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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University As the US Presidential debate wrapped up on Wednesday, commentators and journalists regrouped and drew breath. But then, enter Taylor Swift. The pop superstar posted her endorsement of the Kamala Harris and Tim ... <a title="Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/are-you-ready-for-it-what-a-taylor-swift-endorsement-means-for-kamala-harris-238981/" aria-label="Read more about Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Comans, Executive Director, National Ageing Research Institute; Professor, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland pikselstock/Shutterstock The Albanese government has this week announced it will introduce one of the largest reforms to Australia’s aged-care sector to date. The package includes a A$4.3 billion investment in ... <a title="What the government’s home care changes mean for ageing Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/what-the-governments-home-care-changes-mean-for-ageing-australians-238890/" aria-label="Read more about What the government’s home care changes mean for ageing Australians">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Associate Professor – Physics, RMIT University Two astronauts have carried out the first-ever commercial spacewalk, using new less-bulky spacesuits designed by SpaceX. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman (who also funded the mission) and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis together spent almost half an hour outside their spacecraft ... <a title="A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/a-billionaire-and-an-engineer-have-completed-the-first-private-spacewalk-but-this-isnt-just-a-vanity-project-238980/" aria-label="Read more about A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
By Harry Pearl Restrictions on journalists covering an upcoming summit of Commonwealth nations in Samoa are “ridiculous” and at odds with a government that purportedly values democracy, says the Pacific island country’s media association. The Samoa Observer newspaper in an editorial also condemned the government’s attempt to limit coverage of the Commonwealth Heads of Government ... <a title="Samoan journalists blast ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/samoan-journalists-blast-ridiculous-media-restrictions-at-commonwealth-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan journalists blast ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nusrat Homaira, Senior Lecturer, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney Kwon Junho/Unsplash We may think of air pollution as an outdoor problem, made up of car exhaust and smog. But if the air inside our homes is polluted, this can also affect our health. In Australia, around ... <a title="Your gas stove might be making your asthma worse. Here’s what you can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/your-gas-stove-might-be-making-your-asthma-worse-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it-238787/" aria-label="Read more about Your gas stove might be making your asthma worse. Here’s what you can do about it">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, 2024 Oxford University visiting research fellow RIJS; Professor of Political Communication., La Trobe University Shutterstock This piece is part of a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the rest of the series here. When the Australian newspaper celebrated its 60th anniversary ... <a title="The death of printed newspapers has long been predicted – but there are still some pleasing signs of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/the-death-of-printed-newspapers-has-long-been-predicted-but-there-are-still-some-pleasing-signs-of-life-237986/" aria-label="Read more about The death of printed newspapers has long been predicted – but there are still some pleasing signs of life">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute Producing hydrogen remains vital to Australia’s prosperity through the net-zero transition, according to a major strategy that lays a national pathway to becoming a global leader in the low-emissions technology. The new National Hydrogen Strategy, released ... <a title="New plan shows Australia’s hydrogen dream is still alive. But are we betting on the right projects?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/new-plan-shows-australias-hydrogen-dream-is-still-alive-but-are-we-betting-on-the-right-projects-237227/" aria-label="Read more about New plan shows Australia’s hydrogen dream is still alive. But are we betting on the right projects?">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Angus, Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology The federal government this week introduced a new bill into parliament aimed at cracking down on the spread of misinformation and disinformation on the internet. The government also this week ... <a title="A new law aims to tackle online lies – but it ignores expert advice and doesn’t go nearly far enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/a-new-law-aims-to-tackle-online-lies-but-it-ignores-expert-advice-and-doesnt-go-nearly-far-enough-238889/" aria-label="Read more about A new law aims to tackle online lies – but it ignores expert advice and doesn’t go nearly far enough">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Tillott, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University Think back to when you met someone for the first time. One of the first questions you asked, or were asked, was likely: “what do you do for work?” It’s a polite, innocuous and socially ingrained way ... <a title="The psychology of retirement: why do so many athletes struggle to call time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/the-psychology-of-retirement-why-do-so-many-athletes-struggle-to-call-time-234559/" aria-label="Read more about The psychology of retirement: why do so many athletes struggle to call time?">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images The Gaza crisis is a major moral and legal challenge for New Zealand’s sense of national identity, and to its worldview based on rules and principles rather than raw power. Over the past 11 ... <a title="Principles or raw power: 3 steps NZ can take to resolve its confused stance on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/principles-or-raw-power-3-steps-nz-can-take-to-resolve-its-confused-stance-on-gaza-238306/" aria-label="Read more about Principles or raw power: 3 steps NZ can take to resolve its confused stance on Gaza">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Westbrook, Professor of Health Informatics and Patient Safety, Macquarie University Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Every time you are prescribed medicine in hospital a computer will prompt your doctor about the appropriateness of the medicine and its dose. Every time health professionals update patient records on the computer they need ... <a title="Need medicine in hospital? Our study finds how often IT flaws lead to the wrong drug or dose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/need-medicine-in-hospital-our-study-finds-how-often-it-flaws-lead-to-the-wrong-drug-or-dose-238424/" aria-label="Read more about Need medicine in hospital? Our study finds how often IT flaws lead to the wrong drug or dose">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana McKay, Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University Tanya Antusenok / Shutterstock New research published in Science shows that for some people who believe in conspiracy theories, a fact-based conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can “pull them out of the rabbit hole”. Better ... <a title="Can AI talk us out of conspiracy theory rabbit holes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/can-ai-talk-us-out-of-conspiracy-theory-rabbit-holes-238580/" aria-label="Read more about Can AI talk us out of conspiracy theory rabbit holes?">Read more</a>
