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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Petter Nyman, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Slurries of mud increasingly threaten the water we drink. This rush of sediment, known as “debris flow”, is a type of erosion where mud and boulders in steep catchments suddenly tumble down the stream channel, often travelling at speeds of ... <a title="Freak mud flows threaten our water supplies, and climate change is raising the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/freak-mud-flows-threaten-our-water-supplies-and-climate-change-is-raising-the-risk-116418/" aria-label="Read more about Freak mud flows threaten our water supplies, and climate change is raising the risk">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mai Sato, Fellow, School of Regulation and Global Governance, The Australian National University, Australian National University On May 27, a 51-year old man went on a killing spree in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, located south of Tokyo. With a knife in each hand, he killed a ... <a title="Despite Japan’s low crime rates, it’s seen a number of mass stabbings in the past decade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/despite-japans-low-crime-rates-its-seen-a-number-of-mass-stabbings-in-the-past-decade-117910/" aria-label="Read more about Despite Japan’s low crime rates, it’s seen a number of mass stabbings in the past decade">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Staff, PhD Candidate, Australian National University Australia could once count itself among the vanguard of women’s rights reform, being the first country in the world to grant (some) women the dual rights of voting and standing for parliament in 1902. While we have made significant advances ... <a title="Why is it taking so long to achieve gender equality in parliament?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/why-is-it-taking-so-long-to-achieve-gender-equality-in-parliament-117313/" aria-label="Read more about Why is it taking so long to achieve gender equality in parliament?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emil Jeyaratnam, Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation As Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ministry is sworn in today, we’re taking a closer look at the members of the newly revamped cabinet. Some of the faces are new – Stuart Robert, for example, takes over the new portfolio ... <a title="Infographic: who’s who in the new Morrison ministry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/infographic-whos-who-in-the-new-morrison-ministry-117909/" aria-label="Read more about Infographic: who’s who in the new Morrison ministry">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emil Jeyaratnam, Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation As Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ministry is sworn in today, we’re taking a closer look at the members of the newly revamped cabinet. Some of the faces are new – Stuart Robert, for example, takes over the new portfolio ... <a title="A closer look at Scott Morrison’s new ministry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/a-closer-look-at-scott-morrisons-new-ministry-117909/" aria-label="Read more about A closer look at Scott Morrison’s new ministry">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Graham, Executive Director, La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University The 2019 federal election, unlike previous campaigns, did not feature a dedicated debate on foreign affairs or defence. The conventional cynicism – that there are no votes in foreign policy – does not adequately explain this. It ... <a title="Scott Morrison’s biggest foreign policy test: keeping peace with both China and the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/scott-morrisons-biggest-foreign-policy-test-keeping-peace-with-both-china-and-the-us-117598/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison’s biggest foreign policy test: keeping peace with both China and the US">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire McKie, Senior Lecturer, Clinical and Communication Skills, Deakin University In January, 107-year-old Daphne Keith broke her hip and became the oldest Australian to have a partial hip replacement. This isn’t something you would have heard of two or three decades ago. For Daphne, the decision was ... <a title="Surgery rates are rising in over-85s but the decision to operate isn’t always easy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/surgery-rates-are-rising-in-over-85s-but-the-decision-to-operate-isnt-always-easy-116814/" aria-label="Read more about Surgery rates are rising in over-85s but the decision to operate isn’t always easy">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Law, Macquarie University Privacy was not a hot topic in the recent Australian election, but it should have been. This is because the City of Darwin is adapting elements of the Chinese social credit system for use in Australia. The ... <a title="Is China’s social credit system coming to Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/is-chinas-social-credit-system-coming-to-australia-117095/" aria-label="Read more about Is China’s social credit system coming to Australia?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW Unless the federal government changes its funding policy for universities, less well-off ones, particularly regional universities, are going to fail. In Britain, it is already happening. Several bankruptcies are imminent. In Australia, many are clearly in financial difficulties and are ... <a title="Why regional universities are at risk of going under" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/why-regional-universities-are-at-risk-of-going-under-109374/" aria-label="Read more about Why regional universities are at risk of going under">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian CH Lee, Associate Professor, Global Studies, RMIT University The monsters that stalk us in popular culture embody fears about our contemporary human condition. As a new Godzilla film opens in cinemas this week, we might gain insight into what currently haunts us most. The endless waves ... <a title="Why Godzilla is the perfect monster for our age of environmental destruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/why-godzilla-is-the-perfect-monster-for-our-age-of-environmental-destruction-116996/" aria-label="Read more about Why Godzilla is the perfect monster for our age of environmental destruction">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Guihot, Senior Lecturer in Law, Queensland University of Technology Australia is among 42 countries that last week signed up to a new set of policy guidelines for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Yet Australia has its own draft guidelines for ethics in AI out ... <a title="Will we ever agree to just one set of rules on the ethical development of artificial intelligence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/will-we-ever-agree-to-just-one-set-of-rules-on-the-ethical-development-of-artificial-intelligence-117744/" aria-label="Read more about Will we ever agree to just one set of rules on the ethical development of artificial intelligence?">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Ritchie, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University In recent days, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has announced his resignation, failed to formally resign, and is now taking legal action to prevent a parliamentary vote to remove him from office. For most of PNG’s more than ... <a title="Crisis? What crisis? A new prime minister in PNG might not signal meaningful change for its citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/28/crisis-what-crisis-a-new-prime-minister-in-png-might-not-signal-meaningful-change-for-its-citizens-117841/" aria-label="Read more about Crisis? What crisis? A new prime minister in PNG might not signal meaningful change for its citizens">Read more</a>
