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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Computational Law & AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology An image created by DALL-E 2 in response to the prompt ‘a robot hand drawing’. OpenAI If you’ve seen photos of a teapot shaped like an avocado or read a well-written article ... <a title="Robots are creating images and telling jokes. 5 things to know about foundation models and the next generation of AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/robots-are-creating-images-and-telling-jokes-5-things-to-know-about-foundation-models-and-the-next-generation-of-ai-181150/" aria-label="Read more about Robots are creating images and telling jokes. 5 things to know about foundation models and the next generation of AI">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By R. Ramakumar, Professor of Economics, Tata Institute of Social Sciences The island nation of Sri Lanka is in the midst of one of the worst economic crises it’s ever seen. It has just defaulted on its foreign debts for the first time since its independence, and the ... <a title="What’s happening in Sri Lanka and how did the economic crisis start?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/whats-happening-in-sri-lanka-and-how-did-the-economic-crisis-start-181060/" aria-label="Read more about What’s happening in Sri Lanka and how did the economic crisis start?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne Public hospital emergency departments in every state are overwhelmed, with ambulance ramping the most visible manifestation. Emergency department performance is deteriorating with fewer people being seen in ... <a title="Labor’s urgent care centres are a step in the right direction – but not a panacea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/labors-urgent-care-centres-are-a-step-in-the-right-direction-but-not-a-panacea-181237/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s urgent care centres are a step in the right direction – but not a panacea">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Political Roundup: 13 April 2022 To help keep Political Roundup going, contribute via Victoria University of Wellington: https://bit.ly/VUWDemocracyProject To sign up for the email service: https://democracyproject.nz/nz-politics-daily/ Items of interest and importance today UKRAINE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Matt Robson (Stuff): Sleepwalking to war: NZ is back under the nuclear umbrella Peter Dunne: Is our independent foreign policy coming to an end? ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: 13 April 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/newsletter-political-roundup-13-april-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: 13 April 2022">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lorrey, Principal Scientist & Programme Leader of Southern Hemisphere Climates and Environments, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research @DLorrey, NIWA, CC BY-SA Earlier this month, we wrapped up the latest annual end-of-summer snowline survey over New Zealand’s South Island (Te Waipounamu), providing a birdseye view ... <a title="The Zealandia Switch drove rapid global ice retreat 18,000 years ago. Has it switched to a new level?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/the-zealandia-switch-drove-rapid-global-ice-retreat-18-000-years-ago-has-it-switched-to-a-new-level-179188/" aria-label="Read more about The Zealandia Switch drove rapid global ice retreat 18,000 years ago. Has it switched to a new level?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Attwell, Associate professor, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Several Australian states have used mandates to drive up COVID vaccination rates. Governments justified the mandates on the basis of preventing the spread of disease and protecting the vulnerable. Now many states are rolling back these mandates, ... <a title="Time to remove vaccine mandates? Not so fast – it could have unintended consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/time-to-remove-vaccine-mandates-not-so-fast-it-could-have-unintended-consequences-180781/" aria-label="Read more about Time to remove vaccine mandates? Not so fast – it could have unintended consequences">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland AAP/Darren England You join a political party. Its rules are over 100 pages long. And that’s only for your state division. There’s also an overarching “federal” party constitution. Good, you think. Parties run parliament, our lawmakers should be ... <a title="Why party preselections are still a mess, and the courts haven’t helped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/why-party-preselections-are-still-a-mess-and-the-courts-havent-helped-181054/" aria-label="Read more about Why party preselections are still a mess, and the courts haven’t helped">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Hanckel, Senior research fellow, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Homelessness remains a huge problem in Australia and an important contributing factor is low literacy levels. We interviewed 23 people who were homeless or had experienced homelessness to find out how they viewed literacy and participation in literacy ... <a title="‘I always have trouble with forms’: homeless people on how poor literacy affects them – and what would help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/i-always-have-trouble-with-forms-homeless-people-on-how-poor-literacy-affects-them-and-what-would-help-180784/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I always have trouble with forms’: homeless people on how poor literacy affects them – and what would help">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Powles, Associate Professor of Law and Technology; Director, Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab, UWA Law School, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Over the past decade, the top end of sport has become saturated in data. Some of this is visible — such as match statistics, ... <a title="Has the monitoring of professional athletes’ intimate information gone too far?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/has-the-monitoring-of-professional-athletes-intimate-information-gone-too-far-180890/" aria-label="Read more about Has the monitoring of professional athletes’ intimate information gone too far?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Synot, Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University shutterstock The result of the federal election will be key for a voice to parliament protected by the Constitution as called for by the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The election will also be crucial for Indigenous affairs more ... <a title="How the election could affect the future of a First Nations Voice to Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/how-the-election-could-affect-the-future-of-a-first-nations-voice-to-parliament-180556/" aria-label="Read more about How the election could affect the future of a First Nations Voice to Parliament">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esmé Louise James, Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne Colin Hutton/ Netflix The success of Netflix’s Bridgerton is owed to many different factors: an addictive storyline, inspired casting choices, a dazzling costume design… and, of course, the fact the show is incredibly sexy. Bridgerton has finally ... <a title="Did everyone in Bridgerton have syphilis? Just how sexy would it really have been in Regency era London?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/did-everyone-in-bridgerton-have-syphilis-just-how-sexy-would-it-really-have-been-in-regency-era-london-180581/" aria-label="Read more about Did everyone in Bridgerton have syphilis? Just how sexy would it really have been in Regency era London?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Donne Potter, Professor, Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University Getty Images Many patients recover from COVID within a week or two, but at least one in five experience persistent or new symptoms more than four weeks after first being diagnosed. Long COVID is a ... <a title="Long COVID affects 1 in 5 people following infection. Vaccination, masks and better indoor air are our best protections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/long-covid-affects-1-in-5-people-following-infection-vaccination-masks-and-better-indoor-air-are-our-best-protections-180668/" aria-label="Read more about Long COVID affects 1 in 5 people following infection. Vaccination, masks and better indoor air are our best protections">Read more</a>
