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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Gerry, Professor and Queen’s Counsel, Deakin University In January, the International Court of Justice ruled unanimously that Myanmar must take all measures to prevent acts of genocide against the Rohingya minority by its military and police forces. Since then, Amnesty International has questioned whether Myanmar has ... <a title="Australia must do more to ensure Myanmar is preventing genocide against the Rohingya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/australia-must-do-more-to-ensure-myanmar-is-preventing-genocide-against-the-rohingya-147451/" aria-label="Read more about Australia must do more to ensure Myanmar is preventing genocide against the Rohingya">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Curtis, Research fellow, The University of Queensland Every day we are likely to interact with some form of artificial intelligence (AI). It works behind the scenes in everything from social media and traffic navigation apps to product recommendations and virtual assistants. AI systems can perform tasks ... <a title="Australians have low trust in artificial intelligence and want it to be better regulated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/australians-have-low-trust-in-artificial-intelligence-and-want-it-to-be-better-regulated-148262/" aria-label="Read more about Australians have low trust in artificial intelligence and want it to be better regulated">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Burgin, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology Changes to a Victorian law back in February made it an offence to publicly identify victim-survivors of sexual violence. These changes removed the capacity for survivors to give permission for their names or images to be published, as ... <a title="Explainer: why is Victoria fast-tracking reforms to sexual violence ‘gag laws’ and to what effect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/explainer-why-is-victoria-fast-tracking-reforms-to-sexual-violence-gag-laws-and-to-what-effect-148905/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why is Victoria fast-tracking reforms to sexual violence ‘gag laws’ and to what effect?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon O’Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney US President Donald Trump’s path to re-election requires maximising the support of his oft-mentioned “base” — white voters without college degrees — in the key battleground states where he eked out ... <a title="Who exactly is Trump’s ‘base’? Why white, working-class voters could be key to the US election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/who-exactly-is-trumps-base-why-white-working-class-voters-could-be-key-to-the-us-election-147267/" aria-label="Read more about Who exactly is Trump’s ‘base’? Why white, working-class voters could be key to the US election">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The presidency of Donald Trump has been challenging for New Zealand’s foreign policy. Our commitment to multilateral solutions to global problems has run into a new isolationism in the United States. Infamously, Trump quit both the World Health Organisation ... <a title="A Biden presidency might be better for NZ, but the big foreign policy challenges won’t disappear with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/a-biden-presidency-might-be-better-for-nz-but-the-big-foreign-policy-challenges-wont-disappear-with-trump-148622/" aria-label="Read more about A Biden presidency might be better for NZ, but the big foreign policy challenges won’t disappear with Trump">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ziggi Ivan Santini, Postdoctoral associate, University of Southern Denmark We know having friends is generally good for your happiness and mental well-being. Likewise, keeping socially active and engaging in formal social activities like volunteering has been linked to better mental health. But it is also possible to ... <a title="Social activity can be good for mental health, but whether you benefit depends on how many friends you have" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/social-activity-can-be-good-for-mental-health-but-whether-you-benefit-depends-on-how-many-friends-you-have-148255/" aria-label="Read more about Social activity can be good for mental health, but whether you benefit depends on how many friends you have">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Martin, Asst Professor Population Health, University of Western Australia The Australian government committed more than A$247 million over 2019-22 to continue funding chaplains in Australian schools. The National School Chaplaincy Program aims to “support the well-being of students through pastoral care services and strategies”. Schools are ... <a title="School chaplains may be cheaper than psychologists. But we don’t have enough evidence of their impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/school-chaplains-may-be-cheaper-than-psychologists-but-we-dont-have-enough-evidence-of-their-impact-148521/" aria-label="Read more about School chaplains may be cheaper than psychologists. But we don’t have enough evidence of their impact">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Searle, Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland, University of Sydney The 2020 federal budget forecasts Australia’s population growth will slow to almost zero over several years because of COVID-19 and related restrictions. This leads to the question: will this period allow the big cities ... <a title="Will the population freeze allow our big cities to catch up on infrastructure?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/will-the-population-freeze-allow-our-big-cities-to-catch-up-on-infrastructure-148263/" aria-label="Read more about Will the population freeze allow our big cities to catch up on infrastructure?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Nottage, Professor, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney The death of Brittney Conway, the three-year-old Gold Coast girl killed by swallowing a button battery, has again drawn attention to deaths and injuries caused by consumer goods – and to a longstanding deficiency in Australia’s consumer safety ... <a title="Rather than recalling unsafe products, why not ensure they’re safe in the first place?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/rather-than-recalling-unsafe-products-why-not-ensure-theyre-safe-in-the-first-place-146988/" aria-label="Read more about Rather than recalling unsafe products, why not ensure they’re safe in the first place?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University It’s now beyond dispute that — for new electricity generation — solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy are cheaper than anything else: cheaper than new coal fired power stations, cheaper than new gas-fired stations and cheaper ... <a title="Pumped hydro isn’t our energy future, it’s our past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/pumped-hydro-isnt-our-energy-future-its-our-past-146989/" aria-label="Read more about Pumped hydro isn’t our energy future, it’s our past">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kcasey McLoughlin, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle The Morrison government has made its first appointments to the High Court. In doing so it has gone for continuity, both in terms of geography and gender. The news Justices Jacqueline Gleeson and Simon Steward will be Australia’s ... <a title="Meet Australia’s new High Court judges: a legal scholar’s take on the Morrison government’s appointees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/meet-australias-new-high-court-judges-a-legal-scholars-take-on-the-morrison-governments-appointees-148982/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Australia’s new High Court judges: a legal scholar’s take on the Morrison government’s appointees">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Cothren, PhD Candidate, Flinders University It’s January 20th, 2021. Inauguration day. A triumphant Joe Biden salutes the National Mall crowd (way bigger than the last guy’s) and dedicates his victory to Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat, the satirical mastermind who delivered the knock-out blow to Trumpism. ... <a title="Borat’s wet firecracker of an October surprise won’t hurt Trump but succeeds as feminist satire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/borats-wet-firecracker-of-an-october-surprise-wont-hurt-trump-but-succeeds-as-feminist-satire-148811/" aria-label="Read more about Borat’s wet firecracker of an October surprise won’t hurt Trump but succeeds as feminist satire">Read more</a>
