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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cormac Purcell, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney A close encounter between a white shark and a surfer. Author provided, Author provided Australian surf lifesavers are increasingly using drones to spot sharks at the beach before they get too close to swimmers. But just how reliable are they? ... <a title="How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/how-shoring-up-drones-with-artificial-intelligence-helps-surf-lifesavers-spot-sharks-at-the-beach-192498/" aria-label="Read more about How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zack Dorner, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics, University of Waikato Getty Images The most important part of the government’s proposed agricultural emissions pricing scheme is the price. This may seem obvious – but the government has failed to provide a clear indication of what the price will ... <a title="Farmers need certainty over emissions pricing – removing government from the equation might help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/farmers-need-certainty-over-emissions-pricing-removing-government-from-the-equation-might-help-192932/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers need certainty over emissions pricing – removing government from the equation might help">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin T. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia Eliott Reyna/Unsplash As university students around the country finish their final exams and assessments for the year, the idea of removing due dates might seem incredibly appealing. Being more open-ended about when assignments are submitted may also seem ... <a title="We took away due dates for university assignments … here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/we-took-away-due-dates-for-university-assignments-heres-what-we-found-193024/" aria-label="Read more about We took away due dates for university assignments … here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An opposition leader has a tricky task when delivering a first budget reply after an election rout. But circumstances played into the hands of Peter Dutton for his big parliamentary occasion on Thursday night. Jim Chalmers’ budget was, as the ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Cost of living goes from a winner for Albanese in May to a weapon for Dutton in October" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/grattan-on-friday-cost-of-living-goes-from-a-winner-for-albanese-in-may-to-a-weapon-for-dutton-in-october-193393/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Cost of living goes from a winner for Albanese in May to a weapon for Dutton in October">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Sims, Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Virtually every country in the world is facing a crisis in energy costs, yet while other countries can’t do much about it, Australia can. Australia could get ... <a title="Cheaper gas and electricity prices are within Australia’s grasp – here’s what to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/cheaper-gas-and-electricity-prices-are-within-australias-grasp-heres-what-to-do-193388/" aria-label="Read more about Cheaper gas and electricity prices are within Australia’s grasp – here’s what to do">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Shutterstock Over the next two years, energy prices are expected to rise by a whopping 56%. That’s the dismal forecast in this week’s federal budget. The rise will be extremely painful, adding enormous pressure to households already struggling with ... <a title="Will your energy bills ever come down? Only if Labor gets serious with the gas majors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/will-your-energy-bills-ever-come-down-only-if-labor-gets-serious-with-the-gas-majors-193298/" aria-label="Read more about Will your energy bills ever come down? Only if Labor gets serious with the gas majors">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Livings, Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Evidence, University of South Australia The trial of Bruce Lehrmann, accused of raping former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins, has been aborted after a juror was found in possession of material that had not been presented as evidence, against ... <a title="Why was the Lehrmann trial aborted and what happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/why-was-the-lehrmann-trial-aborted-and-what-happens-next-193382/" aria-label="Read more about Why was the Lehrmann trial aborted and what happens next?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea Lachsz, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney This week, a United Nations torture prevention subcommittee delegation suspended its visit to Australia. The delegation arrived on October 16 and was due to end its visit on October 27, but suspended the visit prematurely on Sunday October 23. ... <a title="Why has a UN torture prevention subcommittee suspended its visit to Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/why-has-a-un-torture-prevention-subcommittee-suspended-its-visit-to-australia-193295/" aria-label="Read more about Why has a UN torture prevention subcommittee suspended its visit to Australia?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Housing took centre stage in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’s first budget this week. Relatively modest but positive steps were made towards tackling Australia’s worsening shortage of affordable social housing, as well ... <a title="1 million homes target makes headlines, but can’t mask modest ambition of budget’s housing plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/1-million-homes-target-makes-headlines-but-cant-mask-modest-ambition-of-budgets-housing-plans-193289/" aria-label="Read more about 1 million homes target makes headlines, but can’t mask modest ambition of budget’s housing plans">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland The announcement the BBC will move the global streaming of Doctor Who from free to air channels to Disney+ will change the viewing habits for millions of people internationally. In Australia, Doctor Who will be removed from ... <a title="Without free-to-air, we wouldn’t have Doctor Who in the archives. What will we lose when it moves to Disney?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/without-free-to-air-we-wouldnt-have-doctor-who-in-the-archives-what-will-we-lose-when-it-moves-to-disney-193310/" aria-label="Read more about Without free-to-air, we wouldn’t have Doctor Who in the archives. What will we lose when it moves to Disney?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Roberts, Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology Wing In recent years, cafes, supermarkets and online shops have started to trial drone delivery in a handful of locations around the world. More than a dozen drone delivery companies are now running such trials. Just this week, ... <a title="Drone delivery is a thing now. But how feasible is having it everywhere, and would we even want it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/drone-delivery-is-a-thing-now-but-how-feasible-is-having-it-everywhere-and-would-we-even-want-it-193301/" aria-label="Read more about Drone delivery is a thing now. But how feasible is having it everywhere, and would we even want it?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images Recent news that thousands of charges have been filed in the Waikato and Auckland youth courts in the past nine months once again put a spotlight on youth crime and our responses to it. This comes not ... <a title="10 is too young to be in court – NZ should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/10-is-too-young-to-be-in-court-nz-should-raise-the-minimum-age-of-criminal-responsibility-188969/" aria-label="Read more about 10 is too young to be in court – NZ should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility">Read more</a>
