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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The Luxon government surely has little sense of irony. Shortly after introducing the Parliament Bill, designed to reinforce the fundamental constitutional principle of the separation of powers, it has introduced the Sentencing Reform (Amendment) Bill, which ... <a title="Dogma or data? Why sentencing reforms in NZ will annoy judges and clog the courts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/dogma-or-data-why-sentencing-reforms-in-nz-will-annoy-judges-and-clog-the-courts-239303/" aria-label="Read more about Dogma or data? Why sentencing reforms in NZ will annoy judges and clog the courts">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Newspoll, conducted September 16–20 from a sample of 1,249, had a 50–50 tie for the third consecutive time. Since the last Newspoll three weeks ago, ... <a title="Federal Newspoll still tied but Albanese’s ratings up; Queensland Newspoll has big LNP lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/federal-newspoll-still-tied-but-albaneses-ratings-up-queensland-newspoll-has-big-lnp-lead-238790/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Newspoll still tied but Albanese’s ratings up; Queensland Newspoll has big LNP lead">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Podcast: In this episode of A View from Afar political scientist and former Pentagon Analyst, Paul G. Buchanan and journalist Selwyn Manning will discuss: The Murky World of Israel’s Booby-Trapped Pagers and Walkie-Talkies.
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priya Dev, Lecturer & Academic Data Science, Digital Assets & Distributed Ledgers, Australian National University Kokhan O/Shutterstock Last year, I started getting a lot of unsolicited phone calls, mainly from people trying to sell me things. This came as a surprise because, as a data scientist, I ... <a title="How did they get my data? I uncovered the hidden web of networks behind telemarketers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/how-did-they-get-my-data-i-uncovered-the-hidden-web-of-networks-behind-telemarketers-238991/" aria-label="Read more about How did they get my data? I uncovered the hidden web of networks behind telemarketers">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock It seems like the dust barely settles from the latest high-profile defamation stoush before the next set of litigants straps on the gloves and steps into the ring. Many of these cases raise eyebrows — and questions. ... <a title="With all these defamation lawsuits, what ever happened to free speech?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/with-all-these-defamation-lawsuits-what-ever-happened-to-free-speech-238312/" aria-label="Read more about With all these defamation lawsuits, what ever happened to free speech?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University Football’s awards season kicks off this week, with the AFL’s Brownlow Medal awarded on Monday evening and the NRL’s Dally M awarded on October 2. Both medals aim to crown their league’s best regular season player. Historical voting ... <a title="Do footy’s best and fairest awards achieve what they claim?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/do-footys-best-and-fairest-awards-achieve-what-they-claim-237978/" aria-label="Read more about Do footy’s best and fairest awards achieve what they claim?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McNeill, Honorary Research Associate, School of People, Environment and Planning, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s recent challenge to local government “to rein in the fantasies and to get back to delivering the basics brilliantly” was unsurprising, given his government’s focus ... <a title="Basic service provider or mini democracy? Why NZ needs to decide what it wants from local government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/basic-service-provider-or-mini-democracy-why-nz-needs-to-decide-what-it-wants-from-local-government-238862/" aria-label="Read more about Basic service provider or mini democracy? Why NZ needs to decide what it wants from local government">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Engin Akyurt/Unsplash When the forerunner of Medicare was established in the 1970s, dental care was left out. Australians are still suffering the consequences half a century later. Patients pay much more of the cost of dental care ... <a title="Why isn’t dental included in Medicare? It’s time to change this – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/why-isnt-dental-included-in-medicare-its-time-to-change-this-heres-how-239086/" aria-label="Read more about Why isn’t dental included in Medicare? It’s time to change this – here’s how">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Case, Lecturer in Musicology, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Manuel Nägeli/Unsplash, FAL As the largest section of the orchestra, sitting front and centre of the stage performing memorable melodies, it’s easy for violinists to steal the limelight. Ask any violinist why there are so ... <a title="Why are the violins the biggest section in the orchestra?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/why-are-the-violins-the-biggest-section-in-the-orchestra-236596/" aria-label="Read more about Why are the violins the biggest section in the orchestra?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Paltridge, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, ecology, The University of Western Australia In arid inland Australia lives one of Australia’s rarest birds: the night parrot. Missing for more than a century, a live population was rediscovered in 2013. But the species remains elusive. Until recently, Australia’s known ... <a title="‘Breakthrough discovery’: Indigenous Rangers in outback WA find up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/breakthrough-discovery-indigenous-rangers-in-outback-wa-find-up-to-50-night-parrots-one-of-australias-most-elusive-birds-239449/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Breakthrough discovery’: Indigenous Rangers in outback WA find up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Families on bikes at a July Fourth parade in Houston’s Northside neighborhood. Jimmy Castillo, CC BY-ND Gentrification has become a familiar story in cities across the United States. The story line typically goes this ... <a title="Gentrification isn’t inevitable − it can hinge on how residents view their neighborhood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/21/gentrification-isnt-inevitable-it-can-hinge-on-how-residents-view-their-neighborhood-232565/" aria-label="Read more about Gentrification isn’t inevitable − it can hinge on how residents view their neighborhood">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Racism, torture and arbitrary arrests are some examples of discrimination indigenous Papuans have dealt with over the last 60 years from Indonesia, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report, If It’s Not Racism, What Is It? Discrimination and other abuses against Papuans in Indonesia, said ... <a title="Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/discrimination-faced-by-indigenous-papuans-isnt-something-new-says-disturbing-new-rights-report/" aria-label="Read more about Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report">Read more</a>
