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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Thompson, Coordinator of Studies: Systematic Theology, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity For many Christians, Israel Folau has become the talisman in the fight for religious freedom. This week, some Australian Christians rallied behind Folau’s legal battle against Rugby Australia, stepping in when the rugby star’s ... <a title="Why Christians disagree over the Israel Folau saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/why-christians-disagree-over-the-israel-folau-saga-118773/" aria-label="Read more about Why Christians disagree over the Israel Folau saga">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland Martyn Iles, managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby, dodged the question this week when asked by Lisa Wilkinson on The Sunday Project if he believed that homosexuals go to hell. Apparently we ... <a title="5 things to know about the traditional Christian doctrine of hell" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/5-things-to-know-about-the-traditional-christian-doctrine-of-hell-119380/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things to know about the traditional Christian doctrine of hell">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jade Sheen, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Deakin University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The ... <a title="Curious Kids: why can’t we do whatever we want?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/curious-kids-why-cant-we-do-whatever-we-want-118606/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why can’t we do whatever we want?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
By Rosalie Nongebatu in Suva Three journalism students from The University of the South Pacific in Suva have been selected to participate in a week-long environmental reporting project in the Solomon Islands. After a stringent selection process, students Rosalie Nongebatu, Romeka Kumari and Ben Bilua were chosen to be part of the project titled, “Adapting ... <a title="USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/usp-journo-students-head-to-solomons-for-environmental-reporting-project/" aria-label="Read more about USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Douglas, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia When you go online and write something nasty about a person, or even a small business, you risk being sued for defamation. But if someone else goes online and writes something nasty about a person on your ... <a title="Can you be liable for defamation for what other people write on your Facebook page? Australian court says: maybe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/can-you-be-liable-for-defamation-for-what-other-people-write-on-your-facebook-page-australian-court-says-maybe-119352/" aria-label="Read more about Can you be liable for defamation for what other people write on your Facebook page? Australian court says: maybe">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Tongan journalist, publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala talks to Pacific Media Watch project’s Sri Krishnamurthi. Video: Sri Krishnamurthi/Blessen Tom By Sri Krishnamurthi After 30 years as chief editor and publisher of Tonga’s flagship Taimi ‘o Tonga newspaper, the iconic Pacific media personality Kalafi Moala has sold his business and is looking to move on. He ... <a title="Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/iconic-tongan-publisher-kalafi-moala-eyes-new-digital-media-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge">Read more</a>
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June 25, 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 Banks Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): A proper banking and insurance inquiry please Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Are the banks too safe? Or not safe enough? Gyles Beckford (RNZ): New bank scheme serves as rebuke to RBNZ’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 25 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-25-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 25 2019">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donell Holloway, Senior research fellow, Edith Cowan University I recently purchased a bedroom bundle (mattress, bed base, pillows and sheets) from a well known Australian startup for my son, who has flown the nest. Now I’m swamped with Google and Facebook ads for beds and bedding. The ... <a title="Explainer: what is surveillance capitalism and how does it shape our economy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/explainer-what-is-surveillance-capitalism-and-how-does-it-shape-our-economy-119158/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is surveillance capitalism and how does it shape our economy?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Reilly, Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide With all the hyperbole about the medevac law, it is easy to lose sight of its purpose. Refugees have been transferred off Nauru and Manus Island for emergency medical treatment ... <a title="Peter Dutton is whipping up fear on the medevac law, but it defies logic and compassion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/peter-dutton-is-whipping-up-fear-on-the-medevac-law-but-it-defies-logic-and-compassion-119297/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton is whipping up fear on the medevac law, but it defies logic and compassion">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University Influenza is a moving target for vaccines. Each year, up to four different strains circulate, and they are constantly evolving to escape our immune system. So rather than childhood jabs giving long lasting immunity, we need annual flu ... <a title="You can’t get influenza from a flu shot – here’s how it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/you-cant-get-influenza-from-a-flu-shot-heres-how-it-works-118916/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t get influenza from a flu shot – here’s how it works">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Duffy, Lecturer in Applied Geoscience, University of Melbourne The magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck at a depth of about 200km beneath the Banda Sea on Monday prompted office buildings to be evacuated in Darwin, some 700km away. This is a complex and seismically active region, where ... <a title="‘Like tearing a piece of cheese’: here’s why Darwin was rocked so hard by a distant quake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/like-tearing-a-piece-of-cheese-heres-why-darwin-was-rocked-so-hard-by-a-distant-quake-119306/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Like tearing a piece of cheese’: here’s why Darwin was rocked so hard by a distant quake">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Curnock, Social Scientist, CSIRO Media coverage of mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef may have been a major tipping point for public concerns around climate change, according to research published today. Severe and extensive bleaching during the summers of 2016 and 2017 has been ... <a title="‘Sadness, disgust, anger’: fear for the Great Barrier Reef made climate change feel urgent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/sadness-disgust-anger-fear-for-the-great-barrier-reef-made-climate-change-feel-urgent-119232/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Sadness, disgust, anger’: fear for the Great Barrier Reef made climate change feel urgent">Read more</a>