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April 18, 2024
I came to this evening of short films not sure what to expect. I have a history with West Papua (here referring to the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea, which comprises five provinces, one named “West Papua”) from my days fronting the legendary West Papuan band Black Brothers in the early 1990s. ... <a title="A montage of West Papuan everyday life from hip-hop to protest songs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/18/a-montage-of-west-papuan-everyday-life-from-hip-hop-to-protest-songs/" aria-label="Read more about A montage of West Papuan everyday life from hip-hop to protest songs">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in an Assyrian Orthodox Church in Wakeley on Monday, and the killings in Bondi Junction shopping centre just two days earlier, many people in Sydney and in Australia more widely are tense. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent MP Dai Le on the church attack in her electorate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/politics-with-michelle-grattan-independent-mp-dai-le-on-the-church-attack-in-her-electorate-228101/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent MP Dai Le on the church attack in her electorate">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University We’ve long known Australia’s main environmental protection laws aren’t doing their job, and we know Australians want better laws. Labor was elected promising to fix them. But yesterday, the government walked ... <a title="Australia’s long-sought stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. It’s back to business as usual" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/australias-long-sought-stronger-environmental-laws-just-got-indefinitely-deferred-its-back-to-business-as-usual-228090/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s long-sought stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. It’s back to business as usual">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chao Chen, Deputy Director, Enterprise AI and Data Analytics Hub, RMIT Univeristy, RMIT University Ivan Bandura/Unsplash From asking our smart speakers for the weather to receiving personalised advice from smartwatches, devices powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly streamlining our routines and decision making. The technology is ... <a title="AI is making smart devices – watches, speakers, doorbells – easier to hack. Here’s how to stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/ai-is-making-smart-devices-watches-speakers-doorbells-easier-to-hack-heres-how-to-stay-safe-223738/" aria-label="Read more about AI is making smart devices – watches, speakers, doorbells – easier to hack. Here’s how to stay safe">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Britta Schaffelke, Manager International Partnerships and Co-ordinator of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), Australian Institute of Marine Science Bleached coral at the Keppel Islands in the southern Great Barrier Reef in early March 2024. © AIMS | Eoghan Aston The fourth global coral bleaching event, ... <a title="Global coral bleaching caused by global warming demands a global response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/global-coral-bleaching-caused-by-global-warming-demands-a-global-response-228022/" aria-label="Read more about Global coral bleaching caused by global warming demands a global response">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland Wikipedia Speculation about extraterrestrials is not all that new. There was a vibrant debate in 17th-century Europe about the existence of life on other planets. This was the consequence of the transition ... <a title="The beginnings of modern science shaped how philosophers saw alien life – and how we understand it today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/the-beginnings-of-modern-science-shaped-how-philosophers-saw-alien-life-and-how-we-understand-it-today-213454/" aria-label="Read more about The beginnings of modern science shaped how philosophers saw alien life – and how we understand it today">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Cole, Lead, Mental Health, Edith Cowan University In the aftermath of the tragic Bondi knife attack, Joel Cauchi’s parents have spoken about their son’s long history of mental illness, having been diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 17. They said they were “devastated and horrified” by their ... <a title="Families including someone with mental illness can experience deep despair. They need support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/families-including-someone-with-mental-illness-can-experience-deep-despair-they-need-support-228007/" aria-label="Read more about Families including someone with mental illness can experience deep despair. They need support">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney The tragic Westfield attack in Sydney highlights the vulnerability of crowded public spaces. Six people were killed and many were injured by a knife-wielding attacker in a short period of time. For people ... <a title="You could help minimise harm in a public attack. Here’s what it means to be a ‘zero responder’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/you-could-help-minimise-harm-in-a-public-attack-heres-what-it-means-to-be-a-zero-responder-227860/" aria-label="Read more about You could help minimise harm in a public attack. Here’s what it means to be a ‘zero responder’">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giuliana Murfet, Casual Academic, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock Not getting enough sleep is a common affliction in the modern age. If you don’t always get as many hours of shut-eye as you’d like, perhaps you were concerned by news of a recent study ... <a title="Could not getting enough sleep increase your risk of type 2 diabetes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/could-not-getting-enough-sleep-increase-your-risk-of-type-2-diabetes-225179/" aria-label="Read more about Could not getting enough sleep increase your risk of type 2 diabetes?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior lecturer, international migration and refugee law, University of Technology Sydney Starting today, the High Court will hear a case to decide if the government’s indefinite detention of a bisexual Iranian man is lawful, partly because he is unwilling to voluntarily assist with the government’s ... <a title="The High Court is hearing another high-stakes immigration case. Can people be forced to assist in their own deportation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/the-high-court-is-hearing-another-high-stakes-immigration-case-can-people-be-forced-to-assist-in-their-own-deportation-228000/" aria-label="Read more about The High Court is hearing another high-stakes immigration case. Can people be forced to assist in their own deportation?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Cairney, Head of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has proposed a new strategy to bolster the financial health of Olympic sports, ranging from minor sports such as table tennis to dominant codes such as basketball and swimming. ... <a title="Why Australia’s Olympic funding changes might widen the gap between rich and poor sports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/why-australias-olympic-funding-changes-might-widen-the-gap-between-rich-and-poor-sports-227366/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia’s Olympic funding changes might widen the gap between rich and poor sports">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Evans, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Indigenous businesses generate about A$16 billion a year in revenue and employ more than 116,000 people – almost as many as the massive Coles retail group. But the contribution of these businesses to the Australian economy has long been ... <a title="Indigenous businesses are worth billions but we don’t know enough about them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/indigenous-businesses-are-worth-billions-but-we-dont-know-enough-about-them-227677/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous businesses are worth billions but we don’t know enough about them">Read more</a>
