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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abigail M Smith, Professor of Marine Science, University of Otago The fishers at Separation Point, between Golden Bay and Tasman Bay in New Zealand’s northwest South Island, used to be cautious. Something they called “hard coral” would tear their nets. If you dived down about 30 metres, ... <a title="Sediment runoff from the land is killing NZ’s seas – it’s time to take action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/sediment-runoff-from-the-land-is-killing-nzs-seas-its-time-to-take-action-221966/" aria-label="Read more about Sediment runoff from the land is killing NZ’s seas – it’s time to take action">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Labor minister Greg Combet is to be the new chair of the Future Fund, replacing Peter Costello. Combet, a member of parliament in 2007-2013, served in the industry and climate change and energy efficiency portfolios and in the Labor ... <a title="Former Labor minister Greg Combet to succeed Peter Costello as chair of the Future Fund" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/former-labor-minister-greg-combet-to-succeed-peter-costello-as-chair-of-the-future-fund-222138/" aria-label="Read more about Former Labor minister Greg Combet to succeed Peter Costello as chair of the Future Fund">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Shutterstock There’s been much discussion about how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect every part of our society, from school assignments to the music industry. But while policymakers continue to debate how best to regulate AI, there’s ... <a title="Freedom of information laws are key to exposing AI wrongdoing. The current system isn’t up to the task" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/freedom-of-information-laws-are-key-to-exposing-ai-wrongdoing-the-current-system-isnt-up-to-the-task-221404/" aria-label="Read more about Freedom of information laws are key to exposing AI wrongdoing. The current system isn’t up to the task">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
By Kalinga Seneviratne The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Tuvalu Campus, located in the capital Funafuti, is perhaps the smallest university in the world, but it offers a distinctive service. The nation of Tuvalu comprises nine small atoll islands which have a combined population of just 11,400. The Tuvalu Campus itself is restricted to ... <a title="World’s ‘smallest university’, but Tuvalu campus has big local impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/worlds-smallest-university-but-tuvalu-campus-has-big-local-impact/" aria-label="Read more about World’s ‘smallest university’, but Tuvalu campus has big local impact">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Agnes Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International, has called the funding cuts to the UN’s Palestinian humanitarian relief agency a “heartless decision” by some of the world’s richest countries “to punish the most vulnerable population on earth because of the alleged crimes of 12 people”. In a post on X, formerly ... <a title="Amnesty chief calls UNRWA funding cuts ‘heartless’, ‘sickening’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/amnesty-chief-calls-unrwa-funding-cuts-heartless-sickening/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty chief calls UNRWA funding cuts ‘heartless’, ‘sickening’">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabina Andron, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cities and Urbanism, The University of Melbourne Sabina Andron In the early hours, poster installers head out with buckets of wheat paste and gig advertisements, refreshing the thousands of square metres of street poster sites in Melbourne. Graffiti writers and artists ... <a title="Images shape cities, but who decides which ones survive? It’s a matter of visual justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/images-shape-cities-but-who-decides-which-ones-survive-its-a-matter-of-visual-justice-216003/" aria-label="Read more about Images shape cities, but who decides which ones survive? It’s a matter of visual justice">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Byron Lamont, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Plant Ecology, Curtin University Sandie Peters/Unsplash Few plants conjure up the Australian bush better than banksias, whose beautiful flowers are irresistible to honeyeater birds, small marsupials and nature lovers. But our research, published in Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, ... <a title="Banksias are iconic Australian plants, but their ancestors actually came from North Africa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/banksias-are-iconic-australian-plants-but-their-ancestors-actually-came-from-north-africa-221589/" aria-label="Read more about Banksias are iconic Australian plants, but their ancestors actually came from North Africa">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University The growing rift between the Biden administration and the Netanyahu government over Israel’s war in Gaza is now in the open, with public disagreement between them on the viability of a two-state solution to ... <a title="Israel-Palestinian conflict: is the two-state solution now dead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/israel-palestinian-conflict-is-the-two-state-solution-now-dead-221967/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Palestinian conflict: is the two-state solution now dead?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne Ali Goldstein/Unsplash Forty years ago, Medicare as we know it today was born. It was the reincarnation of the Whitlam government’s Medibank, introduced in 1975 but dismantled ... <a title="Medicare turns 40: since 1984 our health needs have changed but the system hasn’t. 3 reforms to update it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/medicare-turns-40-since-1984-our-health-needs-have-changed-but-the-system-hasnt-3-reforms-to-update-it-217264/" aria-label="Read more about Medicare turns 40: since 1984 our health needs have changed but the system hasn’t. 3 reforms to update it">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Richardson, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University Bill Mead, Unsplash, CC BY A paradox lies at the heart of Australian public opinion about climate change. While there is clear general support for substantial government action to achieve net zero emissions ... <a title="Do we want a wind farm outside our window? What Australians think about the net zero transition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/do-we-want-a-wind-farm-outside-our-window-what-australians-think-about-the-net-zero-transition-214712/" aria-label="Read more about Do we want a wind farm outside our window? What Australians think about the net zero transition">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Thorp, Professor of Finance, University of Sydney Shutterstock Amassing the wealth needed to support retirement by regular saving is a monumental test of personal planning and discipline. Fortunately for most Australian workers, the superannuation system can help. Superannuation uses the carrot of tax incentives, and the ... <a title="After a lifetime studying superannuation, here are 5 things I wish I knew earlier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/after-a-lifetime-studying-superannuation-here-are-5-things-i-wish-i-knew-earlier-217922/" aria-label="Read more about After a lifetime studying superannuation, here are 5 things I wish I knew earlier">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fraser Macdonald, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Waikato One of the most perplexing yet poorly understood aspects of the international diplomatic response to the ongoing Gaza conflict has been the overwhelmingly pro-Israel orientation of Pacific Island states. During the voting on two United Nations resolutions (October ... <a title="More than religion: why some of Israel’s staunchest support comes from the Pacific Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/more-than-religion-why-some-of-israels-staunchest-support-comes-from-the-pacific-islands-221212/" aria-label="Read more about More than religion: why some of Israel’s staunchest support comes from the Pacific Islands">Read more</a>
