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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Biddle, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Minority governments have been part of Australia’s political history since Federation. In the country’s early decades, Prime Ministers Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, Chris Watson, George Reid and Andrew Fisher ... <a title="Australians are warming to minority governments – but they still prefer majority rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/australians-are-warming-to-minority-governments-but-they-still-prefer-majority-rule-255416/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are warming to minority governments – but they still prefer majority rule">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Donald Trump is everywhere, inescapable. His return to power in the United States was always going to have some impact on the Australian federal election. The question was how disruptive he would be. ... <a title="Donald Trump has cast a long shadow over the Australian election. Will it prove decisive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/donald-trump-has-cast-a-long-shadow-over-the-australian-election-will-it-prove-decisive-255422/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump has cast a long shadow over the Australian election. Will it prove decisive?">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Isaacs, Lecturer, Anthropology, University of Waikato Laurence Dutton/Getty Images Seeing is no longer believing in the age of images and videos generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and this is having an impact on elections in New Zealand and elsewhere. Ahead of the 2025 local body elections, ... <a title="Playing politics with AI: why NZ needs rules on the use of ‘fake’ images in election campaigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/playing-politics-with-ai-why-nz-needs-rules-on-the-use-of-fake-images-in-election-campaigns-255415/" aria-label="Read more about Playing politics with AI: why NZ needs rules on the use of ‘fake’ images in election campaigns">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Surface/Unsplash When it comes to our health, we’re constantly being warned about being taken in by misinformation. Yet for most of us what we believe ultimately comes down to who we trust, including which “experts” we trust. The problem is ... <a title="When it comes to health information, who should you trust? 4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/when-it-comes-to-health-information-who-should-you-trust-4-ways-to-spot-a-dodgy-expert-253437/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to health information, who should you trust? 4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amal Elawady, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University A downburst blasts Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017. Natapat Ariyamongkol/iStock/Getty Images Plus From a distance, a downburst can look like a torrent of heavy rain. But at ground level, its behavior can be far more destructive. ... <a title="What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test building designs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/what-is-a-downburst-these-winds-can-be-as-destructive-as-tornadoes-we-recreate-them-to-test-building-designs-254931/" aria-label="Read more about What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test building designs">Read more</a>
