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May 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonia Graham, DECRA Fellow, University of Wollongong Lekali Studio/Shutterstock Privet is a popular garden hedge. It grows quickly and responds well to being pruned. But in natural areas, privet is a problem. Like 72% of weeds in Australia, privet escaped from our gardens. Now it wreaks havoc ... <a title="This group rid one Australian river of its privet problem – and strengthened community along the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/this-group-rid-one-australian-river-of-its-privet-problem-and-strengthened-community-along-the-way-226230/" aria-label="Read more about This group rid one Australian river of its privet problem – and strengthened community along the way">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Throsby, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University Arts companies and individual artists in Australia are supported by government arts agencies, philanthropists, industry bodies, private donors and patrons. However, it is frequently overlooked that a major source of support for the arts in this country comes from ... <a title="Australian artists only earn $23,200 a year from their art – and are key financial investors in keeping the industry afloat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/australian-artists-only-earn-23-200-a-year-from-their-art-and-are-key-financial-investors-in-keeping-the-industry-afloat-228792/" aria-label="Read more about Australian artists only earn $23,200 a year from their art – and are key financial investors in keeping the industry afloat">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Stokan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County If you live in one of the most economically deprived neighborhoods in your city, you might think the government is directing a smaller share of public funds to your community. And you would typically be ... <a title="Neediest areas are being shortchanged on government funds − even with programs designed to benefit poor communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/neediest-areas-are-being-shortchanged-on-government-funds-even-with-programs-designed-to-benefit-poor-communities-221848/" aria-label="Read more about Neediest areas are being shortchanged on government funds − even with programs designed to benefit poor communities">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Wansolwara The news media’s crucial role in climate change and environment journalism was the focus of The University of the South Pacific’s Journalism Programme 2024 World Press Freedom Day celebrations. The European Union Ambassador to the Pacific, Barbara Plinkert, and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna were the chief guests at the event last ... <a title="Tackling Pacific media’s crucial role in climate crisis and press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/tackling-pacific-medias-crucial-role-in-climate-crisis-and-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Tackling Pacific media’s crucial role in climate crisis and press freedom">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Adams, Professor of Corporate Law & Academic Director of UNE Sydney campus, University of New England Last August, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched legal proceedings against Qantas. The consumer watchdog accused the airline of selling thousands of tickets for domestic and international flights ... <a title="QANTAS has finally settled its ‘ghost flights’ lawsuit for $120 million. What’s next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/qantas-has-finally-settled-its-ghost-flights-lawsuit-for-120-million-whats-next-229368/" aria-label="Read more about QANTAS has finally settled its ‘ghost flights’ lawsuit for $120 million. What’s next?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
In this , the first episode of A View from Afar for 2024, political scientist Paul G Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning focus on an analytical essay titled ‘A moment of friction’ that Paul wrote on how, in 2024, we are living within a decisive moment of world affairs ... a "period where force has become the major arbiter of who rises and who falls in the systemic transitional shuffle.”
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic and Visitor, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology Linus Zoll / Google DeepMind / Unsplash You might have seen viral videos of Wendy’s drive-thru customers in the United States ordering their fast food from the firm’s generative AI bot Wendy’s FreshAI. ... <a title="Can I take your order – and your data? The hidden reason retailers are replacing staff with AI bots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/can-i-take-your-order-and-your-data-the-hidden-reason-retailers-are-replacing-staff-with-ai-bots-229202/" aria-label="Read more about Can I take your order – and your data? The hidden reason retailers are replacing staff with AI bots">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Taylor, Assistant Professor, Bond University Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures At the crux of the critical response to Luca Guadagnino’s new movie Challengers is one word: “sexy”. The film charts a love triangle between three up-and-coming tennis players: Tashi (Zendaya), and her dual (and duelling) admirers. Art ... <a title="The steamiest movie of the year has almost no sex in it. How did Challengers do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/the-steamiest-movie-of-the-year-has-almost-no-sex-in-it-how-did-challengers-do-it-229003/" aria-label="Read more about The steamiest movie of the year has almost no sex in it. How did Challengers do it?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Stewart, Professor of Public Policy, ADFA Canberra, UNSW Sydney For years, First Nations people have been telling governments they want to be listened to. In particular, they want more ownership of the programs and services that are supposed to help them. The Voice referendum may have ... <a title="The Australian public service is letting Indigenous people down. How do we fix it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/the-australian-public-service-is-letting-indigenous-people-down-how-do-we-fix-it-227662/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian public service is letting Indigenous people down. How do we fix it?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Why do trees have bark? Julien, age 6, Melbourne. This is a great question, Julien. We are so familiar with bark on trees, that most of us just take it for granted. ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do trees have bark?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/curious-kids-why-do-trees-have-bark-229276/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do trees have bark?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Nasser, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an important ligament in the knee. It runs from the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia) and helps stabilise the knee joint. Injuries to the ... <a title="Surgery is the default treatment for ACL injuries in Australia. But it’s not the only way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/surgery-is-the-default-treatment-for-acl-injuries-in-australia-but-its-not-the-only-way-229114/" aria-label="Read more about Surgery is the default treatment for ACL injuries in Australia. But it’s not the only way">Read more</a>
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May 6, 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 I covered the May 2 United Kingdom local government elections for The Poll Bludger. The Blackpool South parliamentary byelection was also held, at which Labour overturned an ... <a title="UK Tories perform badly at local elections; Labor still narrowly ahead in Australian polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/uk-tories-perform-badly-at-local-elections-labor-still-narrowly-ahead-in-australian-polls-228871/" aria-label="Read more about UK Tories perform badly at local elections; Labor still narrowly ahead in Australian polls">Read more</a>
