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November 26, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Campbell, Francince McNiff Professor of criminal jurisprudence, Monash University The use of automated facial recognition technology (FRT) is becoming more commonplace globally, in particular in China, the UK and now Australia. FRT means we can identify individuals based on an analysis of their geometric facial features, ... <a title="Why regulating facial recognition technology is so problematic – and necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/why-regulating-facial-recognition-technology-is-so-problematic-and-necessary-107284/" aria-label="Read more about Why regulating facial recognition technology is so problematic – and necessary">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2018
Political Roundup: Police, Pride and prejudice By Bryce Edwards. “All liberation movements fall apart and devolve into factionalism” suggested Kim Hill yesterday in her RNZ interview with Pride festival board chairperson Cissy Rock. Although expressed in rather a negative way, Hill’s statement is one of the clearest observations of the current meltdown in the LGBTQ+ ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police, Pride and prejudice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-police-pride-and-prejudice/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police, Pride and prejudice">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2018
Asia-Pacific takes stock of ambitious development targets Op-Ed By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Natalia Kanem Ministers and senior policymakers across Asia and the Pacific are gathered in Bangkok this week to focus on population dynamics at a crucial time for the region. Their goal: to keep people and rights at the heart of the region’s ... <a title="Op-Ed: Asia-Pacific takes stock of ambitious development targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/op-ed-asia-pacific-takes-stock-of-ambitious-development-targets/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Asia-Pacific takes stock of ambitious development targets">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Martin, NHMRC ECR Fellow, University of Adelaide This article is part of the series This is research, where we ask academics to share and discuss open access articles that reveal important aspects of science. Today’s piece looks at disease itself – and how scientists known as ... <a title="Unscrambling the egg: how research works out what really leads to an increased disease risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/unscrambling-the-egg-how-research-works-out-what-really-leads-to-an-increased-disease-risk-103990/" aria-label="Read more about Unscrambling the egg: how research works out what really leads to an increased disease risk">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shalini Arunogiri, Addiction Psychiatrist, Lecturer, Monash University Pregabalin (sold under the brand name Lyrica) is prescribed as an anti-epileptic and a painkiller for nerve pain. Australian prescriptions of pregabalin have risen significantly in the past five years. It’s now in the top ten most expensive medications for ... <a title="Ambulance call-outs for pregabalin have spiked – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/ambulance-call-outs-for-pregabalin-have-spiked-heres-why-106163/" aria-label="Read more about Ambulance call-outs for pregabalin have spiked – here’s why">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Barry, Senior Lecturer, Plant Pathology, University of Tasmania Undertaking a PhD can be very stressful, due to a range of challenges. These include having to develop discipline expertise as well as generic skills (such as academic writing and maintaining motivation) during a largely solo pursuit. Concern ... <a title="Mindfulness can help PhD students shift from surviving to thriving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/mindfulness-can-help-phd-students-shift-from-surviving-to-thriving-106608/" aria-label="Read more about Mindfulness can help PhD students shift from surviving to thriving">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Chair, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently warned that global warming could reach 1.5℃ as early as 2030. The landmark report by leading scientists urged nations to do more to avert an impending ... <a title="Four ways our cities can cut transport emissions in a hurry: avoid, shift, share and improve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/four-ways-our-cities-can-cut-transport-emissions-in-a-hurry-avoid-shift-share-and-improve-106076/" aria-label="Read more about Four ways our cities can cut transport emissions in a hurry: avoid, shift, share and improve">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Haydn Aarons, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Australian Catholic University When Prime Minister Scott Morrison bizarrely used a Fatman Scoop track embedded in a tweet, and then quickly retracted it, he shed perhaps unwitting light on the moral dimensions of our musical taste. Morrison’s tweet used a section ... <a title="Why Christians prefer classical music and non-believers like heavy metal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/why-christians-prefer-classical-music-and-non-believers-like-heavy-metal-103691/" aria-label="Read more about Why Christians prefer classical music and non-believers like heavy metal">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor has maintained a 55-45% two-party lead in the latest Newspoll, in a weekend of woe for the Morrison government, which is trying to play down the federal contribution to the Victorian Liberal wipeout. The Coalition’s primary vote fell for ... <a title="View from The Hill: Labor’s 55-45% Newspoll lead adds to Liberals’ weekend of woe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/view-from-the-hill-labors-55-45-newspoll-lead-adds-to-liberals-weekend-of-woe-107583/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Labor’s 55-45% Newspoll lead adds to Liberals’ weekend of woe">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2018
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as she appeared on the “negative” EMTV News during APEC – she refused to ride in a Maserati luxury sedan and criticised the funding. Image: PMC screenshot from EMTV News Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Media Council of PNG has called on the board and management of Media NiuginiLimited to ... <a title="PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/png-media-council-says-bring-back-waide-stop-attacking-free-media/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2018
Papua New Guinean journalists at APEC 2018 … “freedom of speech and expression are a fundamental right … and entrenched in the constitution”. Image: Loop PNG OPINION: By Dr Lino Jeremaih Tom, MP for Wabag The suspension of EMTV deputy news editor Scott Waide has brought us to a new low in Papua New Guinea’s ... <a title="Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/open-letter-from-mp-for-wabag-emtv-move-dictatorship-before-our-eyes/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2018
The Maserati item from New Zealand’s Newshub screened on EMTV News on 17 November 2018. By Vincent Moses in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinean state-owned media company EMTV has been forced to act against its wishes and media ethics to suspend one of the country’s best reporters, their award-winning Lae bureau chief and senior ... <a title="EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/emtv-suspends-senior-journalist-scott-waide-over-nz-maserati-news-story/" aria-label="Read more about EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story">Read more</a>
