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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock After three La Niña summers many of us would have been expecting much hotter and drier conditions this spring and summer after the arrival of El Niño. Instead, in many parts of eastern Australia it’s ... <a title="We’re in an El Niño – so why has Australia been so wet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/were-in-an-el-nino-so-why-has-australia-been-so-wet-219111/" aria-label="Read more about We’re in an El Niño – so why has Australia been so wet?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clas Weber, Senior lecturer, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Imagine brain scanning technology improves greatly in the coming decades, to the point that we can observe how each individual neuron talks to other neurons. Then, imagine we can record all this information to create a simulation ... <a title="Could you move from your biological body to a computer? An expert explains ‘mind uploading’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/could-you-move-from-your-biological-body-to-a-computer-an-expert-explains-mind-uploading-218035/" aria-label="Read more about Could you move from your biological body to a computer? An expert explains ‘mind uploading’">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Bowen, Professor – Environment, Climate and Global Health at Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Pakistan experienced severe floods in 2022. Asianet-Pakistan/Shutterstock As global leaders gather in Dubai for COP28, health has finally landed ... <a title="COP28: health is finally on the agenda – but there’s more to do as we face continued climate extremes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/cop28-health-is-finally-on-the-agenda-but-theres-more-to-do-as-we-face-continued-climate-extremes-218913/" aria-label="Read more about COP28: health is finally on the agenda – but there’s more to do as we face continued climate extremes">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Adwo, Shutterstock Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced Australia is “within striking distance” of the government’s 2030 emissions reduction target. The good news was in the 2023 Climate Statement he tabled in parliament late ... <a title="Two charts in Australia’s 2023 climate statement show we are way off track for net zero by 2050" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/two-charts-in-australias-2023-climate-statement-show-we-are-way-off-track-for-net-zero-by-2050-218930/" aria-label="Read more about Two charts in Australia’s 2023 climate statement show we are way off track for net zero by 2050">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University Aaron Claringbold/PICA At the End of the Land, a world premiere production by Western Australian interdisciplinary theatre makers Too Close to the Sun, is an experiential encounter with the liminal space between life and death and other unknowable ... <a title="At the End of the Land: an avalanche of images that invites us to sit alone in time and space together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/at-the-end-of-the-land-an-avalanche-of-images-that-invites-us-to-sit-alone-in-time-and-space-together-219110/" aria-label="Read more about At the End of the Land: an avalanche of images that invites us to sit alone in time and space together">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Phelps, Research Fellow, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University Shutterstock As Australia’s population gets older, more people are confronted with a choice: retire where they are or seek new horizons elsewhere. Choosing to grow old in your existing home or neighbourhood is known as ... <a title="Stay or go? Most older Australians want to retire where they are, but renters don’t always get a choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/stay-or-go-most-older-australians-want-to-retire-where-they-are-but-renters-dont-always-get-a-choice-218024/" aria-label="Read more about Stay or go? Most older Australians want to retire where they are, but renters don’t always get a choice">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Installation view of SMACK’s Speculum 2019 on display at Matadero Madrid © SMACK Courtesy the artist and Onkaos What the previous two National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Triennials have taught us is that the visitor should be ... <a title="The amazing NGV Triennial 2023 makes us question our world and forces us to see it differently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/the-amazing-ngv-triennial-2023-makes-us-question-our-world-and-forces-us-to-see-it-differently-207295/" aria-label="Read more about The amazing NGV Triennial 2023 makes us question our world and forces us to see it differently">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) New Zealand’s international relations are under new management. And Winston Peters, the new foreign minister, is already setting a change agenda. As expected, this includes a more pro-US positioning when it comes to the Pacific – where Peters will be picking up where he left off. Peters sought ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Analysis – New Zealand’s foreign policy resets on AUKUS, Gaza and Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/geoffrey-millers-analysis-new-zealands-foreign-policy-resets-on-aukus-gaza-and-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Analysis – New Zealand’s foreign policy resets on AUKUS, Gaza and Ukraine">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Fitzpatrick, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney A suite of recent cybersecurity data breaches highlight an urgent need to overhaul how companies and government agencies handle our data. But these incidents pose particular risks to victim-survivors of domestic violence. In fact, authorities across ... <a title="For domestic violence victim-survivors, a data or privacy breach can be extraordinarily dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/for-domestic-violence-victim-survivors-a-data-or-privacy-breach-can-be-extraordinarily-dangerous-216630/" aria-label="Read more about For domestic violence victim-survivors, a data or privacy breach can be extraordinarily dangerous">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Ryan, Teaching Fellow in Economics, University of Waikato New finance minister Nicola Willis has claimed she was blindsided by the state of the government’s books. Days after stepping into the role, she said: The outgoing government has left us with some nasty surprises. There are some ... <a title="Nicola Willis warns of fiscal ‘snakes and snails’ – her first mini-budget will be a test of NZ’s no-surprises finance rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/nicola-willis-warns-of-fiscal-snakes-and-snails-her-first-mini-budget-will-be-a-test-of-nzs-no-surprises-finance-rules-218920/" aria-label="Read more about Nicola Willis warns of fiscal ‘snakes and snails’ – her first mini-budget will be a test of NZ’s no-surprises finance rules">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Cadman, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with the Law Futures Centre and the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Griffith University Shutterstock It’s a visionary idea: a national park for koalas. Conceived over a decade ago, the idea gained prominence after Labor took the idea to three ... <a title="A home among the gum trees: will the Great Koala National Park actually save koalas?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/a-home-among-the-gum-trees-will-the-great-koala-national-park-actually-save-koalas-217276/" aria-label="Read more about A home among the gum trees: will the Great Koala National Park actually save koalas?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Shutterstock Bipartisan support for temporary extra government spending to preserve businesses and jobs through JobKeeper was one of the few positive outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognition that the ... <a title="We all know about JobKeeper, which helped Australians keep their jobs in a global crisis. So how about HomeKeeper?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/we-all-know-about-jobkeeper-which-helped-australians-keep-their-jobs-in-a-global-crisis-so-how-about-homekeeper-218520/" aria-label="Read more about We all know about JobKeeper, which helped Australians keep their jobs in a global crisis. So how about HomeKeeper?">Read more</a>
