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Month: November 2021

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The self-driving trolley problem: how will future AI systems make the most ethical choices for all of us?

November 24, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jumana Abu-Khalaf, Research Fellow in Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) is already making decisions in the fields of business, health care and manufacturing. But AI algorithms generally still get help from people applying checks and making the final call. What would happen ... <a title="The self-driving trolley problem: how will future AI systems make the most ethical choices for all of us?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/the-self-driving-trolley-problem-how-will-future-ai-systems-make-the-most-ethical-choices-for-all-of-us-170961/" aria-label="Read more about The self-driving trolley problem: how will future AI systems make the most ethical choices for all of us?">Read more</a>

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Laws have changed the way partners need to seek consent. Here’s how to do it (and no, it won’t spoil the mood)

November 24, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Fileborn, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock New South Wales and Victoria are set to introduce a suite of reforms to sexual offences legislation which set a new standard for sexual consent. Both states will implement an affirmative model of consent. Affirmative consent ... <a title="Laws have changed the way partners need to seek consent. Here’s how to do it (and no, it won’t spoil the mood)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/laws-have-changed-the-way-partners-need-to-seek-consent-heres-how-to-do-it-and-no-it-wont-spoil-the-mood-172139/" aria-label="Read more about Laws have changed the way partners need to seek consent. Here’s how to do it (and no, it won’t spoil the mood)">Read more</a>

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A failure at 6? Data-driven assessment isn’t helping young children’s learning

November 24, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martina Tassone, Early Childhood and Primary Course Coordinator and Language and Literacy Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Children’s early years from birth to the age of eight are crucial for their social, emotional and intellectual development. However, early years education in Australia is fragmented. It operates ... <a title="A failure at 6? Data-driven assessment isn’t helping young children’s learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/a-failure-at-6-data-driven-assessment-isnt-helping-young-childrens-learning-169463/" aria-label="Read more about A failure at 6? Data-driven assessment isn’t helping young children’s learning">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Scott Morrison warns disorderly troops against putting ‘a smile on Labor’s face’

November 24, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For a leader with something of a fetish about having things under control, Scott Morrison is in a painful place. Just now, it seems, very little is controllable. He’s beset from the right and the left of his party, which ... <a title="View from The Hill: Scott Morrison warns disorderly troops against putting ‘a smile on Labor’s face’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/view-from-the-hill-scott-morrison-warns-disorderly-troops-against-putting-a-smile-on-labors-face-172423/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Scott Morrison warns disorderly troops against putting ‘a smile on Labor’s face’">Read more</a>

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Albanese promises commissioner and more workers to deal with domestic violence

November 24, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Cottonbro/Pexels, CC BY-SA A Labor government would appoint a domestic violence commissioner and provide funds for 500 new community sector workers to help women in crisis. In an initiative to be announced by Labor leader Anthony Albanese on Wednesday, Labor ... <a title="Albanese promises commissioner and more workers to deal with domestic violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/albanese-promises-commissioner-and-more-workers-to-deal-with-domestic-violence-172429/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese promises commissioner and more workers to deal with domestic violence">Read more</a>

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Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’

November 24, 2021

RNZ News Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says the global handling of the covid-19 pandemic is marred with failures, gaps and delays. Clark is a co-chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and is urging nations to spend less time debating commas in committees and instead get on with implementing ... <a title="Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/former-nz-prime-minister-helen-clark-chides-global-pandemic-failures/" aria-label="Read more about Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’">Read more</a>

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How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 1

November 24, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala PART 1: Divide and rule with Māori and Pacific communities White Supremacy (WS) has proliferated during covid-19 lockdowns in Aotearoa from 17 August 2021. Supremacist activism, aspirations, attitudes, behaviours, beliefs, concepts, ideas, languages, media output, organising praxes, political slogans, political thought, and political party policies have all flourished as people protested ... <a title="How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 1" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/how-to-make-sense-of-white-supremacy-and-settler-colonialism-for-flax-roots-people-in-aotearoa-part-1/" aria-label="Read more about How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 1">Read more</a>

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Word from The Hill: Christmas can’t come too soon for Morrison

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversation’s politics ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Christmas can’t come too soon for Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/word-from-the-hill-christmas-cant-come-too-soon-for-morrison-172413/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Christmas can’t come too soon for Morrison">Read more</a>

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Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University original The Morrison government has finally provided details of the third draft of its religious discrimination bill. This prompted heated discussion in a meeting of Coalition MPs on Tuesday, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison still wants to see ... <a title="Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/third-time-lucky-what-has-changed-in-the-latest-draft-of-the-religious-discrimination-bill-172386/" aria-label="Read more about Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?">Read more</a>

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New Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme offers more flexibility … for employers

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Stead, Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Shutterstock The Australian government has announced a major change to its arrangements for migrant workers from Pacific Island nations (and Timor-Leste), replacing two existing temporary visa schemes with a single scheme, to be ... <a title="New Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme offers more flexibility … for employers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/new-pacific-australia-labour-mobility-scheme-offers-more-flexibility-for-employers-172385/" aria-label="Read more about New Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme offers more flexibility … for employers">Read more</a>

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Vale Stuart Macintyre: a history warrior who worked for a better Australia

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet McCalman AC, Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, The University of Melbourne Main photo: Melbourne University Publishing Stuart Macintyre has gone. To those whose lives touched his, an Australian history community without him seems hugely empty. For almost half a century he was there in the lives ... <a title="Vale Stuart Macintyre: a history warrior who worked for a better Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/vale-stuart-macintyre-a-history-warrior-who-worked-for-a-better-australia-172394/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Stuart Macintyre: a history warrior who worked for a better Australia">Read more</a>

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Adele has successfully asked Spotify to remove ‘shuffle’ from albums. Here’s why that’s important for musicians

November 23, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Assistant researcher, Queensland University of Technology Adele’s long awaited, newly released fourth studio album, 30 was guaranteed to make waves in the international music scene as Adele’s first full-length record in over six years. This week it made the news for a different ... <a title="Adele has successfully asked Spotify to remove ‘shuffle’ from albums. Here’s why that’s important for musicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/adele-has-successfully-asked-spotify-to-remove-shuffle-from-albums-heres-why-thats-important-for-musicians-172301/" aria-label="Read more about Adele has successfully asked Spotify to remove ‘shuffle’ from albums. Here’s why that’s important for musicians">Read more</a>