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March 6, 2019
Political Roundup: How low should the MMP threshold go? The five percent MMP threshold is regarded by many as the biggest problem in our electoral system. Every couple of years there are calls to fix what many see as an undemocratic and excessive barrier to proper proportional representation. However, these debates normally end in a ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How low should the MMP threshold go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-how-low-should-the-mmp-threshold-go/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How low should the MMP threshold go?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 06 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 Mark Taylor Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Those who know ‘Kiwi Jihadi’ Mark Taylor say he’s vulnerable, lonely, needs help 1News: Jailed ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 06 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-06-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 06 2019">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 05 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 Parliament, electoral reform, democracy Tim Watkin (Pundit): Lowering the threshold – let’s not lower our standards Richard Harman (Politik): MMP ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 05 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-05-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 05 2019">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wencheng Yang, Post Doctoral Researcher, Security Research Institute, Edith Cowan University Despite what every spy movie in the past 30 years would have you think, fingerprint and face scanners used to unlock your smartphone or other devices aren’t nearly as secure as they’re made out to be. ... <a title="Fingerprint and face scanners aren’t as secure as we think they are" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/fingerprint-and-face-scanners-arent-as-secure-as-we-think-they-are-112414/" aria-label="Read more about Fingerprint and face scanners aren’t as secure as we think they are">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Attfield, Scholarly Teaching Fellow, Communications, University of Technology Sydney When I heard about the new ABC TV soap The Heights (set in a fictional suburb of Perth), I was pretty excited. The promos suggested the show would include representation of working-class social housing residents. I tried ... <a title="The Heights – at last, a credible Australian working-class soap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/the-heights-at-last-a-credible-australian-working-class-soap-112961/" aria-label="Read more about The Heights – at last, a credible Australian working-class soap">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
A landmark ruling by an Australian court is expected to have international consequences for newsrooms, with media companies on notice they face large compensation claims if they fail to take care of journalists who regularly cover traumatic events. The Victorian County Court accepted the potential for psychological damage on those whose work requires them to ... <a title="Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark Age court decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/media-companies-on-notice-over-traumatised-journalists-after-landmark-age-court-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark Age court decision">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Elphick, Honorary Research Fellow, Law School, University of Western Australia This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the ... <a title="Marriage equality was momentous, but there is still much to do to progress LGBTI+ rights in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/marriage-equality-was-momentous-but-there-is-still-much-to-do-to-progress-lgbti-rights-in-australia-110786/" aria-label="Read more about Marriage equality was momentous, but there is still much to do to progress LGBTI+ rights in Australia">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Protesters march to the Papua governor’s office in Jayapura on Monday carrying a banner that reads ‘Dissolve and expel Jafar Umar Thalib and his group from Papua, because it is the land of the Gospel.’ Image: Benny Mawel/ucanews.com By Benny Mawel in Jayapura A radical Muslim cleric faces being kicked out of Papua after more ... <a title="Papuans call for expulsion of Ambon ‘jihadist army’ cleric over unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/papuans-call-for-expulsion-of-ambon-jihadist-army-cleric-over-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans call for expulsion of Ambon ‘jihadist army’ cleric over unrest">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute School funding debates in Australia are complex and messy. Stakeholders routinely complain about being hard done by. But the real unfairness is that state schools get less government funding than governments themselves say the schools need, and will continue ... <a title="What the next government needs to do to tackle unfairness in school funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/what-the-next-government-needs-to-do-to-tackle-unfairness-in-school-funding-110879/" aria-label="Read more about What the next government needs to do to tackle unfairness in school funding">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
The University of Papua New Guinea …. staff shutdown in protest over government interference in ‘credible VC appointment process’. Image: PNG Indy ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes The University of Papua New Guinea has for a long time been in need of far-reaching reform. But not all change is good, and what has happened this year ... <a title="UPNG shutdown crisis – the facts behind the turmoil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/upng-shutdown-crisis-the-facts-behind-the-turmoil/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG shutdown crisis – the facts behind the turmoil">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Johnstone, Security Researcher, Associate Professor in Resilient Systems, Edith Cowan University When it comes to personal cybersecurity, you might think you’re doing alright. Maybe you’ve got multi-factor authentication setup on your phone so that you have to enter a code sent to you by SMS before ... <a title="Receiving a login code via SMS and email isn’t secure. Here’s what to use instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/receiving-a-login-code-via-sms-and-email-isnt-secure-heres-what-to-use-instead-112767/" aria-label="Read more about Receiving a login code via SMS and email isn’t secure. Here’s what to use instead">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University A landmark ruling by an Australian court is expected to have international consequences for newsrooms, with media companies on notice they face large compensation claims if they fail to take care of journalists who regularly cover traumatic events. The Victorian ... <a title="Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark court decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/media-companies-on-notice-over-traumatised-journalists-after-landmark-court-decision-112766/" aria-label="Read more about Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark court decision">Read more</a>
