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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-heres-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethan Greener, Associate Professor of Politics, Massey University National Party justice spokesperson Simon Bridges has accused New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster of being a “wokester” whose commitment to “policing by consent” is out of step with the law. The claims were in response to Coster’s avowed ... <a title="Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/policing-by-consent-is-not-woke-it-is-fundamental-to-a-democratic-society-155866/" aria-label="Read more about Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University Disaster resilience and recovery conversations are filled with mentions of “community”, but collapsing various groups together this way fails to acknowledge that people experience disasters differently. For Indigenous peoples — whose experiences are shaped by vastly different ... <a title="Unwelcoming and reluctant to help: bushfire recovery hasn’t considered Aboriginal culture — but things are finally starting to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/unwelcoming-and-reluctant-to-help-bushfire-recovery-hasnt-considered-aboriginal-culture-but-things-are-finally-starting-to-change-154954/" aria-label="Read more about Unwelcoming and reluctant to help: bushfire recovery hasn’t considered Aboriginal culture — but things are finally starting to change">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Fifty dollars sounds like a lot. But the increase in the JobSeeker unemployment benefit announced by Prime Minister Morrison on Tuesday is $50 per fortnight, which is just $25 per week, and it will replace the ... <a title="The $50 boost to JobSeeker will take Australia’s payment from the lowest in the OECD to the second-lowest after Greece" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/the-50-boost-to-jobseeker-will-take-australias-payment-from-the-lowest-in-the-oecd-to-the-second-lowest-after-greece-155739/" aria-label="Read more about The $50 boost to JobSeeker will take Australia’s payment from the lowest in the OECD to the second-lowest after Greece">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niamh Kinchin, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Wollongong Developments in global border control technologies are providing innovative ways to address issues relating to migration, asylum-seeking and the introduction of illegal goods into countries. But while governments and national security can benefit from this, advanced surveillance ... <a title="AI facial analysis is scientifically questionable. Should we be using it for border control?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/ai-facial-analysis-is-scientifically-questionable-should-we-be-using-it-for-border-control-155474/" aria-label="Read more about AI facial analysis is scientifically questionable. Should we be using it for border control?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Tiernan, Professor of Politics. Dean (Engagement) Griffith Business School, Griffith University Since news broke last week of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape in a ministerial office in 2019, three other women have come forward, alleging sexual assault by the same Morrison government ministerial staffer. Higgins is expected ... <a title="Yes, the culture in Parliament House is appalling. But there are systemic problems that also need urgent reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/yes-the-culture-in-parliament-house-is-appalling-but-there-are-systemic-problems-that-also-need-urgent-reform-155755/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, the culture in Parliament House is appalling. But there are systemic problems that also need urgent reform">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Carlson, Post Doctoral Research Officer, Telethon Kids Institute As Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins this week, many people still have questions about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, both in the short and long term. As vaccine experts, we hear these concerns all the time, and it’s ... <a title="How do we know the COVID vaccine won’t have long-term side-effects?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/how-do-we-know-the-covid-vaccine-wont-have-long-term-side-effects-155714/" aria-label="Read more about How do we know the COVID vaccine won’t have long-term side-effects?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian G. Fisher, Lecturer in Remote Sensing, UNSW As one of the longest structures in the world, the dingo fence is an icon of Australia. It stretches more than 5,600 kilometres across three states, including 150 kilometres that traverses the red sand dunes of the Strzelecki Desert. ... <a title="The dingo fence from space: satellite images show how these top predators alter the desert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/the-dingo-fence-from-space-satellite-images-show-how-these-top-predators-alter-the-desert-155642/" aria-label="Read more about The dingo fence from space: satellite images show how these top predators alter the desert">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Spyros Schismenos, PhD Fellow / Research Assistant, Western Sydney University In March 2019, a powerful storm hit southern Nepal. Residents in the Bara and Parsa districts had little warning. They sheltered in huts made from mud and brick which collapsed in the wind and rain. At least ... <a title="It’s 2am, you’re sleeping, and a flash flood hits your home. Without a warning system, what do you do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/its-2am-youre-sleeping-and-a-flash-flood-hits-your-home-without-a-warning-system-what-do-you-do-154805/" aria-label="Read more about It’s 2am, you’re sleeping, and a flash flood hits your home. Without a warning system, what do you do?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Associate Professor in Education, University of Sydney One of the boldest recommendations in the review of the New South Wales curriculum was to introduce “untimed syllabuses”. According to the review’s report – delivered in June 2020 — these do not specify when every student must ... <a title="A school system tailored to individual ability rather than age sounds good, but there’s no evidence it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/a-school-system-tailored-to-individual-ability-rather-than-age-sounds-good-but-theres-no-evidence-it-works-155358/" aria-label="Read more about A school system tailored to individual ability rather than age sounds good, but there’s no evidence it works">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Norman, Chair of Urban & Regional Planning and Director of Canberra Urban & Regional Futures, University of Canberra As we were still recovering from last summer’s fires in southeast Australia, the southwest fires brought in 2021. Both were far more intense fires than seen before, driven ... <a title="Fires bring home climate-driven urgency of rethinking where we live – and how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/fires-bring-home-climate-driven-urgency-of-rethinking-where-we-live-and-how-155044/" aria-label="Read more about Fires bring home climate-driven urgency of rethinking where we live – and how">Read more</a>
