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Year: 2024

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The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Thomas Currie, Energy Systems Program Impact Manager, Climateworks, Monash University, Monash University Basilico Studio Stock, Shutterstock Australia has a new National Battery Strategy, unveiled this week as a key part of the government’s Future Made in Australia agenda. The vision is for this country to be ... <a title="The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/the-governments-cash-splash-aims-to-kickstart-australias-battery-industry-has-it-flipped-the-right-switches-230856/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?">Read more</a>

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Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca McGirr, Postdoctoral research fellow, Australian National University Bernhard Staehli/Shutterstock Imagine you’re standing near the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, gazing out over the ocean, when the ice near you starts to melt very rapidly. A surge of meltwater flows into the ocean. Surprisingly, you watch ... <a title="Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/heavy-water-how-melting-ice-sheets-and-pumped-groundwater-can-lower-local-sea-levels-and-boost-them-elsewhere-229503/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere">Read more</a>

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The Matildas and Socceroos are soaring, while participation is growing – but the A-League is missing its moment to shine

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney This should be a golden age for Australian soccer. After all, the big picture is good: the Matildas are waltzing, the Socceroos are well supported and Australia was just awarded hosting rights to the 2026 Women’s ... <a title="The Matildas and Socceroos are soaring, while participation is growing – but the A-League is missing its moment to shine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/the-matildas-and-socceroos-are-soaring-while-participation-is-growing-but-the-a-league-is-missing-its-moment-to-shine-230407/" aria-label="Read more about The Matildas and Socceroos are soaring, while participation is growing – but the A-League is missing its moment to shine">Read more</a>

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The British election is Labour’s to lose. What would the UK–Australia relationship look like under Keir Starmer?

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Assuming a Labour win in the UK general election – always a risky assumption given Labour’s proclivity for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory – the “Global Britain” bombast emanating from the United Kingdom will ... <a title="The British election is Labour’s to lose. What would the UK–Australia relationship look like under Keir Starmer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/the-british-election-is-labours-to-lose-what-would-the-uk-australia-relationship-look-like-under-keir-starmer-230775/" aria-label="Read more about The British election is Labour’s to lose. What would the UK–Australia relationship look like under Keir Starmer?">Read more</a>

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A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most remote and disadvantaged communities

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland King Ropes Access, Shutterstock The Australian mining industry was promised billions of dollars in last week’s federal budget to boost critical minerals such as lithium, copper and rare earth metals. This includes ... <a title="A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most remote and disadvantaged communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/a-rush-on-critical-minerals-is-coming-for-our-most-remote-and-disadvantaged-communities-230768/" aria-label="Read more about A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most remote and disadvantaged communities">Read more</a>

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What OpenAI’s deal with News Corp means for journalism (and for you)

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Shutterstock OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, and News Corp, the international media conglomerate, have signed a deal that will let OpenAI use and learn from News Corp’s content. In practical terms, this means when a ... <a title="What OpenAI’s deal with News Corp means for journalism (and for you)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/what-openais-deal-with-news-corp-means-for-journalism-and-for-you-230773/" aria-label="Read more about What OpenAI’s deal with News Corp means for journalism (and for you)">Read more</a>

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What is a virtual emergency department? And when should you ‘visit’ one?

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaimon Kelly, Senior Research Fellow in Telehealth delivered health services, The University of Queensland Shutterstock/Nils Versemann For many Australians the emergency department (ED) is the physical and emblematic front door to accessing urgent health-care services. But health-care services are evolving rapidly to meet the population’s changing needs. ... <a title="What is a virtual emergency department? And when should you ‘visit’ one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/what-is-a-virtual-emergency-department-and-when-should-you-visit-one-228098/" aria-label="Read more about What is a virtual emergency department? And when should you ‘visit’ one?">Read more</a>

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Married at First Sight NZ pops the question: can the relaunch put a winning Kiwi spin on the global format?

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Trelease, Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Following the hugely successful recent season of Married At First Sight (MAFS) Australia, fans of the format – and the reality romance genre in general – will be wondering if the rebooted New Zealand ... <a title="Married at First Sight NZ pops the question: can the relaunch put a winning Kiwi spin on the global format?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/married-at-first-sight-nz-pops-the-question-can-the-relaunch-put-a-winning-kiwi-spin-on-the-global-format-230764/" aria-label="Read more about Married at First Sight NZ pops the question: can the relaunch put a winning Kiwi spin on the global format?">Read more</a>

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All surface, no substance. Kids will probably love Beings at ACMI. Pity about the rest of us

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic Redfern, Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University We Are All Unique by Universal Everything commissioned by Hyundai Motorstudio Senayan Park in Beings at ACMI. Image by Michelle Tran At this week’s launch of Beings by Universal Everything, ACMI board member Ian Forsyth noted that ACMI’s ... <a title="All surface, no substance. Kids will probably love Beings at ACMI. Pity about the rest of us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/all-surface-no-substance-kids-will-probably-love-beings-at-acmi-pity-about-the-rest-of-us-228279/" aria-label="Read more about All surface, no substance. Kids will probably love Beings at ACMI. Pity about the rest of us">Read more</a>

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Media fuss over stranded tourists, but Kanaks face existential struggle

May 24, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle “Only the struggle counts . . .  death is nothing.”  Éloi Machoro — “the Che Guevara of the Pacific” — said this shortly before he was gunned down by a French sniper on 12  January 1985. Machoro, one of the leaders of the newly-formed FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) ... <a title="Media fuss over stranded tourists, but Kanaks face existential struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/media-fuss-over-stranded-tourists-but-kanaks-face-existential-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Media fuss over stranded tourists, but Kanaks face existential struggle">Read more</a>

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We analysed 30 years of Australian media articles – and unearthed some glaring gaps in the coverage

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Wake, Associate Professor, Journalism, RMIT University Photo by Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels The news media play a vital role in shaping the public conversation and covering complex issues such as war, the economy, climate change and technology. Yet our new research has found the news media in Australia ... <a title="We analysed 30 years of Australian media articles – and unearthed some glaring gaps in the coverage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/we-analysed-30-years-of-australian-media-articles-and-unearthed-some-glaring-gaps-in-the-coverage-223466/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed 30 years of Australian media articles – and unearthed some glaring gaps in the coverage">Read more</a>

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How Narendra Modi’s cult of personality was formed by a powerful Hindu nationalist group with a dark history

May 24, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aviroop Gupta, PhD Candidate, Curtin University Narendra Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resorted to religious polarisation as it tries to rally its Hindu nationalist base in India’s ongoing general election, which ends on June 1. Just days after voting started last month, the leading opposition ... <a title="How Narendra Modi’s cult of personality was formed by a powerful Hindu nationalist group with a dark history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/how-narendra-modis-cult-of-personality-was-formed-by-a-powerful-hindu-nationalist-group-with-a-dark-history-225280/" aria-label="Read more about How Narendra Modi’s cult of personality was formed by a powerful Hindu nationalist group with a dark history">Read more</a>