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February 18, 2023
The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s new media draft policy would put a stop to reporting news not regarded as “positive” for the country’s image, says former PNG Media Council director Bob Howarth. Howarth, who was director from 2001-2005, said that the national government needed to seriously look at the way the media ... <a title="Learn from Timor-Leste ‘freedom’, says former PNG media council head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/learn-from-timor-leste-freedom-says-former-png-media-council-head/" aria-label="Read more about Learn from Timor-Leste ‘freedom’, says former PNG media council head">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva The University of the South Pacific is expected to receive the first instalment of the promised $10 million part payment of owed grants soon. Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said this was a show of the coalition government’s commitment to restoring Fiji’s outstanding grant contributions since 2019. It is understood ... <a title="‘We were orphaned since you left,’ Rabuka says in apology to USP’s Pal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/we-were-orphaned-since-you-left-rabuka-says-in-apology-to-usps-pal/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We were orphaned since you left,’ Rabuka says in apology to USP’s Pal">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By April Reside, Lecturer, The University of Queensland shutterstock.com Iran’s ancient forests, rugged mountains, vast deserts and captivating coasts are rich in biodiversity, including animals found nowhere else on Earth. But many of these precious areas are not formally protected from development, potentially endangering the species that live ... <a title="Mapping Iran’s biodiversity hotspots to create new protected areas covering 20% of the landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/mapping-irans-biodiversity-hotspots-to-create-new-protected-areas-covering-20-of-the-landscape-198988/" aria-label="Read more about Mapping Iran’s biodiversity hotspots to create new protected areas covering 20% of the landscape">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra It’s a tough time for central bankers the world over, but especially for Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe. Having forecast during the COVID recession that Australia’s central bank wouldn’t raise interest ... <a title="The Lowe road – the RBA is treading a ‘narrow path’ between inflation and recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/the-lowe-road-the-rba-is-treading-a-narrow-path-between-inflation-and-recession-199519/" aria-label="Read more about The Lowe road – the RBA is treading a ‘narrow path’ between inflation and recession">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock There’s a race to transform search. And Microsoft just scored a home goal with its new Bing search chatbot, Sydney, which has been terrifying early adopters with death threats, among other troubling outputs. Search ... <a title="Gaslighting, love bombing and narcissism: why is Microsoft’s Bing AI so unhinged?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/gaslighting-love-bombing-and-narcissism-why-is-microsofts-bing-ai-so-unhinged-200164/" aria-label="Read more about Gaslighting, love bombing and narcissism: why is Microsoft’s Bing AI so unhinged?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Baer Arnold, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus yesterday released a report with 30 proposals for updating Australia’s privacy regime. The proposals are practical, necessary and overdue. However, they are just proposals, which have been made several times in the past ... <a title="Government’s privacy review has some strong recommendations – now we really need action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/governments-privacy-review-has-some-strong-recommendations-now-we-really-need-action-200079/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s privacy review has some strong recommendations – now we really need action">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock An epidemic outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, was confirmed this week, the first time the virus has occurred there. At least 16 cases have ... <a title="What is Marburg virus and should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/what-is-marburg-virus-and-should-we-be-worried-200082/" aria-label="Read more about What is Marburg virus and should we be worried?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Vandersteen, PhD Student, UNSW Sydney Brushtail possums were caught on camera eating the flesh of a dead kangaroo. James Vandersteen/University of Sydney, Author provided Vultures, hyenas, and Tasmanian devils are highly efficient scavengers, able to locate and consume carrion rapidly, including the meat and bones. When ... <a title="Dead kangaroos make a surprising feast for possums in the Australian Alps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/dead-kangaroos-make-a-surprising-feast-for-possums-in-the-australian-alps-199867/" aria-label="Read more about Dead kangaroos make a surprising feast for possums in the Australian Alps">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland You may have seen them popping up on beaches everywhere – colourful, breezy, shady, beach cabanas. Unlike beach umbrellas, they’re sturdy enough to withstand a stiff sea breeze and have pockets for sand to anchor them firmly. Best of ... <a title="Do beach cabanas actually protect you from the sun?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/do-beach-cabanas-actually-protect-you-from-the-sun-199102/" aria-label="Read more about Do beach cabanas actually protect you from the sun?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Maguire, Lecturer in English and Writing, James Cook University Jane Zhang/Stan Review: Bad Behaviour, directed by Corrie Chen. Bad Behaviour is a gritty, intense psychological drama that follows the haunting teenage experience of now 20-something Joanna Mackenzie (Jana McKinnon), who revisits the year she spent on ... <a title="New Aussie drama Bad Behaviour gives us a complex portrayal of girlhood and queer stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/new-aussie-drama-bad-behaviour-gives-us-a-complex-portrayal-of-girlhood-and-queer-stories-198397/" aria-label="Read more about New Aussie drama Bad Behaviour gives us a complex portrayal of girlhood and queer stories">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Bloomberg, Adjunct Senior Fellow Te Kura Ngahere – New Zealand School of Forestry, University of Canterbury Getty Images The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by the Thames–Coromandel region in just the first two months of ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more destructive forestry “slash” – NZ must change how it grows trees on fragile land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/cyclone-gabrielle-triggered-more-destructive-forestry-slash-nz-must-change-how-it-grows-trees-on-fragile-land-200059/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more destructive forestry “slash” – NZ must change how it grows trees on fragile land">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Woinarski, Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock Australia’s natural world is in deep trouble. Many of our species are getting rarer. Some are now perilously close to extinction, while entire ecosystems face collapse. Sudden biodiversity loss in events such as the Black Summer wildfires ... <a title="We found 29 threatened species are back from the brink in Australia. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/we-found-29-threatened-species-are-back-from-the-brink-in-australia-heres-how-200057/" aria-label="Read more about We found 29 threatened species are back from the brink in Australia. Here’s how">Read more</a>
