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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>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University Football’s awards season kicks off this week, with the AFL’s Brownlow Medal awarded on Monday evening and the NRL’s Dally M awarded on October 2. Both medals aim to crown their league’s best regular season player. Historical voting ... <a title="Do footy’s best and fairest awards achieve what they claim?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/do-footys-best-and-fairest-awards-achieve-what-they-claim-237978/" aria-label="Read more about Do footy’s best and fairest awards achieve what they claim?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McNeill, Honorary Research Associate, School of People, Environment and Planning, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s recent challenge to local government “to rein in the fantasies and to get back to delivering the basics brilliantly” was unsurprising, given his government’s focus ... <a title="Basic service provider or mini democracy? Why NZ needs to decide what it wants from local government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/basic-service-provider-or-mini-democracy-why-nz-needs-to-decide-what-it-wants-from-local-government-238862/" aria-label="Read more about Basic service provider or mini democracy? Why NZ needs to decide what it wants from local government">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Engin Akyurt/Unsplash When the forerunner of Medicare was established in the 1970s, dental care was left out. Australians are still suffering the consequences half a century later. Patients pay much more of the cost of dental care ... <a title="Why isn’t dental included in Medicare? It’s time to change this – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/why-isnt-dental-included-in-medicare-its-time-to-change-this-heres-how-239086/" aria-label="Read more about Why isn’t dental included in Medicare? It’s time to change this – here’s how">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Case, Lecturer in Musicology, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Manuel Nägeli/Unsplash, FAL As the largest section of the orchestra, sitting front and centre of the stage performing memorable melodies, it’s easy for violinists to steal the limelight. Ask any violinist why there are so ... <a title="Why are the violins the biggest section in the orchestra?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/why-are-the-violins-the-biggest-section-in-the-orchestra-236596/" aria-label="Read more about Why are the violins the biggest section in the orchestra?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Paltridge, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, ecology, The University of Western Australia In arid inland Australia lives one of Australia’s rarest birds: the night parrot. Missing for more than a century, a live population was rediscovered in 2013. But the species remains elusive. Until recently, Australia’s known ... <a title="‘Breakthrough discovery’: Indigenous Rangers in outback WA find up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/23/breakthrough-discovery-indigenous-rangers-in-outback-wa-find-up-to-50-night-parrots-one-of-australias-most-elusive-birds-239449/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Breakthrough discovery’: Indigenous Rangers in outback WA find up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Families on bikes at a July Fourth parade in Houston’s Northside neighborhood. Jimmy Castillo, CC BY-ND Gentrification has become a familiar story in cities across the United States. The story line typically goes this ... <a title="Gentrification isn’t inevitable − it can hinge on how residents view their neighborhood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/21/gentrification-isnt-inevitable-it-can-hinge-on-how-residents-view-their-neighborhood-232565/" aria-label="Read more about Gentrification isn’t inevitable − it can hinge on how residents view their neighborhood">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Racism, torture and arbitrary arrests are some examples of discrimination indigenous Papuans have dealt with over the last 60 years from Indonesia, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report, If It’s Not Racism, What Is It? Discrimination and other abuses against Papuans in Indonesia, said ... <a title="Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/discrimination-faced-by-indigenous-papuans-isnt-something-new-says-disturbing-new-rights-report/" aria-label="Read more about Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benny Zuse Rousso, Research Fellow, International Water Centre, Griffith University Pvince73/Shutterstock The Pacific Islands may evoke images of sprawling coastlines and picturesque scenery. But while this part of the world might look like paradise, many local residents are grappling with a serious public health issue. Across Pacific ... <a title="Many people in the Pacific lack access to adequate toilets – and climate change makes things worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/many-people-in-the-pacific-lack-access-to-adequate-toilets-and-climate-change-makes-things-worse-238416/" aria-label="Read more about Many people in the Pacific lack access to adequate toilets – and climate change makes things worse">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wenting He, PhD candidate of International Relations, Australian National University The skyline in Shenzhen, the city that is home to many of China’s largest tech companies. asharkyu/Shutterstock According to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Pony Ma, co-founder of Tencent Holdings, is once again China’s richest person, now ... <a title="Is life getting better for China’s tech billionaires?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/is-life-getting-better-for-chinas-tech-billionaires-239382/" aria-label="Read more about Is life getting better for China’s tech billionaires?">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
RNZ Pacific The man behind the 2000 coup in Fiji, George Speight, and the head of the mutineers, former soldier Shane Stevens, have been granted presidential pardons. In a statement yesterday, the Fiji Correction Service said the pair were among seven prisoners who has been granted pardons by the President, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, after recommendations ... <a title="Fiji 2000 coup leader George Speight granted presidential pardon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/fiji-2000-coup-leader-george-speight-granted-presidential-pardon/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji 2000 coup leader George Speight granted presidential pardon">Read more</a>
