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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Hate speech is proliferating online and governments, regulators and social media companies are struggling to keep pace with their efforts to combat it. Just this week, the racist abuse of Black English football players ... <a title="A better way to regulate online hate speech: require social media companies to bear a duty of care to users" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/a-better-way-to-regulate-online-hate-speech-require-social-media-companies-to-bear-a-duty-of-care-to-users-163808/" aria-label="Read more about A better way to regulate online hate speech: require social media companies to bear a duty of care to users">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Speaker Tony Smith – who has been battling to force better behaviour in the House of Representatives on MPs including Scott Morrison – has announced he will not contest the next election. Smith has held the Victorian seat of Casey ... <a title="View from The Hill: Speaker Tony Smith, proponent of ‘order in the House’ to retire at election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/view-from-the-hill-speaker-tony-smith-proponent-of-order-in-the-house-to-retire-at-election-164494/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Speaker Tony Smith, proponent of ‘order in the House’ to retire at election">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dicky Budiman, MD, Epidemiologist and PhD Candidate on Global Health Security, Griffith University Indonesia is currently experiencing a massive spike in COVID-19 infection and deaths, as experts (including myself) have unfortunately been predicting. The country recorded its largest single-day increase in new cases on July 13, with ... <a title="Indonesia records its highest increase in COVID cases –– and numbers are likely to rise again before they fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/indonesia-records-its-highest-increase-in-covid-cases-and-numbers-are-likely-to-rise-again-before-they-fall-164063/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia records its highest increase in COVID cases –– and numbers are likely to rise again before they fall">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Saul, Senior Principal Research Fellow (Honorary), Burnet Institute Residents in Sydney, the NSW Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong today received confirmation their lockdown would be extended to at least 30 July. But our modelling suggests it may take until the end of the year to ... <a title="A tougher 4-week lockdown could save Sydney months of stay-at-home orders, our modelling shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/a-tougher-4-week-lockdown-could-save-sydney-months-of-stay-at-home-orders-our-modelling-shows-164483/" aria-label="Read more about A tougher 4-week lockdown could save Sydney months of stay-at-home orders, our modelling shows">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barney Tan, Associate Professor, Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Mark Schiefelbein/AP Over the past few weeks, the Chinese government’s crackdown on big tech companies has intensified. The giants have all felt the brunt of heightened regulatory scrutiny. At the end of last year, Ant Group (which ... <a title="Facial recognition for gamers, app store bans for Didi: what’s behind China’s recent crackdown on big tech?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/facial-recognition-for-gamers-app-store-bans-for-didi-whats-behind-chinas-recent-crackdown-on-big-tech-164395/" aria-label="Read more about Facial recognition for gamers, app store bans for Didi: what’s behind China’s recent crackdown on big tech?">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Finch, Beamline Scientist at ANSTO, and Research Affiliate, Monash University Shutterstock Road tripping with a geologist is a little different. While you’re probably reading road signs and dodging roadkill, we’re reading road cuttings and deciphering the history of the area over the previous millions — or ... <a title="5 rocks any great Australian rock collection should have, and where to find them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/5-rocks-any-great-australian-rock-collection-should-have-and-where-to-find-them-163578/" aria-label="Read more about 5 rocks any great Australian rock collection should have, and where to find them">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Hele Christopher-Ikimotu I am Banaban. I come from an ancestry of survivors and a once rich land. However, Banaba died to make other nations live. The Banabans though are proud survivors and we maintain that we are a race that still lives. Google will tell you my ancestral home of Banaba is ... <a title="Banaba Island: The land that died so others could live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/banaba-island-the-land-that-died-so-others-could-live/" aria-label="Read more about Banaba Island: The land that died so others could live">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s biggest bank — Bank South Pacific with major branch networks across the Pacific region — is the subject of regulatory action by the country’s banking regulator BPNG over failure to comply with anti-money laundering regulations, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The Financial Analysis and Supervision Unit (FASU) of the ... <a title="PNG banking regulator acts against BSP over money-laundering rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/png-banking-regulator-acts-against-bsp-over-money-laundering-rules/" aria-label="Read more about PNG banking regulator acts against BSP over money-laundering rules">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
By Robert Iroga in Honiara The Solomon Islands government has kicked off its full rollout of its nationwide covid vaccination strategy. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said in his nationwide address that with the increasing threat from the highly transmissible delta variant of covid-19, the government had decided to implement a full rollout of vaccination in ... <a title="Solomon Islands covid vaccination plan kicks off – delta variant threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/solomon-islands-covid-vaccination-plan-kicks-off-delta-variant-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands covid vaccination plan kicks off – delta variant threat">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Massimo Botturi/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Australian organisations are a soft target for ransomware attacks, say experts who yesterday issued a fresh warning that the government needs to do more to stop agencies and businesses falling prey to cyber-crime. ... <a title="Is Australia a sitting duck for ransomware attacks? Yes, and the danger has been growing for 30 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/is-australia-a-sitting-duck-for-ransomware-attacks-yes-and-the-danger-has-been-growing-for-30-years-161818/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia a sitting duck for ransomware attacks? Yes, and the danger has been growing for 30 years">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Afghan men bury a victim of deadly bombings near a girls’ school in May. Mariam Zuhaib/AP The imminent fall of Afghanistan is more than a national disaster. It is not just ... <a title="As the Taliban surges across Afghanistan, al-Qaeda is poised for a swift return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/as-the-taliban-surges-across-afghanistan-al-qaeda-is-poised-for-a-swift-return-164314/" aria-label="Read more about As the Taliban surges across Afghanistan, al-Qaeda is poised for a swift return">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com When was the last time you swallowed a pill, be it a tablet or capsule? This morning or sometime in the past week? Now, can you remember the very first time you had ... <a title="How do you teach a child to swallow a pill? Hint: use lollies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/how-do-you-teach-a-child-to-swallow-a-pill-hint-use-lollies-154552/" aria-label="Read more about How do you teach a child to swallow a pill? Hint: use lollies">Read more</a>
