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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Travis N. Ridout, Professor of Government and Public Policy, Washington State University A key reason Barack Obama won the 2012 US presidential election was his campaign’s use of “big data” to target specific voters. His team created multiple versions of ads aimed at niche audiences, taking care ... <a title="Big data play a huge role in US presidential elections. Do they have the same impact here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/big-data-play-a-huge-role-in-us-presidential-elections-do-they-have-the-same-impact-here-217672/" aria-label="Read more about Big data play a huge role in US presidential elections. Do they have the same impact here?">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Kalms, Director, XYX Lab, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University Shutterstock Women consistently raise concerns about their safety when moving through their cities and communities. Only on Women often experience harassment in the street, which can lead them to avoid areas ... <a title="Urban planning has long ignored women’s experiences. Here are 5 ways we can make our cities safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/urban-planning-has-long-ignored-womens-experiences-here-are-5-ways-we-can-make-our-cities-safer-216531/" aria-label="Read more about Urban planning has long ignored women’s experiences. Here are 5 ways we can make our cities safer">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Belvoir Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s cult novel The Master and Margarita has inspired many artists. Mick Jagger drew on the novel when penning the lyrics for Sympathy for the Devil. Salman Rushdie did something similar when ... <a title="Belvoir’s The Master and Margarita: astonishingly ambitious, physically demanding and a resounding success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/belvoirs-the-master-and-margarita-astonishingly-ambitious-physically-demanding-and-a-resounding-success-217366/" aria-label="Read more about Belvoir’s The Master and Margarita: astonishingly ambitious, physically demanding and a resounding success">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University In recent years, we’ve seen a burgeoning social movement for the acceptance of asexuality. We’ve also seen more asexual characters popping up in shows such as ... <a title="What does it mean to be asexual?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/what-does-it-mean-to-be-asexual-216748/" aria-label="Read more about What does it mean to be asexual?">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Democracy Project . Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is now being openly mocked and ridiculed by political commentators for his failure to achieve a coalition government. There are certainly signs that Luxon hasn’t managed the process well, and raising questions about competency at this early stage is a poor ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Analysis – Luxon’s embarrassing coalition negotiations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/bryce-edwards-political-analysis-luxons-embarrassing-coalition-negotiations/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Analysis – Luxon’s embarrassing coalition negotiations">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Medbury, Lecturer in Intelligence and Security, Edith Cowan University While ransomware incidents have been occurring for more than 30 years, only in the last decade has the term “ransomware” appeared regularly in popular media. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that blocks access to computer ... <a title="What is LockBit, the cybercrime gang hacking some of the world’s largest organisations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/what-is-lockbit-the-cybercrime-gang-hacking-some-of-the-worlds-largest-organisations-217679/" aria-label="Read more about What is LockBit, the cybercrime gang hacking some of the world’s largest organisations?">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost. Close to half (44%) of all Australian commuter ... <a title="The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Ryan-Weber, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D (ASTRO 3D), Swinburne University of Technology Cristy Roberts / ASTRO 3D Many organisations, from community sporting groups to the United Nations, have set themselves a target of gender parity: ensuring half of staff or ... <a title="In 5 years, this Australian astrophysics lab reached 50% women. Here’s how they did it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/in-5-years-this-australian-astrophysics-lab-reached-50-women-heres-how-they-did-it-216632/" aria-label="Read more about In 5 years, this Australian astrophysics lab reached 50% women. Here’s how they did it">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellen K. Mather, Adjunct Associate Lecturer in Palaeontology, Flinders University A flock of vultures (_Cryptogyps lacertosus_) and Australian ravens watch and wait (left), as an adult eagle _Dynatoaetus pachyosteus_ feeds on the carcass of a dead _Diprotodon_ (centre), while a younger bird seeks to join in. In ... <a title="Giant eagles and scavenging vultures shared the skies of ancient Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/giant-eagles-and-scavenging-vultures-shared-the-skies-of-ancient-australia-216358/" aria-label="Read more about Giant eagles and scavenging vultures shared the skies of ancient Australia">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apisalome Movono, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University The three party leaders currently negotiating to form New Zealand’s next government might have their differences, but they seem to agree on one thing: the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme needs to expand. New Zealand, like Australia, faces ... <a title="NZ wants more seasonal workers – but Pacific nations no longer want to be the ‘outposts’ that ‘grow’ them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/nz-wants-more-seasonal-workers-but-pacific-nations-no-longer-want-to-be-the-outposts-that-grow-them-217790/" aria-label="Read more about NZ wants more seasonal workers – but Pacific nations no longer want to be the ‘outposts’ that ‘grow’ them">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Shane Bartie, Shutterstock Australia’s abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonisation are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, ... <a title="5 things we need to see in Australia’s new nature laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/5-things-we-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things we need to see in Australia’s new nature laws">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garth Stahl, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Emmanuel Offei/ Unsplash, CC BY-SA One of the top priorities of the Universities Accord process it to improve access to university in Australia, particularly for those from underrepresented groups. This is particularly so for Indigenous men, who are among ... <a title="‘I feel like I’ve been able to create more awareness’: what is it like for Indigenous men at top-ranked universities?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/i-feel-like-ive-been-able-to-create-more-awareness-what-is-it-like-for-indigenous-men-at-top-ranked-universities-217186/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I feel like I’ve been able to create more awareness’: what is it like for Indigenous men at top-ranked universities?">Read more</a>
