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March 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia The High Court in London has granted Julian Assange leave to appeal the UK Home Secretary’s order that he be extradited to the United States on charges of computer misuse, and multiple charges under its Espionage Act. However, ... <a title="Assange wins legal lifeline against extradition to the US – but there’s a sting in the tail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/27/assange-wins-legal-lifeline-against-extradition-to-the-us-but-theres-a-sting-in-the-tail-226614/" aria-label="Read more about Assange wins legal lifeline against extradition to the US – but there’s a sting in the tail">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Who’d want to go back to the days before Uber? The days in which you could never be certain you could get a taxi, the days of long wait times trying to order one on ... <a title="Uber has settled a class action lawsuit for $270 million – what was it accused of?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/uber-has-settled-a-class-action-lawsuit-for-270-million-what-was-it-accused-of-226505/" aria-label="Read more about Uber has settled a class action lawsuit for $270 million – what was it accused of?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock On Monday evening Australia’s state premiers and territory chief ministers got together and called on the federal government to delay or amend draft laws to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The laws are to determine how ... <a title="States agreed to share foundational support costs. So why the backlash against NDIS reforms now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/states-agreed-to-share-foundational-support-costs-so-why-the-backlash-against-ndis-reforms-now-226620/" aria-label="Read more about States agreed to share foundational support costs. So why the backlash against NDIS reforms now?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marika Sosnowski, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne Ceasefires are a uniquely complicated tool in armed conflict. This is because they exist at the intersection of war, law and politics. Political scientist Cindy Wittke has suggested that attempts to define what a ceasefire is and what ... <a title="The UN Security Council has finally called for a ceasefire in Gaza. But will it have any effect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/the-un-security-council-has-finally-called-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza-but-will-it-have-any-effect-226595/" aria-label="Read more about The UN Security Council has finally called for a ceasefire in Gaza. But will it have any effect?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is seeking to rush legislation through parliament to crack down on non-citizens who refuse to cooperate with attempts to remove them. The bill, introduced by Immigration Minister Andrew Giles just after noon on Tuesday, also allows a minister ... <a title="Government rushing through bill to crack down on ‘uncooperative’ non-citizens it is trying to remove" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/government-rushing-through-bill-to-crack-down-on-uncooperative-non-citizens-it-is-trying-to-remove-226615/" aria-label="Read more about Government rushing through bill to crack down on ‘uncooperative’ non-citizens it is trying to remove">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillip Dawson, Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University In 1894, Harvard University commissioned a report on grading standards, due to concerns that: Grades A and B are sometimes given too readily – Grade A for work of no very high ... <a title="If uni marks are going up, does that mean there’s a problem?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/if-uni-marks-are-going-up-does-that-mean-theres-a-problem-226506/" aria-label="Read more about If uni marks are going up, does that mean there’s a problem?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Kim Beazley, a former Labor leader, served as Australia’s ambassador in Washington between 2010 and 2016. He is widely respected for his expertise in foreign and defence policy. In this podcast episode, Beazley discusses the brouhaha over Donald Trump’s denigrating ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kim Beazley on Kevin Rudd, being an ambassador, and a possible second Trump presidency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-kim-beazley-on-kevin-rudd-being-an-ambassador-and-a-possible-second-trump-presidency-226504/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kim Beazley on Kevin Rudd, being an ambassador, and a possible second Trump presidency">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Crowe, Head of School and Dean, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock Earlier this month, Queensland became the latest state to pass affirmative consent laws. This means consent is understood as ongoing communication for the purposes of rape and sexual assault offences. ... <a title="Most states now have affirmative sexual consent laws, but not enough people know what they mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/most-states-now-have-affirmative-sexual-consent-laws-but-not-enough-people-know-what-they-mean-225655/" aria-label="Read more about Most states now have affirmative sexual consent laws, but not enough people know what they mean">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcin Glowacki, Research Associate, Curtin University Gas detected by MeerKAT (white contours) on top of a three-colour optical image from the DECaLS DR10 survey. Glowacki et al. 2024. Stars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this gas ... <a title="We went looking for glowing interstellar gas – and stumbled on 49 unknown galaxies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/we-went-looking-for-glowing-interstellar-gas-and-stumbled-on-49-unknown-galaxies-226397/" aria-label="Read more about We went looking for glowing interstellar gas – and stumbled on 49 unknown galaxies">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen On, Professor of Microbiology, Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images/Tim Clayton The far-reaching consequences of climate change inevitably include the production of foods and beverages, including wine. In New Zealand, winemaking is an important business, with exports worth more than NZ$2 billion per year. Earlier studies ... <a title="How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/how-climate-change-could-affect-the-microbes-that-ferment-grapes-and-give-wine-its-specific-flavours-225997/" aria-label="Read more about How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Chau, Lecturer at Curtin University, Curtin University Until 2026, Wanneroo Regional Art Gallery will be showing 53 original artworks by one of the most famous artists of the 20th century: Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol ICONS includes famous works such as Elvis (1963), Campbell’s Soup Cans (1968) ... <a title="It is unexpected and oddly refreshing to see Andy Warhol in a regional Australian art gallery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/it-is-unexpected-and-oddly-refreshing-to-see-andy-warhol-in-a-regional-australian-art-gallery-225086/" aria-label="Read more about It is unexpected and oddly refreshing to see Andy Warhol in a regional Australian art gallery">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michele Madigan, Associate Professor, Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney and Clinical Associate Professor, Save Sight Institute, Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Pexels/Nóra Zahradník “How is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?” – Jane, age 12, from Pascoe Vale South Hi Jane, Eyes are ... <a title="Curious Kids: how is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/curious-kids-how-is-eye-colour-made-and-why-are-they-different-colours-224507/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?">Read more</a>
