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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Rickerby, Lecturer, School of Product Design, University of Canterbury Getty Images The incident of a woman misidentified by facial recognition technology at a Rotorua supermarket should have come as no surprise. When Foodstuffs North Island announced its intention to trial this technology in February, as part ... <a title="Supermarket facial recognition failure: why automated systems must put the human factor first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/supermarket-facial-recognition-failure-why-automated-systems-must-put-the-human-factor-first-228284/" aria-label="Read more about Supermarket facial recognition failure: why automated systems must put the human factor first">Read more</a>
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April 22, 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 April 15–18 from a sample of 1,236, gave Labor a 51–49 lead, unchanged from the previous Newspoll in late March. Primary votes were ... <a title="Labor maintains narrow Newspoll lead but drops in other polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/labor-maintains-narrow-newspoll-lead-but-drops-in-other-polls-227444/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains narrow Newspoll lead but drops in other polls">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara More than 60 percent of the national results of the Solomon Islands election are now in. So far, two female MPs have been elected and three former prime ministers may be in the running for the top job. Counting is still progressing at a snail’s pace — ... <a title="More than half of Solomon Islands election results in as counting continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/more-than-half-of-solomon-islands-election-results-in-as-counting-continues/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of Solomon Islands election results in as counting continues">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University When big questions about American foreign policy collide with an election, it’s rarely good news for a sitting president. Like many leaders before him, US President Joe Biden has had some of these ... <a title="How will US foreign policy affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in November?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/how-will-us-foreign-policy-affect-joe-bidens-chances-of-re-election-in-november-227890/" aria-label="Read more about How will US foreign policy affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in November?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irma Mooi-Reci, Professor in Labour Sociology, The University of Melbourne The Conversation/Pexels/Unsplash, CC BY As they kick off their careers, young people often have to navigate a maze of short-term and casual jobs. In Australia, many of them also wish to work more hours than their current ... <a title="Unstable employment while you’re young can set you up for a wage gap later in life – even if you eventually land full-time work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/unstable-employment-while-youre-young-can-set-you-up-for-a-wage-gap-later-in-life-even-if-you-eventually-land-full-time-work-227042/" aria-label="Read more about Unstable employment while you’re young can set you up for a wage gap later in life – even if you eventually land full-time work">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francis L Collins, Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Arkadiusz Warguła/Getty Images The New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely to have the opposite effect. The exploitation ... <a title="In demand but disempowered: why low-skilled migrant workers face even worse exploitation under NZ’s new rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/in-demand-but-disempowered-why-low-skilled-migrant-workers-face-even-worse-exploitation-under-nzs-new-rules-227993/" aria-label="Read more about In demand but disempowered: why low-skilled migrant workers face even worse exploitation under NZ’s new rules">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will trek the Kokoda track on Tuesday and Wednesday before attending the Anzac Day dawn service at the Isurava Memorial site that commemorates one of the toughest battles the Australians fought in the second world war. The trek ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese to walk Kokoda track and engage in some jungle diplomacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/21/view-from-the-hill-albanese-to-walk-kokoda-track-and-engage-in-some-jungle-diplomacy-228370/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese to walk Kokoda track and engage in some jungle diplomacy">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An Australian author and advocate, Jim Aubrey, today led a national symbolic one minute’s silence to mark the “blood debt” owed to Papuan allies during the Second World War indigenous resistance against the invading Japanese forces. “A promise to most people is a promise,” Aubrey said in his open letter marking the ... <a title="Australian author leads silent protest over ‘blood debt’ owed to Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/21/australian-author-leads-silent-protest-over-blood-debt-owed-to-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Australian author leads silent protest over ‘blood debt’ owed to Papuans">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Australians are being urged to stay united following the horrific events in Sydney last week, reports the ABC’s Saturday Extra programme. Five women and one man were killed in a mass stabbing at Bondi Junction last Saturday by a man with a history of mental illness, and a nine-month-old baby baby was ... <a title="Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/21/australias-social-cohesion-under-strain-challenges-and-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2024
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara Solomon Islands’ incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has been re-elected in the East Choiseul constituency. It is the opening move in the political chess match to form the country’s next government. Returning officer Christopher Makoni made the declaration late last night after a day of counting, according ... <a title="Solomon Islands political chess begins with Manasseh Sogavare re-elected in East Choiseul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/20/solomon-islands-political-chess-begins-with-manasseh-sogavare-re-elected-in-east-choiseul/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands political chess begins with Manasseh Sogavare re-elected in East Choiseul">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2024
Headline: The moment of friction. – 36th Parallel Assessments In strategic studies “friction” is a term that it is used to describe the moment when military action encounters adversary resistance. “Friction” is one of four (along with an unofficial fifth) “F’s” in military strategy, which includes force (kinetic mass), fluidity (of manoeuvre), fog (of battle) ... <a title="The moment of friction." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/20/the-moment-of-friction/" aria-label="Read more about The moment of friction.">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne iamharin/Shutterstock For many people, the term “bulk billed” refers to a GP visit they don’t have to pay for out-of-pocket. But another form of ... <a title="Why the pathology bulk-billing campaign is more about driving industry profits than saving you money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/20/why-the-pathology-bulk-billing-campaign-is-more-about-driving-industry-profits-than-saving-you-money-228091/" aria-label="Read more about Why the pathology bulk-billing campaign is more about driving industry profits than saving you money">Read more</a>
