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March 17, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today STUART NASH Felix Desmarais (1News): Nash’s continued tenure far less tenable now Herald: Stuart Nash resigns as Police Minister: Almost faced contempt charge in ... <a title="Newsletter: March 17 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/newsletter-march-17-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: March 17 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noel Cressie, Distinguished Professor of Statistics, University of Wollongong Friday marked the end of the public hearings for the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. They painted a picture of a catastrophic program that was legally and ethically indefensible – an example of how technological overreach, coupled ... <a title="Robodebt not only broke the laws of the land – it also broke laws of mathematics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/robodebt-not-only-broke-the-laws-of-the-land-it-also-broke-laws-of-mathematics-201299/" aria-label="Read more about Robodebt not only broke the laws of the land – it also broke laws of mathematics">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Max Kaiser, Adjunct lecturer, The University of Melbourne National Library of Australia Readers are advised this piece contains some racist terminology. Today, the Australian public mostly sees a conservative Australian Jewish communal leadership that has, since the 1990s, rarely spoken out on anything unrelated to Israel or ... <a title="For Australian Jews in the 1940s and 1950s, remembering the Holocaust meant fighting racism and colonialism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/for-australian-jews-in-the-1940s-and-1950s-remembering-the-holocaust-meant-fighting-racism-and-colonialism-200344/" aria-label="Read more about For Australian Jews in the 1940s and 1950s, remembering the Holocaust meant fighting racism and colonialism">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University Composite image/AAP International media is flush with reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping may imminently visit Russia and hold a video conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ... <a title="Is China becoming a peacemaker, or is it just as aggressive as before?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/is-china-becoming-a-peacemaker-or-is-it-just-as-aggressive-as-before-201294/" aria-label="Read more about Is China becoming a peacemaker, or is it just as aggressive as before?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashley M Hopkins, NHMRC Investigator Fellow, leader of the Clinical Cancer Epidemiology Lab, Flinders University Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels You may have heard the buzz about ChatGPT, a type of chatbot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to write essays, turn computer novices into programmers and help people communicate. ChatGPT ... <a title="We asked ChatGPT and Dr Google the same questions about cancer. Here’s what they said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/we-asked-chatgpt-and-dr-google-the-same-questions-about-cancer-heres-what-they-said-201474/" aria-label="Read more about We asked ChatGPT and Dr Google the same questions about cancer. Here’s what they said">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nandini Ramesh, Senior Research Scientist, Data61, CSIRO Shutterstock Remember the butterfly effect? It was a popular summary of chaos theory suggesting a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon could cause a tornado in Texas. Right now, a version of this is making it hard for us ... <a title="The flap of a butterfly’s wings: why autumn is not a good time to predict if El Niño is coming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/the-flap-of-a-butterflys-wings-why-autumn-is-not-a-good-time-to-predict-if-el-nino-is-coming-201940/" aria-label="Read more about The flap of a butterfly’s wings: why autumn is not a good time to predict if El Niño is coming">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antti Mikkonen, Principal Health Risk Advisor – Chemicals, EPA Victoria, and PhD Candidate, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia Shutterstock PFAS, known as “forever chemicals”, have been found just about everywhere on Earth, including in toilet paper. These chemicals are a group of ... <a title="PFAS for dinner? Study of ‘forever chemicals’ build-up in cattle points to ways to reduce risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/pfas-for-dinner-study-of-forever-chemicals-build-up-in-cattle-points-to-ways-to-reduce-risks-201553/" aria-label="Read more about PFAS for dinner? Study of ‘forever chemicals’ build-up in cattle points to ways to reduce risks">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University Ben Den Engelsen/Unsplash Many students spend their final years of school working toward the highest Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) they can get. But after many years of concerns, there is a renewed debate about whether we should ... <a title="Students think the ATAR is ‘unfair’ but we need to be careful about replacing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/students-think-the-atar-is-unfair-but-we-need-to-be-careful-about-replacing-it-200173/" aria-label="Read more about Students think the ATAR is ‘unfair’ but we need to be careful about replacing it">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Jean Baker, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University Santiago Felipe/Perth Festival Kathleen Hanna yells like she did in the 1990s, pushing the toxic male patriarchy out of the moshpit at Melbourne’s The Forum on the eve of International Women’s Day. Hanna’s band Bikini Kill rampages through ... <a title="Sexual exhibitionism, Riot Grrrl and climate change activism: 30 years of raging by Peaches, Bikini Kill and Björk, still going strong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/sexual-exhibitionism-riot-grrrl-and-climate-change-activism-30-years-of-raging-by-peaches-bikini-kill-and-bjork-still-going-strong-201388/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual exhibitionism, Riot Grrrl and climate change activism: 30 years of raging by Peaches, Bikini Kill and Björk, still going strong">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Khoo, Associate Professor of International Politics, University of Otago Australian PM Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden seal the AUKUS deal in San Diego, March 13. Getty Images Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating’s recent strident criticism of the A$368 billion nuclear-powered submarine deal announced ... <a title="As Australia signs up for nuclear subs, NZ faces hard decisions over the AUKUS alliance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/as-australia-signs-up-for-nuclear-subs-nz-faces-hard-decisions-over-the-aukus-alliance-201946/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia signs up for nuclear subs, NZ faces hard decisions over the AUKUS alliance">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Isakhan, Professor of International Politics, Deakin University Khalid Mohammed/AP Two decades ago, Australia joined the US-led “coalition of the willing” that staged a major military intervention in Iraq. To justify the war, leaders like US President George W. Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard argued ... <a title="Iraq war, 20 years on: how the world failed Iraq and created a less peaceful, democratic and prosperous state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/17/iraq-war-20-years-on-how-the-world-failed-iraq-and-created-a-less-peaceful-democratic-and-prosperous-state-200075/" aria-label="Read more about Iraq war, 20 years on: how the world failed Iraq and created a less peaceful, democratic and prosperous state">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the old adage goes, time will tell whether Paul Keating’s scepticism about AUKUS and his extremely benign view of China’s intentions turn out to be justified. That judgment could be many years away. History’s reading can be very different ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: History will judge Keating’s assessments of AUKUS and China, but his performance went over the top" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/16/grattan-on-friday-history-will-judge-keatings-assessments-of-aukus-and-china-but-his-performance-went-over-the-top-201949/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: History will judge Keating’s assessments of AUKUS and China, but his performance went over the top">Read more</a>
