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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University On Wednesday, Education Minister Jason Clare released a much-anticipated report on universities. This is the interim report of the Universities Accord review. The review, commissioned in November 2022 and led by Professor Mary O’Kane, ... <a title="The Job-ready Graduates scheme for uni fees is on the chopping block – but what will replace it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/the-job-ready-graduates-scheme-for-uni-fees-is-on-the-chopping-block-but-what-will-replace-it-209974/" aria-label="Read more about The Job-ready Graduates scheme for uni fees is on the chopping block – but what will replace it?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: On ditching the Commonwealth Games, the Voice pamphlet, Labor’s factions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/word-from-the-hill-on-ditching-the-commonwealth-games-the-voice-pamphlet-labors-factions-210060/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: On ditching the Commonwealth Games, the Voice pamphlet, Labor’s factions">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne James Ross/AAP The cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews took all stakeholders – Commonwealth Games officials, athletes, sports bodies and local government officials – by surprise. The Andrews administration ... <a title="Cancelling the Commonwealth Games won’t come cheaply – Victoria now faces the legal consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/cancelling-the-commonwealth-games-wont-come-cheaply-victoria-now-faces-the-legal-consequences-210054/" aria-label="Read more about Cancelling the Commonwealth Games won’t come cheaply – Victoria now faces the legal consequences">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jingdong Yuan, Associate Professor, Asia-Pacific security, University of Sydney At last week’s NATO summit, the members issued a final statement criticising China’s coercive policies, which they said challenge the interests, security and values of the bloc. The NATO members did, however, commit to “constructive engagement” with the ... <a title="How is China shifting its foreign policy to counter moves to ‘contain’ it from the West?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/how-is-china-shifting-its-foreign-policy-to-counter-moves-to-contain-it-from-the-west-209973/" aria-label="Read more about How is China shifting its foreign policy to counter moves to ‘contain’ it from the West?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Macfarlane, Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University Shutterstock Trial results of a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease, donanemab, shows it can slow cognitive decline by 35%. The drug has been hailed as a “turning point” in Alzheimer’s ... <a title="Alzheimer’s drug donanemab has been hailed as a ‘turning point’ for treatment. But what does it mean for people with the disease?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/alzheimers-drug-donanemab-has-been-hailed-as-a-turning-point-for-treatment-but-what-does-it-mean-for-people-with-the-disease-209970/" aria-label="Read more about Alzheimer’s drug donanemab has been hailed as a ‘turning point’ for treatment. But what does it mean for people with the disease?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ascelin Gordon, Senior research fellow, RMIT University Shutterstock Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) have been dominated by a few key concerns, such as whether superintelligent AI will wipe us out, or whether AI will steal our jobs. But we’ve paid less attention the various other environmental ... <a title="The hidden cost of the AI boom: social and environmental exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/the-hidden-cost-of-the-ai-boom-social-and-environmental-exploitation-208669/" aria-label="Read more about The hidden cost of the AI boom: social and environmental exploitation">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Costanza, Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL In an implicit admission that the Commonwealth budget may not measure what really matters, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is about to release what he is calling “Measuring What Matters” – Australia’s first national wellbeing framework. The statement was to have been ... <a title="Australia’s first wellbeing framework is about to measure what matters – but it’s harder than counting GDP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/australias-first-wellbeing-framework-is-about-to-measure-what-matters-but-its-harder-than-counting-gdp-209868/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s first wellbeing framework is about to measure what matters – but it’s harder than counting GDP">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hickey-Moody, Professor of Intersectional Humanities, Maynooth, National University of Ireland, RMIT University ABC Anika Van Cleef (Marta Dusseldorp) is a high-powered “Toorak Mum”. She is CEO of an investment company she took over from her controlling father and now runs with her new partner, Johann (Nikolai ... <a title="Arresting, dry and fast-paced: ABC series Bay of Fires brings a new humour to the tradition of Australian Gothic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/arresting-dry-and-fast-paced-abc-series-bay-of-fires-brings-a-new-humour-to-the-tradition-of-australian-gothic-209233/" aria-label="Read more about Arresting, dry and fast-paced: ABC series Bay of Fires brings a new humour to the tradition of Australian Gothic">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordy Kaufman, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Not so long ago, if a child was home sick from school, the main screen-based entertainment was daytime television. The options were limited to The Price is Right or reruns of Home and Away. Fast forward to the ... <a title="If your kid is home sick from school, is unlimited screen time OK?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/if-your-kid-is-home-sick-from-school-is-unlimited-screen-time-ok-207922/" aria-label="Read more about If your kid is home sick from school, is unlimited screen time OK?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Gurrieri, Associate Professor in Marketing, RMIT University Ryan Gosling (left) and Margot Robbie who play Ken and Barbie in the “Barbie” movie. Shutterstock After a months-long marketing blitz, the much-hyped Barbie movie is released this week. From a Malibu Barbie dreamhouse listed on AirBnB, an AI ... <a title="Is the Barbie movie a bold step to reinvent and fix past wrongs or a clever ploy to tap a new market?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/is-the-barbie-movie-a-bold-step-to-reinvent-and-fix-past-wrongs-or-a-clever-ploy-to-tap-a-new-market-209394/" aria-label="Read more about Is the Barbie movie a bold step to reinvent and fix past wrongs or a clever ploy to tap a new market?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Universal Robert Oppenheimer is often placed next to Albert Einstein as the 20th century’s most famous physicist. He will forever be the “father of the atomic bomb” after the first nuclear weapon was successfully tested on July 16, 1945 ... <a title="‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’: who was atom bomb pioneer Robert Oppenheimer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/now-i-am-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds-who-was-atom-bomb-pioneer-robert-oppenheimer-209398/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’: who was atom bomb pioneer Robert Oppenheimer?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tatsuya Amano, Senior lecturer, The University of Queensland Shutterstock These days it’s necessary to have at least a basic level of English proficiency in most research contexts. But at the same time, our collective emphasis on English places a significant burden on scientists who speak a different ... <a title="Non-native English speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/non-native-english-speaking-scientists-work-much-harder-just-to-keep-up-global-research-reveals-208750/" aria-label="Read more about Non-native English speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals">Read more</a>
