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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Media, Queensland University of Technology Twitter over the weekend “tagged” as manipulated a video showing US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden supposedly forgetting which state he’s in, while addressing a crowd. Biden’s “hello Minnesota” greeting contrasts with prominent signage ... <a title="3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/3-2-billion-images-and-720-000-hours-of-video-are-shared-online-daily-can-you-sort-real-from-fake-148630/" aria-label="Read more about 3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amie Hayley, NHMRC Peter Doherty Biomedical Early Career Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Around 25,000 Australians currently use medicinal cannabis products. They may be prescribed to relieve symptoms and pain associated with certain chronic medical conditions, for chemotherapy-induced nausea, or during palliative ... <a title="Medicinal cannabis users in Victoria could soon be allowed to drive with THC in their system. Is it safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/medicinal-cannabis-users-in-victoria-could-soon-be-allowed-to-drive-with-thc-in-their-system-is-it-safe-148345/" aria-label="Read more about Medicinal cannabis users in Victoria could soon be allowed to drive with THC in their system. Is it safe?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato Hashtags are a pervasive feature of social media posts and used widely in search engines. Anything with the intent of attracting a wide audience usually comes with a memorable hashtag — #MeToo, #FreeHongKong, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19 and ... <a title="Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/hashtags-may-not-be-words-grammatically-speaking-but-they-help-spread-a-message-133045/" aria-label="Read more about Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland Two weeks after Labour’s landslide election win, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a ministry that is more diverse than any seen before in New Zealand. Of those inside cabinet, 40% are women, 25% are Māori (two in ... <a title="Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/can-new-zealands-most-diverse-ever-cabinet-improve-representation-of-women-and-minorities-in-general-149273/" aria-label="Read more about Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Denham, Lecturer in Exercise Science, RMIT University The controversial and banned practice of giving horses baking soda “milkshakes” before a race doesn’t work, according to our analysis of the available research. Racing folklore says sodium bicarbonate milkshakes can boost racehorses’ endurance because the alkalinity of the ... <a title="Put the baking soda back in the bottle: banned sodium bicarbonate ‘milkshakes’ don’t make racehorses faster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/put-the-baking-soda-back-in-the-bottle-banned-sodium-bicarbonate-milkshakes-dont-make-racehorses-faster-148907/" aria-label="Read more about Put the baking soda back in the bottle: banned sodium bicarbonate ‘milkshakes’ don’t make racehorses faster">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer S. Hunt, Lecturer, National Security College, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of ... <a title="As US election day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/as-us-election-day-nears-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will-148441/" aria-label="Read more about As US election day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tilman Ruff, Associate Professor, Education and Learning Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware this article contains the name of a deceased person. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ... <a title="315 nuclear bombs and ongoing suffering: the shameful history of nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/315-nuclear-bombs-and-ongoing-suffering-the-shameful-history-of-nuclear-testing-in-australia-and-the-pacific-148909/" aria-label="Read more about 315 nuclear bombs and ongoing suffering: the shameful history of nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Flannery, Professorial fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne It is difficult to know what to do when governments fail us. But there’s no need to wait until the next election to deal with the climate crisis, we can act now. An overwhelming majority of ... <a title="Australia, the climate can’t wait for the next federal election. It’s time to take control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/australia-the-climate-cant-wait-for-the-next-federal-election-its-time-to-take-control-148252/" aria-label="Read more about Australia, the climate can’t wait for the next federal election. It’s time to take control">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Ramsay, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Treasurer Josh Frydenberg appears to have backed down. An extraordinarily rushed timetable that would have allowed investors and others just 12 days to comment on draft legislation permitting companies to hold virtual rather than face-to-face annual general meetings ... <a title="A rushed move to virtual AGMs would disempower shareholders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/a-rushed-move-to-virtual-agms-would-disempower-shareholders-149101/" aria-label="Read more about A rushed move to virtual AGMs would disempower shareholders">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Macrossan, Associate Lecturer/Sessional Academic, Queensland University of Technology In a new series, our writers explore their best worst film. They’ll tell you what the critics got wrong – and why it’s time to give these movies another chance. In 2007, Columbia Pictures released the psychedelic Across ... <a title="My best worst film: Across the Universe is a Beatles jukebox musical masterpiece" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/my-best-worst-film-across-the-universe-is-a-beatles-jukebox-musical-masterpiece-147175/" aria-label="Read more about My best worst film: Across the Universe is a Beatles jukebox musical masterpiece">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva The unfolding in French Polynesia of the latest judiciary entanglements of pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru versus the French administration is being closely followed by members of the Tahitian community in Tahiti and in Aotearoa New Zealand. There are undeniable similarities between Temaru’s upcoming trial on November 4 in Nouméa after many ... <a title="The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of déjà-vu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/the-judgment-of-tahitis-oscar-temaru-a-neocolonial-sense-of-deja-vu/" aria-label="Read more about The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of déjà-vu">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Australia has come a significant step closer to forming a federal anti-corruption agency, when federal Attorney-General Christian Porter released draft legislation designed to set up a Commonwealth Integrity Commission (CIC). ... <a title="Explainer: what is the proposed Commonwealth Integrity Commission and how would it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/explainer-what-is-the-proposed-commonwealth-integrity-commission-and-how-would-it-work-140734/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is the proposed Commonwealth Integrity Commission and how would it work?">Read more</a>
