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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral researcher in radio astronomy, University of Sydney The minimoon 2020 CD3 orbited Earth between 2018 and 2020. International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/G. Fedorets, CC BY Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s new, temporary ... <a title="Earth is getting a tiny new mini-moon. It won’t be the first (or the last)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/earth-is-getting-a-tiny-new-mini-moon-it-wont-be-the-first-or-the-last-239507/" aria-label="Read more about Earth is getting a tiny new mini-moon. It won’t be the first (or the last)">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne At a time most people are trying to cut their weekly grocery bills, Australia’s supermarket giants have been hit with legal action for allegedly misleading shoppers over the price of hundreds of products. The Australian Competition and ... <a title="Woolworths and Coles sued by ACCC for allegedly misleading shoppers over the price of more than 500 products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/woolworths-and-coles-sued-by-accc-for-allegedly-misleading-shoppers-over-the-price-of-more-than-500-products-239585/" aria-label="Read more about Woolworths and Coles sued by ACCC for allegedly misleading shoppers over the price of more than 500 products">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Myers, Sessional Academic, Creative and Professional Writing, The University of Queensland Shutterstock You don’t have to be an avid Reddit user to know about r/AITA, or Am I the Asshole? This subreddit’s digital afterlife reaches endlessly across the vast plains of social media – particularly on ... <a title="Am I The Asshole? How judging other people’s dirty laundry became the internet’s favourite pastime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/am-i-the-asshole-how-judging-other-peoples-dirty-laundry-became-the-internets-favourite-pastime-234475/" aria-label="Read more about Am I The Asshole? How judging other people’s dirty laundry became the internet’s favourite pastime">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by ... <a title="Harris’ post-debate gains sustained in US polls, but Republicans likely to gain Senate control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/harris-post-debate-gains-sustained-in-us-polls-but-republicans-likely-to-gain-senate-control-239385/" aria-label="Read more about Harris’ post-debate gains sustained in US polls, but Republicans likely to gain Senate control">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza have displaced large numbers of people. In each case, Australia’s humanitarian response has been different. Some people have been able to acquire a ... <a title="The pressing case for a new emergency visa to help people fleeing Gaza and other conflicts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/the-pressing-case-for-a-new-emergency-visa-to-help-people-fleeing-gaza-and-other-conflicts-238877/" aria-label="Read more about The pressing case for a new emergency visa to help people fleeing Gaza and other conflicts">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University saiko3p/Shutterstock The United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Artificial Intelligence (AI) has released its final report on governing AI for humanity. The report presents a blueprint for addressing AI-related risks while still enabling the potential of this ... <a title="The United Nations has a plan to govern AI – but has it bought the industry’s hype?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/the-united-nations-has-a-plan-to-govern-ai-but-has-it-bought-the-industrys-hype-239494/" aria-label="Read more about The United Nations has a plan to govern AI – but has it bought the industry’s hype?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Now that the Paris Olympics and Paralympics have disappeared from our screens, let’s get back to watching animal videos. But seriously, have you ever paused to think about the athletic abilities ... <a title="Move over Olympians, Australia’s wildlife are incredible athletes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/move-over-olympians-australias-wildlife-are-incredible-athletes-238303/" aria-label="Read more about Move over Olympians, Australia’s wildlife are incredible athletes">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The Luxon government surely has little sense of irony. Shortly after introducing the Parliament Bill, designed to reinforce the fundamental constitutional principle of the separation of powers, it has introduced the Sentencing Reform (Amendment) Bill, which ... <a title="Dogma or data? Why sentencing reforms in NZ will annoy judges and clog the courts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/dogma-or-data-why-sentencing-reforms-in-nz-will-annoy-judges-and-clog-the-courts-239303/" aria-label="Read more about Dogma or data? Why sentencing reforms in NZ will annoy judges and clog the courts">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Newspoll, conducted September 16–20 from a sample of 1,249, had a 50–50 tie for the third consecutive time. Since the last Newspoll three weeks ago, ... <a title="Federal Newspoll still tied but Albanese’s ratings up; Queensland Newspoll has big LNP lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/federal-newspoll-still-tied-but-albaneses-ratings-up-queensland-newspoll-has-big-lnp-lead-238790/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Newspoll still tied but Albanese’s ratings up; Queensland Newspoll has big LNP lead">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Podcast: In this episode of A View from Afar political scientist and former Pentagon Analyst, Paul G. Buchanan and journalist Selwyn Manning will discuss: The Murky World of Israel’s Booby-Trapped Pagers and Walkie-Talkies.
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priya Dev, Lecturer & Academic Data Science, Digital Assets & Distributed Ledgers, Australian National University Kokhan O/Shutterstock Last year, I started getting a lot of unsolicited phone calls, mainly from people trying to sell me things. This came as a surprise because, as a data scientist, I ... <a title="How did they get my data? I uncovered the hidden web of networks behind telemarketers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/how-did-they-get-my-data-i-uncovered-the-hidden-web-of-networks-behind-telemarketers-238991/" aria-label="Read more about How did they get my data? I uncovered the hidden web of networks behind telemarketers">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock It seems like the dust barely settles from the latest high-profile defamation stoush before the next set of litigants straps on the gloves and steps into the ring. Many of these cases raise eyebrows — and questions. ... <a title="With all these defamation lawsuits, what ever happened to free speech?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/with-all-these-defamation-lawsuits-what-ever-happened-to-free-speech-238312/" aria-label="Read more about With all these defamation lawsuits, what ever happened to free speech?">Read more</a>
