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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Lobbying is at the heart of government. Who has access to and influence over key government officials shapes the decisions governments make – and how they make them. The ability to influence government is certainly essential to ... <a title="Senate report on lobbying passes the buck on improving transparency or legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/senate-report-on-lobbying-passes-the-buck-on-improving-transparency-or-legislation-229510/" aria-label="Read more about Senate report on lobbying passes the buck on improving transparency or legislation">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myfany Turpin, Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology, Linguistics and Ethnobiology, University of Sydney The act representing Australia at this year’s Eurovision contest has sadly not qualified for the grand final. Yet for Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross, the duo that makes up Electric Fields, it’s far from a sad ... <a title="Australia’s Eurovision entry this year is the first to sing in First Nations language: meet Electric Fields" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/australias-eurovision-entry-this-year-is-the-first-to-sing-in-first-nations-language-meet-electric-fields-229505/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Eurovision entry this year is the first to sing in First Nations language: meet Electric Fields">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Minglu Chen, Senior Lecturer, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Robert Way/Shutterstock As the past few years have illustrated so clearly, the Australia-China relationship is complicated. As such, it is crucial for Australians to develop a more nuanced understanding of China as this will help foster ... <a title="How is China being taught at Australian universities? And why does this matter? Here’s what our research found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/how-is-china-being-taught-at-australian-universities-and-why-does-this-matter-heres-what-our-research-found-226807/" aria-label="Read more about How is China being taught at Australian universities? And why does this matter? Here’s what our research found">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mariana Campbell, Research Lecturer, Conservation, Charles Darwin University Marilyn Connell Australian freshwater turtles are facing an alarming trend. Almost half of these species are listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. The Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus) is one of Australia’s largest freshwater turtles, weighing up to ... <a title="Saving the Mary River turtle: how the people of Tiaro rallied behind an iconic species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/saving-the-mary-river-turtle-how-the-people-of-tiaro-rallied-behind-an-iconic-species-217439/" aria-label="Read more about Saving the Mary River turtle: how the people of Tiaro rallied behind an iconic species">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debbie Passey, Digital Health Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without algorithms. So, we’ve all heard ... <a title="Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/why-are-algorithms-called-algorithms-a-brief-history-of-the-persian-polymath-youve-likely-never-heard-of-229286/" aria-label="Read more about Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josephine Barbaro, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, Psychologist, La Trobe University Unsplash We’ve come a long way in terms of understanding that everyone thinks, interacts and experiences the world differently. In the past, autistic people, people with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and other profiles were categorised ... <a title="Neuroaffirming care values the strengths and differences of autistic people, those with ADHD or other profiles. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/neuroaffirming-care-values-the-strengths-and-differences-of-autistic-people-those-with-adhd-or-other-profiles-heres-how-227449/" aria-label="Read more about Neuroaffirming care values the strengths and differences of autistic people, those with ADHD or other profiles. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s deputy opposition leader James Nomane has accused the government of “reckless economic management” that has forced devaluation to manage loan repayments in foreign currency and placate the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister James Marape “must stop lying to the people of Papua New Guinea”, he said in a statement ... <a title="‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/reckless-kina-devaluation-spells-disaster-for-png-says-nomane/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) “Follow the money” is the classic directive to journalists trying to understand where power and influence lie in society. In terms of uncovering who influences various New Zealand political parties and governments, it therefore pays to look at who is funding them. The political parties are ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Analysis – Following the political money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/bryce-edwards-analysis-following-the-political-money/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Analysis – Following the political money">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
RNZ News As Israel presses ahead with strikes in Rafah and seizing the Rafah crossing from Egypt, aid agencies are sounding the alarm of a “catastrophic humanitarian situation”. Rafah was “significant” because it was the only part in Gaza that had not been terribly damaged by the conflict, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for ... <a title="Rafah ‘last place of safety’ in Gaza, UN aid boss warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/rafah-last-place-of-safety-in-gaza-un-aid-boss-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Rafah ‘last place of safety’ in Gaza, UN aid boss warns">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Cooke, Honorary Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland We feel ecological grief when we lose places, species or ecosystems we value and love. These losses are a growing threat to mental health and wellbeing globally. We all see news of environmental degradation and ... <a title="Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/many-people-are-feeling-ecological-grief-how-can-we-help-those-whose-work-puts-them-at-risk-228793/" aria-label="Read more about Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shauna Brail, Associate Professor, Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto A shift to hybrid and remote work continues to affect worker presence in Toronto’s downtown. (Shutterstock) Downtown Toronto, the core of Canada’s largest city, continues to reel from the lingering aftereffects of the pandemic. Yet ... <a title="Revitalizing Toronto’s downtown core after COVID-19 greatly benefits the city and the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/revitalizing-torontos-downtown-core-after-covid-19-greatly-benefits-the-city-and-the-region-228653/" aria-label="Read more about Revitalizing Toronto’s downtown core after COVID-19 greatly benefits the city and the region">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock This article contains information on deaths in custody and the names of deceased people, and describes ongoing colonial violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. First Nations people in Australia are the most imprisoned people in ... <a title="First Nations imprisonment is already at a record high. Unless government policy changes, it will only get worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/first-nations-imprisonment-is-already-at-a-record-high-unless-government-policy-changes-it-will-only-get-worse-226612/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations imprisonment is already at a record high. Unless government policy changes, it will only get worse">Read more</a>
