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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lensen, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence | Pūkenga, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to its deployment in courtrooms overseas. In China, robot judges decide on small claim cases, while in some Malaysian courts, ... <a title="We built an algorithm that predicts the length of court sentences – could AI play a role in the justice system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/we-built-an-algorithm-that-predicts-the-length-of-court-sentences-could-ai-play-a-role-in-the-justice-system-193300/" aria-label="Read more about We built an algorithm that predicts the length of court sentences – could AI play a role in the justice system?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the Indigenous Voice provoked divisions in the Nationals, Anthony Albanese rejected the party’s claim it wouldn’t help “close the gap” for First Nations Australians. The federal Nationals, announcing this week they’ll oppose the Voice, argued it would not have ... <a title="Albanese insists Voice will help ‘close the gap’, as divisions flare in Nationals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/albanese-insists-voice-will-help-close-the-gap-as-divisions-flare-in-nationals-195564/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese insists Voice will help ‘close the gap’, as divisions flare in Nationals">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon C. Day, PSM, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Kristin Hoel/Unsplash, CC BY-SA You might be forgiven for thinking it’s Groundhog Day reading headlines about the Great Barrier Reef potentially being listed on the World Heritage “in ... <a title="We all know the Great Barrier Reef is in danger – the UN has just confirmed it. Again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/we-all-know-the-great-barrier-reef-is-in-danger-the-un-has-just-confirmed-it-again-195551/" aria-label="Read more about We all know the Great Barrier Reef is in danger – the UN has just confirmed it. Again">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney Macquarie University economist Sean Turnell is free and living in Sydney after 650 days of imprisonment in Myanmar, for what appears to be the “crime” of doing an economist’s job, which is trying to make people’s ... <a title="How Australian economist Sean Turnell came to be in and freed from a Myanmar jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/how-australian-economist-sean-turnell-came-to-be-in-and-freed-from-a-myanmar-jail-195419/" aria-label="Read more about How Australian economist Sean Turnell came to be in and freed from a Myanmar jail">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Six months after Scott Morrison was ousted, he remains a centre of attention, with parliament set to censure him on Wednesday over his multi-ministry power grab. In exquisite timing, journalist Niki Savva’s book Bulldozed is released this week. It documents ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Niki Savva on her book Bulldozed, Scott Morrison and the Liberals’ woes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/politics-with-michelle-grattan-niki-savva-on-her-book-bulldozed-scott-morrison-and-the-liberals-woes-195562/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Niki Savva on her book Bulldozed, Scott Morrison and the Liberals’ woes">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania Kanis Leung/AP/AAP While a lot of attention has been given to the unprecedented protests in China about the “dynamic zero COVID” policy, not much has been written about the wider political context, and particularly the young people leading ... <a title="Yes, the Chinese protests are about politics and freedom. But they are also about what COVID might do if it is let loose now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/yes-the-chinese-protests-are-about-politics-and-freedom-but-they-are-also-about-what-covid-might-do-if-it-is-let-loose-now-195553/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, the Chinese protests are about politics and freedom. But they are also about what COVID might do if it is let loose now">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Independent Senator David Pocock will vote for the government’s industrial relations bill. Mick Tsikas/AAP Imagine you were trying to design a system that would hold back wages. You would design one pretty much like the ... <a title="‘Zombie’ wage deals have hurt Australians for years. Here’s how new industrial relations laws could finally end your wage pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/zombie-wage-deals-have-hurt-australians-for-years-heres-how-new-industrial-relations-laws-could-finally-end-your-wage-pain-195534/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Zombie’ wage deals have hurt Australians for years. Here’s how new industrial relations laws could finally end your wage pain">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Independent Senator David Pocock will vote for the government’s industrial relations bill. Mick Tsikas/AAP Imagine you were trying to design a system that would hold back wages. You would design one pretty much like the ... <a title="‘Zombie’ wage deals have hurt Australians for years. Here’s how new industrial relations law could finally end your wage pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/zombie-wage-deals-have-hurt-australians-for-years-heres-how-new-industrial-relations-law-could-finally-end-your-wage-pain-195534/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Zombie’ wage deals have hurt Australians for years. Here’s how new industrial relations law could finally end your wage pain">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andelka M. Phillips, Senior Lecturer in Law, Science and Technology, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The field of genomic science is rapidly advancing, with commercial genetic tests becoming affordable and popular. Taking these tests is simple. The company sends you a collection kit. You send it back ... <a title="At-home DNA tests just aren’t that reliable – and the risks may outweigh the benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/at-home-dna-tests-just-arent-that-reliable-and-the-risks-may-outweigh-the-benefits-194349/" aria-label="Read more about At-home DNA tests just aren’t that reliable – and the risks may outweigh the benefits">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Shutterstock It’s two weeks after the birth of your healthy bub and you notice your gut isn’t feeling quite right. Maybe you feel a bit bloated. Maybe you’re farting more than usual. What’s going on? Pregnancy ... <a title="What did pregnancy do to my gut? From nausea to constipation and farting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/what-did-pregnancy-do-to-my-gut-from-nausea-to-constipation-and-farting-193012/" aria-label="Read more about What did pregnancy do to my gut? From nausea to constipation and farting">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apisalome Movono, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University Getty Images The economic impact of COVID on Pacific Island states, combined with major labour shortages in Australia and New Zealand, has created a perfect storm. A mass exodus means Pacific nations are now losing crucial workers at ... <a title="Underpaid at home, vulnerable abroad: how seasonal job schemes are draining Pacific nations of vital workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/underpaid-at-home-vulnerable-abroad-how-seasonal-job-schemes-are-draining-pacific-nations-of-vital-workers-194810/" aria-label="Read more about Underpaid at home, vulnerable abroad: how seasonal job schemes are draining Pacific nations of vital workers">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Cowie, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Shutterstock Australia is experiencing the fourth wave of COVID for 2022, with the number of people hospitalised with COVID trending to levels seen in winter and ongoing high levels of ... <a title="Paxlovid is Australia’s first-line COVID antiviral but Lagevrio also prevents severe disease in over-70s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/paxlovid-is-australias-first-line-covid-antiviral-but-lagevrio-also-prevents-severe-disease-in-over-70s-195349/" aria-label="Read more about Paxlovid is Australia’s first-line COVID antiviral but Lagevrio also prevents severe disease in over-70s">Read more</a>
