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June 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic Jones, Research Associate, Grattan Institute tcareob72/Shutterstock There are local councils in Australia that can’t afford to fix their roads, part of the problem is simply that they aren’t in Australia’s biggest states. The problem arises from the archaic way grants to councils are handed out. A ... <a title="In some parts of Australia, local roads are falling apart. Here’s an easy federal fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/in-some-parts-of-australia-local-roads-are-falling-apart-heres-an-easy-federal-fix-231486/" aria-label="Read more about In some parts of Australia, local roads are falling apart. Here’s an easy federal fix">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
BenarNews staff Fiji and Papua New Guinea have urged the UN’s Decolonisation Committee to expedite a visit to the French-controlled Pacific territory of Kanaky New Caledonia following its pro-independence riots last month. Nine people have died, dozens were injured and businesses were torched during unrest in the capital Noumea triggered by the French government’s move ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Fiji, PNG call for UN decolonisation mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-fiji-png-call-for-un-decolonisation-mission/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Fiji, PNG call for UN decolonisation mission">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Pentland, PhD candidate, Curtin University Gabriel Ugueto One hundred million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, much of northeastern Australia was underwater. The inland Eromanga Sea was home to a myriad of marine creatures, from turtles and dolphin-like ichthyosaurs to the bus-sized predator Kronosaurus queenslandicus and ... <a title="100-million-year-old fossil find reveals huge flying reptile that patrolled Australia’s inland sea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/100-million-year-old-fossil-find-reveals-huge-flying-reptile-that-patrolled-australias-inland-sea-231393/" aria-label="Read more about 100-million-year-old fossil find reveals huge flying reptile that patrolled Australia’s inland sea">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Hunt, PhD Candidate, Australian Catholic University A Victorian school community is reeling after fake, sexually explicit images of female students were generated using artificial intelligence and then shared on social media. About 50 high school students at Bacchus Marsh Grammar had their images altered. A teenage ... <a title="Deepfake AI pornography is becoming more common – what can parents and schools do to prevent it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/deepfake-ai-pornography-is-becoming-more-common-what-can-parents-and-schools-do-to-prevent-it-232248/" aria-label="Read more about Deepfake AI pornography is becoming more common – what can parents and schools do to prevent it?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Henry, Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University Shutterstock This week, about 50 female students from Victoria’s Bacchus Marsh Grammar School had fake, sexually explicit images of them shared without their consent on Instagram and Snapchat. Images of their ... <a title="What to do if you, or someone you know, is targeted with deepfake porn or AI nudes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/what-to-do-if-you-or-someone-you-know-is-targeted-with-deepfake-porn-or-ai-nudes-232175/" aria-label="Read more about What to do if you, or someone you know, is targeted with deepfake porn or AI nudes">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra The final report of a Senate inquiry kicked off by the PwC scandal has finally been released. The inquiry, which began in March last year, looked at how consultancy firms work with the broader Australian public service. It focused ... <a title="‘We remain concerned’: Senate inquiry into PwC tax scandal calls for reform, but overuse of consultants will likely continue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/we-remain-concerned-senate-inquiry-into-pwc-tax-scandal-calls-for-reform-but-overuse-of-consultants-will-likely-continue-232251/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We remain concerned’: Senate inquiry into PwC tax scandal calls for reform, but overuse of consultants will likely continue">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily Hospers, PhD Candidate in Human Environmental Physiology, Heat and Health Incubator, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels British television host and celebrity doctor Michael Mosley went missing last Wednesday while holidaying on the Greek island of Symi. Four days later his body ... <a title="Michael Mosley reportedly died from heat exhaustion. How can extreme heat turn deadly?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/michael-mosley-reportedly-died-from-heat-exhaustion-how-can-extreme-heat-turn-deadly-232161/" aria-label="Read more about Michael Mosley reportedly died from heat exhaustion. How can extreme heat turn deadly?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Di Winkler, Adjunct Associate Professor, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University Lisa lives with multiple sclerosis. She used to live in aged care after being admitted there in her late 40s. It isn’t living, it is existing. You are told what to do […] when ... <a title="The government is not on track to get every younger person out of aged care by next year. What now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/the-government-is-not-on-track-to-get-every-younger-person-out-of-aged-care-by-next-year-what-now-223007/" aria-label="Read more about The government is not on track to get every younger person out of aged care by next year. What now?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Radulski, Manager, Neurodiversity Inclusion, La Trobe University ABC ABC’s new comedy series Austin follows its 28-year-old namesake (played by autistic actor Michael Theo, from the reality dating series Love on the Spectrum), an autistic man connecting for the first time with his biological father, Julian (Ben ... <a title="ABC’s new comedy Austin grapples with autism stereotypes – with mixed success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/abcs-new-comedy-austin-grapples-with-autism-stereotypes-with-mixed-success-231811/" aria-label="Read more about ABC’s new comedy Austin grapples with autism stereotypes – with mixed success">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby (Elizabeth) Sander, MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University Kaspars Grinvalds/Shutterstock Australian workers are more likely than those elsewhere to be planning to change jobs, with 74% reporting now is a good time to look for a new position, compared ... <a title="Three-quarters of Australian workers think now is a good time to change jobs. This is what managers can do better to keep them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/three-quarters-of-australian-workers-think-now-is-a-good-time-to-change-jobs-this-is-what-managers-can-do-better-to-keep-them-232003/" aria-label="Read more about Three-quarters of Australian workers think now is a good time to change jobs. This is what managers can do better to keep them">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University Lin Xiu Xiu/Shutterstock Australians are no strangers to a supply crunch. During the pandemic and its aftermath, there were shortages of all kinds of products, from AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid to frozen chips. This ... <a title="Coles has imposed limits on egg purchases – but is there actually a crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/coles-has-imposed-limits-on-egg-purchases-but-is-there-actually-a-crisis-232148/" aria-label="Read more about Coles has imposed limits on egg purchases – but is there actually a crisis?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katey Thom, Associate Professor in Law, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Jurisdictions around the world are struggling with the growing number of police callouts to respond to people in mental health distress. New Zealand is no exception. In the past five years, police callouts to mental ... <a title="Police are frustrated with mental health callouts – here’s how to reduce their involvement and improve support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/police-are-frustrated-with-mental-health-callouts-heres-how-to-reduce-their-involvement-and-improve-support-230662/" aria-label="Read more about Police are frustrated with mental health callouts – here’s how to reduce their involvement and improve support">Read more</a>
