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June 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melika Soleimani, Senior Data Analyst, Massey University Parradee Kietsirikul/Getty Images The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has begun, spreading to almost every facet of people’s professional and personal lives – including job recruitment. While artists fear copyright breaches or simply being replaced, business and management are becoming increasingly ... <a title="What will a robot make of your résumé? The bias problem with using AI in job recruitment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/10/what-will-a-robot-make-of-your-resume-the-bias-problem-with-using-ai-in-job-recruitment-231174/" aria-label="Read more about What will a robot make of your résumé? The bias problem with using AI in job recruitment">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In his latest foray into the climate change debate, Peter Dutton has sown fresh confusion around the opposition’s policy, whether intentionally or by failing to spell out what he means. It’s yet more frustration for potential investors in the energy ... <a title="View from The Hill: Peter Dutton sets up a debate about Australia’s ambition on emission reduction targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/09/view-from-the-hill-peter-dutton-sets-up-a-debate-about-australias-ambition-on-emission-reduction-targets-232004/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Peter Dutton sets up a debate about Australia’s ambition on emission reduction targets">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Costello has resigned as chairman of the Nine Entertainment media company, days after the highly-publicised incident in which a journalist who was trying to ask him questions landed on the ground at Canberra airport. The reporter from The Australian, ... <a title="Peter Costello quits as chairman of Nine in the wake of airport fracas with reporter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/09/peter-costello-quits-as-chairman-of-nine-in-the-wake-of-airport-fracas-with-reporter-232005/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Costello quits as chairman of Nine in the wake of airport fracas with reporter">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A “dialogue mission” set up by French President Emmanuel Macron when he visited New Caledonia last month has reportedly left the French Pacific territory. The “mediation and work” mission consists of three high-level public servants — Eric Thiers, Frédéric Potier and Rémi Bastille — who have ... <a title="Macron’s ‘dialogue mission’ takes a break from unrest-ridden New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/09/macrons-dialogue-mission-takes-a-break-from-unrest-ridden-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Macron’s ‘dialogue mission’ takes a break from unrest-ridden New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 20,000 protesters marched through the heart of New Zealand’s largest city Auckland today demonstrating against the unpopular Fast Track Approvals Bill that critics fear will ruin the country’s environment, undermine the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi with indigenous Māori, and open the door to corruption. Holding placards declaring the coalition government is ... <a title="‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters over fast track draft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/09/greedy-lying-racists-kill-the-bill-say-thousands-of-nz-protesters-over-fast-track-draft/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters over fast track draft">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader James Nomane says Parliament needs to be recalled immediately as the gravity of Wednesday’s actions to adjourn Parliament to dodge no-confidence vote “is something that cannot be taken lightly and can’t be dismissed”. “This is not a dictatorship but a democratic country,” he said. ... <a title="PNG ‘no dictatorship’, says opposition leader Nomane over foiled vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/png-no-dictatorship-says-opposition-leader-nomane-over-foiled-vote/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘no dictatorship’, says opposition leader Nomane over foiled vote">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Kanak people in Aotearoa New Zealand are lamenting the loss of family and friends in Kanaky New Caledonia, following mass rioting and civil unrest since mid-May prompted by an electoral reform believed to threaten dilution of the indigenous voice. A fono (meeting) at Māngere East Community ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in the frontline’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-people-of-palestine-and-kanaks-are-in-the-frontline/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in the frontline’">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist People in Kanaky New Caledonia are disappointed that the riots last month are now being overshadowed by the Parliament elections and the Olympic Games. New Caledonia High Commissioner Louis Le Franc said the European elections tomorrow will take place, despite some local municipalities indicating that they are experiencing difficulties. ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘Nobody talks about what’s happening here anymore’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-nobody-talks-about-whats-happening-here-anymore/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘Nobody talks about what’s happening here anymore’">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand will make its annual payment of $1 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as scheduled. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has confirmed the news in a tweet. “This follows careful consideration of the UN’s response — including through external and internal investigations — to serious allegations against ... <a title="NZ to make UNRWA payment after Gaza controversy, says Peters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/nz-to-make-unrwa-payment-after-gaza-controversy-says-peters/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to make UNRWA payment after Gaza controversy, says Peters">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Winner Archibald Prize 2024, Laura Jones, Tim Winton, oil on linen, 198 x 152.5 cm. © the artist, image © Art ... <a title="Laura Jones wins the 2024 Archibald Prize with a portrait of Tim Winton, part of a grand artistic tradition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/07/laura-jones-wins-the-2024-archibald-prize-with-a-portrait-of-tim-winton-part-of-a-grand-artistic-tradition-228493/" aria-label="Read more about Laura Jones wins the 2024 Archibald Prize with a portrait of Tim Winton, part of a grand artistic tradition">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ming Gao, Researcher, Monash University In April 1941, a group of Japanese invading forces in China gang-raped Zhao Runmei in northern Shanxi province. The soldiers had first killed Zhao’s foster parents in front of her, stabbing her father’s throat with a bayonet and slashing the back of ... <a title="‘Comfort women’ or sex slaves? Why the debate over this WWII term remains so complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/07/comfort-women-or-sex-slaves-why-the-debate-over-this-wwii-term-remains-so-complicated-229377/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Comfort women’ or sex slaves? Why the debate over this WWII term remains so complicated">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Halliday, Lecturer in Advertising and Brand Creativity, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Can we imagine a world without fossil fuel advertising, let alone fossil fuels themselves? That was essentially the question posed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres this week. Calling the coal, oil ... <a title="The UN chief has called for a ban on fossil fuel advertising – is the NZ industry listening?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/07/the-un-chief-has-called-for-a-ban-on-fossil-fuel-advertising-is-the-nz-industry-listening-231809/" aria-label="Read more about The UN chief has called for a ban on fossil fuel advertising – is the NZ industry listening?">Read more</a>
