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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Karner, PhD Candidate, International Studies, RMIT University The Israeli army used a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to generate lists of tens of thousands of human targets for potential airstrikes in Gaza, according to a report published last week. The report comes from the nonprofit outlet ... <a title="Israel accused of using AI to target thousands in Gaza, as killer algorithms outpace international law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/israel-accused-of-using-ai-to-target-thousands-in-gaza-as-killer-algorithms-outpace-international-law-227453/" aria-label="Read more about Israel accused of using AI to target thousands in Gaza, as killer algorithms outpace international law">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Fitzsimons, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Protected areas have been the cornerstone of efforts to conserve nature for more than a century. Most countries have some form of protected areas, national parks being the best-known examples. A key element of protected areas is that ... <a title="Why an intention to conserve an area for only 25 years should not count for Australia’s target of protecting 30% of land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/why-an-intention-to-conserve-an-area-for-only-25-years-should-not-count-for-australias-target-of-protecting-30-of-land-227558/" aria-label="Read more about Why an intention to conserve an area for only 25 years should not count for Australia’s target of protecting 30% of land">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Lin, Professor, University of Sydney Planter Studio/Shutterstock This week’s ABC Four Corners episode Pain Factory highlighted that our health system is failing Australians with chronic pain. Patients are receiving costly, ineffective and risky care instead of effective, low-risk treatments for chronic pain. The challenge is considering ... <a title="Surgery won’t fix my chronic back pain, so what will?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/surgery-wont-fix-my-chronic-back-pain-so-what-will-227450/" aria-label="Read more about Surgery won’t fix my chronic back pain, so what will?">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cathy Sherry, Professor in Law, Macquarie University Shutterstock Nothing excites law students like the idea of a free house. Or alternatively, enrages them. It depends on their politics. As a result, academics condemned to teaching property law find it hard to resist the “doctrine of adverse possession”. ... <a title="If you squat in a vacant property, does the law give you the house for free? Well, sort of" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/if-you-squat-in-a-vacant-property-does-the-law-give-you-the-house-for-free-well-sort-of-227556/" aria-label="Read more about If you squat in a vacant property, does the law give you the house for free? Well, sort of">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University Shutterstock Watching sport on television and other screens is integral to the cultural lives of many Australians. This is why, in 1995, the anti-siphoning scheme was introduced to ensure sport “events of national importance and cultural significance” would ... <a title="How much sport will you be able to watch for free under proposed new Australian broadcast rules?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/how-much-sport-will-you-be-able-to-watch-for-free-under-proposed-new-australian-broadcast-rules-226499/" aria-label="Read more about How much sport will you be able to watch for free under proposed new Australian broadcast rules?">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist, University of Sydney Leszek Glasner/Shutterstock As we look towards the peak season for respiratory viruses, the announcement of new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation programs for children in a number of Australian states is welcome news. Last month Western Australia ... <a title="From RSV to meningococcal B, we must ensure equitable access to childhood immunisations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/from-rsv-to-meningococcal-b-we-must-ensure-equitable-access-to-childhood-immunisations-226392/" aria-label="Read more about From RSV to meningococcal B, we must ensure equitable access to childhood immunisations">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
RNZ News Warner Bros Discovery will struggle to retain viewers in New Zealand if it has no news operation, Newshub journalist Paddy Gower predicts, as he continues his crusade for someone to save at least part of its newsroom. A grim 48 hours for news media has resulted in many jobs being lost in the ... <a title="Journalists offered ‘radical’ solution to save part of Newshub, says Gower" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/journalists-offered-radical-solution-to-save-part-of-newshub-says-gower/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists offered ‘radical’ solution to save part of Newshub, says Gower">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Analysis and Opinion by Tim Beal. This article was first published on Pearls and Irritations (ref. https://johnmenadue.com/new-zealand-nearly-sanctions-the-united-nations/ ) The Bank of New Zealand blocks a donation to UNRWA, then thinks again. Like many people I have been horrified by Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinians. I have made modest donations to UNICEF, partly to help ... <a title="Tim Beal Analysis – BNZ and Palestine – New Zealand nearly sanctions the United Nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/tim-beal-analysis-bnz-and-palestine-new-zealand-nearly-sanctions-the-united-nations/" aria-label="Read more about Tim Beal Analysis – BNZ and Palestine – New Zealand nearly sanctions the United Nations">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Wanhalla, Professor of History, University of Otago By the 1870s, photography was a ubiquitous presence in the colonial life of Aotearoa New Zealand. For Māori, however, it was also a colonising tool – part of the colonial practices of land alienation, war and propaganda that affected ... <a title="The past in a different light: how Māori embraced – and rejected – the colonial camera lens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/the-past-in-a-different-light-how-maori-embraced-and-rejected-the-colonial-camera-lens-225785/" aria-label="Read more about The past in a different light: how Māori embraced – and rejected – the colonial camera lens">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University Rhett Butler, Author provided One of Brazil’s top scientists, Eneas Salati, once said, “The best thing you could do for the Amazon rainforest is to blow up all the roads.” He wasn’t joking. And he had ... <a title="Roads of destruction: we found vast numbers of illegal ‘ghost roads’ used to crack open pristine rainforest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/roads-of-destruction-we-found-vast-numbers-of-illegal-ghost-roads-used-to-crack-open-pristine-rainforest-227222/" aria-label="Read more about Roads of destruction: we found vast numbers of illegal ‘ghost roads’ used to crack open pristine rainforest">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Sen Gupta, Senior Lecturer, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney Over the last year, our oceans have been hotter than any time ever recorded. Our instrumental record covers the last 150 years. But based on proxy observations, we can say our oceans are ... <a title="The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/the-heat-is-on-what-we-know-about-why-ocean-temperatures-keep-smashing-records-226115/" aria-label="Read more about The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Hughes, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Science Course Co-ordinator, Southern Cross University The pursuit of the dream of classical music is not an equal playing field. My recent study looked at the inequalities rural and regional young classical musicians face, which are unknown to their ... <a title="‘It doesn’t matter where you come from’: regional youth orchestras help fight music education inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/it-doesnt-matter-where-you-come-from-regional-youth-orchestras-help-fight-music-education-inequality-223448/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It doesn’t matter where you come from’: regional youth orchestras help fight music education inequality">Read more</a>
