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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanglin Ma, Associate Professor of Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images An increasing number of people are using mobile devices – their smartphone, a smartwatch or tablet – to pay for goods and services. Mobile devices allow people to complete transactions without using cash or a ... <a title="China’s experience with mobile payments highlights the pros and cons of a cashless society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/chinas-experience-with-mobile-payments-highlights-the-pros-and-cons-of-a-cashless-society-201177/" aria-label="Read more about China’s experience with mobile payments highlights the pros and cons of a cashless society">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Mesaglio, PhD candidate, UNSW Sydney The first online photograph of Wurmbea dilatata, a small perennial herb found along the west coast of Western Australia Thomas Mesaglio, Author provided For hundreds of years, botanists have collected plants to describe species and keep in herbaria across the world. ... <a title="Thousands of our native plants have no public photographs available. Here’s why that matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/thousands-of-our-native-plants-have-no-public-photographs-available-heres-why-that-matters-199100/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of our native plants have no public photographs available. Here’s why that matters">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Whittaker, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Mahatma Gandhi said: The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Yet we often hear of animals being treated poorly in Australia, ... <a title="As the states consider animal welfare law reform, what changes would curb cruelty against animals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/as-the-states-consider-animal-welfare-law-reform-what-changes-would-curb-cruelty-against-animals-201089/" aria-label="Read more about As the states consider animal welfare law reform, what changes would curb cruelty against animals?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Germany’s Deadliest Weeks since World War Two? – Spiralling Deaths in Germany The four weeks ending 8 January 2023 have seen easily the most deaths in Germany of any four‑week period since 2015. The worst week was the week ending Christmas Day, with 28,481 deaths. While it’s hard to compare with pre-1990 ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Germany’s Deadliest Weeks since World War Two?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/keith-rankin-analysis-germanys-deadliest-weeks-since-world-war-two/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Germany’s Deadliest Weeks since World War Two?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour’s refocus is working Labour’s shift in focus is working. Under Jacinda Ardern they were a party and government focused on the voters and ideologies of liberal Grey Lynn and Wellington Central. Now under Prime Minister Chris Hipkins Labour has a laser-like focus directed at the working class politics ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s refocus is working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-refocus-is-working/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s refocus is working">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Kendall Hawkins, Philosopher, University of New England Shutterstock Most people are familiar with the deluge of artificial intelligence (AI) apps that seem designed to make us more efficient and creative. We’ve got apps that take text prompts and generate art, and the controversial ChatGPT, which raises ... <a title="Futurists predict a point where humans and machines become one. But will we see it coming?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/futurists-predict-a-point-where-humans-and-machines-become-one-but-will-we-see-it-coming-196293/" aria-label="Read more about Futurists predict a point where humans and machines become one. But will we see it coming?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Morris, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab, Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University We asked our readers what they would like to know about the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In the lead-up to the referendum, our expert authors will answer those ... <a title="With 11 Indigenous politicians in parliament, why does Australia need the Voice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/with-11-indigenous-politicians-in-parliament-why-does-australia-need-the-voice-200910/" aria-label="Read more about With 11 Indigenous politicians in parliament, why does Australia need the Voice?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Middleton, Associate Lecturer, Flinders University Pexels, CC BY Eating together regularly as a family has long been promoted as a simple solution for improving health and wellbeing. We have been told that to achieve these proposed benefits we must follow an idealistic, age-old formula: all family ... <a title="Are we overthinking family meals? 5 realistic tips to ease the pressure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/are-we-overthinking-family-meals-5-realistic-tips-to-ease-the-pressure-200731/" aria-label="Read more about Are we overthinking family meals? 5 realistic tips to ease the pressure">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Le, Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne Cultivated meat burger Mosa Meat, CC BY-SA It didn’t get much attention when US President Joe Biden launched a biomanufacturing initiative last September. But it should have. Biomanufacturing is about harnessing nature’s factories – cells – to make just about anything. ... <a title="If we perfect cultivated meat, we could hedge against food shortages as climate chaos intensifies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/if-we-perfect-cultivated-meat-we-could-hedge-against-food-shortages-as-climate-chaos-intensifies-191417/" aria-label="Read more about If we perfect cultivated meat, we could hedge against food shortages as climate chaos intensifies">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh, Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University Michael Burrows/Pexels International students are a hugely important part of Australia’s university system and its economy. In 2019, before COVID, international education was worth about A$40.3 billion to the Australian economy. As of 2022, international students are worth ... <a title="‘Very few companies are open for international students’: South Asian graduates say they need specific support to find jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/very-few-companies-are-open-for-international-students-south-asian-graduates-say-they-need-specific-support-to-find-jobs-200739/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very few companies are open for international students’: South Asian graduates say they need specific support to find jobs">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Etienne Laurent/ EPA The Academy Awards in 2023 were a less scandalous affair than last year – although host Jimmy Kimmel never let us forget “the slap”, with so many jokes it was verging on ... <a title="Winning everything everywhere all at once: 5 experts on the big moments at the Oscars 2023" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/13/winning-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-5-experts-on-the-big-moments-at-the-oscars-2023-201661/" aria-label="Read more about Winning everything everywhere all at once: 5 experts on the big moments at the Oscars 2023">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Alexander, Adjunct Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Curtin University Shutterstock Australia Post is seeing red. A lot of it. After posting a razor-thin profit of $23.6 million in the last six months of 2022, it anticipates a loss for the full 2022-23 financial year – ... <a title="Post apocalypse: the end of daily letter deliveries is in sight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/13/post-apocalypse-the-end-of-daily-letter-deliveries-is-in-sight-201094/" aria-label="Read more about Post apocalypse: the end of daily letter deliveries is in sight">Read more</a>
