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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University Youtube/Austvarchive Some 50 years ago, on March 1 1975, Australian television stations officially moved to colour. Networks celebrated the day, known as “C-Day”, with unique slogans such as “come to colour” (ABC TV), “Seven colours your world” (Seven ... <a title="A late start, then a big boom: why it took until 1975 for Australians to finally watch TV in colour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/a-late-start-then-a-big-boom-why-it-took-until-1975-for-australians-to-finally-watch-tv-in-colour-251363/" aria-label="Read more about A late start, then a big boom: why it took until 1975 for Australians to finally watch TV in colour">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Boedker, Professor, Business School, University of Newcastle Floral Deco/Shutterstock The opposition wants to call time on letting public servants work from home. In a speech to the Menzies Research Institute this week, shadow public service minister Jane Hume said, if elected, a Coalition government would require ... <a title="More than two-thirds of organisations have a formal work-from-home policy. Here’s how the benefits stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/more-than-two-thirds-of-organisations-have-a-formal-work-from-home-policy-heres-how-the-benefits-stack-up-251598/" aria-label="Read more about More than two-thirds of organisations have a formal work-from-home policy. Here’s how the benefits stack up">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca McNaught, Research Fellow, University of Sydney It’s been three years since floods pummelled the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. Now, Cyclone Alfred is heading for the region, threatening devastation once more. On Thursday night and Friday morning, the NSW State Emergency Service asked residents ... <a title="‘No-one wants to go through this again’: how disaster-stricken residents in northern NSW are preparing for Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/no-one-wants-to-go-through-this-again-how-disaster-stricken-residents-in-northern-nsw-are-preparing-for-cyclone-alfred-251650/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No-one wants to go through this again’: how disaster-stricken residents in northern NSW are preparing for Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
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 The Western Australian state election will be held on Saturday, with polls closing at 9pm AEDT. A Newspoll, conducted February 27 to March 5 from a sample ... <a title="Two polls predict a thumping victory for Labor in WA election, the first with a reformed upper house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/two-polls-predict-a-thumping-victory-for-labor-in-wa-election-the-first-with-a-reformed-upper-house-250264/" aria-label="Read more about Two polls predict a thumping victory for Labor in WA election, the first with a reformed upper house">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia Owen Franken/Corbis via Getty Images In our feminist classics series we revisit influential works. Shere Hite’s The Hite Report was quickly dubbed a “sexual revolution in 600 pages”. It did something nobody had considered ... <a title="‘Orgasms are a marvellous happiness’. Shere Hite gave voice to female sexuality in a landmark book – but the backlash was fierce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/orgasms-are-a-marvellous-happiness-shere-hite-gave-voice-to-female-sexuality-in-a-landmark-book-but-the-backlash-was-fierce-246150/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Orgasms are a marvellous happiness’. Shere Hite gave voice to female sexuality in a landmark book – but the backlash was fierce">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tara Lind, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University The 2025 AFL season is just around the corner and fans are pondering the big questions: who will play finals? Who will finish in the top four? Who’s getting the wooden spoon? The start of a new season brings with ... <a title="We simulated the upcoming AFL season four different ways – here’s what was predicted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/we-simulated-the-upcoming-afl-season-four-different-ways-heres-what-was-predicted-249475/" aria-label="Read more about We simulated the upcoming AFL season four different ways – here’s what was predicted">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney HAKINMHAN/Shutterstock What if we told you that artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT don’t actually learn? Many people we talk to are genuinely surprised to hear this. Even AI systems themselves will often tell you ... <a title="AI doesn’t really ‘learn’ – and knowing why will help you use it more responsibly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/ai-doesnt-really-learn-and-knowing-why-will-help-you-use-it-more-responsibly-250923/" aria-label="Read more about AI doesn’t really ‘learn’ – and knowing why will help you use it more responsibly">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hibbert, Honorary Professor, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University Pormezz/Shutterstock Over the past two weeks, the media has reported several cases of serious “adverse events”, where babies, children and an adult experienced harm and ultimately died while receiving care in separate Australian hospitals. When a ... <a title="When patients are harmed in hospital, issues aren’t always fixed to avoid it happening again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/when-patients-are-harmed-in-hospital-issues-arent-always-fixed-to-avoid-it-happening-again-251064/" aria-label="Read more about When patients are harmed in hospital, issues aren’t always fixed to avoid it happening again">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Perry, Professor of Education Policy and Comparative Education, Murdoch University Getty Images During the federal election campaign we can expect to hear candidates talk passionately about school funding. This is one of the most contentious areas of education policy – and one many families and voters ... <a title="Underfunded? Overfunded? How school funding works in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/underfunded-overfunded-how-school-funding-works-in-australia-251048/" aria-label="Read more about Underfunded? Overfunded? How school funding works in Australia">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Wikimedia Maria Clementina Sobieski is one of only three women buried in the famous St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, alongside an estimated 100 or so popes. She lived a life of extraordinary defiance and determination. Born in 1701 ... <a title="Meet Maria Clementina Sobieska, the defiant queen who pulled off a jailbreak to secure the Jacobite legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/meet-maria-clementina-sobieska-the-defiant-queen-who-pulled-off-a-jailbreak-to-secure-the-jacobite-legacy-247211/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Maria Clementina Sobieska, the defiant queen who pulled off a jailbreak to secure the Jacobite legacy">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Allen-Franks, Senior Lecturer; Co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice and Co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Intellectual Property Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau drante/Getty Images Journalist Paddy Gower’s attempts to trademark his brand have highlighted what ... <a title="What the f#$%? The surprising legal rules about brand trademarks of sweary phrases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/what-the-f-the-surprising-legal-rules-about-brand-trademarks-of-sweary-phrases-251474/" aria-label="Read more about What the f#$%? The surprising legal rules about brand trademarks of sweary phrases">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Lightman, Associate Professor of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University As Canada prepares to close the book on the Justin Trudeau era, some will be happy to watch him go. But in Canada’s haste to see him out the door, let’s not forget his government’s significant achievements. His ... <a title="Trudeau’s record may be spotty, but his biggest accomplishment was a national child-care program" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/trudeaus-record-may-be-spotty-but-his-biggest-accomplishment-was-a-national-child-care-program-251318/" aria-label="Read more about Trudeau’s record may be spotty, but his biggest accomplishment was a national child-care program">Read more</a>
