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Australia is facing a looming cyber emergency, and we don’t have the high-tech workforce to counter it

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Professor UNSW Canberra Cyber, UNSW This is part of a new series looking at the national security challenges facing Australia, how our leaders are responding to them and how these measures are impacting society. Read other stories in the series here. Australia’s social scientists and ... <a title="Australia is facing a looming cyber emergency, and we don’t have the high-tech workforce to counter it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/australia-is-facing-a-looming-cyber-emergency-and-we-dont-have-the-high-tech-workforce-to-counter-it-124776/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is facing a looming cyber emergency, and we don’t have the high-tech workforce to counter it">Read more</a>

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Comprehensive gun register part of next stage of firearms law reform post Christchurch shootings

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Following the Christchurch mosque shootings, the New Zealand government’s first response was to ban the firearms the alleged gunman had used to murder 51 people. Seven months later, the second tranche of this process is underway. This new law ... <a title="Comprehensive gun register part of next stage of firearms law reform post Christchurch shootings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/comprehensive-gun-register-part-of-next-stage-of-firearms-law-reform-post-christchurch-shootings-125082/" aria-label="Read more about Comprehensive gun register part of next stage of firearms law reform post Christchurch shootings">Read more</a>

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Double counting of emissions cuts may undermine Paris climate deal

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In the four years since the Paris climate agreement was adopted, countries have debated the fine print of how emissions reduction should be tracked and reported. One critical detail is ... <a title="Double counting of emissions cuts may undermine Paris climate deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/double-counting-of-emissions-cuts-may-undermine-paris-climate-deal-125019/" aria-label="Read more about Double counting of emissions cuts may undermine Paris climate deal">Read more</a>

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Why the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriela D’Souza, Affiliate, Monash department of business statistics and econometrics, Monash University For most people the second week in October probably doesn’t hold much promise. Longer days for some, perhaps. But for those is us in the economics profession, come the second week of October we’re furiously ... <a title="Why the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/why-the-winners-of-this-years-nobel-prize-for-economics-matter-for-me-125288/" aria-label="Read more about Why the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me">Read more</a>

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Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland It’s not uncommon for science and religion to be framed as two opposing forces. The Catholic church has famously struggled to accommodate scientific research in its past, but recently there has ... <a title="Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/pope-francis-and-the-catholic-church-continue-to-look-towards-science-and-that-can-only-be-a-good-thing-123640/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing">Read more</a>

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The biggest hurdle for the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill: how to define ‘religion’

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Wilson, Associate Professor of Politics and Religion, University of Groningen The Coalition government’s proposed religious discrimination bill has been criticised for the potential problems it poses for women, the LGBTQI+ community, people with disabilities and people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Yet, there is another ... <a title="The biggest hurdle for the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill: how to define ‘religion’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/the-biggest-hurdle-for-the-coalitions-religious-discrimination-bill-how-to-define-religion-125214/" aria-label="Read more about The biggest hurdle for the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill: how to define ‘religion’">Read more</a>

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Changing the terminology to ‘people with obesity’ won’t reduce stigma against fat people

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cat Pausé, Senior Lecturer in Human Development, Massey University The British Psychological Society is calling for changes for how we talk about fatness, suggesting we should no longer use the phrase “obese people”, but instead, “people with obesity” or “people living with obesity”. These changes are being ... <a title="Changing the terminology to ‘people with obesity’ won’t reduce stigma against fat people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/changing-the-terminology-to-people-with-obesity-wont-reduce-stigma-against-fat-people-124266/" aria-label="Read more about Changing the terminology to ‘people with obesity’ won’t reduce stigma against fat people">Read more</a>

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Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University The federal government’s much-vaunted Snowy Hydro expansion is supposed to smooth out the bumps in electricity supply as Australia transitions to renewables. But not only is the project a bad deal for taxpayers, our analysis suggests it will ... <a title="Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/snowy-2-0-will-not-produce-nearly-as-much-electricity-as-claimed-we-must-hit-the-pause-button-125017/" aria-label="Read more about Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button">Read more</a>

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Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture’s potential to fund city infrastructure

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chyi Lin Lee, Associate Professor of Property, UNSW Value capture has been advocated as an innovative way to fund infrastructure, including by the Australian government. However, its effectiveness in Australia has been questioned. Our research, based on railway level crossing removals in Victoria, suggests infrastructure projects do ... <a title="Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture’s potential to fund city infrastructure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/rail-works-lift-property-prices-pointing-to-value-captures-potential-to-fund-city-infrastructure-123757/" aria-label="Read more about Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture’s potential to fund city infrastructure">Read more</a>

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Location, location, location: why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By María Yanotti, Lecturer of Economics and Finance Tasmanian School of Business & Economics, University of Tasmania The housing market is moving again. In the past month, national prices have climbed 0.9%. What matters most to buyers (and especially to investors), along with price and value, is location. ... <a title="Location, location, location: why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/location-location-location-why-up-to-two-thirds-of-property-investors-may-get-it-wrong-121735/" aria-label="Read more about Location, location, location: why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong">Read more</a>

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Guan Wei review: feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony

October 15, 2019

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, University of Melbourne It seems appropriate that a painting titled Feng Shui dominates the new exhibition of Guan Wei’s work at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary ... <a title="Guan Wei review: feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/guan-wei-review-feng-shui-for-a-vision-of-a-world-in-harmony-125064/" aria-label="Read more about Guan Wei review: feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony">Read more</a>

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Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke the cartoon character

October 15, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Matthews, Lecturer in Digital Media and Popular Culture Researcher, Auckland University of Technology According to a recent study, the sixth leading cause of death for young men in the United States is the warranted and unwarranted use of police force. With the US president himself frequently ... <a title="Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke the cartoon character" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/who-is-judge-dredd-and-why-it-matters-that-media-invoke-the-cartoon-character-124412/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke the cartoon character">Read more</a>