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Year: 2023

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Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s climate crisis?

November 3, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Reuben Finighan, PhD candidate at the LSE and Research Fellow at the Superpower Institute, The University of Melbourne This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition. In Australia’s race to net zero emissions, nuclear power has surged back ... <a title="Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s climate crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/03/is-nuclear-the-answer-to-australias-climate-crisis-216891/" aria-label="Read more about Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s climate crisis?">Read more</a>

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Taming wild northern rivers could harm marine fisheries and threaten endangered sawfish

November 3, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Éva Plagányi, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Google Earth Image Landsat/Copernicus, CC BY-ND Australia’s tropical northern rivers still run wild and free. These relatively pristine areas have so far avoided extensive development. But this might not last. There are ongoing scoping studies exploring irrigating agricultural land using ... <a title="Taming wild northern rivers could harm marine fisheries and threaten endangered sawfish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/03/taming-wild-northern-rivers-could-harm-marine-fisheries-and-threaten-endangered-sawfish-212690/" aria-label="Read more about Taming wild northern rivers could harm marine fisheries and threaten endangered sawfish">Read more</a>

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AI chatbots are coming to your workplace but are not necessarily coming for your job

November 3, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney Artificial Intelligence chatbots are everywhere. They have captured the public imagination and that of countless Silicon Valley inventors and investors since the arrival of ChatGPT about a year ago. The stunning human-like abilities of conversational AI ... <a title="AI chatbots are coming to your workplace but are not necessarily coming for your job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/03/ai-chatbots-are-coming-to-your-workplace-but-are-not-necessarily-coming-for-your-job-216433/" aria-label="Read more about AI chatbots are coming to your workplace but are not necessarily coming for your job">Read more</a>

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I was a ward of the state. The horrors of the Parramatta Girls’ Home were legendary

November 3, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Adjunct Associate Professor in History, Australian Catholic University Readers are advised this article discusses sexual abuse. In the Sydney suburb of North Parramatta sits a cluster of very old buildings known as the “Parramatta Female Factory Precinct”. Built in 1821 to house and provide ... <a title="I was a ward of the state. The horrors of the Parramatta Girls’ Home were legendary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/03/i-was-a-ward-of-the-state-the-horrors-of-the-parramatta-girls-home-were-legendary-214567/" aria-label="Read more about I was a ward of the state. The horrors of the Parramatta Girls’ Home were legendary">Read more</a>

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Whakaari/White Island court case will change the level of accepted risk in NZ’s tourism industry

November 3, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management/ Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia An Auckland court has found Whakaari Management Limited (WML) guilty of breaching workplace safety laws relating to the Whakaari/White Island eruption in 2019. This decision could have implications for anyone involved in ... <a title="Whakaari/White Island court case will change the level of accepted risk in NZ’s tourism industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/03/whakaari-white-island-court-case-will-change-the-level-of-accepted-risk-in-nzs-tourism-industry-216817/" aria-label="Read more about Whakaari/White Island court case will change the level of accepted risk in NZ’s tourism industry">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers pumps up his role in energy transition

November 2, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jim Chalmers – as if he doesn’t have enough on his plate – is marching into the centre of energy policy. This is probably a good thing for the government, because the transition to renewables isn’t going as well as ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers pumps up his role in energy transition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/grattan-on-friday-treasurer-jim-chalmers-pumps-up-his-role-in-energy-transition-216907/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers pumps up his role in energy transition">Read more</a>

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Is a terrorist’s win in the High Court bad for national security? Not necessarily

November 2, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Yesterday, Abdul Nacer Benbrika, perhaps Australia’s most notorious convicted terrorist, won in the High Court. A six-one majority of the court struck down a ministerial power to revoke the Australian citizenship of certain terrorist ... <a title="Is a terrorist’s win in the High Court bad for national security? Not necessarily" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/is-a-terrorists-win-in-the-high-court-bad-for-national-security-not-necessarily-216896/" aria-label="Read more about Is a terrorist’s win in the High Court bad for national security? Not necessarily">Read more</a>

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Regulating political misinformation isn’t easy, but it’s necessary to protect democracy

November 2, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Arnott, PhD Candidate, Griffith University The recent open letter to the prime minister and parliamentarians broke the week-long silence from Indigenous leaders after the country rejected the proposed First Nations Voice to Parliament. The letter emphasised the damage caused by the “lies in political advertising and ... <a title="Regulating political misinformation isn’t easy, but it’s necessary to protect democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/regulating-political-misinformation-isnt-easy-but-its-necessary-to-protect-democracy-216537/" aria-label="Read more about Regulating political misinformation isn’t easy, but it’s necessary to protect democracy">Read more</a>

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What is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing? And can EMDR help children recover from trauma?

November 2, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta Stapleton, Associate Professor in Psychology, Bond University Charlein Gracia/Unsplash Childhood traumatic experiences are common. Almost one in three (32%) Australians reported being physically abused as a child, 31% experienced emotional abuse, 28.5% were victims of sexual abuse and 9% were neglected. Some 40% of Australians were ... <a title="What is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing? And can EMDR help children recover from trauma?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/what-is-eye-movement-desensitisation-and-reprocessing-and-can-emdr-help-children-recover-from-trauma-214360/" aria-label="Read more about What is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing? And can EMDR help children recover from trauma?">Read more</a>

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Our children are victims of road violence. We need to talk about the deadly norms of car use

November 2, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hulya Gilbert, Lecturer in Planning and Human Geography, La Trobe University Shutterstock The deaths and injuries caused by car drivers are an everyday occurrence. This road violence has become normalised. We take it for granted as the price we have to pay to use our cars. Globally, ... <a title="Our children are victims of road violence. We need to talk about the deadly norms of car use" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/our-children-are-victims-of-road-violence-we-need-to-talk-about-the-deadly-norms-of-car-use-214476/" aria-label="Read more about Our children are victims of road violence. We need to talk about the deadly norms of car use">Read more</a>

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No back door for 5 years: remote community’s High Court win is good news for renters everywhere

November 2, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Martin, Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney It took seven years, but a tiny remote community in the Northern Territory had a major legal win yesterday. People in the town of Santa Teresa, southeast of Alice Springs, won the right to compensation for ... <a title="No back door for 5 years: remote community’s High Court win is good news for renters everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/no-back-door-for-5-years-remote-communitys-high-court-win-is-good-news-for-renters-everywhere-216821/" aria-label="Read more about No back door for 5 years: remote community’s High Court win is good news for renters everywhere">Read more</a>

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Extreme weather is landing more Australians in hospital – and heat is the biggest culprit

November 2, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney Rod Long/Unsplash Hospital admissions for injuries directly attributable to extreme weather events – such as heatwaves, bushfires and storms – have increased in Australia over the past decade. A ... <a title="Extreme weather is landing more Australians in hospital – and heat is the biggest culprit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/02/extreme-weather-is-landing-more-australians-in-hospital-and-heat-is-the-biggest-culprit-216440/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme weather is landing more Australians in hospital – and heat is the biggest culprit">Read more</a>