden relationship between sun and wind and profits">Read more</a>
