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Month: December 2023

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Hyped and expensive, hydrogen has a place in Australia’s energy transition, but only with urgent government support

December 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute If you listen to the dreamers, hydrogen is the magical fuel of the future that can replace everything from the petrol in your car to the coal in a steelworks. Hype around hydrogen has been building ... <a title="Hyped and expensive, hydrogen has a place in Australia’s energy transition, but only with urgent government support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/hyped-and-expensive-hydrogen-has-a-place-in-australias-energy-transition-but-only-with-urgent-government-support-219004/" aria-label="Read more about Hyped and expensive, hydrogen has a place in Australia’s energy transition, but only with urgent government support">Read more</a>

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Australia has its first framework for AI use in schools – but we need to proceed with caution

December 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucinda McKnight, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum, Deakin University John Schnobrich/Unsplash, CC BY Federal and state governments have just released a national framework for generative AI in schools. This paves the way for generative AI – algorithms that can create new content – to be used ... <a title="Australia has its first framework for AI use in schools – but we need to proceed with caution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/australia-has-its-first-framework-for-ai-use-in-schools-but-we-need-to-proceed-with-caution-219094/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has its first framework for AI use in schools – but we need to proceed with caution">Read more</a>

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Happy birthday AUD: how our Australian dollar was floated, 40 years ago this week

December 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Selwyn Cornish, Honorary Associate Professor, Research School of Economics, Australian National University These days, we take for granted that the value of the Australian dollar fluctuates against other currencies, changing thousands of times a day and at times jumping or falling quite a lot in the space ... <a title="Happy birthday AUD: how our Australian dollar was floated, 40 years ago this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/happy-birthday-aud-how-our-australian-dollar-was-floated-40-years-ago-this-week-217548/" aria-label="Read more about Happy birthday AUD: how our Australian dollar was floated, 40 years ago this week">Read more</a>

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Classic Aussie cinema and new twists on old classics: our picks of December streaming

December 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia At a time when it feels like it can be impossible to keep up with all the different streaming platforms – both in time and in money – the appearance of a new platform that ... <a title="Classic Aussie cinema and new twists on old classics: our picks of December streaming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/classic-aussie-cinema-and-new-twists-on-old-classics-our-picks-of-december-streaming-218707/" aria-label="Read more about Classic Aussie cinema and new twists on old classics: our picks of December streaming">Read more</a>

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Government’s preventative detention for ex-detainees who pose serious risks set to pass this week

December 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government on Wednesday will introduce its legislation to enable preventative detention of former immigration detainees judged to pose a high risk of committing serious violent or sexual crimes. The legislation will be brought into the Senate as an amendment ... <a title="Government’s preventative detention for ex-detainees who pose serious risks set to pass this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/04/governments-preventative-detention-for-ex-detainees-who-pose-serious-risks-set-to-pass-this-week-219098/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s preventative detention for ex-detainees who pose serious risks set to pass this week">Read more</a>

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A Senate inquiry is calling for a new ‘behaviour curriculum’ to try and tackle classroom disruptions

December 2, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Leif, Senior Lecturer, Educational Psychology & Inclusive Education, Monash University Markus Spiske/ Unsplash, CC BY-SA A Senate inquiry has found Australian students need specific lessons in how to behave. The inquiry, which has been looking at “increasing disruption in Australian school classrooms,” said education authorities should ... <a title="A Senate inquiry is calling for a new ‘behaviour curriculum’ to try and tackle classroom disruptions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/02/a-senate-inquiry-is-calling-for-a-new-behaviour-curriculum-to-try-and-tackle-classroom-disruptions-218695/" aria-label="Read more about A Senate inquiry is calling for a new ‘behaviour curriculum’ to try and tackle classroom disruptions">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen’s struggle to promote consensus on climate action at COP28

December 1, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy, next week heads to COP28 in Dubai, leading the Australian delegation. He joins the podcast to talk about the meeting, which he hopes will be easier than last year’s. Well, I want ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen’s struggle to promote consensus on climate action at COP28" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/politics-with-michelle-grattan-chris-bowens-struggle-to-promote-consensus-on-climate-action-at-cop28-219008/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen’s struggle to promote consensus on climate action at COP28">Read more</a>

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Social media ads are littered with ‘green’ claims. How are we supposed to know they’re true?

December 1, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Parker, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Yuriy Golub/Shutterstock Online platforms are awash with ads for so-called “green” products. Power companies are “carbon neutral”. Electronics are “for the planet”. Clothing is “circular” and travel is “sustainable”. Or are they? Our study of more than 8,000 ... <a title="Social media ads are littered with ‘green’ claims. How are we supposed to know they’re true?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/social-media-ads-are-littered-with-green-claims-how-are-we-supposed-to-know-theyre-true-218922/" aria-label="Read more about Social media ads are littered with ‘green’ claims. How are we supposed to know they’re true?">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Essay: Supremacism, Israel and Neozionism

December 1, 2023

Analysis by Keith Rankin. Supremacism is a cultural belief that an in-group of humanity is inherently superior to other groups, and that those other groups have lesser human rights as a consequence of their presumed inferiority or corruption. The Jewish religion does have texts which can be understood as supremacist. That doesn’t make Judaism a ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay: Supremacism, Israel and Neozionism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/keith-rankin-essay-supremacism-israel-and-neozionism/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay: Supremacism, Israel and Neozionism">Read more</a>

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COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?

December 1, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a “loss and damage” fund to compensate poor states for the effects of climate change. Met with a standing ovation in Dubai, ... <a title="COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/cop28-climate-summit-just-approved-a-loss-and-damage-fund-what-does-this-mean-218999/" aria-label="Read more about COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?">Read more</a>

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With The Pogues, Shane MacGowan perhaps proved himself the most important Irish writer since James Joyce

December 1, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English, University of Sydney Known for his music with The Pogues, and perhaps the most important Irish writer since James Joyce, the venerated and critically acclaimed Shane MacGowan has died in Dublin at the age of 65. MacGowan was the primary ... <a title="With The Pogues, Shane MacGowan perhaps proved himself the most important Irish writer since James Joyce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/with-the-pogues-shane-macgowan-perhaps-proved-himself-the-most-important-irish-writer-since-james-joyce-218038/" aria-label="Read more about With The Pogues, Shane MacGowan perhaps proved himself the most important Irish writer since James Joyce">Read more</a>

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A Stanford professor says science shows free will doesn’t exist. Here’s why he’s mistaken

December 1, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Piovarchy, Research Associate, Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia It seems like we have free will. Most of the time, we are the ones who choose what we eat, how we tie our shoelaces and what articles we read on The Conversation. ... <a title="A Stanford professor says science shows free will doesn’t exist. Here’s why he’s mistaken" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/01/a-stanford-professor-says-science-shows-free-will-doesnt-exist-heres-why-hes-mistaken-218525/" aria-label="Read more about A Stanford professor says science shows free will doesn’t exist. Here’s why he’s mistaken">Read more</a>