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Dan Andrews leaves office as a titan of Victorian politics - who drove conservatives to distraction

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Daniel Andrews, who has announced he will step down after nearly nine years as premier, leaves office as a titan of Victorian politics.

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  • Daniel Andrews, who has announced he will step down after nearly nine years as premier, leaves office as a titan of Victorian politics.
  • An activist premier, a gifted political communicator and a hard man of politics, he has been an enormously consequential leader and one of national significance.
  • He is the fourth-longest serving premier in Victorian history, and the longest-serving Labor premier.

The hard man rises

    • The first that it’s his natural style – Andrews is a classic strong leader, command and control is his modus operandi.
    • Victoria’s infrastructure was run down and no longer fit for purpose, unable to cope with its booming population.
    • Andrews understood that in Victoria, perhaps more than anywhere else in Australia, there was leeway to pursue a progressive social agenda.
    • Read more:
      'A political force of nature': despite scandals and a polarising style, can 'Dan' do it again in Victoria?

A democratic deficit

    • On law and order, for example, his instincts were conservative.
    • For example, on his watch discriminatory bail laws contributed to Indigenous Australians being incarcerated in disproportionate numbers.
    • He has also chafed at being accountable, leading to a democratic deficit on his watch.

#IstandwithDan v #DictatorDan

    • His daily press conferences during the darkest days of the crisis were eagerly watched across the nation.
    • With the harshest and longest lockdowns in the country, social media gave the impression of a deeply polarised state: those who said #IstandwithDan and those who were enraged by #DictatorDan.
    • Read more:
      Strong political leaders are electoral gold – but the trick is in them knowing when to stand down

The Dan vacuum

    • In more recent times his forcefulness had morphed into something darker.
    • His going in that sense is a healthy thing: it will disturb the power relations that have centred on him.
    • He will leave an enormous vacuum, both in the party he has led for 13 years and the government he’s led for nine.
    • Whoever becomes premier will have to tackle some significant economic challenges, including ballooning infrastructure spending, and the fallout from massive COVID spending.

We Must Stop Attacks on Children Immediately

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Sunday, June 4, 2023

NEW YORK, June 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Children are not targets. Children are not soldiers. Children are not weapons. As we commemorate the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we call on leaders everywhere to embrace the commitments outlined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Safe Schools Declaration to ensure girls and boys everywhere are able to reach their full potential without fear, without intimidation and without violence.

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  • As the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait ( ECW ) is firmly committed to ensuring children everywhere are guaranteed their human rights.
  • Without the safety, protection and hope that quality education provides, these innocent girls and boys face incredible and unimaginable risks.
  • Governments must do all they can to ensure that children survive and develop to their full potential."
  • Please join Education Cannot Wait, donors and partners across the UN system in ensuring all children – especially those caught in armed conflicts – are guaranteed their human rights.

Hernando County School District Expands Deployment of ZeroEyes' AI-Based Visual Gun Detection and Situational Awareness Platform

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

PHILADELPHIA, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ZeroEyes, creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced that Hernando County School District of Brooksville, FL has significantly expanded its deployment of the company's proactive software solution.

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  • In addition to proactive gun detection, the ZeroEyes solution will provide actionable intelligence to local law enforcement and security staff for situational awareness, which is critical for containing the threat as quickly as possible.
  • "As gun-related incidents continue across the nation, we feel strongly that the entire district can benefit from this proactive solution."
  • "We are very proud that our proactive tool has met and exceeded Hernando County Schools' expectations," said Mike Lahiff, CEO and co-founder of ZeroEyes.
  • The ZOC receives images only when a gun has been identified; at all other times, the monitoring screens remain blank.

Clovis Municipal School District Integrates ZeroEyes A.I.-Based Gun Detection Platform to Proactively Protect Students and Faculty

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

PHILADELPHIA, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ZeroEyes, creators of the only A.I.-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced that its solution has been chosen by New Mexico's Clovis Municipal Schools (CMS) to proactively protect students and faculty against gun-related threats. ZeroEyes' A.I. technology is being layered on top of the schools' existing security cameras, where it will identify brandished guns and dispatch alerts to safety personnel and local law enforcement as fast as 3 to 5 seconds from the moment of detection.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ZeroEyes , creators of the only A.I.-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced that its solution has been chosen by New Mexico's Clovis Municipal Schools (CMS) to proactively protect students and faculty against gun-related threats.
  • Many district decision makers across the country have been discussing reactive post-gunshot detection, but I have always been more interested in proactive, pre-gunshot detection and real-time actionable intelligence, which is where ZeroEyes excels."
  • Clovis Municipal School District is composed of 12 elementary, 3 middle and 3 high schools in Clovis, New Mexico.
  • "Like many communities, Clovis has seen an increase in gun-related violence compared to pre-Covid levels," said Mike Lahiff, CEO and co-founder of ZeroEyes.

ZeroEyes and Hernando County School District to Host Lunch & Learn Session Showcasing Proactive Security Measures for School Shootings

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Monday, January 30, 2023

SPRING HILL, Fla., Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --

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  • ZeroEyes will demonstrate industry-leading, proactive AI gun detection solution, educate local schools and law enforcement on how to reduce active shooter response times and gather real-time actionable intelligence to enable EMTs to safely deliver medical care to save lives
    Hernando County School District, a fully accredited school district located on the central-west coast of Florida, comprising over 24,000 students and 3,100 staff members
    Jill Renihan, Director of Safe Schools for Hernando County School District, will showcase the district's successful efforts to implement proactive, multi-layered security measures and effectively prepare for gun-related threats.
  • ZeroEyes will educate local schools and law enforcement on how to prepare for and respond to active shooter scenarios.
  • The company will conduct a live demonstration of its proactive AI gun detection software, and outline how it integrates with existing school security cameras to provide real-time threat intelligence and reduce response times (while protecting privacy) in the event of an active shooter.