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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis B Desmond, Lecturer, Cyberintelligence and Cybercrime Investigations, University of the Sunshine Coast CC BY Once the purview of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, facial recognition is now being used to identify consumers in Australian stores. If you’ve seen the movie Minority Report, you’ll remember how Tom ... <a title="Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys say they use facial recognition for ‘loss prevention’. An expert explains what it might mean for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/bunnings-kmart-and-the-good-guys-say-they-use-facial-recognition-for-loss-prevention-an-expert-explains-what-it-might-mean-for-you-185126/" aria-label="Read more about Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys say they use facial recognition for ‘loss prevention’. An expert explains what it might mean for you">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carsten Rudolph, Associate Professor for Cybersecurity, Monash University Shutterstock Leaders of several Pacific nations met in Fiji last week to strengthen ties and promote unity in the region. The Pacific faces numerous challenges, such as the threat of climate change and major powers jostling for influence in ... <a title="Cybersecurity in the Pacific: how island nations are building their online defences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/cybersecurity-in-the-pacific-how-island-nations-are-building-their-online-defences-185046/" aria-label="Read more about Cybersecurity in the Pacific: how island nations are building their online defences">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will examine political events taking shape in South America. In particular, Buchanan and Manning will detail how there is a presidential run-off election in Colombia this Saturday and examine the outcomes of recent elections in Chile, Nicaragua, Honduras and Peru.
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cynthia Faye Isley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide Shutterstock If you’re feeling the cold this winter, you’re not alone. About a quarter of all Australians have trouble keeping their homes warm enough in winter. That figure is likely to soar this ... <a title="If you’re renting, chances are your home is cold. With power prices soaring, here’s what you can do to keep warm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/if-youre-renting-chances-are-your-home-is-cold-with-power-prices-soaring-heres-what-you-can-do-to-keep-warm-184472/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re renting, chances are your home is cold. With power prices soaring, here’s what you can do to keep warm">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aileen Kennedy, Lecturer in Health Law, University of New England Pexels The Australian Capital Territory government has released a consultation draft law to protect the rights of intersex people. If passed, the bill would ban deferrable medical interventions on children with intersex traits until they’re old enough ... <a title="ACT releases Australian-first draft law to protect intersex children from irreversible medical harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/act-releases-australian-first-draft-law-to-protect-intersex-children-from-irreversible-medical-harm-184566/" aria-label="Read more about ACT releases Australian-first draft law to protect intersex children from irreversible medical harm">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dinmore, Research Fellow, University of South Australia Shutterstock Economies are forever changing and the loss of some industries or businesses is part of that transformation. But change often comes at great cost for workers, many of whom are already vulnerable. The stories of retrenched workers give ... <a title="‘I couldn’t see a future’: what ex-automotive workers told us about job loss, shutdowns, and communities on the edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/i-couldnt-see-a-future-what-ex-automotive-workers-told-us-about-job-loss-shutdowns-and-communities-on-the-edge-180884/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I couldn’t see a future’: what ex-automotive workers told us about job loss, shutdowns, and communities on the edge">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Robinson, Associate Professor Podiatry, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock If you’ve been spending a lot of time at home in ugg boots, not doing so much exercise and stacking on the coronakilos over the past two years or so, you may have noticed something strange going on ... <a title="What did COVID do to my feet? How to fit back into shoes after wearing ugg boots at home and piling on the kilos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/what-did-covid-do-to-my-feet-how-to-fit-back-into-shoes-after-wearing-ugg-boots-at-home-and-piling-on-the-kilos-182129/" aria-label="Read more about What did COVID do to my feet? How to fit back into shoes after wearing ugg boots at home and piling on the kilos">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Fair Work Commission has announced a rise in the minimum wage of 5.2% or $40 a week, taking it to $812.60 a week or $21.38 an hour. The rise will take effect on July 1. The increase is slightly ... <a title="Fair Work Commission gives a 5.2% – $40 a week – increase in the minimum wage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/fair-work-commission-gives-a-5-2-40-a-week-increase-in-the-minimum-wage-185119/" aria-label="Read more about Fair Work Commission gives a 5.2% – $40 a week – increase in the minimum wage">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images The new Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act, due to take effect from July 1, will be a once-in-a-generation chance to reset New Zealand’s public health system. It’s a welcome effort to protect, promote and improve the health ... <a title="A major new law aims to ‘improve the health of all New Zealanders’ – so why doesn’t it include the basic human right to health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/a-major-new-law-aims-to-improve-the-health-of-all-new-zealanders-so-why-doesnt-it-include-the-basic-human-right-to-health-184842/" aria-label="Read more about A major new law aims to ‘improve the health of all New Zealanders’ – so why doesn’t it include the basic human right to health?">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sora Park, Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Arts & Design, University of Canberra Should journalists always treat an issue even-handedly? Our research reveals that when it comes to climate change, many Australians would prefer they didn’t. For general news, people want news outlets to reflect a ... <a title="Climate change the issue on which Australians do not want both sides of the argument: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/climate-change-the-issue-on-which-australians-do-not-want-both-sides-of-the-argument-new-research-184172/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change the issue on which Australians do not want both sides of the argument: new research">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Culum Brown, Professor, Macquarie University Wikimedia Why do frilled sharks look more like sea snakes? – Will, age 6, Darlington, Western Australia Hi Will. Thanks for this question! Frilled sharks are very strange looking sharks. You’re right – they look much more like an eel or a ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do frilled sharks look more like sea snakes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/curious-kids-why-do-frilled-sharks-look-more-like-sea-snakes-184741/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do frilled sharks look more like sea snakes?">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Joel Carrett/AAP The Liberal-National Coalition government has been defeated, but the legacy of its nine-year onslaught on the ABC remains. That onslaught consisted of relentless accusations of left-wing bias, a succession of pointless and ... <a title="Battered by 9 years of Coalition government, the ABC now has a hard road of repair ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/battered-by-9-years-of-coalition-government-the-abc-now-has-a-hard-road-of-repair-ahead-184637/" aria-label="Read more about Battered by 9 years of Coalition government, the ABC now has a hard road of repair ahead">Read more</a>
