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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Maras, Associate Professor in Media and Communication, The University of Western Australia At the Movies was first broadcast on the ABC on July 1 2004, with the final episode broadcast on December 9 2014. Hosted and conceived by Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, they first began ... <a title="For the love of cinema: what we’re missing from At The Movies, 10 years after its last season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/for-the-love-of-cinema-what-were-missing-from-at-the-movies-10-years-after-its-last-season-236238/" aria-label="Read more about For the love of cinema: what we’re missing from At The Movies, 10 years after its last season">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rita Matulionyte, Senior Lecturer in Law, Macquarie University VanderWolfImages/Shutterstock Around the world, governments are grappling with how best to manage the increasingly unruly beast that is artificial intelligence (AI). This fast-growing technology promises to boost national economies and make completing menial tasks easier. But it also poses ... <a title="A world-first law in Europe is targeting artificial intelligence. Other countries can learn from it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/a-world-first-law-in-europe-is-targeting-artificial-intelligence-other-countries-can-learn-from-it-236587/" aria-label="Read more about A world-first law in Europe is targeting artificial intelligence. Other countries can learn from it">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Schumaker, Senior Lecturer in American Studies, University of Sydney In late July, former President Donald Trump told a room of Black journalists that Vice President Kamala Harris, his rival in the 2024 presidential election, “happened to turn Black” recently. “She was Indian all the way, and ... <a title="‘Happened to turn Black’: how Donald Trump evoked a history of white authorities using their power to define race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/happened-to-turn-black-how-donald-trump-evoked-a-history-of-white-authorities-using-their-power-to-define-race-236497/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Happened to turn Black’: how Donald Trump evoked a history of white authorities using their power to define race">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ferdi Botha, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, The University of Melbourne Just prior to the last federal election in 2022, we surveyed Australians for their views on the important issues facing Australia using the Melbourne Institute-Roy Morgan Taking the Pulse of the ... <a title="Less about climate change, more on reducing migration: here’s what matters most to Australian voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/less-about-climate-change-more-on-reducing-migration-heres-what-matters-most-to-australian-voters-236129/" aria-label="Read more about Less about climate change, more on reducing migration: here’s what matters most to Australian voters">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Israel’s zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war, whatever the consequences. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye There should be nothing surprising about the revelation that troops at Sde Teiman, a detention camp set up by Israel in the wake of Hamas’s October ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/jonathan-cook-israel-is-in-a-death-spiral-who-will-it-take-down-with-it/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by ... <a title="Harris’ lead over Trump continues to increase in US national and swing state polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/harris-lead-over-trump-continues-to-increase-in-us-national-and-swing-state-polls-236576/" aria-label="Read more about Harris’ lead over Trump continues to increase in US national and swing state polls">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manuela Ferreira, Professor of Musculoskeletal Health, Head of Musculoskeletal Program, George Institute for Global Health fongbeerredhot/Shutterstock It’s cold and wet outside. As you get out of bed, you can feel it in your bones. Your right knee is flaring up again. That’ll make it harder for you ... <a title="No, your aches and pains don’t get worse in the cold. So why do we think they do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/no-your-aches-and-pains-dont-get-worse-in-the-cold-so-why-do-we-think-they-do-235117/" aria-label="Read more about No, your aches and pains don’t get worse in the cold. So why do we think they do?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pii-Tuulia Nikula, Associate Professor, School of Business, Eastern Institute of Technology Getty Images Air New Zealand’s recent decision to abandon its short-term climate target raises the question of how many other businesses might follow. The airline withdrew from the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi), the leading global ... <a title="Air New Zealand won’t be the last company to miss its climate goals – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/air-new-zealand-wont-be-the-last-company-to-miss-its-climate-goals-heres-why-236420/" aria-label="Read more about Air New Zealand won’t be the last company to miss its climate goals – here’s why">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Kennedy, Professor & Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), Monash University Yilka Rangers burning using drip torches. Rohan Carboon/Indigenous Desert Alliance, CC BY-NC-ND Australia has committed to elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge as one of five national priorities in science and research. This comes as part of ... <a title="Indigenous science can help solve some of the great problems of our time. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/indigenous-science-can-help-solve-some-of-the-great-problems-of-our-time-heres-how-236597/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous science can help solve some of the great problems of our time. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeanette Mollenhauer, Honorary Fellow (Dance), Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, The University of Melbourne The inclusion of breaking in the 2024 Olympic Games certainly raised eyebrows. And now, Australian competitor Rachael Gunn (known as “Raygun”) is one of the most famous Olympians from any nation – ... <a title="Raygun is now Australia’s most famous dancer. What does she reveal about our own attitudes towards dance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/raygun-is-now-australias-most-famous-dancer-what-does-she-reveal-about-our-own-attitudes-towards-dance-236582/" aria-label="Read more about Raygun is now Australia’s most famous dancer. What does she reveal about our own attitudes towards dance?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Holloway, Senior Research DECRA Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University The latest national NAPLAN results are out and the results are very similar to last year. In both 2023 and 2024 we have seen about one in three school students fall ... <a title="NAPLAN results again show 1 in 3 students don’t meet minimum standards. These kids need more support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/naplan-results-again-show-1-in-3-students-dont-meet-minimum-standards-these-kids-need-more-support-236688/" aria-label="Read more about NAPLAN results again show 1 in 3 students don’t meet minimum standards. These kids need more support">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hughes, Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University fongbeerredhot/Shutterstock If anything is a sure bet right now, it’s corporate Australia’s willingness to use some variation of the “for society’s good” argument. The most recent example of this is the claim being made, including by federal ... <a title="Does free-to-air TV really need gambling ads to survive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/does-free-to-air-tv-really-need-gambling-ads-to-survive-236686/" aria-label="Read more about Does free-to-air TV really need gambling ads to survive?">Read more</a>
