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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Dargaville, Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University Loy Yang power station Shutterstock Half a million homes and businesses in Victoria were left without power late on Tuesday following a major power outage. The disruption occurred when severe winds knocked over several high voltage electricity transmission towers, ... <a title="A major blackout left 500,000 Victorians without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-major-blackout-left-500-000-victorians-without-power-but-it-shows-our-energy-system-is-resilient-223494/" aria-label="Read more about A major blackout left 500,000 Victorians without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Forty years ago when my colleagues and I did spotlighting surveys, the southern greater glider was the most common animal we’d see. Now, this amazing species is endangered. In many areas it is hard ... <a title="New logging rules in NSW put the greater glider closer to extinction. When will we start protecting these amazing animals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/new-logging-rules-in-nsw-put-the-greater-glider-closer-to-extinction-when-will-we-start-protecting-these-amazing-animals-223182/" aria-label="Read more about New logging rules in NSW put the greater glider closer to extinction. When will we start protecting these amazing animals?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Compton, Emeritus professor in Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney Sam Altman, chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, is reportedly trying to find up to US$7 trillion of investment to manufacture the enormous volumes of computer chips he believes the world needs to run artificial intelligence (AI) ... <a title="AI tools produce dazzling results – but do they really have ‘intelligence’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/ai-tools-produce-dazzling-results-but-do-they-really-have-intelligence-223311/" aria-label="Read more about AI tools produce dazzling results – but do they really have ‘intelligence’?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Opposition leader Peter Dutton says Labor’s proposed fuel efficiency standard for new cars would push up the price of a Mazda CX30 “by about $19,000”. Given that right now the Mazda CX30 costs A$33,140, that’d ... <a title="What would a vehicle efficiency standard for new cars cost – or save – Australian drivers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/what-would-a-vehicle-efficiency-standard-for-new-cars-cost-or-save-australian-drivers-223334/" aria-label="Read more about What would a vehicle efficiency standard for new cars cost – or save – Australian drivers?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Reid Boyd, Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Summer, c. 1890. Smithsonian American Art Museum Valentine’s Day is associated with red and pink, representing passion and romance. But there’s another hue with a secret, sensual history longing for embrace: ... <a title="This Valentine’s Day, embrace green as the new colour of love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/this-valentines-day-embrace-green-as-the-new-colour-of-love-221003/" aria-label="Read more about This Valentine’s Day, embrace green as the new colour of love">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney Shutterstock Vitamin patches are trending on social media and advertised in posts and podcasts. With patches marketed for sleep, detox, immunity and hangovers, they are being talked up as near magical fix-all stickers. Manufacturers claim ... <a title="A patch a day? Why the vitamin skin patches spruiked on social media might not be for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-patch-a-day-why-the-vitamin-skin-patches-spruiked-on-social-media-might-not-be-for-you-222280/" aria-label="Read more about A patch a day? Why the vitamin skin patches spruiked on social media might not be for you">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The government’s recent announcement that it would bring forward legislation to end the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax (ARFT) in June – four years early – is the third time in 30 years a National-led ... <a title="Axing the Auckland fuel tax reveals the lack of a real transport plan for NZ’s biggest city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/axing-the-auckland-fuel-tax-reveals-the-lack-of-a-real-transport-plan-for-nzs-biggest-city-223429/" aria-label="Read more about Axing the Auckland fuel tax reveals the lack of a real transport plan for NZ’s biggest city">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Sherlock, Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University Indonesians are going to the polls to elect a new president on Wednesday. There are three candidates running, alongside their vice presidential candidates. According to opinion polls, ... <a title="200 million voters, 820,000 polling stations and 10,000 candidates: Indonesia’s massive election, by the numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/200-million-voters-820-000-polling-stations-and-10-000-candidates-indonesias-massive-election-by-the-numbers-222604/" aria-label="Read more about 200 million voters, 820,000 polling stations and 10,000 candidates: Indonesia’s massive election, by the numbers">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin Generally, more people die in winter. Not surprising, though some years have significantly more deaths than others, and the timing of ‘peak death’ each year varies between the wintery months. These charts show the deaths, determined from weekly data, of people named Smith, New Zealand’s most common surname last century. The ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand Post-War Mortality: Seasonal Patterns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/13/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-new-zealand-post-war-mortality-seasonal-patterns/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand Post-War Mortality: Seasonal Patterns">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock While Labor resists calls to change Australia’s system of negative gearing and the Greens push for changes, there’s a chance change could come from somewhere else altogether – Australia’s legal system. As surprising as it might seem, ... <a title="If challenged in court, Australia’s system of negative gearing might not survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/13/if-challenged-in-court-australias-system-of-negative-gearing-might-not-survive-221749/" aria-label="Read more about If challenged in court, Australia’s system of negative gearing might not survive">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Cover, Professor of Digital Communication and Co-Director of the RMIT Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University The Australian government has brought forward plans to criminalise doxing, bringing nationwide attention to the harms of releasing people’s private information to the wider public. The government response comes after ... <a title="What is doxing, and how can you protect yourself?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/13/what-is-doxing-and-how-can-you-protect-yourself-223428/" aria-label="Read more about What is doxing, and how can you protect yourself?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children will be established by the Albanese government, an initiative long sought by Indigenous advocates. The commissioner will especially focus on the vexed issue of the high proportion of children in ... <a title="New commissioner will focus on vexed issue of Indigenous children in out-of-home care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/13/new-commissioner-will-focus-on-vexed-issue-of-indigenous-children-in-out-of-home-care-223444/" aria-label="Read more about New commissioner will focus on vexed issue of Indigenous children in out-of-home care">Read more</a>
