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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Australia doesn’t need to wait ten or 20 years for its new submarines, or for long-range missiles, to project effective military power against China. It has the ability to use its cyber forces to strike ... <a title="Deterring China isn’t all about submarines. Australia’s ‘cyber offence’ might be its most potent weapon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/deterring-china-isnt-all-about-submarines-australias-cyber-offence-might-be-its-most-potent-weapon-204749/" aria-label="Read more about Deterring China isn’t all about submarines. Australia’s ‘cyber offence’ might be its most potent weapon">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University The first power from the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project may not be delivered until 2028, it was revealed yesterday, triggering a fresh round of criticism over the controversial project. The delay is undoubtedly inconvenient. But, despite speculation, the ... <a title="I’m not an apologist for the Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme – but let’s not obsess over the delays and cost blowouts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/im-not-an-apologist-for-the-snowy-2-0-hydro-scheme-but-lets-not-obsess-over-the-delays-and-cost-blowouts-204915/" aria-label="Read more about I’m not an apologist for the Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme – but let’s not obsess over the delays and cost blowouts">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phill Cassey, Head, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide Colorado River toad Shutterstock The internet has made it easier for people to buy and sell a huge variety of wildlife – from orchids, cacti and fungi to thousands of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and ... <a title="Lickable toads and magic mushrooms: wildlife traded on the dark web is the kind that gets you high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/lickable-toads-and-magic-mushrooms-wildlife-traded-on-the-dark-web-is-the-kind-that-gets-you-high-201180/" aria-label="Read more about Lickable toads and magic mushrooms: wildlife traded on the dark web is the kind that gets you high">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Two weeks ago, 55-year-old Sydney businessman Alexander Csergo was arrested on charges of “recklessly” engaging in foreign interference. Csergo’s case reads like a spy novel. He allegedly met two Chinese people he knew as “Ken” and “Evelyn” ... <a title="Could using open-source information online get you arrested for foreign interference?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/could-using-open-source-information-online-get-you-arrested-for-foreign-interference-204548/" aria-label="Read more about Could using open-source information online get you arrested for foreign interference?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivier Salvado, Lead AI for Mission, CSIRO Shutterstock Debates about AI often characterise it as a technology that has come to compete with human intelligence. Indeed, one of the most widely pronounced fears is that AI may achieve human-like intelligence and render humans obsolete in the process. ... <a title="AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says AI is a new form of intelligence unlike our own. Have we been getting it wrong this whole time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/ai-pioneer-geoffrey-hinton-says-ai-is-a-new-form-of-intelligence-unlike-our-own-have-we-been-getting-it-wrong-this-whole-time-204911/" aria-label="Read more about AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says AI is a new form of intelligence unlike our own. Have we been getting it wrong this whole time?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kobie Boshoff, Senior lecturer, Occupational Therapy, University of South Australia Getty The federal government and National Cabinet has committed to rebooting and fixing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with disabilities. It plans to invest more in the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), which administers ... <a title="The government says NDIS supports should be ‘evidence-based’ – but can they be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/the-government-says-ndis-supports-should-be-evidence-based-but-can-they-be-204763/" aria-label="Read more about The government says NDIS supports should be ‘evidence-based’ – but can they be?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Highlights of the 2023 World Press Freedom Index. Video: RSF By David Robie Timor-Leste has topped a stunning rise among Asia-Pacific countries to make it to into the “top ten” countries in this year’s World Press Freedom Index that saw island nations improve their rankings. The youngest nation in Southeast Asia — which gained independence ... <a title="Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/timor-leste-makes-top-ten-in-2023-world-press-freedom-index/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archie Chapman, Senior Lecturer, School of IT and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland CPVA, Author provided There were an estimated 100 million individual solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in Australia at the end of 2022. We estimate this number will likely grow to over 2 billion if ... <a title="Australia is facing a 450,000-tonne mountain of used solar panels. Here’s how to turn it into a valuable asset" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/australia-is-facing-a-450-000-tonne-mountain-of-used-solar-panels-heres-how-to-turn-it-into-a-valuable-asset-204792/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is facing a 450,000-tonne mountain of used solar panels. Here’s how to turn it into a valuable asset">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Renee So, Woman XI 2021, stoneware, 60 × 37 × 26 cm Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London Photo: Angus Mill At first glance it would be easy to presume the artworks in Renee So’s survey exhibition are ... <a title="How the sculpture and ‘knitted paintings’ of Renee So explore colonial legacies, male authority and women’s bodies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/how-the-sculpture-and-knitted-paintings-of-renee-so-explore-colonial-legacies-male-authority-and-womens-bodies-204260/" aria-label="Read more about How the sculpture and ‘knitted paintings’ of Renee So explore colonial legacies, male authority and women’s bodies">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content MEKA WHAITIRI TO STAND FOR TE PĀTI MĀORI Claire Trevett (Herald): Was Meka Whaitiri’s switch from Labour to Te Pāti Māori pure defection? (paywalled) William Hewett (Newshub): ‘Incredibly farcical’: Pundit ... <a title="Newsletter: May 4 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/newsletter-may-4-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 4 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University The war in Ukraine is approaching a tipping point. Russia’s army has struggled to make meaningful advances after months of trying, and has still failed to capture the ruined town of Bakhmut. A persistent inability to ... <a title="Why Ukraine’s fate rests on its imminent counteroffensive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/why-ukraines-fate-rests-on-its-imminent-counteroffensive-204900/" aria-label="Read more about Why Ukraine’s fate rests on its imminent counteroffensive">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Parwinder Kaur, Associate Professor | Director, DNA Zoo Australia, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock In 2021, avian influenza evolved into a new form – a new and remarkably lethal variant first found in Europe. Bird flu is usually most dangerous to birds kept in close quarters, ... <a title="Migrating birds could bring lethal avian flu to Australia’s vulnerable birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/migrating-birds-could-bring-lethal-avian-flu-to-australias-vulnerable-birds-204793/" aria-label="Read more about Migrating birds could bring lethal avian flu to Australia’s vulnerable birds">Read more</a>
