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June 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shutterstock The diplomatic thaw between China and Australian since the election of the Albanese government is being followed by a limited thaw in Australians’ negativity towards China, according to the Lowy Institute’s 2023 Poll. But Australians remain deeply concerned about ... <a title="Australians’ feelings towards China are thawing but suspicion remains high: Lowy 2023 poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/21/australians-feelings-towards-china-are-thawing-but-suspicion-remains-high-lowy-2023-poll-208103/" aria-label="Read more about Australians’ feelings towards China are thawing but suspicion remains high: Lowy 2023 poll">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The next federal election could be conducted under dramatically reformed electoral laws, with caps on spending and donations, and a much lower disclosure threshold for the disclosure of donations. The changes, being worked up by Special Minister Don Farrell, would ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Special Minister of State Don Farrell wants donation and spending caps for next election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/politics-with-michelle-grattan-special-minister-of-state-don-farrell-wants-donation-and-spending-caps-for-next-election-208107/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Special Minister of State Don Farrell wants donation and spending caps for next election">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan B. Williams, Professor, Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney OceanGate An extensive search and rescue operation is underway to locate a commercial submersible that went missing during a dive to the Titanic shipwreck. According to the US Coast Guard, contact with the submersible was ... <a title="Missing Titanic sub: what are submersibles, how do they communicate, and what may have gone wrong?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/missing-titanic-sub-what-are-submersibles-how-do-they-communicate-and-what-may-have-gone-wrong-208100/" aria-label="Read more about Missing Titanic sub: what are submersibles, how do they communicate, and what may have gone wrong?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University original Pakistan is experiencing a confluence of crises attributed to a decline in governance standards. Security challenges, chiefly posed by terrorism, have exacerbated the country’s economic deterioration, which in turn has given rise to energy shortages, rampant unemployment and ... <a title="Deadly tragedy off the coast of Greece exposes how human traffickers are exploiting Pakistan’s economic meltdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/deadly-tragedy-off-the-coast-of-greece-exposes-how-human-traffickers-are-exploiting-pakistans-economic-meltdown-208013/" aria-label="Read more about Deadly tragedy off the coast of Greece exposes how human traffickers are exploiting Pakistan’s economic meltdown">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David S G Goodman, Director, China Studies Centre, Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney Leah Millis/Pool Reuters/AP A potentially significant meeting took place in Beijing this week when Chinese President Xi Jinping met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken’s visit to Beijing was ostensibly to ... <a title="China and the US are talking again – so, where does the relationship go from here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/china-and-the-us-are-talking-again-so-where-does-the-relationship-go-from-here-208096/" aria-label="Read more about China and the US are talking again – so, where does the relationship go from here?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Late last year, the Reserve Bank gave 1,000 Australians diaries and asked them to record every payment they made over the course of a week. Of the 13,000 payments, only 17 were with cheques. ... <a title="Cash could be almost gone in Australia in a decade – but like cheques, who’ll miss it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/cash-could-be-almost-gone-in-australia-in-a-decade-but-like-cheques-wholl-miss-it-208020/" aria-label="Read more about Cash could be almost gone in Australia in a decade – but like cheques, who’ll miss it?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Visiting Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Dry July, an Australian fundraising campaign to support people affected by cancer, is almost here again. The premise is that abstaining from booze and hangovers for a month frees up money to donate. But with prices in the ... <a title="Why are we paying so much for alcohol-free drinks that aren’t taxed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/why-are-we-paying-so-much-for-alcohol-free-drinks-that-arent-taxed-207728/" aria-label="Read more about Why are we paying so much for alcohol-free drinks that aren’t taxed?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Irving, Climate Data Scientist, CSIRO When an extreme weather event happens somewhere in the world these days, it’s common to read quotes from climate scientists explaining this is exactly the kind of event we expect to see more often as climate change progresses. Such events are ... <a title="Is climate change outpacing our ability to predict extreme heatwaves?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/is-climate-change-outpacing-our-ability-to-predict-extreme-heatwaves-207925/" aria-label="Read more about Is climate change outpacing our ability to predict extreme heatwaves?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Verspoor, Dean, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University, RMIT University Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere these days, and healthcare is no exception. There are computer vision tools that can detect suspicious skin lesions as well as a specialist dermatologist can. Other tools can ... <a title="AI is already being used in healthcare. But not all of it is ‘medical grade’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/ai-is-already-being-used-in-healthcare-but-not-all-of-it-is-medical-grade-207912/" aria-label="Read more about AI is already being used in healthcare. But not all of it is ‘medical grade’">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
By Elena Vucukula in Suva Children are abandoned and forgotten when a large number of Fijians leave the country for work and start new relationships abroad. Consultant Marica Tabualevu of the Fiji-Australian Humanitarian Partnership has called for measures that would hold people responsible or accountable for forgotten children. She said adults who engaged in such ... <a title="Fiji children ‘abandoned, forgotten’ by overseas workers, says counsellor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/fiji-children-abandoned-forgotten-by-overseas-workers-says-counsellor/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji children ‘abandoned, forgotten’ by overseas workers, says counsellor">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
By Viliame Tawanakoro in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s regional journalism programme has penned three milestone Memorandums of Understanding that will usher in greater collaboration with media industry partners over student upskilling and training, joint workshops and seminars, and publication of the award-winning training newspaper Wansolwara. Papua New Guinea’s National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) ... <a title="USP signs ‘milestone Pacific MOUs’ for enterprising journalism initiatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/usp-signs-milestone-pacific-mous-for-enterprising-journalism-initiatives/" aria-label="Read more about USP signs ‘milestone Pacific MOUs’ for enterprising journalism initiatives">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland Luis Ascui/AAP Money in electoral politics is like salt in the human body. Essential for activity – but too much imperils the heart. Australia’s laws for the financing of national elections are the least developed of any comparable ... <a title="Proposed spending and donations caps may at last bring genuine reform to national election rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/proposed-spending-and-donations-caps-may-at-last-bring-genuine-reform-to-national-election-rules-208031/" aria-label="Read more about Proposed spending and donations caps may at last bring genuine reform to national election rules">Read more</a>
