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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of South Australia Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure ... <a title="Will a vegetarian diet increase your risk of stroke?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/will-a-vegetarian-diet-increase-your-risk-of-stroke-123083/" aria-label="Read more about Will a vegetarian diet increase your risk of stroke?">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University Around 2005, the Chinese government began pushing its policy of huaren canzheng, or “ethnic Chinese participation in politics overseas”. It was a new tactic in the Chinese Communist Party’s “united front” strategy ... <a title="Why Gladys Liu must answer to parliament about alleged links to the Chinese government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/why-gladys-liu-must-answer-to-parliament-about-alleged-links-to-the-chinese-government-123339/" aria-label="Read more about Why Gladys Liu must answer to parliament about alleged links to the Chinese government">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila In the wake of a Vanuatu Daily Post investigation into what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to spread fake news targeted at the government of Vanuatu and other supporters of West Papuan independence movement, a BBC investigative journalist has found clear evidence of a concerted campaign to pollute discussions ... <a title="Vanuatu Daily Post: Indonesia online propaganda undermining West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/vanuatu-daily-post-indonesia-online-propaganda-undermining-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu Daily Post: Indonesia online propaganda undermining West Papua">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Elphick, Adjunct Research Fellow, Law School, University of Western Australia Two weeks ago, Victorian Reason Party MP Fiona Patten introduced a new anti-vilification bill to the state parliament. In the midst of heated public debate over the federal government’s draft Religious Discrimination Bill, Patten’s bill has ... <a title="Why Victoria’s new anti-vilification bill strikes the right balance in targeting online abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/why-victorias-new-anti-vilification-bill-strikes-the-right-balance-in-targeting-online-abuse-123014/" aria-label="Read more about Why Victoria’s new anti-vilification bill strikes the right balance in targeting online abuse">Read more</a>
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September 11, 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. Labour Party sexual abuse allegations Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): We must question PM’s honesty over Labour sexual assault allegations Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Labour Party’s handling of sex ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 11 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-11-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 11 2019">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claude Roux, Distinguished Professor of Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney After recent criticism in the US and the UK, forensic science is now coming under attack in Australia. Several recent reports have detailed concerns that innocent people have been jailed because of flawed forensic techniques. Among ... <a title="Forensic science isn’t ‘reliable’ or ‘unreliable’ – it depends on the questions you’re trying to answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/forensic-science-isnt-reliable-or-unreliable-it-depends-on-the-questions-youre-trying-to-answer-123020/" aria-label="Read more about Forensic science isn’t ‘reliable’ or ‘unreliable’ – it depends on the questions you’re trying to answer">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Rennie, Lecturer in Politics, University of Melbourne Recent jobs taken by former senior ministers Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne have brought on ire of the Australian Senate, which is now concluding an inquiry into the matter. The testimony before the inquiry has been extraordinary: not just ... <a title="Australia’s political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/australias-political-lobbying-regime-is-broken-and-needs-urgent-reform-123003/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Jones, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engagement, Australian Catholic University Around 1% of the population has an autism spectrum disorder, with estimates ranging from one in 150 to one in 70. While people differ in the range and severity of their symptoms, common features include difficulties with communication and ... <a title="We need to stop perpetuating the myth that children grow out of autism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/we-need-to-stop-perpetuating-the-myth-that-children-grow-out-of-autism-119540/" aria-label="Read more about We need to stop perpetuating the myth that children grow out of autism">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian McGregor, Lecturer in Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Multinational ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s will close its Australian stores for this month’s global climate strike and pay staff to attend the protest, amid a growing realisation in the business community that planetary ... <a title="Everyone’s business: why companies should let their workers join the climate strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/everyones-business-why-companies-should-let-their-workers-join-the-climate-strike-122976/" aria-label="Read more about Everyone’s business: why companies should let their workers join the climate strike">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Baisden, Professor and Chair in Lake and Freshwater Sciences, University of Waikato CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert ... <a title="Climate explained: regenerative farming can help grow food with less impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/climate-explained-regenerative-farming-can-help-grow-food-with-less-impact-123090/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: regenerative farming can help grow food with less impact">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Wilkinson, Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney Sydney’s Inner West Council has a new policy that it is reported means “residents will no longer need to seek council approval to prune or remove trees within three metres of an existing home ... <a title="Trees can add $50,000 value to a Sydney house, so you might want to put down that chainsaw" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/trees-can-add-50-000-value-to-a-sydney-house-so-you-might-want-to-put-down-that-chainsaw-122710/" aria-label="Read more about Trees can add $50,000 value to a Sydney house, so you might want to put down that chainsaw">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Saunders, Research Professor in Social Policy, UNSW First it was the Bureau of Statistics. It produced an notoriously bland press release headed “Inequality stable since 2013-14” when its own analysts had told it there had been a “significant increase” in wealth inequality since 2011–12, that wealth ... <a title="Another official Australian report has been doctored to gloss over rising inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/another-official-australian-report-has-been-doctored-to-gloss-over-rising-inequality-123091/" aria-label="Read more about Another official Australian report has been doctored to gloss over rising inequality">Read more</a>
