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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne A major outage is affecting users of popular social media and messaging services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp around the globe. All these platforms are run by the social media giant ... <a title="A Meta outage hit Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/a-meta-outage-hit-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-and-more-heres-what-we-know-so-far-245834/" aria-label="Read more about A Meta outage hit Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney A prospective constitutional challenge to Victorian campaign finance laws may have flow-on consequences for Commonwealth campaign finance reforms, which have currently stalled in the Senate. Four independent candidates, who were defeated at the last Victorian election, have ... <a title="Victorian independents’ potential High Court challenge to political donations laws has merit – and there are federal implications too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/victorian-independents-potential-high-court-challenge-to-political-donations-laws-has-merit-and-there-are-federal-implications-too-245654/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian independents’ potential High Court challenge to political donations laws has merit – and there are federal implications too">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Murray, Bond University It has been a busy time in the Australian government’s sports diplomacy locker room. Recently, Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts met with 22 national sporting organisations in Melbourne for the inaugural Sports Diplomacy Consultative Group meeting. And today, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, his ... <a title="Sports diplomacy: why the Australian government is spending $600 million on a new NRL team in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/sports-diplomacy-why-the-australian-government-is-spending-600-million-on-a-new-nrl-team-in-png-245560/" aria-label="Read more about Sports diplomacy: why the Australian government is spending $600 million on a new NRL team in PNG">Read more</a>
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December 12, 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 This article is based on a presentation by the author to the Electoral Regulations Forum. At the November 5 US presidential election, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat ... <a title="Republicans soared in the recent US elections, but Democrats have reasons for optimism for 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/republicans-soared-in-the-recent-us-elections-but-democrats-have-reasons-for-optimism-for-2026-245157/" aria-label="Read more about Republicans soared in the recent US elections, but Democrats have reasons for optimism for 2026">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta Stapleton, Professor in Psychology, Bond University Thanks to films and cartoons, you probably have a lot of vague ideas about what hypnosis involves. What do you picture? Maybe a fob watch swinging back-and-forth, a therapist saying “you are getting verrrry sleepy”. But clinical hypnotherapy isn’t a ... <a title="Hypnosis won’t put you under a spell. But it can open your mind to change – and help treat pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/hypnosis-wont-put-you-under-a-spell-but-it-can-open-your-mind-to-change-and-help-treat-pain-243793/" aria-label="Read more about Hypnosis won’t put you under a spell. But it can open your mind to change – and help treat pain">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne and another car torching in Sydney have dramatically heightened political tensions over antisemitism. Amid criticism the government has been too slow to act in the past year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: For Mark Dreyfus, antisemitism is very personal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/politics-with-michelle-grattan-for-mark-dreyfus-antisemitism-is-very-personal-245749/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: For Mark Dreyfus, antisemitism is very personal">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deane-Peter Baker, Associate Professor of Ethics, Director of UNSW Military Ethics Research Lab and Innovation Network (MERLIN), UNSW Sydney Recently, the government responded to the Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide. It adopted most of the recommendations designed to better support defence personnel. It comes four years after ... <a title="Disaster happens when soldiers don’t act ethically. We can provide better training to support them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/disaster-happens-when-soldiers-dont-act-ethically-we-can-provide-better-training-to-support-them-245163/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster happens when soldiers don’t act ethically. We can provide better training to support them">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Petousis-Harris, Associate Professor in Vaccinology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Shutterstock/Melnikov Dmitriy The recently released Royal Commission of Inquiry report about New Zealand’s COVID response highlights the harmful impact of misinformation and disinformation on public health. While the report offers no solutions, it notes that ... <a title="Deliberate disinformation campaigns are a public health risk – but NZ has no effective strategy to deal with it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/deliberate-disinformation-campaigns-are-a-public-health-risk-but-nz-has-no-effective-strategy-to-deal-with-it-245016/" aria-label="Read more about Deliberate disinformation campaigns are a public health risk – but NZ has no effective strategy to deal with it">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernardo Figueiredo, Associate Professor of Marketing, RMIT University Andrii Iemelianenko/Shutterstock The Australian government’s recent decision to ban under 16s from social media has focused attention on the harms it can cause – especially for young people. But young people are just one segment of the population who ... <a title="‘A virtual seat at the family table’: why older people are among the biggest users of social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/a-virtual-seat-at-the-family-table-why-older-people-are-among-the-biggest-users-of-social-media-245156/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A virtual seat at the family table’: why older people are among the biggest users of social media">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dani Alexander, CEO, UNSW Energy Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Four million Australian households and businesses have rooftop solar installed, making us the world leader in the technology. Much of the electricity generated is used to power our homes, and any leftover is fed back into the grid. ... <a title="These 3 simple actions can save you money and help make the most of your rooftop solar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/these-3-simple-actions-can-save-you-money-and-help-make-the-most-of-your-rooftop-solar-245650/" aria-label="Read more about These 3 simple actions can save you money and help make the most of your rooftop solar">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney Runrun2/Shutterstock Wen Li, a graduate student living in Brisbane, ran for the seat of Mansfield as a Greens candidate in the recent Queensland election. Li promoted his policies on Xiaohongshu, one of the most popular ... <a title="Why Australian politicians are flocking to ‘Little Red Book’ to engage with Chinese voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/why-australian-politicians-are-flocking-to-little-red-book-to-engage-with-chinese-voters-245360/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australian politicians are flocking to ‘Little Red Book’ to engage with Chinese voters">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Prictor, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock You’re at a doctor’s appointment where you are told you might have a serious illness. You will have to undergo several different tests to get a firm diagnosis. The treatment regime is complicated. When ... <a title="Many Australians are recording their visits to the doctor – some without permission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/many-australians-are-recording-their-visits-to-the-doctor-some-without-permission-244637/" aria-label="Read more about Many Australians are recording their visits to the doctor – some without permission">Read more</a>
