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March 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University For the fifth time in just the past eight summers – 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022 and now 2024 – huge swathes of the Great Barrier Reef are experiencing extreme heat stress that has triggered yet another episode of mass coral ... <a title="The Great Barrier Reef’s latest bout of bleaching is the fifth in eight summers – the corals now have almost no reprieve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/09/the-great-barrier-reefs-latest-bout-of-bleaching-is-the-fifth-in-eight-summers-the-corals-now-have-almost-no-reprieve-225348/" aria-label="Read more about The Great Barrier Reef’s latest bout of bleaching is the fifth in eight summers – the corals now have almost no reprieve">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Fitzpatrick, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock They knew we had separated. Why did they let him cancel the policy and refund him the money without giving me a call to let me know the house and contents were no longer insured, ... <a title="Insurance is the latest weapon financial abusers use against their partners. Here’s how we fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/insurance-is-the-latest-weapon-financial-abusers-use-against-their-partners-heres-how-we-fix-it-224632/" aria-label="Read more about Insurance is the latest weapon financial abusers use against their partners. Here’s how we fix it">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute t_rust/Getty This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. Treasurer Jim Chalmers is leading a push to get private investors to help build more social and affordable ... <a title="Let’s not kid ourselves that private investors or super funds will build the social housing we need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/lets-not-kid-ourselves-that-private-investors-or-super-funds-will-build-the-social-housing-we-need-224635/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s not kid ourselves that private investors or super funds will build the social housing we need">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Noetel, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The University of Queensland Alliance Images/Shutterstock A new nationally representative survey has revealed Australians are deeply concerned about the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI). They want the government to take stronger action to ensure its safe development and use. We ... <a title="80% of Australians think AI risk is a global priority. The government needs to step up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/80-of-australians-think-ai-risk-is-a-global-priority-the-government-needs-to-step-up-225175/" aria-label="Read more about 80% of Australians think AI risk is a global priority. The government needs to step up">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katey Thom, Associate professor, Auckland University of Technology New Zealand’s justice system is failing. The country has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the OECD, and over 56% of people with prior convictions are reconvicted within two years. Some 52% of people in prison identify ... <a title="Personal trauma and criminal offending are closely linked – real rehabilitation is only possible with justice system reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/personal-trauma-and-criminal-offending-are-closely-linked-real-rehabilitation-is-only-possible-with-justice-system-reform-224627/" aria-label="Read more about Personal trauma and criminal offending are closely linked – real rehabilitation is only possible with justice system reform">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, PhD Candidate, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock About one in four people regret at least one of their tattoos. Almost half of those go on to have their unwanted tattoo removed or camouflaged with a new one. So it’s no wonder people ... <a title="Tattoo regret? How to choose a removal service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/tattoo-regret-how-to-choose-a-removal-service-222595/" aria-label="Read more about Tattoo regret? How to choose a removal service">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Dosseto, Professor, University of Wollongong Ulladulla Local Aboriginal Land Council and Mane Collective Imagine a landscape shaped by fire, not as a destructive force but as a life-giving tool. That’s the reality in Australia, where Indigenous communities have long understood the intricate relationship between fire, soil ... <a title="Cultural burning is better for Australian soils than prescribed burning, or no burning at all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/cultural-burning-is-better-for-australian-soils-than-prescribed-burning-or-no-burning-at-all-224337/" aria-label="Read more about Cultural burning is better for Australian soils than prescribed burning, or no burning at all">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnee Shay, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Australian politicians and major government reports keep emphasising the importance of STEM (or science, technology, engineering and maths) skills for our economy and society. As the Universities Accord report noted last month, engineering and and science ... <a title="‘Definitions are often very western. This excludes us.’ Our research shows how to boost Indigenous participation in STEM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/definitions-are-often-very-western-this-excludes-us-our-research-shows-how-to-boost-indigenous-participation-in-stem-223465/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Definitions are often very western. This excludes us.’ Our research shows how to boost Indigenous participation in STEM">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Draffin, Adjunct Professor, University of Canberra Public interest journalism was already under significant stress in Australia. And now the pressure is ratcheting up even further. While still experiencing the pandemic’s aftershocks, the industry has simultaneously been hit with the increasing cost of doing business, rising costs ... <a title="Meta’s lost revenue is a huge hit for public interest journalism, which was already reeling from cutbacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/metas-lost-revenue-is-a-huge-hit-for-public-interest-journalism-which-was-already-reeling-from-cutbacks-225349/" aria-label="Read more about Meta’s lost revenue is a huge hit for public interest journalism, which was already reeling from cutbacks">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily O’Neill, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne In a significant win for the Gomeroi People, the Federal Court has ruled climate change impacts must be properly considered when determining whether a fossil fuel project can go ahead on native title land. This ... <a title="The Gomeroi win puts native title holders in a stronger position to fight fossil fuel projects on their land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/the-gomeroi-win-puts-native-title-holders-in-a-stronger-position-to-fight-fossil-fuel-projects-on-their-land-225284/" aria-label="Read more about The Gomeroi win puts native title holders in a stronger position to fight fossil fuel projects on their land">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Szuhan, Lecturer, History and Sociology, Australian National University Shutterstock In 2022, a social network was formed in New York for women to share warnings about their interactions with men on dating apps. These were men who had allegedly lied, manipulated, cheated on, ghosted, used or abused ... <a title="‘Are we dating the same guy?’ These women-run groups are accused of being toxic, but they carry a feminist legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/are-we-dating-the-same-guy-these-women-run-groups-are-accused-of-being-toxic-but-they-carry-a-feminist-legacy-223649/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Are we dating the same guy?’ These women-run groups are accused of being toxic, but they carry a feminist legacy">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national YouGov poll, conducted February 24 to March 5 from a sample of 1,539, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, unchanged since an early February YouGov poll. ... <a title="Albanese’s ratings surge in YouGov poll; Tasmanian poll suggests difficult to form government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/albaneses-ratings-surge-in-yougov-poll-tasmanian-poll-suggests-difficult-to-form-government-225083/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese’s ratings surge in YouGov poll; Tasmanian poll suggests difficult to form government">Read more</a>
