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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University James Ross/AAP Today Victoria’s anti-corruption commission begins public hearings into allegations of branch stacking by Labor MPs and their staff. This follows news Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is being questioned by the Victorian Independent Broad‑based Anti‑corruption Commission (IBAC) ... <a title="IBAC vs ICAC: what are these anti-corruption commissions and how do they compare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/ibac-vs-icac-what-are-these-anti-corruption-commissions-and-how-do-they-compare-169544/" aria-label="Read more about IBAC vs ICAC: what are these anti-corruption commissions and how do they compare?">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Javier Alvarez-Mon, Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology and Art, Macquarie University The Investiture of Zimri Lim Fresco from the palace of Mari gives us an image of royal ideology in the ancient Middle East. Louvre Museum, CC BY-SA Inhabitants of the ancient city-states of the Middle East ... <a title="The world’s first professional acrobats were flipping through the Middle East 4,000 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/the-worlds-first-professional-acrobats-were-flipping-through-the-middle-east-4-000-years-ago-165968/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s first professional acrobats were flipping through the Middle East 4,000 years ago">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hunt, Honorary Associate Professor, CAEPR, Australian National University Fredrik Öhlander/ Unsplash There is a contradiction between the New South Wales government’s plan for Closing the Gap and its persecution of Aboriginal people on the New South Wales south coast who want to maintain their saltwater culture. ... <a title="The NSW government needs to stop prosecuting Aboriginal fishers if it really wants to Close the Gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/the-nsw-government-needs-to-stop-prosecuting-aboriginal-fishers-if-it-really-wants-to-close-the-gap-168749/" aria-label="Read more about The NSW government needs to stop prosecuting Aboriginal fishers if it really wants to Close the Gap">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Donne Potter, Professor, Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University Hannah Peters/Getty Images As New Zealand switches from elimination to suppression, those who argue that COVID-19 will become endemic and part of our lives either do not understand or ignore what this would actually mean. ... <a title="Why we must not allow COVID to become endemic in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/why-we-must-not-allow-covid-to-become-endemic-in-new-zealand-169608/" aria-label="Read more about Why we must not allow COVID to become endemic in New Zealand">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sora Park, Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Arts & Design, University of Canberra Shutterstock The impacts of COVID-19 on Australian university researchers are likely to have consequences for research productivity and quality for many years to come. According to an online survey of academics at the ... <a title="Hit hard by the pandemic, researchers expect its impacts to linger for years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/hit-hard-by-the-pandemic-researchers-expect-its-impacts-to-linger-for-years-169366/" aria-label="Read more about Hit hard by the pandemic, researchers expect its impacts to linger for years">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University Data released by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) this week show fatal police shootings in Australia have reached an all-time high. With the move to weaponise our police with widespread access to weapons such as military-style rifles and ... <a title="Australia had a record number of police shootings in the past year. Should we be concerned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/australia-had-a-record-number-of-police-shootings-in-the-past-year-should-we-be-concerned-169354/" aria-label="Read more about Australia had a record number of police shootings in the past year. Should we be concerned?">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raquel Peel, Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock “The ick”, much discussed on TikTok and Instagram lately, is where attraction to a current or potential partner is suddenly flipped to a feeling of disgust. It’s often triggered in an instant, social media users say, by witnessing some ... <a title="What is ‘the ick’? A psychological scientist explains this TikTok trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/what-is-the-ick-a-psychological-scientist-explains-this-tiktok-trend-169546/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘the ick’? A psychological scientist explains this TikTok trend">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Govt Covid strategy, expert warnings Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The week the world-beating Covid ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 11 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-11-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 11 2021">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Sonenberg, Professor, Computing and Information Systems, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Systems), and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Digital & Data), The University of Melbourne AI-generated images of “a stained glass window with an image of a blue strawberry”. OpenAI A major new report on the state of artificial intelligence (AI) ... <a title="Artificial intelligence is now part of our everyday lives – and its growing power is a double-edged sword" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/artificial-intelligence-is-now-part-of-our-everyday-lives-and-its-growing-power-is-a-double-edged-sword-169449/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial intelligence is now part of our everyday lives – and its growing power is a double-edged sword">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Former Ambassador and Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland Hannah Peters/Getty Images Things were looking very bad three months ago for both Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The two Pacific countries were each looking very vulnerable to the COVID ... <a title="PNG and Fiji were both facing COVID catastrophes. Why has one vaccine rollout surged and the other stalled?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/png-and-fiji-were-both-facing-covid-catastrophes-why-has-one-vaccine-rollout-surged-and-the-other-stalled-169356/" aria-label="Read more about PNG and Fiji were both facing COVID catastrophes. Why has one vaccine rollout surged and the other stalled?">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin Naragon-Gainey, Associate Professor, School of Psychological Science, and Director, Emotional Wellbeing Lab, The University of Western Australia Joice Kelly/Unsplash, CC BY As lockdown eases today in New South Wales, and will do so in Victoria later this month, many people will begin readjusting to “normal” life. ... <a title="Why you might feel anxious returning to ‘normal’ after lockdown — and how to cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/why-you-might-feel-anxious-returning-to-normal-after-lockdown-and-how-to-cope-169089/" aria-label="Read more about Why you might feel anxious returning to ‘normal’ after lockdown — and how to cope">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Carbon offsetting has been in the news lately after a report raised concerns about the integrity of the federal government’s offsetting scheme, the emissions reduction fund. Offsetting refers to reducing emissions or removing carbon dioxide ... <a title="We can’t stabilise the climate without carbon offsets – so how do we make them work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/11/we-cant-stabilise-the-climate-without-carbon-offsets-so-how-do-we-make-them-work-169355/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t stabilise the climate without carbon offsets – so how do we make them work?">Read more</a>
