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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Research Fellow, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania In the four years since the Black Summer bushfires, Australia has become more focused on how best to prepare for, fight and recover from these traumatic events. But one issue has largely flown under the radar: how ... <a title="In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of Australia’s bushfire emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/in-a-dangerously-warming-world-we-must-confront-the-grim-reality-of-australias-bushfire-emissions-224745/" aria-label="Read more about In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of Australia’s bushfire emissions">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. The federal government’s Help to Buy scheme is before the parliament. Both the Coalition and the Greens are opposed ... <a title="The government’s Help to Buy scheme will help but it won’t solve the housing crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/the-governments-help-to-buy-scheme-will-help-but-it-wont-solve-the-housing-crisis-224956/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s Help to Buy scheme will help but it won’t solve the housing crisis">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma King, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies, Australian National University Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures In Dune’s sandswept colonialist dystopia of the distant future, power is a force best handled – and transferred – surreptitiously. In a world of ultra-wealthy spice barons ... <a title="Diplomacy and resistance: how Dune shows us the power of language – including sign language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/diplomacy-and-resistance-how-dune-shows-us-the-power-of-language-including-sign-language-224952/" aria-label="Read more about Diplomacy and resistance: how Dune shows us the power of language – including sign language">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should act urgently to establish an international protection force to safeguard Palestinian civilians and ensure the unobstructed delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza as a last-ditch attempt to prevent imminent, says DAWN. If the UNSC is blocked by a US veto or fails to reach consensus, ... <a title="DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/dawn-calls-on-un-to-set-up-global-protection-force-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will unveil a suite of financial and other incentives to boost Australia’s economic relations with Southeast Asia when he addresses the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit’s CEO forum on Tuesday. A $2 billion Southeast Asia Investment Financing Facility ... <a title="Albanese to announce $2 billion financing facility to boost economic relations with Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/albanese-to-announce-2-billion-financing-facility-to-boost-economic-relations-with-southeast-asia-224964/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese to announce $2 billion financing facility to boost economic relations with Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz). When the First Labour Government came into office in 1935, the new Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage was determined not to live a bourgeois, extravagant lifestyle. Being a representative of workers meant to him that he shouldn’t just take on the material comforts of the ruling ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Analysis – Anger at excessive politician pay and entitlements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/bryce-edwards-analysis-anger-at-excessive-politician-pay-and-entitlements/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Analysis – Anger at excessive politician pay and entitlements">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney Recently, Australia’s internal security agency declared there is a greater threat to Australian security than new terrorist attacks. Instead, it’s systemic and existential. The report read: In 2024, threats to our way of life have surpassed ... <a title="Over-emphasising some things, underplaying others: ASIO’s threat assessment is underpinned by confusing logic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/over-emphasising-some-things-underplaying-others-asios-threat-assessment-is-underpinned-by-confusing-logic-224850/" aria-label="Read more about Over-emphasising some things, underplaying others: ASIO’s threat assessment is underpinned by confusing logic">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margarita Vladimirova, PhD in Privacy Law and Facial Recognition Technology, Deakin University Kitreel/Shutterstock The morning started with a message from a friend: “I used your photos to train my local version of Midjourney. I hope you don’t mind”, followed up with generated pictures of me wearing a ... <a title="Your face for sale: anyone can legally gather and market your facial data without explicit consent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/your-face-for-sale-anyone-can-legally-gather-and-market-your-facial-data-without-explicit-consent-224643/" aria-label="Read more about Your face for sale: anyone can legally gather and market your facial data without explicit consent">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Warwick, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University Mari_May, Shutterstock Recreational fishing is a popular pastime in Australia’s inland rivers and streams. Unfortunately in the process, many people are unwittingly killing platypuses. The animals can become trapped in nets commonly used to catch yabbies such as “Opera House ... <a title="Yabby traps and discarded fishing tackle can kill platypuses – it’s time to clean up our act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/yabby-traps-and-discarded-fishing-tackle-can-kill-platypuses-its-time-to-clean-up-our-act-224242/" aria-label="Read more about Yabby traps and discarded fishing tackle can kill platypuses – it’s time to clean up our act">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hall, Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington According to independent watchdog Consumer NZ, New Zealand is “rife with greenwashing”, with many companies positioning themselves as “sustainable”. No doubt you’ll have seen such claims on the products in your weekly ... <a title="Greenwashing claims on trial: should NZ ban fossil fuel advertising?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/greenwashing-claims-on-trial-should-nz-ban-fossil-fuel-advertising-219615/" aria-label="Read more about Greenwashing claims on trial: should NZ ban fossil fuel advertising?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Daniel Boud “Can’t move ‘em with a cold thing, like economics.” So says the modernist, Ezra Pound, in the first section of his epic poem, The Cantos. This is something I kept coming back to ... <a title="Can you make a compelling play about economics? The Lehman Trilogy tries – but ultimately comes up short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/can-you-make-a-compelling-play-about-economics-the-lehman-trilogy-tries-but-ultimately-comes-up-short-224271/" aria-label="Read more about Can you make a compelling play about economics? The Lehman Trilogy tries – but ultimately comes up short">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
By Bramo Tingkeo in Port Moresby A disturbing video has surfaced of a female, alleged to be a rape victim, attempting to jump out of the Kuri Dom Lecture Building at the University of Papua New Guinea. UPNG Students Representative Council (SRC) president Joel Rimbu has dispelled this allegation, saying that the female was not ... <a title="UPNG’s student body rejects rape allegations over campus video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/upngs-student-body-rejects-rape-allegations-over-campus-video/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG’s student body rejects rape allegations over campus video">Read more</a>
