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Month: November 2019

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Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data

November 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberto Musotto, Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Law, Edith Cowan University In recent weeks, Johannesburg’s computer network was held for ransom by a hacker group called Shadow Kill Hackers. This was the second time in three months a ransomware attack has hit South Africa’s largest city. ... <a title="Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/hackers-are-now-targeting-councils-and-governments-threatening-to-leak-citizen-data-126190/" aria-label="Read more about Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 11 2019

November 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. Zero Carbon Bill Audrey Young (Herald): Simon Bridges enhances his leadership over climate change shift (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Bridges uses the Zero Carbon Bill to redefine National Henry Cooke ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 11 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-11-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 11 2019">Read more</a>

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The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail

November 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmett Stinson, Lecturer in Writing and Literature, Deakin University There has been no shortage of bad news for Australia’s literary and publishing sector in the last year. Major literary journals Island and Overland have been defunded. Only 2.7% of Australia Council funding went to books and writing. ... <a title="The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/the-open-access-shift-at-uwa-publishing-is-an-experiment-doomed-to-fail-126684/" aria-label="Read more about The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail">Read more</a>

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The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work

November 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcia Langton, Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne Over the past decades, Indigenous Australians have fought to have our voices heard. Too often, decision-makers across the country have failed to hear us and work genuinely with us. They’ve failed to commit to having decisions ... <a title="The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/the-government-is-committed-to-an-indigenous-voice-we-should-give-it-a-chance-to-work-126683/" aria-label="Read more about The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work">Read more</a>

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Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war

November 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bart Ziino, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University Historians have long been engaged in a fractious, sometimes spiteful, debate about the legacies of the first world war. This is especially so because the politics of the war continue to resonate in our own ... <a title="Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/why-australia-is-still-grappling-with-the-legacy-of-the-first-world-war-126517/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war">Read more</a>

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We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first

November 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neera Bhatia, Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University This is one of our occasional Essays on Health. It’s a long read. Enjoy! The idea of growing babies outside the body has inspired novels and movies for decades. Now, research groups around the world are exploring the possibility ... <a title="We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/we-may-one-day-grow-babies-outside-the-womb-but-there-are-many-things-to-consider-first-125709/" aria-label="Read more about We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first">Read more</a>

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Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem

November 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University A meeting on Friday between state and federal environment ministers to discuss Australia’s recycling and waste crisis has been disappointingly inconclusive. Some targets were set for banning the export of various used materials: glass exports will ... <a title="Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/another-coag-meeting-another-limp-swing-at-the-waste-problem-126686/" aria-label="Read more about Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem">Read more</a>

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Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts

November 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute There is a hidden problem with reading in Australian schools. Ten years’ worth of NAPLAN data show improvements in years 3, 5 and 9. But reading progress has slowed dramatically between years 5 and 7. And, somewhat surprisingly, the ... <a title="Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/reading-progress-is-falling-between-year-5-and-7-especially-for-advantaged-students-5-charts-124634/" aria-label="Read more about Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts">Read more</a>

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Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost

November 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology The new transport projects governments are constantly announcing are expensive. In the recent New South Wales and Victorian elections, the returned state governments’ transport infrastructure promises added up to A$165 billion. What’s mostly missing from the ... <a title="Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/smart-tech-systems-cut-congestion-for-a-fraction-of-what-new-roads-cost-125718/" aria-label="Read more about Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost">Read more</a>

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Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in ‘human zoos’ are chilling

November 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Johnson, Lecturer (Casual) in Creative Writing, University of Tasmania In a large storage room in the basement of the former Musée d’Histoires Naturelles in Lyon, France, stands a rare relic of the colonial era: a full-body plaster cast of an 18-year-old Badtjala man from K’gari (Fraser ... <a title="Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in ‘human zoos’ are chilling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/frozen-in-time-the-casts-of-indigenous-australians-who-performed-in-human-zoos-are-chilling-124982/" aria-label="Read more about Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in ‘human zoos’ are chilling">Read more</a>

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Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry “gutted” by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit

November 9, 2019

Dan McGarry. Image: David Robie/PMC By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch Media Director of the Vanuatu Daily Post group, Dan McGarry, is devastated by the Vanuatu government’s decision to reject his work permit after 16 years in the country and calls it an attack on media Freedom. “I’m gutted, personally. I’ve devoted 16 years ... <a title="Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry “gutted” by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/09/vanuatu-daily-posts-dan-mcgarry-gutted-by-vanuatu-governments-action-to-reject-his-work-permit/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry “gutted” by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit">Read more</a>

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When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?

November 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University The much-awaited NSW coroner’s report into music festival deaths was released today. In the report, Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame recommends pill testing, a ban on sniffer dogs and a reduction in the number of ... <a title="When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/when-the-coroner-looked-at-how-to-cut-drug-deaths-at-music-festivals-the-evidence-won-but-what-happens-next-126669/" aria-label="Read more about When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?">Read more</a>