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February 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Notre Dame Australia 2018 was a good year for cinema but this is not reflected in the Oscar nominations for Best Picture. This year’s nominees are notable mainly for their mediocrity. There are, of course, a couple of exceptions. ... <a title="Best Picture at the Oscars? Why it has to be The Favourite out of a weak bunch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/best-picture-at-the-oscars-why-it-has-to-be-the-favourite-out-of-a-weak-bunch-111996/" aria-label="Read more about Best Picture at the Oscars? Why it has to be The Favourite out of a weak bunch">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Sear, PhD Candidate, UNSW Canberra Cyber, Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW The Australian political digital infrastructure is a target in an ongoing nation state cyber competition which falls just below the threshold of open conflict. Today Prime Minister Scott Morrison made a statement to parliament, saying: ... <a title="A state actor has targeted Australian political parties – but that shouldn’t surprise us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/a-state-actor-has-targeted-australian-political-parties-but-that-shouldnt-surprise-us-111997/" aria-label="Read more about A state actor has targeted Australian political parties – but that shouldn’t surprise us">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Many parts of Australia have suffered a run of severe and, in some cases, unprecedented weather events this summer. One common feature of many of these events – including the Tasmanian heatwave and the devastating Townsville floods – ... <a title="How climate change can make catastrophic weather systems linger for longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/how-climate-change-can-make-catastrophic-weather-systems-linger-for-longer-111832/" aria-label="Read more about How climate change can make catastrophic weather systems linger for longer">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Pacific Media Centre ISBN/code: ISSN 1175-0472 Publication date: Monday, February 18, 2019 Publisher: Pacific Media Centre ‘BE COURAGEOUS IN YOUR QUEST FOR TRUTH,’ PMC DIRECTOR TELLS PACIFIC JOURNALISM GRADUATES Pacific journalism academic Professor David Robie believes the media play a critical role in exposing abuses of power in a world increasingly hostile towards journalists. However, ... <a title="Toktok No 38 / Summer 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/toktok-no-38-summer-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Toktok No 38 / Summer 2019">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
The Pacific Media Centre is running several Asia-Pacific projects again this year and along with Asia Pacific Journalism (Semester 2) we have a new special paper to match – International Journalism Project (JOUR810). The deadline for applications is Friday, March 1, at 3pm. Send applications to: jessie.hsu@aut.ac.nzCopy to: david.robie@aut.ac.nz This year’s projects on offer: Bearing ... <a title="Asia Pacific Journalism projects and internships 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/asia-pacific-journalism-projects-and-internships-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Asia Pacific Journalism projects and internships 2019">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra “A sophisticated state actor” has hacked the networks of the major political parties, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told Parliament. Recently the Parliament House network was disrupted, and the intrusion into the parties’ networks was discovered when this was being ... <a title="‘State actor’ makes cyber attack on Australian political parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/state-actor-makes-cyber-attack-on-australian-political-parties-111993/" aria-label="Read more about ‘State actor’ makes cyber attack on Australian political parties">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Neale, Career Development Fellow (Lecturer), University of Wollongong The Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend we eat 30g of nuts – a small handful – each day. But many of us know nuts are high in calories and fat. So should we be eating nuts or will they ... <a title="Health check: will eating nuts make you gain weight?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/health-check-will-eating-nuts-make-you-gain-weight-108491/" aria-label="Read more about Health check: will eating nuts make you gain weight?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Harvey-Smith, Professor and Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, UNSW 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: what makes a shooting star fall?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/curious-kids-what-makes-a-shooting-star-fall-111068/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what makes a shooting star fall?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne An Ipsos poll conducted for Nine newspapers – previously Fairfax papers – gave Labor just a 51-49 lead, a three-point gain for the Coalition since the last Ipsos poll in mid-December. Primary votes were 38% ... <a title="Poll wrap: Labor’s lead narrows to just 51-49 in Ipsos, but is it an outlier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/poll-wrap-labors-lead-narrows-to-just-51-49-in-ipsos-but-is-it-an-outlier-111980/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Labor’s lead narrows to just 51-49 in Ipsos, but is it an outlier?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua spokesperson Surya Anta (centre) speaking at LBH Jakarta last week. Image: CNN Indonesia Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan people will not take part in Indonesia’s 2019 presidential and legislative elections, say the Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP). This is because ... <a title="Papuans plan to boycott Indonesian elections, say independence activists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/papuans-plan-to-boycott-indonesian-elections-say-independence-activists/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans plan to boycott Indonesian elections, say independence activists">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 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. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content China-NZ relations Simon Collins (Herald): China chill hits New Zealand schools: Student downturn may hits Kiwi parents in pockets Heather du ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 18 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-18-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 18 2019">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathalie Collins, Academic Director (National Programs), Edith Cowan University Of all the fictional virtual assistants we know from pop culture, few stand up to the original and perhaps most famous: the HAL 9000 from the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. We should probably be ... <a title="Just like HAL, your voice assistant isn’t working for you even if it feels like it is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/just-like-hal-your-voice-assistant-isnt-working-for-you-even-if-it-feels-like-it-is-111177/" aria-label="Read more about Just like HAL, your voice assistant isn’t working for you even if it feels like it is">Read more</a>
