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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Genna Churches, PhD Candidate, UNSW After watching this year’s media raids and the prosecution of lawyers and whistleblowers, it’s not hard to see why Australians wonder about excessive police power and dwindling journalistic freedom. But these problems are compounded by another, less known issue: police, and other ... <a title="Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/unlawful-metadata-access-is-easy-when-were-flogging-a-dead-law-127621/" aria-label="Read more about Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The Morrison government’s waiving of almost A$500 million in dodgy vocational education and training debts holds many lessons about the nature of education and public services being provided by for-profit enterprises. The debts were collected by about ... <a title="Why the profit motive fails in education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/why-the-profit-motive-fails-in-education-128091/" aria-label="Read more about Why the profit motive fails in education">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celine Boehm, Head of School for Physics, University of Sydney A team of scientists in Hungary recently published a paper that hints at the existence of a previously unknown subatomic particle. The team first reported finding traces of the particle in 2016, and they now report more ... <a title="The X17 factor: a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/the-x17-factor-a-particle-new-to-physics-might-solve-the-dark-matter-mystery-127987/" aria-label="Read more about The X17 factor: a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Connell, Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University When farmers descended on Parliament House in Canberra this month to demand the Murray Darling Basin Plan be dumped, they reserved sharp words for Nationals leader Michael McCormack. “The National Party is not going to ... <a title="The water crisis has plunged the Nats into a world of pain. But they reap what they sow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/the-water-crisis-has-plunged-the-nats-into-a-world-of-pain-but-they-reap-what-they-sow-128238/" aria-label="Read more about The water crisis has plunged the Nats into a world of pain. But they reap what they sow">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jean-Philippe Deranty, Professor, Macquarie University Hardly a week goes by without a report announcing the end of work as we know it. In 2013, Oxford University academics Carl Frey and Michael Osborne were the first to capture this anxiety in a paper titled: “The Future of Employment: ... <a title="Work is a fundamental part of being human. Robots won’t stop us doing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/work-is-a-fundamental-part-of-being-human-robots-wont-stop-us-doing-it-127925/" aria-label="Read more about Work is a fundamental part of being human. Robots won’t stop us doing it">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University 2019 may well go down as the most disrupted year in global politics since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the subsequent implosion of the former Soviet Union. However, the likelihood is that 2020 ... <a title="2019 was a year of global unrest, spurred by anger at rising inequality – and 2020 is likely to be worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/2019-was-a-year-of-global-unrest-spurred-by-anger-at-rising-inequality-and-2020-is-likely-to-be-worse-128384/" aria-label="Read more about 2019 was a year of global unrest, spurred by anger at rising inequality – and 2020 is likely to be worse">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asha Bowen, Head, Skin Health, Telethon Kids Institute Antibiotic-resistant infections already cause at least 700,000 deaths globally every year. Although the phenomenon is most concerning for serious infections people are admitted to hospital with, antibiotic resistance means common bacterial infections could one day be impossible to treat. ... <a title="Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/antibiotic-resistance-is-an-even-greater-challenge-in-remote-indigenous-communities-121696/" aria-label="Read more about Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato Recently, several elite sportswomen have spoken out about toxic sport culture and the damage it does to their long-term health. Mary Cain went from being the fastest and the youngest American track and field ... <a title="Toxic sport cultures are damaging female athletes’ health, but we can do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/toxic-sport-cultures-are-damaging-female-athletes-health-but-we-can-do-better-128376/" aria-label="Read more about Toxic sport cultures are damaging female athletes’ health, but we can do better">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Reid, Professor Emeritus of Education, University of South Australia Since the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) began in 2000, published results have sent commentators and politicians in some countries into meltdown. The release of the 2018 test results last week was no exception. Out ... <a title="PISA doesn’t define education quality, and knee-jerk policy proposals won’t fix whatever is broken" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/pisa-doesnt-define-education-quality-and-knee-jerk-policy-proposals-wont-fix-whatever-is-broken-128389/" aria-label="Read more about PISA doesn’t define education quality, and knee-jerk policy proposals won’t fix whatever is broken">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Keys, PhD Researcher, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University This is the second article in a series to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark Melbourne Transportation Plan. Transport models are often singled out as a barrier to providing more sustainable and equitable transport services. However, ... <a title="The problem with transport models is political abuse, not their use in planning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/the-problem-with-transport-models-is-political-abuse-not-their-use-in-planning-127720/" aria-label="Read more about The problem with transport models is political abuse, not their use in planning">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Toohey, Professor of Law, University of Newcastle An important part of the World Trade Organization will cease to function from midnight. December 10 is when the terms of two of the remaining three members of its Appellate Body expire. It is meant to have seven. The ... <a title="Key trade rules will become unenforceable from midnight. Australia should be worried" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/key-trade-rules-will-become-unenforceable-from-midnight-australia-should-be-worried-126768/" aria-label="Read more about Key trade rules will become unenforceable from midnight. Australia should be worried">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Burton, Lecturer in Media Arts, University of Wollongong Fans of Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece Blade Runner returned to cinemas last month for an unusual milestone: history catching up with science fiction. Blade Runner opens in Los Angeles, in November 2019. Furnaces burst flames into the perennial ... <a title="How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/10/how-our-screen-stories-of-the-future-went-from-flying-cars-to-a-darker-version-of-now-128220/" aria-label="Read more about How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now">Read more</a>
