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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta Ashworth, Professor and Director, Curtin Institute for Energy Transition, Curtin University Large power grids are among the most complicated machines humans have ever devised. Different generators produce power at various times and at various costs. A generator might fail and another fills the gap. Demand soars ... <a title="Explainer: what does it actually mean to ‘firm’ renewables?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/explainer-what-does-it-actually-mean-to-firm-renewables-248134/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what does it actually mean to ‘firm’ renewables?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian, Southern Cross University Mitchell Orr/Unsplash Late last year, rumours swirled online that HomeSafeID, a private Australian pet microchip registry, had stopped operating. On Feburary 5 2025, a notice appeared on the HomeSafeID website, ostensibly from the site’s administrator. It states the website “is likely ... <a title="Thousands of Australian pets may soon have ‘useless’ microchips. It’s a symptom of a bigger problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/thousands-of-australian-pets-may-soon-have-useless-microchips-its-a-symptom-of-a-bigger-problem-249492/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of Australian pets may soon have ‘useless’ microchips. It’s a symptom of a bigger problem">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra US President Donald Trump has agreed to “consider” exempting Australia from the 25% tariff he has imposed on imports of steel and aluminium to the US. Trump gave the undertaking during a wide-ranging 40-minute conversation with Anthony Albanese early Tuesday ... <a title="Trump agrees to consider Australian exemption from tariffs, describing Albanese as ‘very fine man’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/trump-agrees-to-consider-australian-exemption-from-tariffs-describing-albanese-as-very-fine-man-248886/" aria-label="Read more about Trump agrees to consider Australian exemption from tariffs, describing Albanese as ‘very fine man’">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Whyte, Deputy Director – Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology (BEST) Research Group. Chief-Investigator – ARC ITTC Centre for Behavioural Inisghts for Technology Adoption (BITA).), Queensland University of Technology The Conversation, DenPhotos/Shutterstock, Mehaniq/Shutterstock Typically, you don’t have to write a cover letter before attending a candlelit dinner. ... <a title="Do men and women agree on how easy it is for each other to find a job or a date?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/do-men-and-women-agree-on-how-easy-it-is-for-each-other-to-find-a-job-or-a-date-247235/" aria-label="Read more about Do men and women agree on how easy it is for each other to find a job or a date?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Israeli police have confiscated hundreds of books with Palestinian titles or flags without understanding their contents in a draconian raid on a Palestinian educational bookshop in occupied East Jerusalem, say eyewitnesses. More details have emerged on the Israeli police raid on a popular bookstore in occupied East Jerusalem. The owners were arrested ... <a title="Israeli police cite children’s ‘colouring book’ for Palestinian bookshop raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/israeli-police-cite-childrens-colouring-book-for-palestinian-bookshop-raid/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli police cite children’s ‘colouring book’ for Palestinian bookshop raid">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist China and the Cook Islands’ relationship “should not be disrupted or restrained by any third party”, says Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun, as opposition leaders in Rarotonga express a loss of confidence in Prime Minister Mark Brown. In response to questions from the Associated Press about New Zealand ... <a title="China: Cook Islands’ relationship with Beijing ‘should not be restrained’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/china-cook-islands-relationship-with-beijing-should-not-be-restrained/" aria-label="Read more about China: Cook Islands’ relationship with Beijing ‘should not be restrained’">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Ogden, Associate Professor in Global Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Donald Trump is moving rapidly to change the contours of contemporary international affairs, with the old US-dominated world order breaking down into a multipolar one with many centres of power. The shift already includes ... <a title="As Trump abandons the old world order, NZ must find its place in a new ‘Pax Autocratica’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/as-trump-abandons-the-old-world-order-nz-must-find-its-place-in-a-new-pax-autocratica-249358/" aria-label="Read more about As Trump abandons the old world order, NZ must find its place in a new ‘Pax Autocratica’">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronnie Das, Associate Professor in Data Analytics, The University of Western Australia In the recent Border-Gavaskar series against India, Steve Smith agonisingly missed out reaching 10,000 Test runs in front of his home crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground, falling short by just one run. However he ... <a title="Is Steve Smith set to become the best? What data says about Test cricket’s elite 10,000+ run club" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/is-steve-smith-set-to-become-the-best-what-data-says-about-test-crickets-elite-10-000-run-club-248891/" aria-label="Read more about Is Steve Smith set to become the best? What data says about Test cricket’s elite 10,000+ run club">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University Ziv Lavi/Shutterstock Last week, Google quietly abandoned a long-standing commitment to not use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in weapons or surveillance. In an update to its AI principles, which were first published in 2018, the tech giant ... <a title="Google has dropped its promise not to use AI for weapons. It’s part of a troubling trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/google-has-dropped-its-promise-not-to-use-ai-for-weapons-its-part-of-a-troubling-trend-249169/" aria-label="Read more about Google has dropped its promise not to use AI for weapons. It’s part of a troubling trend">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenainn Simpson, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Florian Nimsdorf / Shutterstock About 400 kilometres northwest of Sydney, just south of Dubbo, lies a large and interesting body of rock formed around 215 million years ago by erupting volcanoes. Known as the Toongi deposit, this site is ... <a title="Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/where-should-we-look-for-new-metals-that-are-critical-for-green-energy-technology-volcanoes-may-point-the-way-248659/" aria-label="Read more about Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mareike Riedel, Senior lecturer in law, Macquarie University The dramatic rise in antisemitic incidents has dominated headlines in Australia in recent months, with calls for urgent action to address what many are calling a crisis. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry tallied more than 2,000 antisemitic incidents ... <a title="Antisemitism goes beyond overt acts of hate – subtle forms of bias take their toll, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/antisemitism-goes-beyond-overt-acts-of-hate-subtle-forms-of-bias-take-their-toll-too-249023/" aria-label="Read more about Antisemitism goes beyond overt acts of hate – subtle forms of bias take their toll, too">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney For a long time, it seemed refugee law had little relevance to people fleeing the impacts of climate change and disasters. Nearly 30 years ago, the High Court of Australia, for ... <a title="Climate impacts are forcing people from their homes. When, how and why do they have valid refugee claims?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/climate-impacts-are-forcing-people-from-their-homes-when-how-and-why-do-they-have-valid-refugee-claims-248865/" aria-label="Read more about Climate impacts are forcing people from their homes. When, how and why do they have valid refugee claims?">Read more</a>
