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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carrie Leonetti, Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland By helping identify perpetrators and the remains of victims, forensic DNA analysis holds enormous power to solve crimes. It also has enormous implications for privacy and fairness. But with science and society changing at such a pace, the ... <a title="Laws governing police use of DNA are changing: are the proposals fair for all New Zealanders?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/laws-governing-police-use-of-dna-are-changing-are-the-proposals-fair-for-all-new-zealanders-158422/" aria-label="Read more about Laws governing police use of DNA are changing: are the proposals fair for all New Zealanders?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meru Sheel, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University From today, Australians aged 50 or older are eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine from special respiratory clinics or mass vaccination hubs in some states. Appointments with selected GPs are available from May 17. However, a recent ... <a title="I’m over 50 and can now get my COVID vaccine. Is the AstraZeneca vaccine safe? Does it work? What else do I need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/im-over-50-and-can-now-get-my-covid-vaccine-is-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-safe-does-it-work-what-else-do-i-need-to-know-159814/" aria-label="Read more about I’m over 50 and can now get my COVID vaccine. Is the AstraZeneca vaccine safe? Does it work? What else do I need to know?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW’s Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Twenty-first century technologies such as robots, virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) are creeping into every corner of our social and emotional lives — hacking how we form friendships, build intimacy, ... <a title="Sex bots, virtual friends, VR lovers: tech is changing the way we interact, and not always for the better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/sex-bots-virtual-friends-vr-lovers-tech-is-changing-the-way-we-interact-and-not-always-for-the-better-159427/" aria-label="Read more about Sex bots, virtual friends, VR lovers: tech is changing the way we interact, and not always for the better">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Australian Human Rights Commission has declared the government’s travel ban on Australians returning from India, including criminal sanctions, “raises serious human rights concerns”. In a strong statement at the weekend the commission said it held “deep concerns about these ... <a title="Human Rights Commission expresses ‘deep concerns’ at ban on returnees from India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/human-rights-commission-expresses-deep-concerns-at-ban-on-returnees-from-india-160166/" aria-label="Read more about Human Rights Commission expresses ‘deep concerns’ at ban on returnees from India">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Hare, Director, Climate Analytics, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University (Perth), Visiting scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ this century is a central goal of the Paris Agreement. In recent months, climate experts and others, including in Australia, have suggested the target ... <a title="The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without political action it soon will be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/the-1-5-global-warming-limit-is-not-impossible-but-without-political-action-it-soon-will-be-159297/" aria-label="Read more about The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without political action it soon will be">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Minas, Senior Lecturer in Taxation, University of Tasmania Ever wondered why you’re still collecting receipts on the off-chance the Tax Office wants to see them? A decade ago, fired up by what he’d read in the Henry Tax Review, Labor Treasurer Wayne Swan promised to end ... <a title="If we wanted to, we could stop filling shoeboxes with receipts. Here’s how to simplify work-related tax deductions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/if-we-wanted-to-we-could-stop-filling-shoeboxes-with-receipts-heres-how-to-simplify-work-related-tax-deductions-156940/" aria-label="Read more about If we wanted to, we could stop filling shoeboxes with receipts. Here’s how to simplify work-related tax deductions">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Florence’s San Marco Museum, where mystical faith and classical knowledge meet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/if-i-could-go-anywhere-florences-san-marco-museum-where-mystical-faith-and-classical-knowledge-meet-157863/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Florence’s San Marco Museum, where mystical faith and classical knowledge meet">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lester, PhD candidate, University of Tasmania The Tasmanian Liberal government has been returned for a record third term, vindicating premier Peter Gutwein’s decision to go to an election a year early. However, rather than the big swings to the incumbent governments seen in recent elections in ... <a title="Liberals’ victory in Tasmanian election is more status quo than ringing endorsement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/liberals-victory-in-tasmanian-election-is-more-status-quo-than-ringing-endorsement-159806/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals’ victory in Tasmanian election is more status quo than ringing endorsement">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University The Australian government has announced big changes to its child-care subsidy ahead of the May 11 federal budget. The changes involve adding A$1.7 billion to the A$10.3 billion a year already budgeted for child care. This spending will ... <a title="An extra $1.7 billion for child care will help some. It won’t improve affordability for most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/an-extra-1-7-billion-for-child-care-will-help-some-it-wont-improve-affordability-for-most-160163/" aria-label="Read more about An extra $1.7 billion for child care will help some. It won’t improve affordability for most">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne With 79% counted in Saturday’s Tasmanian election, the ABC is calling 12 of the 25 Tasmanian lower house seats for the Liberals, eight for Labor, two Greens and three undecided. Vote shares were 48.7% ... <a title="Liberals likely to retain majority in Tasmania; Biden’s ratings after 100 days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/liberals-likely-to-retain-majority-in-tasmania-bidens-ratings-after-100-days-159629/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals likely to retain majority in Tasmania; Biden’s ratings after 100 days">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wise, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland Over recent weeks, news reports have indicated some women are experiencing irregularities in their menstrual cycles after receiving a COVID vaccine. This has included periods arriving early and being heavier than usual, or being absent ... <a title="Could the COVID vaccines affect your period? We don’t know yet — but there’s no cause for concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/could-the-covid-vaccines-affect-your-period-we-dont-know-yet-but-theres-no-cause-for-concern-159912/" aria-label="Read more about Could the COVID vaccines affect your period? We don’t know yet — but there’s no cause for concern">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the coronavirus situation in India, where more than 300,000 new cases have ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the COVID situation in India, Mike Pezzullo and the upcoming budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-covid-situation-in-india-mike-pezzullo-and-the-upcoming-budget-160106/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the COVID situation in India, Mike Pezzullo and the upcoming budget">Read more</a>
