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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ozgur Gocer, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Flexible work has become the new norm, despite the best efforts of companies calling workers back to the office. Some employers assume that a return to the old ways of working is both possible and desirable. But for many workers, ... <a title="Office design isn’t keeping up with post-COVID work styles – here’s what workers really want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/office-design-isnt-keeping-up-with-post-covid-work-styles-heres-what-workers-really-want-254997/" aria-label="Read more about Office design isn’t keeping up with post-COVID work styles – here’s what workers really want">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University Watching elections over the decades, one thing that has struck me is that results are invariably hyperbolised in the first blush of the people’s verdict. The achievement of the winners is over-egged in the commentary, as is the scale ... <a title="The ‘feminisation’ of Labor is a key reason Australians embraced it – and Anthony Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/the-feminisation-of-labor-is-a-key-reason-australians-embraced-it-and-anthony-albanese-255883/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘feminisation’ of Labor is a key reason Australians embraced it – and Anthony Albanese">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Richardson, Research Associate in Climate Science, UNSW Sydney Climate change is lengthening fire seasons across much of the world. This means the potential for wildfires at any time of the year, in both hemispheres, is increasing. That poses a problem. Australia regularly shares firefighting resources with ... <a title="Australia and North America have long fought fires together – but new research reveals that has to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/australia-and-north-america-have-long-fought-fires-together-but-new-research-reveals-that-has-to-change-254790/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and North America have long fought fires together – but new research reveals that has to change">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
By Losirene Lacanivalu, of the Cook Islands News A leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group is hoping that the Cook Islands government will speak out against the recent executive order from US President Donald Trump aimed at fast-tracking seabed mining. Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) says the arrogance of US president Trump to think that he ... <a title="Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed mining order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/cook-islands-environment-group-calls-on-govt-to-condemn-trumps-seabed-mining-order/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed mining order">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eve Warburton, Research Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, and Director, Indonesia Institute, Australian National University Last week, the Trump administration signed a deal with Ukraine that gives it privileged access to Ukraine’s natural resources. Some news outlets described the deal as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ... <a title="Why Zelensky – not Trump – may have ‘won’ the US-Ukraine minerals deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/why-zelensky-not-trump-may-have-won-the-us-ukraine-minerals-deal-255875/" aria-label="Read more about Why Zelensky – not Trump – may have ‘won’ the US-Ukraine minerals deal">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 6, 2025.
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May 6, 2025
By Anish Chand Entities and individuals that thrived under the previous government with public relations contracts now want to be part of the media or run media organisations, says Fiji Media Association (FMA) secretary Stanley Simpson. He made the comments yesterday while speaking at a World Press Freedom Day event hosted by the journalism programme ... <a title="Fiji media welcomes credible news services, but not ‘pop-up propagandists’, says Simpson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/fiji-media-welcomes-credible-news-services-but-not-pop-up-propagandists-says-simpson/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji media welcomes credible news services, but not ‘pop-up propagandists’, says Simpson">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Stace, Senior Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington FotoDax/Shutterstock People coming out of prison in New Zealand face multiple hurdles reintegrating into society – starting with one of the most fundamental elements of modern life: getting a bank account. Not having a bank ... <a title="Locked up then locked out: how NZ’s bank rules make life for ex-prisoners even harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/locked-up-then-locked-out-how-nzs-bank-rules-make-life-for-ex-prisoners-even-harder-255110/" aria-label="Read more about Locked up then locked out: how NZ’s bank rules make life for ex-prisoners even harder">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jay Deagon, Senior Lecturer of Home Economics, CQUniversity Australia Alexanderstock23/Shutterstock One moment, your spaghetti is happily bubbling away in the pot. A minute later, after busying yourself with something else, you turn around to find a hot mess all over your stove. Boiling liquid can rocket up ... <a title="Can a wooden spoon really stop a pot from boiling over? Here’s the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/can-a-wooden-spoon-really-stop-a-pot-from-boiling-over-heres-the-science-252519/" aria-label="Read more about Can a wooden spoon really stop a pot from boiling over? Here’s the science">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Roman mosaics discovered in Sicily show women playing different sports. David Pineda Svenske/Shutterstock It’s almost impossible to go a day without seeing or hearing about sport. Walk around any city or town and you ... <a title="How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/how-did-sport-become-so-popular-the-ancient-history-of-a-modern-obsession-254057/" aria-label="Read more about How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia Reihaneh Golpayegani / Better Images of AI, CC BY An estimated 90% of the training data for current generative AI systems stems from English. However, English is an international ... <a title="AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/ai-systems-are-built-on-english-but-not-the-kind-most-of-the-world-speaks-249710/" aria-label="Read more about AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Yates, Lecturer, Project Management, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Ever tried to explain why a sausage would be referred to as a “snag” while overseas, or why the toilet is the “dunny”? If you found this challenging, spare a thought for large language models (LLMs) such as ... <a title="Crikey, ChatGPT’s gone bush! How AI is learning the art of Aussie slang" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/crikey-chatgpts-gone-bush-how-ai-is-learning-the-art-of-aussie-slang-253939/" aria-label="Read more about Crikey, ChatGPT’s gone bush! How AI is learning the art of Aussie slang">Read more</a>
