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July 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Hosting a major sporting event like the Olympic and Paralympic Games can deliver benefits to the host country, such as improved infrastructure (new sport facilities, better public transport, greater accessibility for people with disabilities), increased ... <a title="Does sports participation boom during (or before, or after) the Olympics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/01/does-sports-participation-boom-during-or-before-or-after-the-olympics-227773/" aria-label="Read more about Does sports participation boom during (or before, or after) the Olympics?">Read more</a>
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July 1, 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 A national Newspoll, conducted June 24–28 from a sample of 1,260 people, gave Labor a 51–49% lead over the Coalition, a one-point gain for Labor since the ... <a title="Labor gains in Newspoll as Australians narrowly oppose the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/01/labor-gains-in-newspoll-as-australians-narrowly-oppose-the-coalitions-nuclear-energy-plan-232693/" aria-label="Read more about Labor gains in Newspoll as Australians narrowly oppose the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan">Read more</a>
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July 1, 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 A national Newspoll, conducted June 24–28 from a sample of 1,260 people, gave Labor a 51–49% lead over the Coalition, a one-point gain for Labor since the ... <a title="Labor gains in Newspoll as a majority of Australians oppose the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/01/labor-gains-in-newspoll-as-a-majority-of-australians-oppose-the-coalitions-nuclear-energy-plan-232693/" aria-label="Read more about Labor gains in Newspoll as a majority of Australians oppose the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanislav Roudavski, Founder of Deep Design Lab and Senior Lecturer in Digital Architectural Design, The University of Melbourne A point cloud of a large old tree with green indicating branches preferred by birds. Stanislav Roudavski / Alex Holland, CC BY Grassy box gum woodlands once covered millions ... <a title="What makes a good tree? We used AI to ask birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/01/what-makes-a-good-tree-we-used-ai-to-ask-birds-233281/" aria-label="Read more about What makes a good tree? We used AI to ask birds">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Arnott, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Shutterstock Half the global population are voting in elections in 2024. Many already have. This has prompted concerns about fairness and electoral integrity, particularly with the growth of generative AI. A global tracker has identified dozens of instances of AI-generated misinformation ... <a title="In a year of global elections, how do we stop the spread of misinformation? ‘Prebunking’ is part of the solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/01/in-a-year-of-global-elections-how-do-we-stop-the-spread-of-misinformation-prebunking-is-part-of-the-solution-233115/" aria-label="Read more about In a year of global elections, how do we stop the spread of misinformation? ‘Prebunking’ is part of the solution">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Carey, Senior Research Fellow, School of Population Health, Curtin University Tama2u/Shutterstock From today, engineered stone is banned in Australia in a bid to protect workers from inhaling deadly silica dust, which has long been linked to diseases such as lung cancer and silicosis. The ban on ... <a title="Engineered stone is now banned. But how safe are the alternatives?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/01/engineered-stone-is-now-banned-but-how-safe-are-the-alternatives-232488/" aria-label="Read more about Engineered stone is now banned. But how safe are the alternatives?">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Roberts, Professor of Education and Social Justice, Monash University Komorebi Photo/Unsplash , CC BY Many parents are worried about their children using social media. But these concerns tend to focus on privacy, exposure to explicit material or contact with strangers. As researchers looking at sexism and ... <a title="We research online ‘misogynist radicalisation’. Here’s what parents of boys should know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/01/we-research-online-misogynist-radicalisation-heres-what-parents-of-boys-should-know-232901/" aria-label="Read more about We research online ‘misogynist radicalisation’. Here’s what parents of boys should know">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago In the ups and downs of the global economy over the last decade, New Zealand has had one relatively consistent challenge: persistent productivity stagnation. Productivity compares the amount of goods and services produced (output) with the amount ... <a title="NZ’s productivity stagnation requires a long-term plan from politicians. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/01/nzs-productivity-stagnation-requires-a-long-term-plan-from-politicians-heres-how-232585/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s productivity stagnation requires a long-term plan from politicians. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University The Conversation Ready to dive into the latest buzz from the screens? In this month’s streaming list you’ll find not one, not two, but three Australian productions, including one starring a lead you will definitely recognise if you’ve seen Love ... <a title="Swinging ‘60s, a grief-fulled murder mystery and Jessica Alba doing ‘spy shit’: what we’re streaming in July" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/01/swinging-60s-a-grief-fulled-murder-mystery-and-jessica-alba-doing-spy-shit-what-were-streaming-in-july-233434/" aria-label="Read more about Swinging ‘60s, a grief-fulled murder mystery and Jessica Alba doing ‘spy shit’: what we’re streaming in July">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese sprang into action after his recalcitrant senator, young Muslim woman Fatima Payman, gave a defiant Sunday morning on the ABC Insiders program in which she vowed to cross the floor again if similar circumstances arose. There was no ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese suspends rebel senator Payman from participating in caucus indefinitely after she says she’d cross the floor again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/30/view-from-the-hill-albanese-suspends-rebel-senator-payman-from-participating-in-caucus-indefinitely-after-she-says-shed-cross-the-floor-again-233645/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese suspends rebel senator Payman from participating in caucus indefinitely after she says she’d cross the floor again">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Boyloso/Shutterstock Australia’s top economic forecasters expect the Reserve Bank to start cutting interest rates by March next year, taking 0.35 points of its cash rate by June. If passed on in full, the cut would ... <a title="Cheaper mortgages, tamed inflation and even higher home prices: how 29 forecasters see Australia’s economic recovery in 2024-25" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/30/cheaper-mortgages-tamed-inflation-and-even-higher-home-prices-how-29-forecasters-see-australias-economic-recovery-in-2024-25-233244/" aria-label="Read more about Cheaper mortgages, tamed inflation and even higher home prices: how 29 forecasters see Australia’s economic recovery in 2024-25">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Voters in New Caledonia will go to the polls this weekend under tight security, almost eight weeks after destructive and violent unrest broke out in the French Pacific archipelago. They will vote for their two representatives in the 577-seat French National Assembly, which was dissolved by ... <a title="New Caledonia votes first under tight security in French snap election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/29/new-caledonia-votes-first-under-tight-security-in-french-snap-election/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia votes first under tight security in French snap election">Read more</a>
