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July 20, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand’s unprecedented “internet-native mass shooting” attack on two mosques, the New Caledonia independence referendum, Fiji’s general election and news media responses are featured in the latest Pacific Journalism Review being published next week. Analysis articles in the “democracy and terrorism edition” include award-winning New Zealand Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson and ... <a title="NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/20/nz-mosque-massacre-new-caledonia-referendum-and-fiji-elections-top-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Flannery, Planetary Scientist, Queensland University of Technology This weekend marks 50 years exactly since humans first walked on the Moon. It also marks Australia’s small but significant role in enabling NASA to place boots on the lunar landscape – or at least to broadcast the event. ... <a title="Why isn’t Australia in deep space?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/20/why-isnt-australia-in-deep-space-119533/" aria-label="Read more about Why isn’t Australia in deep space?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Deep Saini discusses the week in politics with Michelle Grattan – one with a reduced pace, despite the 24 hour news cycle. They talk about whether this new pace is a better way ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next sitting week – and Scott Morrison’s relationship with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-next-sitting-week-and-scott-morrisons-relationship-with-trump-120680/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next sitting week – and Scott Morrison’s relationship with Trump">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW The Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF) met yesterday yet again to discuss implementing the February 2018 Shergold-Weir Report they commissioned in mid-2017. The BMF is responsible for overseeing the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) and building regulation across Australia. The BMF ... <a title="Ministers fiddle while buildings crack and burn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/ministers-fiddle-while-buildings-crack-and-burn-120592/" aria-label="Read more about Ministers fiddle while buildings crack and burn">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherie Hugo, Teaching Fellow, Nutrition & Dietetics, Bond University The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety this week turned its attention to food and nutrition. The testimony of maggots in bins and rotting food in refrigerators was horrific. When so much of a resident’s waking ... <a title="Why is nursing home food so bad? Some spend just $6.08 per person a day – that’s lower than prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/why-is-nursing-home-food-so-bad-some-spend-just-6-08-per-person-a-day-thats-lower-than-prison-120421/" aria-label="Read more about Why is nursing home food so bad? Some spend just $6.08 per person a day – that’s lower than prison">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University Instagram is running a social media experiment in Australia and elsewhere to see what happens when it hides the number of likes on photos and other posts. If you have an Instagram account, you’ll get to see the ... <a title="What’s not to like? Instagram’s trial to hide the number of ‘likes’ could save users’ self-esteem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/whats-not-to-like-instagrams-trial-to-hide-the-number-of-likes-could-save-users-self-esteem-120596/" aria-label="Read more about What’s not to like? Instagram’s trial to hide the number of ‘likes’ could save users’ self-esteem">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Cross, Research Fellow, Curtin University Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. Billabongs in the northern Kimberley are welcome oases of colour in an otherwise brown landscape. This one reflected the clear blue sky, ... <a title="The waterwheel plant is a carnivorous, underwater snap-trap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/the-waterwheel-plant-is-a-carnivorous-underwater-snap-trap-120424/" aria-label="Read more about The waterwheel plant is a carnivorous, underwater snap-trap">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling You’ve probably heard that this week marks 50 years since humans first set foot on the Moon – a feat that still boggles the mind given the limitations of technology at the time and the global effort required to pull it ... <a title="What’s the next ‘giant leap’ for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/whats-the-next-giant-leap-for-humankind-in-space-we-asked-3-space-experts-120428/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the next ‘giant leap’ for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Gentilin, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University As strange as it might sound, whistleblowers in Australia have reason to rejoice – so long as they are in the private sector. Thanks to new laws that came into effect this month, private-sector whistleblowers have a range of new protections. ... <a title="It’s a new era for Australia’s whistleblowers – in the private sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/its-a-new-era-for-australias-whistleblowers-in-the-private-sector-119596/" aria-label="Read more about It’s a new era for Australia’s whistleblowers – in the private sector">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Griebsch, Specialist and Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine, University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Sydney, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Recently reported cases of the often fatal bacterial infection leptospirosis in dogs in Sydney have raised the issue of animal diseases that also affect ... <a title="Explainer: what is leptospirosis and how can it harm us and our pets?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/explainer-what-is-leptospirosis-and-how-can-it-harm-us-and-our-pets-120221/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is leptospirosis and how can it harm us and our pets?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 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 Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): The new, Australian elephant in the room Richard Harman (Politik): Melbourne gives Ardern a rockstar welcome Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern to focus on Australia deportations in ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 19 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-19-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 19 2019">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Sarkissian, Operations Scientist, CSIRO The role Australia played in relaying the first television images of astronaut Neil Armstrong’s historic walk on the Moon 50 years ago this July features in the popular movie The Dish. But that only tells part of the story (with some fictionalisation ... <a title="Not one but two Aussie dishes were used to get the TV signals back from the Apollo 11 moonwalk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/not-one-but-two-aussie-dishes-were-used-to-get-the-tv-signals-back-from-the-apollo-11-moonwalk-108177/" aria-label="Read more about Not one but two Aussie dishes were used to get the TV signals back from the Apollo 11 moonwalk">Read more</a>
