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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Housing took centre stage in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’s first budget this week. Relatively modest but positive steps were made towards tackling Australia’s worsening shortage of affordable social housing, as well ... <a title="1 million homes target makes headlines, but can’t mask modest ambition of budget’s housing plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/1-million-homes-target-makes-headlines-but-cant-mask-modest-ambition-of-budgets-housing-plans-193289/" aria-label="Read more about 1 million homes target makes headlines, but can’t mask modest ambition of budget’s housing plans">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland The announcement the BBC will move the global streaming of Doctor Who from free to air channels to Disney+ will change the viewing habits for millions of people internationally. In Australia, Doctor Who will be removed from ... <a title="Without free-to-air, we wouldn’t have Doctor Who in the archives. What will we lose when it moves to Disney?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/without-free-to-air-we-wouldnt-have-doctor-who-in-the-archives-what-will-we-lose-when-it-moves-to-disney-193310/" aria-label="Read more about Without free-to-air, we wouldn’t have Doctor Who in the archives. What will we lose when it moves to Disney?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Roberts, Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology Wing In recent years, cafes, supermarkets and online shops have started to trial drone delivery in a handful of locations around the world. More than a dozen drone delivery companies are now running such trials. Just this week, ... <a title="Drone delivery is a thing now. But how feasible is having it everywhere, and would we even want it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/drone-delivery-is-a-thing-now-but-how-feasible-is-having-it-everywhere-and-would-we-even-want-it-193301/" aria-label="Read more about Drone delivery is a thing now. But how feasible is having it everywhere, and would we even want it?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images Recent news that thousands of charges have been filed in the Waikato and Auckland youth courts in the past nine months once again put a spotlight on youth crime and our responses to it. This comes not ... <a title="10 is too young to be in court – NZ should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/10-is-too-young-to-be-in-court-nz-should-raise-the-minimum-age-of-criminal-responsibility-188969/" aria-label="Read more about 10 is too young to be in court – NZ should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The jury in the Lehrmann trial has been discharged after it was discovered a juror had obtained information outside the evidence presented. ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said it was unfortunate but indicated she had no option but to abort ... <a title="Lehrmann trial aborted after juror accessed own information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/lehrmann-trial-aborted-after-juror-accessed-own-information-192396/" aria-label="Read more about Lehrmann trial aborted after juror accessed own information">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan C Evans, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney Seiichiro/Unsplash This week’s federal budget reiterated the government’s plan to establish a new scheme for encouraging private investment in conservation, called a biodiversity market (now, rebranded to a “nature repair” market). A biodiversity market would see ... <a title="The government hopes private investors will help save nature. Here’s how its scheme could fail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/the-government-hopes-private-investors-will-help-save-nature-heres-how-its-scheme-could-fail-193010/" aria-label="Read more about The government hopes private investors will help save nature. Here’s how its scheme could fail">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurie Buys, Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University SHVETS production/Pexels Why do people get old? – Emily, 8 years old, Victoria That’s a great question, Emily! Who do you think is old? Is it anyone older than you, like an annoying older brother or sister? Is ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do people get old?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/curious-kids-why-do-people-get-old-190142/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do people get old?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Morris, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab, Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University Australians will soon vote in a referendum on a First Nations Voice – a constitutionally guaranteed body empowering Indigenous communities to advise parliament and government on Indigenous affairs, as ... <a title="A constitutional Voice to Parliament: ensuring parliament is in charge, not the courts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/a-constitutional-voice-to-parliament-ensuring-parliament-is-in-charge-not-the-courts-193017/" aria-label="Read more about A constitutional Voice to Parliament: ensuring parliament is in charge, not the courts">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Martin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University Fili Santillán/Unsplash New details have emerged on the severity of the Medibank hack, which has now affected all users. Optus, Medibank, Woolworths, and, last Friday, electricity provider Energy Australia are all now among the household names that have fallen ... <a title="Why are there so many data breaches? A growing industry of criminals is brokering in stolen data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/why-are-there-so-many-data-breaches-a-growing-industry-of-criminals-is-brokering-in-stolen-data-193015/" aria-label="Read more about Why are there so many data breaches? A growing industry of criminals is brokering in stolen data">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia van Toorn, Research fellow, UNSW Sydney NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has announced a review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, amid claims of a cost blowout, heightened by budget forecasts. The review will look at ways to improve access to and delivery of the NDIS, including ... <a title="NDIS plans rely on algorithms to judge need – the upcoming review should change that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/ndis-plans-rely-on-algorithms-to-judge-need-the-upcoming-review-should-change-that-193106/" aria-label="Read more about NDIS plans rely on algorithms to judge need – the upcoming review should change that">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Sherry, Professor and Co-director, Sport Innovation Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock High-profile Australian athletes and supporters across sports such as cricket, netball and Australian Rules football have recently called for their sports to reconsider their partnerships with fossil fuel or mining companies. Our report, ... <a title="Out of bounds: how much does greenwashing cost fossil-fuel sponsors of Australian sport?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/out-of-bounds-how-much-does-greenwashing-cost-fossil-fuel-sponsors-of-australian-sport-192720/" aria-label="Read more about Out of bounds: how much does greenwashing cost fossil-fuel sponsors of Australian sport?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Allan, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Technology Sydney “We are […] sandbagging the state”, New South Wales Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke declared on Saturday. And so we endure the third La Niña season with this waiting-for-the-next-disaster attitude. After heavy rain and repeated floods across ... <a title="Beyond a state of sandbagging: what can we learn from all the floods, here and overseas?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/beyond-a-state-of-sandbagging-what-can-we-learn-from-all-the-floods-here-and-overseas-193011/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond a state of sandbagging: what can we learn from all the floods, here and overseas?">Read more</a>
