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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca J McLeod, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, University of Otago Rebecca McLeod, CC BY-ND Cyclone Gabrielle has highlighted forestry slash as a problematic aspect of relying on plantation forests to draw down carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. While we no doubt must prioritise reducing ... <a title="Blue carbon: could a solution to the climate challenge be buried in the depths of fiords?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/blue-carbon-could-a-solution-to-the-climate-challenge-be-buried-in-the-depths-of-fiords-205639/" aria-label="Read more about Blue carbon: could a solution to the climate challenge be buried in the depths of fiords?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney Some say we should keep sport out of politics. But that seems to be almost impossible in the case of Tasmania. The announcement that Tasmania will get its own AFL team has become the centrepiece of ... <a title="How the Tasmanian AFL team turned into a political football" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/how-the-tasmanian-afl-team-turned-into-a-political-football-205846/" aria-label="Read more about How the Tasmanian AFL team turned into a political football">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Victoria recently announced an end to native forest logging in December 2023, six years earlier than previously announced. Western Australia is ending it from January 2024. The Greens and independent federal MPs are now calling ... <a title="Has time been called on the native forest logging deals of the 1990s? Here’s what the Albanese government can do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/has-time-been-called-on-the-native-forest-logging-deals-of-the-1990s-heres-what-the-albanese-government-can-do-206860/" aria-label="Read more about Has time been called on the native forest logging deals of the 1990s? Here’s what the Albanese government can do">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Dodd, Tutor, School of Communication and the Arts, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Claims the US government has secretly retrieved crashed alien spacecraft and their non-human occupants are hardly new. They are firmly entrenched in post-war American UFO lore and conspiracy theory, inspiring the most famous ... <a title="Alien spacecraft allegations suggest the Pentagon has approved conspiracy theories – about itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/alien-spacecraft-allegations-suggest-the-pentagon-has-approved-conspiracy-theories-about-itself-207205/" aria-label="Read more about Alien spacecraft allegations suggest the Pentagon has approved conspiracy theories – about itself">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Artificial intelligence is a challenging policy area that’s moving towards the centre stage of public and government attention. Some experts emphasise the immense potential of AI, while others are deeply troubled about the ramifications the technology may have on humans. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-industry-minister-ed-husic-on-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-207224/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
INTERACTIVE WEBCAST: Join the LIVE recording of Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning’s podcast A View from Afar shortly after midday today Thursday (New Zealand time) and Wednesday 8pm (US EDT). Today, In this episode of A View from Afar political scientist, and former Pentagon analyst, Dr Paul Buchanan, and Selwyn Manning will analyse the ... <a title="LIVE @ Midday: Geopolitical balancing in the South-West Pacific and Does this mean Conflict is inevitable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/live-midday-geopolitical-balancing-in-the-south-west-pacific-and-does-this-mean-conflict-is-inevitable/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE @ Midday: Geopolitical balancing in the South-West Pacific and Does this mean Conflict is inevitable?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moses, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Canterbury Defence Minister Andrew Little’s recent announcement that New Zealand would be “willing to explore” participation in military technology sharing – or “pillar two” – under the AUKUS security arrangement has already divided opinion. Proponents have argued participation ... <a title="AUKUS is already trialling autonomous weapons systems – where is NZ’s policy on next-generation warfare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/aukus-is-already-trialling-autonomous-weapons-systems-where-is-nzs-policy-on-next-generation-warfare-207201/" aria-label="Read more about AUKUS is already trialling autonomous weapons systems – where is NZ’s policy on next-generation warfare?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Tonkin, PhD Candidate, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Shutterstock Like something out of a spy movie, thermal cameras make it possible to “see” heat by converting infrared radiation into an image. They can detect infrared light given off by animals, vehicles, electrical equipment and ... <a title="We’ve created a new lens that could take thermal cameras out of spy films and put them into your back pocket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/weve-created-a-new-lens-that-could-take-thermal-cameras-out-of-spy-films-and-put-them-into-your-back-pocket-206594/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve created a new lens that could take thermal cameras out of spy films and put them into your back pocket">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela (Ang) McGaughran, Senior Lecturer in Population Genomics, University of Waikato Getty Images Climate change is increasing the risk of plant-destroying insects, diseases and invasive weeds entering Aotearoa New Zealand. Border security is not enough to protect us from the next biosecurity threat – it’s time to ... <a title="New Zealand needs to up its biosecurity game to protect the country from the next devastating pest threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/new-zealand-needs-to-up-its-biosecurity-game-to-protect-the-country-from-the-next-devastating-pest-threat-207104/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand needs to up its biosecurity game to protect the country from the next devastating pest threat">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In the wake of the PwC scandal, there is renewed interest in the work of outside agencies within Australian government. Earlier this year, an audit showed almost A$21 billion was spent on external labour hire in the Australian ... <a title="How reliance on consultancy firms like PwC undermines the capacity of governments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/how-reliance-on-consultancy-firms-like-pwc-undermines-the-capacity-of-governments-207020/" aria-label="Read more about How reliance on consultancy firms like PwC undermines the capacity of governments">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan, Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock Like many celebrities and entrepreneurs, 45-year-old US tech billionaire Bryan Johnson is trying to reverse the ageing process. Spending an average of US$2 million a year on an anti-ageing regimen, ... <a title="No, you can’t reverse ageing by injecting ‘young blood’ and fasting. But that doesn’t stop people trying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/no-you-cant-reverse-ageing-by-injecting-young-blood-and-fasting-but-that-doesnt-stop-people-trying-207038/" aria-label="Read more about No, you can’t reverse ageing by injecting ‘young blood’ and fasting. But that doesn’t stop people trying">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heloise Gibb, Professor, La Trobe University The predatory beetle eurylychnus blagravei Nick Porch, Author provided The Black Summer megafires engulfing south-eastern Australia in 2019–2020 were so intense they burned habitats rarely exposed to fire, such as southern warm temperate rainforest. These rainforests range from East Gippsland in ... <a title="More than 60 billion leaf litter invertebrates died in the Black Summer fires. Here’s what that did to ecosystems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/more-than-60-billion-leaf-litter-invertebrates-died-in-the-black-summer-fires-heres-what-that-did-to-ecosystems-207032/" aria-label="Read more about More than 60 billion leaf litter invertebrates died in the Black Summer fires. Here’s what that did to ecosystems">Read more</a>
