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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University Shutterstock There’s a good chance your local council starts each official council meeting with a religious prayer – and it’s almost always a Christian prayer. Around one-third of Australian local governments have a prayer, with the figure rising to ... <a title="Many local councils still officially pray to God. Here’s why this may be unlawful and should be abandoned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/many-local-councils-still-officially-pray-to-god-heres-why-this-may-be-unlawful-and-should-be-abandoned-203192/" aria-label="Read more about Many local councils still officially pray to God. Here’s why this may be unlawful and should be abandoned">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sana Nakata, Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University The Liberal Party’s decision to formally oppose the federal government’s model for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament amounts to a resounding “no” position – but perhaps not in the way party leader Peter Dutton thinks. ... <a title="The Liberal Party’s ‘no’ position on Voice signals it’s primarily interested in speaking to a nation that no longer exists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/the-liberal-partys-no-position-on-voice-signals-its-primarily-interested-in-speaking-to-a-nation-that-no-longer-exists-203397/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberal Party’s ‘no’ position on Voice signals it’s primarily interested in speaking to a nation that no longer exists">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato A kindergarten in Kharkiv, Ukraine, destroyed by Russian shelling. Getty Images The New Zealand government’s sanctioning of Russian commissioner for children’s rights Maria Lvova-Belova is a further demonstration of its concern over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. But it ... <a title="Russia’s alleged deportation of Ukrainian children has caused a UN standoff – what international law says and why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/russias-alleged-deportation-of-ukrainian-children-has-caused-a-un-standoff-what-international-law-says-and-why-it-matters-202430/" aria-label="Read more about Russia’s alleged deportation of Ukrainian children has caused a UN standoff – what international law says and why it matters">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney Theatre Company/ Prudence Upton, Author provided Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives to deliver one of the most unforgettable political speeches in recent memory. Office ... <a title="Sydney Theatre Company’s Julia powerfully imagines the life and emotions of the woman behind the ‘misogyny speech’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/sydney-theatre-companys-julia-powerfully-imagines-the-life-and-emotions-of-the-woman-behind-the-misogyny-speech-199674/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Theatre Company’s Julia powerfully imagines the life and emotions of the woman behind the ‘misogyny speech’">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Handley, Associate Professor of Volcanology and Geoscience Communication, University of Twente and Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University A diagram of a lunar eclipse from De Sphaera Mundi by Johannes de Sacrobosco, c. 1240 AD. New York Public Library Before humans started heating the planet by burning ... <a title="‘Like blood, then turned into darkness’: how medieval manuscripts link lunar eclipses, volcanoes and climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/like-blood-then-turned-into-darkness-how-medieval-manuscripts-link-lunar-eclipses-volcanoes-and-climate-change-203185/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Like blood, then turned into darkness’: how medieval manuscripts link lunar eclipses, volcanoes and climate change">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Collin Bjork, Senior Lecturer, Massey University Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images Schools and universities are panicking about artificial intelligence (AI) and cheating. But AI presents far more significant threats to equity in education. Fears of cheating typically arise from concerns about fairness. How is it ... <a title="Don’t fret about students using ChatGPT to cheat – AI is a bigger threat to educational equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/dont-fret-about-students-using-chatgpt-to-cheat-ai-is-a-bigger-threat-to-educational-equality-202842/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t fret about students using ChatGPT to cheat – AI is a bigger threat to educational equality">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Pearse, Lecturer, Australian National University Old tensions emerged between green groups en route to the hard-fought Labor-Greens deal over the safeguard mechanism industrial emissions policy. At the height of negotiations, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) started lobbying the Greens to accept a deal. Greens Senator Nick ... <a title="Pragmatism versus idealism? Behind the split between environmental groups and the Greens on the safeguard mechanism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/pragmatism-versus-idealism-behind-the-split-between-environmental-groups-and-the-greens-on-the-safeguard-mechanism-203139/" aria-label="Read more about Pragmatism versus idealism? Behind the split between environmental groups and the Greens on the safeguard mechanism">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney shutterstock Five years ago it would have been unimaginable, but today there is a global movement convinced the world’s largest corporations are engaging in stealth warfare to transform liberal democracies into neo-communist dictatorships. At the heart of ... <a title="No, BlackRock is not leading a Marxist assault on capitalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/no-blackrock-is-not-leading-a-marxist-assault-on-capitalism-203042/" aria-label="Read more about No, BlackRock is not leading a Marxist assault on capitalism">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan C. Walsh, Sessional Academic, The University of Queensland Sony Pictures Father Gabriele Amorth (1925-2016) was undoubtedly the most famous Catholic exorcist of the modern era. By his account, Amorth performed at least 60,000 exorcisms during the course of his ministry, sparking a renewed interest for exorcism ... <a title="Gabriele Amorth conducted over 60,000 exorcisms and believed Hitler was possessed. Meet the man who inspired The Pope’s Exorcist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/gabriele-amorth-conducted-over-60-000-exorcisms-and-believed-hitler-was-possessed-meet-the-man-who-inspired-the-popes-exorcist-201383/" aria-label="Read more about Gabriele Amorth conducted over 60,000 exorcisms and believed Hitler was possessed. Meet the man who inspired The Pope’s Exorcist">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Roberts, Conjoint Associate Professor in clinical pharmacology and toxicology, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock It’s mushroom season in many parts of Australia. Between now and about June, the cooler and wetter weather are the perfect conditions for mushrooms to grow in the wild. ... <a title="Picking mushrooms can go horribly wrong. Here’s what can happen, according to a toxicologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/picking-mushrooms-can-go-horribly-wrong-heres-what-can-happen-according-to-a-toxicologist-201381/" aria-label="Read more about Picking mushrooms can go horribly wrong. Here’s what can happen, according to a toxicologist">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Peter Dutton has pledged to campaign against the Voice to Parliament, as the Liberal party overwhelmingly endorsed a “no” position for the forthcoming constitutional referendum. After a special party meeting to decide the Liberals’ position, Dutton accused Prime ... <a title="View from The Hill: Peter Dutton’s risky call to campaign for ‘No’ in Voice referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/05/view-from-the-hill-peter-duttons-risky-call-to-campaign-for-no-in-voice-referendum-203345/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Peter Dutton’s risky call to campaign for ‘No’ in Voice referendum">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Dunn, PhD candidate, Anangu Futures ARC Linkage , The University of Melbourne This article contains quotes from First Nations community members, which the author has obtained permission to share and publish. Images have also been used with their permission This article was co-written with Papunya community ... <a title="‘On Country’ football league an opportunity to bring communities together – but we need more government funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/05/on-country-football-league-an-opportunity-to-bring-communities-together-but-we-need-more-government-funding-202617/" aria-label="Read more about ‘On Country’ football league an opportunity to bring communities together – but we need more government funding">Read more</a>
