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Farms create lots of data, but farmers don’t control where it ends up and who can use it

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leanne Wiseman, Associate Professor, Griffith Law School, Assoc Director Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA), Griffith University Most of us are familiar with cases of data being used in ways that go beyond consumer expectations – just think of the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal. However ... <a title="Farms create lots of data, but farmers don’t control where it ends up and who can use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/farms-create-lots-of-data-but-farmers-dont-control-where-it-ends-up-and-who-can-use-it-115228/" aria-label="Read more about Farms create lots of data, but farmers don’t control where it ends up and who can use it">Read more</a>

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Indonesia’s presidential election: Is Jokowi ‘religious enough’ for conservative voters?

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, Associate Dean Research, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University The Indonesian presidential election on Wednesday will be a re-run of the 2014 poll, pitting the incumbent, Joko Widodo (also known as Jokowi), against the same candidate, former major-general Prabowo Subianto. Various polls ... <a title="Indonesia’s presidential election: Is Jokowi ‘religious enough’ for conservative voters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/indonesias-presidential-election-is-jokowi-religious-enough-for-conservative-voters-114353/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s presidential election: Is Jokowi ‘religious enough’ for conservative voters?">Read more</a>

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Health check: can caffeine improve your exercise performance?

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jozo Grgic, PhD candidate at the Institute of Sport and Health (IHES), Victoria University Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Nearly half the adult population in Australia drink it. Aside from enjoying the taste, the main reason we drink coffee is to ... <a title="Health check: can caffeine improve your exercise performance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/health-check-can-caffeine-improve-your-exercise-performance-114087/" aria-label="Read more about Health check: can caffeine improve your exercise performance?">Read more</a>

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Your income tax questions answered in three easy charts: Labor and Coalition proposals side by side

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute The two major parties have kicked off the election campaign with very different policies for cuts to personal income tax. The Coalition promises its tax plan will deliver “lower, simpler, fairer taxes” while Labor says its ... <a title="Your income tax questions answered in three easy charts: Labor and Coalition proposals side by side" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/your-income-tax-questions-answered-in-three-easy-charts-labor-and-coalition-proposals-side-by-side-115450/" aria-label="Read more about Your income tax questions answered in three easy charts: Labor and Coalition proposals side by side">Read more</a>

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Three years in, is the AFLW kicking goals?

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Karg, Senior research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology The AFLW competition rightly celebrated the record grand final crowd of 53,034 and television audience of more than 400,000 last month as a successful conclusion to its third season. The Adelaide Crows vanquished Carlton by an emphatic 45-point ... <a title="Three years in, is the AFLW kicking goals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/three-years-in-is-the-aflw-kicking-goals-114919/" aria-label="Read more about Three years in, is the AFLW kicking goals?">Read more</a>

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Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Reader advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article may contain images of people who have died. A few years ago, the State Library of NSW was working with Moree’s Dhiiyaan Centre to pull together archival photographs ... <a title="Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/mukurtu-an-online-dilly-bag-for-keeping-indigenous-digital-archives-safe-112949/" aria-label="Read more about Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe">Read more</a>

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Curious Kids: why do eggs have a yolk?

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maggie J. Watson, Lecturer in Ornithology, Ecology, Conservation and Parasitology, Charles Sturt University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do eggs have a yolk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/curious-kids-why-do-eggs-have-a-yolk-111605/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do eggs have a yolk?">Read more</a>

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And now for a newsflash: politicians actually do keep their promises

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University A quick scan of political headlines over recent election campaigns will tell you that there is a trust deficit in Australian politics. Alarmingly, surveys uniformly find that public trust is ... <a title="And now for a newsflash: politicians actually do keep their promises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/and-now-for-a-newsflash-politicians-actually-do-keep-their-promises-114357/" aria-label="Read more about And now for a newsflash: politicians actually do keep their promises">Read more</a>

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High-dose, immune-boosting or four-strain? A guide to flu vaccines for over-65s

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University Flu vaccines work by exposing the body to a component of the virus so it can “practise” fighting it off, without risking infection. The immune system can then mount a more rapid and effective response when faced with ... <a title="High-dose, immune-boosting or four-strain? A guide to flu vaccines for over-65s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/high-dose-immune-boosting-or-four-strain-a-guide-to-flu-vaccines-for-over-65s-112224/" aria-label="Read more about High-dose, immune-boosting or four-strain? A guide to flu vaccines for over-65s">Read more</a>

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Here’s why electric cars have plenty of grunt, oomph and torque

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Whitehead, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, have raised the question of electric vehicles’ capacity for “grunt”. Now I’m by no means a “grunt” expert, but when it comes to performance, electric cars are far from lacking. In fact, ... <a title="Here’s why electric cars have plenty of grunt, oomph and torque" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/heres-why-electric-cars-have-plenty-of-grunt-oomph-and-torque-115356/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why electric cars have plenty of grunt, oomph and torque">Read more</a>

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Life of Brian at 40: an assertion of individual freedom that still resonates

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland This year is the 40th anniversary of the release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The film met with instant controversy in 1979 and was banned in Ireland, Norway and parts of Britain. ... <a title="Life of Brian at 40: an assertion of individual freedom that still resonates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/life-of-brian-at-40-an-assertion-of-individual-freedom-that-still-resonates-114743/" aria-label="Read more about Life of Brian at 40: an assertion of individual freedom that still resonates">Read more</a>

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There’s no ‘garbage patch’ in the Southern Indian Ocean, so where does all the rubbish go?

April 16, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mirjam van der Mheen, PhD Candidate in Oceanography, University of Western Australia Great areas of our rubbish are known to form in parts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. But no such “garbage patch” has been found in the Southern Indian Ocean. Our research – published recently ... <a title="There’s no ‘garbage patch’ in the Southern Indian Ocean, so where does all the rubbish go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/theres-no-garbage-patch-in-the-southern-indian-ocean-so-where-does-all-the-rubbish-go-114439/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no ‘garbage patch’ in the Southern Indian Ocean, so where does all the rubbish go?">Read more</a>