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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato With the relationship between China and Australia souring in the past six months, New Zealand’s response will need to be nuanced and careful, but also principled. First and foremost, we must ensure the dispute between two of our main ... <a title="What’s at stake for NZ in Australia’s case against China at the World Trade Organisation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/whats-at-stake-for-nz-in-australias-case-against-china-at-the-world-trade-organisation-153098/" aria-label="Read more about What’s at stake for NZ in Australia’s case against China at the World Trade Organisation?">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tiberio Caetano, Chief Scientist, Gradient Institute, University of Sydney From Google searches and dating sites to detecting credit card fraud, artificial intelligence (AI) keeps finding new ways to creep into our lives. But can we trust the algorithms that drive it? As humans, we make errors. We ... <a title="Artificial intelligence can deepen social inequality. Here are 5 ways to help prevent this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/artificial-intelligence-can-deepen-social-inequality-here-are-5-ways-to-help-prevent-this-152226/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial intelligence can deepen social inequality. Here are 5 ways to help prevent this">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kendall, PhD Candidate in Law, The University of Queensland Did you know you could be charged with spying if you connect with someone who turns out to be a foreign spy on LinkedIn? Apparently, not enough of us do. Australia’s domestic spy agency ASIO recently launched ... <a title="You could break espionage laws on social media without realising it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/you-could-break-espionage-laws-on-social-media-without-realising-it-151665/" aria-label="Read more about You could break espionage laws on social media without realising it">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Allen, Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow, University of Newcastle Countries around the world are taking steps to tackle climate change and become net-zero emitters of carbon dioxide (CO₂) by 2050. Most recently, Joe Biden’s presidential election win means the US is the latest nation to adopt ... <a title="Net-zero, carbon-neutral, carbon-negative .. confused by all the carbon jargon? Then read this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/net-zero-carbon-neutral-carbon-negative-confused-by-all-the-carbon-jargon-then-read-this-151382/" aria-label="Read more about Net-zero, carbon-neutral, carbon-negative .. confused by all the carbon jargon? Then read this">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland The recent storming of the US Capitol has led a number of social media platforms to remove President Donald Trump’s account. In the case of Twitter, the ban is permanent. Others, like Facebook, have taken ... <a title="No, Twitter is not censoring Donald Trump. Free speech is not guaranteed if it harms others" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/no-twitter-is-not-censoring-donald-trump-free-speech-is-not-guaranteed-if-it-harms-others-153092/" aria-label="Read more about No, Twitter is not censoring Donald Trump. Free speech is not guaranteed if it harms others">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Once again, Australia is on fire. This year it’s the turn of Western Australia and South Australia, where bushfires are threatening homes and lives. In the south of Tasmania, conditions are dry and the region is ... <a title="Asking people to prepare for fire is pointless if they can’t afford to do it. It’s time we subsidised fire prevention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/asking-people-to-prepare-for-fire-is-pointless-if-they-cant-afford-to-do-it-its-time-we-subsidised-fire-prevention-151913/" aria-label="Read more about Asking people to prepare for fire is pointless if they can’t afford to do it. It’s time we subsidised fire prevention">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University It hasn’t been the start to 2021 many of us wanted. In the past three weeks Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales have dealt with fresh COVID outbreaks, but it’s worth remembering each have faced unique challenges, and tackled them ... <a title="Vic, QLD and NSW are managing COVID outbreaks in their own ways. But all are world-standard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/vic-qld-and-nsw-are-managing-covid-outbreaks-in-their-own-ways-but-all-are-world-standard-152974/" aria-label="Read more about Vic, QLD and NSW are managing COVID outbreaks in their own ways. But all are world-standard">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Wilson, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago The global COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying, with more infectious variants of the virus, and more rapid spread, especially in countries such as the US and UK. This deterioration has meant a higher number of infected returnees arriving at ... <a title="With COVID-19 mutating and surging, NZ urgently needs to tighten border controls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/with-covid-19-mutating-and-surging-nz-urgently-needs-to-tighten-border-controls-153078/" aria-label="Read more about With COVID-19 mutating and surging, NZ urgently needs to tighten border controls">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Thomas, Lecturer in Environmental and Humanitarian Engineering, University of Sydney To limit the spread of disease and reduce environmental pollution, human waste (excreta) needs to be safely contained and effectively treated. Yet 4.2 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, lack access to safe ... <a title="14 billion litres of untreated wastewater is created each day in developing countries, but we don’t know where it all goes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/14-billion-litres-of-untreated-wastewater-is-created-each-day-in-developing-countries-but-we-dont-know-where-it-all-goes-151217/" aria-label="Read more about 14 billion litres of untreated wastewater is created each day in developing countries, but we don’t know where it all goes">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Thomas, Lecturer in Environmental and Humanitarian Engineering, University of Sydney To limit the spread of disease and reduce environmental pollution, human waste (excreta) needs to be safely contained and effectively treated. Yet 4.2 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, lack access to safe ... <a title="14 billion litres of untreated wastewater is created each day in developing countries, but we don’t know where all of it goes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/14-billion-litres-of-untreated-wastewater-is-created-each-day-in-developing-countries-but-we-dont-know-where-all-of-it-goes-151217/" aria-label="Read more about 14 billion litres of untreated wastewater is created each day in developing countries, but we don’t know where all of it goes">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Markus Wagner, University of Wollongong President Donald Trump is extremely unlikely to capitulate to pressure to resign in the final days of his presidency. And his Cabinet is equally unlikely to force him out by invoking the 25th amendment of the Constitution, despite calls from the Democrats to do so. So, in the ... <a title="Impeaching Trump a second time is a complex and politically risky act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/impeaching-trump-a-second-time-is-a-complex-and-politically-risky-act/" aria-label="Read more about Impeaching Trump a second time is a complex and politically risky act">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia has recorded another covid-19 death, raising the pandemic’s tally to 122. There are 46 people with covid-19 in hospital, 21 of them in intensive care. The first death occurred four months ago at the start of the second wave, which is now reportedly weakening. So far, more than 17,000 have ... <a title="Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/tahitis-covid-19-death-tally-rises-to-122-17000-plus-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases">Read more</a>
