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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamal Barnes, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University As one of its first acts in government, the newly elected Labor government turned back a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers trying to enter Australia. Labor has vowed to continue Operation Sovereign Borders, including boat turnbacks and offshore detention. This ... <a title="3 types of denial that allow Australians to feel OK about how we treat refugees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/3-types-of-denial-that-allow-australians-to-feel-ok-about-how-we-treat-refugees-186294/" aria-label="Read more about 3 types of denial that allow Australians to feel OK about how we treat refugees">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News Te Ao Māori reporter Māori councillors have detailed the torrents of abuse and racism they say they face in their role. It is something Local Government New Zealand says it has to confront as it tries to make councils more diverse. It comes as its new programme Te Āhuru Mōwai ... <a title="Māori councillors condemn racism faced in NZ local government role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/maori-councillors-condemn-racism-faced-in-nz-local-government-role/" aria-label="Read more about Māori councillors condemn racism faced in NZ local government role">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s Ombudsman Luamanuvao Katalaina Sapolu says the human rights effects from the covid-19 pandemic have been catastrophic. She has just submitted Samoa’s eighth State of Human Rights Report to Parliament. Luamanuvao said that over the past two years families had lost loved ones, businesses suffered, unemployment rates increased, and freedom of movement was ... <a title="Pandemic effect on human rights ‘catastrophic’, says Samoan report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/pandemic-effect-on-human-rights-catastrophic-says-samoan-report/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic effect on human rights ‘catastrophic’, says Samoan report">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
The University of South Pacific’s vice-chancellor says Fiji’s failure to pay its grant contribution for the third year in a row is affecting the regional university’s operations and students, reports ABC’s Pacific Beat. The Fiji government has refused to pay its grant since 2019 and did not allocate funding for its USP grant in the ... <a title="USP forced to cut costs as Fiji still refuses to pay grant for third year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/usp-forced-to-cut-costs-as-fiji-still-refuses-to-pay-grant-for-third-year/" aria-label="Read more about USP forced to cut costs as Fiji still refuses to pay grant for third year">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ausma Bernot, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Shutterstock By now, most of us are aware social media companies collect vast amounts of our information. By doing this, they can target us with ads and monetise our attention. The latest chapter in the data-privacy debate concerns one of the ... <a title="Even if TikTok and other apps are collecting your data, what are the actual consequences?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/even-if-tiktok-and-other-apps-are-collecting-your-data-what-are-the-actual-consequences-187277/" aria-label="Read more about Even if TikTok and other apps are collecting your data, what are the actual consequences?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock You walk into a shopping centre to buy some groceries. Without your knowledge, an electronic scan of your face is taken by in-store surveillance cameras and stored in an online database. Each time you return to that ... <a title="What do TikTok, Bunnings, eBay and Netflix have in common? They’re all hyper-collectors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/what-do-tiktok-bunnings-ebay-and-netflix-have-in-common-theyre-all-hyper-collectors-187274/" aria-label="Read more about What do TikTok, Bunnings, eBay and Netflix have in common? They’re all hyper-collectors">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Hanna, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: “Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses.” Hyperbole? Sadly not. Climate change has already ... <a title="Natural systems in Australia are unravelling. If they collapse, human society could too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/natural-systems-in-australia-are-unravelling-if-they-collapse-human-society-could-too-187263/" aria-label="Read more about Natural systems in Australia are unravelling. If they collapse, human society could too">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Soanes, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The newly released State of the Environment report paints a predictably grim picture. Species are in decline, ecosystems are at breaking point, and threats abound. For many of us, it can feel ... <a title="Yes, the state of the environment is grim, but you can make a difference, right in your own neighbourhoood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/yes-the-state-of-the-environment-is-grim-but-you-can-make-a-difference-right-in-your-own-neighbourhoood-187259/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, the state of the environment is grim, but you can make a difference, right in your own neighbourhoood">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Wouldn’t you know it? Last Thursday the Parliamentary Budget Office released more than 1,000 pages of costings, for promises in the election we just had. They came in 16 parts, each separately downloadable, along with a video message, charts ... <a title="Election promises should be costed before polling day, otherwise it’s too late" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/election-promises-should-be-costed-before-polling-day-otherwise-its-too-late-187149/" aria-label="Read more about Election promises should be costed before polling day, otherwise it’s too late">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Gray, Lecturer in Digital Cultures at The University of Sydney, University of Sydney Shutterstock Earlier this month, the Internet Archive asked a US court to end a lawsuit filed against it by four large book publishers. The Internet Archive is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1996 ... <a title="Publishers vs the Internet Archive: why the world’s biggest online library is in court over digital book lending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/20/publishers-vs-the-internet-archive-why-the-worlds-biggest-online-library-is-in-court-over-digital-book-lending-187166/" aria-label="Read more about Publishers vs the Internet Archive: why the world’s biggest online library is in court over digital book lending">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne A severe heatwave in Western Europe is shattering temperature records – including in the United Kingdom, where temperatures exceeded 40℃ on Tuesday for the first time on record. The village of Coningsby in eastern England reached ... <a title="The UK just hit 40℃ for the first time. It’s a stark reminder of the deadly heat awaiting Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/20/the-uk-just-hit-40-for-the-first-time-its-a-stark-reminder-of-the-deadly-heat-awaiting-australia-187347/" aria-label="Read more about The UK just hit 40℃ for the first time. It’s a stark reminder of the deadly heat awaiting Australia">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra The Albanese government has chosen its candidate to be the new speaker. Milton Dick has been the member for Oxley in Queensland since 2016. The former Brisbane City Councillor is almost certain to ... <a title="The Albanese government has announced the next speaker of the house. What’s the role and why is it important?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/20/the-albanese-government-has-announced-the-next-speaker-of-the-house-whats-the-role-and-why-is-it-important-184135/" aria-label="Read more about The Albanese government has announced the next speaker of the house. What’s the role and why is it important?">Read more</a>
