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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolas Campione, Research Fellow/Lecturer, University of New England The most emblematic feature of dinosaurs is their body size. Some dinosaurs reached enormous sizes during the Mesozoic Era which ended 66 million years ago, with some species maybe even approaching 100 tonnes. The largest animals ever to walk ... <a title="How do you weigh a dinosaur? There are two ways, and it turns out they’re both right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/how-do-you-weigh-a-dinosaur-there-are-two-ways-and-it-turns-out-theyre-both-right-144874/" aria-label="Read more about How do you weigh a dinosaur? There are two ways, and it turns out they’re both right">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
COMMENT: By Camille Nakhid How racially prejudiced is Aotearoa New Zealand? Well, we saw just how racially prejudiced it is a weekend ago when a Stuff reporter showed us pictures of the breaches of alert level 3 at the skate park and basketball court in Victoria Park. In one photo, there was a group of ... <a title="Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/camille-nakhid-covid-19-community-prejudice-and-humanity-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Centre A New Zealand youth MP Shaneel Lal is speaking out against education policies that exclude some Pacific Island people from Pasifika programmes and scholarships as unfair. Lal, who is eighth generation Indo-Fijian, applied for a Pasifika scholarship at the University of Otago only to be told he had ... <a title="Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/youth-mp-speaks-out-against-unfair-pacific-criteria-in-nz-education-system/" aria-label="Read more about Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education system">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling While COVID-19 restrictions were initially announced by the federal government and implemented across Australia in March, since then the states and territories have devised their own strategies to manage the virus. This approach acknowledges different areas will be affected in different ... <a title="Coronavirus restrictions in your state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/coronavirus-restrictions-in-your-state-145031/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus restrictions in your state">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Peterie, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Mobile phones are a lifeline for those in immigration detention. But if the government has its way, this thread will soon be cut. A proposed bill would allow the minister to deem mobile phones and other internet-capable devices “prohibited items”. ... <a title="Banning mobile phones in immigration detention would make an inhumane system even crueler" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/banning-mobile-phones-in-immigration-detention-would-make-an-inhumane-system-even-crueler-145299/" aria-label="Read more about Banning mobile phones in immigration detention would make an inhumane system even crueler">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Glasser, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University With next fire season already underway, the bushfire Royal Commission yesterday released an interim report. Its observations in the wake of our Black Summer suggest the commission’s final report, due on October 28, may recommend a major shake-up of how ... <a title="To reduce disasters, we must cut greenhouse emissions. So why isn’t the bushfire Royal Commission talking about this?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/to-reduce-disasters-we-must-cut-greenhouse-emissions-so-why-isnt-the-bushfire-royal-commission-talking-about-this-145323/" aria-label="Read more about To reduce disasters, we must cut greenhouse emissions. So why isn’t the bushfire Royal Commission talking about this?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Renton, PhD candidate (Cognitive Neuroscience/ Neuroengineering), The University of Queensland A recent demonstration video released by Elon Musk’s firm Neuralink might not look like much at first. In the video, a pig named Gertrude eats snacks from a person’s hand, while an accompanying computer screen displays ... <a title="Neuralink put a chip in Gertrude the pig’s brain. It might be useful one day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/neuralink-put-a-chip-in-gertrude-the-pigs-brain-it-might-be-useful-one-day-145383/" aria-label="Read more about Neuralink put a chip in Gertrude the pig’s brain. It might be useful one day">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Linden, Sessional Lecturer, PhD (Management) Candidate, School of Management, RMIT University A recent decision by Australian Securities and Investments Commission to deny a newspaper access to a confidential bank document raises questions about its attitude to regulating the financial services industry. In the wake of the ... <a title="Is ASIC more concerned about relationships with boards than enforcing the law?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/is-asic-more-concerned-about-relationships-with-boards-than-enforcing-the-law-144665/" aria-label="Read more about Is ASIC more concerned about relationships with boards than enforcing the law?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Dethridge, Research and Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication, RMIT University In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. In days of COVID-19, I’m seeking escape and the screen is a glowing cornucopia of ... <a title="Hollywood: a glitzy, queer recasting of Tinseltown that is perfect escapist TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/hollywood-a-glitzy-queer-recasting-of-tinseltown-that-is-perfect-escapist-tv-144364/" aria-label="Read more about Hollywood: a glitzy, queer recasting of Tinseltown that is perfect escapist TV">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Lecturer, Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University The Thousand Talents Plan is a Chinese government program to attract scientists and engineers from overseas. Since the plan began in 2008, it has recruited thousands of researchers from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, ... <a title="The Thousand Talents Plan is part of China’s long quest to become the global scientific leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/the-thousand-talents-plan-is-part-of-chinas-long-quest-to-become-the-global-scientific-leader-145100/" aria-label="Read more about The Thousand Talents Plan is part of China’s long quest to become the global scientific leader">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in Business Law. Director of the UNSW Business School Cybersecurity and Data Governance Research Network, UNSW Facebook will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram if a proposal to force tech giants to pay ... <a title="If Facebook really pulls news from its Australian sites, we’ll have a much less compelling product" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/if-facebook-really-pulls-news-from-its-australian-sites-well-have-a-much-less-compelling-product-145380/" aria-label="Read more about If Facebook really pulls news from its Australian sites, we’ll have a much less compelling product">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
By RNZ News The Christchurch mosque shooter has been designated as a “terrorist entity” by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The designation under New Zealand legislation freezes the assets of terrorist entities and makes it a criminal offence to participate in or support the activities of the designated terrorist entity. Last Thursday, Australian ... <a title="NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/nz-designates-christchurch-mosque-shooter-as-a-terrorist-entity/" aria-label="Read more about NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity">Read more</a>
