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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noor Gillani, Technology Editor Shutterstock Artificial intelligence has changed form in recent years. What started in the public eye as a burgeoning field with promising (yet largely benign) applications, has snowballed into a more than US$100 billion industry where the heavy hitters – Microsoft, Google and OpenAI, ... <a title="Will AI ever reach human-level intelligence? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/will-ai-ever-reach-human-level-intelligence-we-asked-5-experts-202515/" aria-label="Read more about Will AI ever reach human-level intelligence? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller This weekend’s visit to Australia by New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks volumes about major changes underway in New Zealand foreign policy. Hipkins is flying to Brisbane – Australia’s third-biggest city and home to around 100,000 New Zealand citizens – to meet with his counterpart, Anthony Albanese. The trip’s significance ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: Why Chris Hipkins is heading to Brisbane – not Beijing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-why-chris-hipkins-is-heading-to-brisbane-not-beijing/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: Why Chris Hipkins is heading to Brisbane – not Beijing">Read more</a>
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April 19, 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 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): Why Chris Hipkins is heading to Brisbane – not Beijing Alexander Gillespie and Robert Patman (The Conversation): Approach with caution: ... <a title="Newsletter: April 19 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/newsletter-april-19-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: April 19 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney NDIS Minister Bill Shorten yesterday announced a “reboot” of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme and six major areas of reform. Getting the NDIS back on track, Shorten said, will require reform across all disability services. It’s a difficult time ... <a title="The NDIS is set for a reboot but we also need to reform disability services outside the scheme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/the-ndis-is-set-for-a-reboot-but-we-also-need-to-reform-disability-services-outside-the-scheme-204041/" aria-label="Read more about The NDIS is set for a reboot but we also need to reform disability services outside the scheme">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The late Sir Rabbie Namaliu’s character and his humble leadership featured well in one of Australia’s top news organisations –– News Corp Australia and its executive chairman Michael Miller has paid a tribute. Businessman Frank Kramer, reading out a special eulogy from the business point of view reflecting on ... <a title="News Corp among Namaliu’s farewell messages – for ‘free, fearless media’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/news-corp-among-namalius-farewell-messages-for-free-fearless-media/" aria-label="Read more about News Corp among Namaliu’s farewell messages – for ‘free, fearless media’">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
By Robert Mek I was born in Gulka (Kimil), one of the remotest villages in Papua New Guinea’s Jiwaka province. Gulka is situated between Jiwaka and Western Highlands province, so as I grew up I learned the cultures and lifestyles of both provinces. I was the third-born child of Simon and Polti Mek and I ... <a title="Papua New Guinea: ‘My education journey from Jiwaka to UPNG’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/papua-new-guinea-my-education-journey-from-jiwaka-to-upng/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea: ‘My education journey from Jiwaka to UPNG’">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australia’s Medicare billing system is overly complicated, bureaucratic and not meeting the needs of a modern health service, potentially leaking billions of dollars. But claims this loss is mostly due to fraudulent billing practices ... <a title="Medicare billing is a problem but our research found many more GPs undercharge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/medicare-billing-is-a-problem-but-our-research-found-many-more-gps-undercharge-203561/" aria-label="Read more about Medicare billing is a problem but our research found many more GPs undercharge">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Eger, Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Sydney Joe Belanger/Shutterstock Underwater forests known as kelp have been sustaining people and cultures for millennia. However, most of us are only vaguely aware of the vibrant masses of seaweed hugging the ocean shores around Earth. Furthermore, we don’t realise how ... <a title="A forgotten and neglected ecosystem covers a third of Earth’s coastlines, with a collective value of $500 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/a-forgotten-and-neglected-ecosystem-covers-a-third-of-earths-coastlines-with-a-collective-value-of-500-billion-203908/" aria-label="Read more about A forgotten and neglected ecosystem covers a third of Earth’s coastlines, with a collective value of $500 billion">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock There are multiple signs the Australian education system is in crisis. This includes declining academic outcomes, teacher shortages, principals facing abuse, and an upswing in school violence. Hanging over these is the Productivity Commission’s January 2023 ... <a title="A new report proposes full public funding for private schools, but there’s a catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/a-new-report-proposes-full-public-funding-for-private-schools-but-theres-a-catch-203840/" aria-label="Read more about A new report proposes full public funding for private schools, but there’s a catch">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images As the strategic rivalry between the United States and China intensifies, the invitation to discuss participation in the AUKUS security agreement presents New Zealand with a potentially momentous decision: how best to secure its own strategic interests ... <a title="Approach with caution: why NZ should be wary of buying into the AUKUS security pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/approach-with-caution-why-nz-should-be-wary-of-buying-into-the-aukus-security-pact-203915/" aria-label="Read more about Approach with caution: why NZ should be wary of buying into the AUKUS security pact">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian Dröllner, Research associate, Curtin University A typical view on the Nullarbor Plain: an expansive, treeless landscape that captures the relentless dryness of Australia’s interior. Matej Lipar, Author provided Australia’s western and eastern ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots, separated by a dry desert interior. Yet millions of years ... <a title="We found out when the Nullarbor Plain dried out, splitting Australia’s ecosystems in half" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/we-found-out-when-the-nullarbor-plain-dried-out-splitting-australias-ecosystems-in-half-203052/" aria-label="Read more about We found out when the Nullarbor Plain dried out, splitting Australia’s ecosystems in half">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2023
By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta An Indonesian human rights researcher has cricitised his government’s failure to negotiate with West Papuan rebels, saying security officials should learn from the 2005 Aceh peace pact. The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) research and mobilisation division head, Rozy Brilian, said the Indonesian government had always ... <a title="Jakarta should ‘learn from the Aceh, Philippines exerience’ and talk to West Papuan rebels, says researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/18/jakarta-should-learn-from-the-aceh-philippines-exerience-and-talk-to-west-papuan-rebels-says-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta should ‘learn from the Aceh, Philippines exerience’ and talk to West Papuan rebels, says researcher">Read more</a>
