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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne The violent riots that shook Jakarta last week led to at least six deaths, over 700 injured and more than 200 arrests. Demonstrations and rallies ... <a title="Jakarta riots reveal Indonesia’s deep divisions on religion and politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/jakarta-riots-reveal-indonesias-deep-divisions-on-religion-and-politics-117818/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta riots reveal Indonesia’s deep divisions on religion and politics">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorenzo Buscicchi, PhD Candidate, Teaching assistant, University of Waikato New Zealand will release its first well-being budget this week, based on a suite of measures that track how New Zealanders are doing, including how happy they are. The latest World Happiness Report, issued by the UN Sustainable ... <a title="The paradox of happiness: the more you chase it the more elusive it becomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/the-paradox-of-happiness-the-more-you-chase-it-the-more-elusive-it-becomes-112217/" aria-label="Read more about The paradox of happiness: the more you chase it the more elusive it becomes">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Curnoe, Associate Professor and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of New South Wales, UNSW 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: are humans going to evolve again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/curious-kids-are-humans-going-to-evolve-again-116990/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: are humans going to evolve again?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Zerilli, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Otago New Zealand is a leader in government use of artificial intelligence (AI). It is part of a global network of countries that use predictive algorithms in government decision making, for anything from the optimal scheduling of public hospital beds to ... <a title="Call for independent watchdog to monitor NZ government use of artificial intelligence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/call-for-independent-watchdog-to-monitor-nz-government-use-of-artificial-intelligence-117589/" aria-label="Read more about Call for independent watchdog to monitor NZ government use of artificial intelligence">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Wellbeing Budget Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Economics aside, the Budget rules were self-imposed for entirely political reasons Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Budget 2019: Goodbye ‘NZ Inc’ and welcome to the world of wellbeing Simon Wilson ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 27 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-27-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 27 2019">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laichang Zhang, Professor Mechanical Engineering, Edith Cowan University To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at how researchers study some of the elements in their work. Today’s it’s titanium, a metal known for its strength and lightness so ... <a title="Titanium is the perfect metal to make replacement human body parts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/titanium-is-the-perfect-metal-to-make-replacement-human-body-parts-115361/" aria-label="Read more about Titanium is the perfect metal to make replacement human body parts">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University The high tide of analysis concerning the Australian Labor Party’s shock 2019 federal election loss has been reached. It looks like so much flotsam and jetsam with the odd big log – leadership popularity, Queensland – prominent among the ... <a title="How might Labor win in 2022? The answers can all be found in the lessons of 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/how-might-labor-win-in-2022-the-answers-can-all-be-found-in-the-lessons-of-2019-117742/" aria-label="Read more about How might Labor win in 2022? The answers can all be found in the lessons of 2019">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Gilroy, ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney We welcome the recently announced Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. At the same time, the enquiry must consider certain issues in its approach to Aboriginal ... <a title="Why Aboriginal voices need to be front and centre in the disability Royal Commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/why-aboriginal-voices-need-to-be-front-and-centre-in-the-disability-royal-commission-115056/" aria-label="Read more about Why Aboriginal voices need to be front and centre in the disability Royal Commission">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristen Lyons, Professor Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland Climate change threatens Australia in many different ways, and can devastate rural and urban communities alike. For Torres Strait Islanders, it’s a crisis that’s washing away their homes, infrastructure and even cemeteries. The failure to take ... <a title="Torres Strait Islanders ask UN to hold Australia to account on climate ‘human rights abuses’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/torres-strait-islanders-ask-un-to-hold-australia-to-account-on-climate-human-rights-abuses-117262/" aria-label="Read more about Torres Strait Islanders ask UN to hold Australia to account on climate ‘human rights abuses’">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jutta Beher, Spatial analyst in conservation and ecology, University of Melbourne From climate change to armed conflict, our world is struggling with urgent global issues. But disagreements about how to solve them can spiral out of control. The only way to resolve intractable conflicts is to overcome ... <a title="Comic: how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/comic-how-to-have-better-arguments-about-the-environment-or-anything-else-98554/" aria-label="Read more about Comic: how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Rowe, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Deakin University More advantaged public secondary schools across Australia generate nearly six times the amount of funding contributions from parents than less advantaged schools receive. Our study, published in The Australian Educational Researcher journal, examined private levels of ... <a title="Some public schools get nearly 6 times as much funding, thanks to parents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/some-public-schools-get-nearly-6-times-as-much-funding-thanks-to-parents-117268/" aria-label="Read more about Some public schools get nearly 6 times as much funding, thanks to parents">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Makiko Nishitani, Lecturer, La Trobe University Established migrant communities in regional and rural areas are often ignored in favour of policies focused on attracting new intakes of skilled migrants. A striking example is the substantial population of Pacific Islanders in horticultural areas in Australia. They are largely ... <a title="The forgotten people in Australia’s regional settlement policy are Pacific Islander residents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/the-forgotten-people-in-australias-regional-settlement-policy-are-pacific-islander-residents-116277/" aria-label="Read more about The forgotten people in Australia’s regional settlement policy are Pacific Islander residents">Read more</a>
