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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen Smithers, Lecturer, Charles Sturt University ThisIsEngineering/Pexels This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review team ... <a title="Australian unis could not function without casual staff: it is time to treat them as ‘real’ employees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/australian-unis-could-not-function-without-casual-staff-it-is-time-to-treat-them-as-real-employees-203053/" aria-label="Read more about Australian unis could not function without casual staff: it is time to treat them as ‘real’ employees">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwyn McClelland, Senior Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England IMDB Makoto Shinkai has found a winning formula with the release of his newest anime Suzume, already the fourth-highest-grossing anime film of all time. Shinkai released his debut animated feature film, The Place Promised in our Early ... <a title="Suzume builds on a long line of Japanese art exploring the impacts of trauma on the individual and the collective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/suzume-builds-on-a-long-line-of-japanese-art-exploring-the-impacts-of-trauma-on-the-individual-and-the-collective-203920/" aria-label="Read more about Suzume builds on a long line of Japanese art exploring the impacts of trauma on the individual and the collective">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph Sims, Emeritus Professor, Energy and Climate Mitigation, Massey University Gary Hershorn/Getty Images Emissions from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases CO₂, methane, CFCs and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming ... <a title="The IPCC’s calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/the-ipccs-calls-for-emissions-cuts-have-gone-unheeded-for-too-long-should-it-change-the-way-it-reports-on-climate-change-202837/" aria-label="Read more about The IPCC’s calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
By Shayal Devi in Suva Any attempt to review or change Fiji’s existing taxation system will be done with proper consideration of all reports and recommendations on the issue, says Fiji’s finance minister. Professor Biman Prasad, who is also co-deputy Prime Minister, said that any decision to make such changes lay solely with the government. ... <a title="Fiji tax system – ‘we’ll look after our vulnerable people’, says Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/fiji-tax-system-well-look-after-our-vulnerable-people-says-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji tax system – ‘we’ll look after our vulnerable people’, says Prasad">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter The Australian government has announced a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders, ending a tension between the two countries that has lasted for more than 20 years. Since 2001, New Zealanders in Australia have been able to reside there on a Special Category Visa. While it has ... <a title="Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/australia-announces-pathway-to-citizenship-for-new-zealanders/" aria-label="Read more about Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
RNZ Pacific Daycare centres have been shut down in American Samoa following confirmation of an eight-year-old girl with measles. The territory’s Department of Health (DOH) said samples from the child, who was seen at a community centre with symptoms on March 27, were sent for testing in California and returned positive. Day cares are now ... <a title="American Samoa confirms a case of measles – day care centres close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/american-samoa-confirms-a-case-of-measles-day-care-centres-close/" aria-label="Read more about American Samoa confirms a case of measles – day care centres close">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Indonesian security forces have intensified operations in various conflict areas in West Papua, reports Human Rights Monitor. According to information received by the international watchdog, security force members have raided villages and set residential houses on fire. The raids reportedly occurred in conflict hotspots in West Papua, predominantly in the Puncak, Nduga, ... <a title="Indonesian security crackdown in West Papua – ‘traumatising raids, torture’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/indonesian-security-crackdown-in-west-papua-traumatising-raids-torture/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian security crackdown in West Papua – ‘traumatising raids, torture’">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Pender, Kidman Chair in Australian Studies and Director, JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, University of Adelaide Barry Humphries began his career as a Dadaist. His street performances around Melbourne in the early 1950s foreshadowed performance art in Australia. He was the most daring student prankster ... <a title="Remembering Barry Humphries, the man who enriched the culture, reimagined the one man show and upended the cultural cringe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/remembering-barry-humphries-the-man-who-enriched-the-culture-reimagined-the-one-man-show-and-upended-the-cultural-cringe-188719/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Barry Humphries, the man who enriched the culture, reimagined the one man show and upended the cultural cringe">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alon Loeffler, PhD researcher, University of Sydney Shutterstock Over the past year or so, generative AI models such as ChatGPT and DALL-E have made it possible to produce vast quantities of apparently human-like, high-quality creative content from a simple series of prompts. Though highly capable – far ... <a title="Networks of silver nanowires seem to learn and remember, much like our brains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/22/networks-of-silver-nanowires-seem-to-learn-and-remember-much-like-our-brains-204115/" aria-label="Read more about Networks of silver nanowires seem to learn and remember, much like our brains">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Newell, Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Julentto Photography/Unsplash A quick search on the internet for “climate change images” readily yields the familiar photograph of a lone polar bear on a shrinking block of ice. ... <a title="Most people already think climate change is ‘here and now’, despite what we’ve been told" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/22/most-people-already-think-climate-change-is-here-and-now-despite-what-weve-been-told-203425/" aria-label="Read more about Most people already think climate change is ‘here and now’, despite what we’ve been told">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Hobbs, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney The federal government today released the long-awaited legal advice on the Voice to parliament from Australia’s solicitor-general, Stephen Donaghue. In it, Donaghue states that the proposed model for the Voice “will not fetter or impede the exercise of existing ... <a title="Solicitor-general confirms Voice model is legally sound, will not ‘fetter or impede’ parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/solicitor-general-confirms-voice-model-is-legally-sound-will-not-fetter-or-impede-parliament-204266/" aria-label="Read more about Solicitor-general confirms Voice model is legally sound, will not ‘fetter or impede’ parliament">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The United Kingdom’s commitments to upholding human rights have come under question this week over the West Papua issue, resulting in a heated exchange between a government representative and five members of the House of Lords. The exchange occurred on Monday after the Minister of State for the United ... <a title="UK minister grilled on West Papua human rights in House of Lords" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/21/uk-minister-grilled-on-west-papua-human-rights-in-house-of-lords/" aria-label="Read more about UK minister grilled on West Papua human rights in House of Lords">Read more</a>
