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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Brooks, Professor of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology Alex Cimbal/Shutterstock Whyalla is a proud steel town. The steelworks physically dominates the townscape, and most jobs in the town are either directly at the steelworks or heavily reliant on it. In recent months, however, the steelworks have ... <a title="With Whyalla steelworks forced into administration, Australia has crucial decisions to make on the future of its steel industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/with-whyalla-steelworks-forced-into-administration-australia-has-crucial-decisions-to-make-on-the-future-of-its-steel-industry-250317/" aria-label="Read more about With Whyalla steelworks forced into administration, Australia has crucial decisions to make on the future of its steel industry">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington bbernard/Shutterstock The low-productivity bogeyman has long haunted New Zealand, with people working longer hours for lower output than other comparable countries. The country is now one of the least productive in the OECD. At its ... <a title="NZ has long suffered from low productivity. A simple fix is keeping workers happy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/nz-has-long-suffered-from-low-productivity-a-simple-fix-is-keeping-workers-happy-248752/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has long suffered from low productivity. A simple fix is keeping workers happy">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Kotevski, PhD Candidate, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University and PhD Candidate, Museums Victoria Research Institute The shinbone of a megaraptorid. Nadir Kinani/Museums Victoria Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned within the Antarctic ... <a title="Carnivorous dinosaurs thrived in Australia 120 million years ago, new fossils show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/carnivorous-dinosaurs-thrived-in-australia-120-million-years-ago-new-fossils-show-242290/" aria-label="Read more about Carnivorous dinosaurs thrived in Australia 120 million years ago, new fossils show">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sukhbir Sandhu, Associate Professor in Sustainability, University of South Australia Huguette Roe/Shutterstock In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – or e-waste. That’s enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. And by 2030, that figure is expected to rise to 82 ... <a title="Humans generate 62 million tonnes of e-waste each year. Here’s what happens when it’s recycled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/humans-generate-62-million-tonnes-of-e-waste-each-year-heres-what-happens-when-its-recycled-249842/" aria-label="Read more about Humans generate 62 million tonnes of e-waste each year. Here’s what happens when it’s recycled">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Lukas Coch/AAP, Shutterstock, X.com, The Conversation As the next federal election came into view before the summer break, concern increased that Labor wouldn’t be honouring its commitment to introduce new restrictions on ... <a title="Will the government’s online gambling advertising legislation ever eventuate? Don’t bet on it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/will-the-governments-online-gambling-advertising-legislation-ever-eventuate-dont-bet-on-it-238084/" aria-label="Read more about Will the government’s online gambling advertising legislation ever eventuate? Don’t bet on it">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie represents the lowest-income Australians, with median weekly earnings of $1,208 a week. In the Australian Capital Territory, where the nation’s highest median weekly earners live, ... <a title="The prime minister earns $607,000 a year. Why does his top public servant earn more than $1 million?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/the-prime-minister-earns-607-000-a-year-why-does-his-top-public-servant-earn-more-than-1-million-250045/" aria-label="Read more about The prime minister earns $607,000 a year. Why does his top public servant earn more than $1 million?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Ayre, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Sydney Health Literacy Lab, University of Sydney Shvets Production/Pexels More people are turning to generative artificial intelligence (AI) to help them in their daily and professional lives. ChatGPT is one of the most well-known and widely available generative AI tools. It ... <a title="More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/more-people-are-asking-generative-ai-questions-about-their-health-but-the-wrong-answer-can-be-risky-249383/" aria-label="Read more about More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hales, Director, Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock The goal of science is to uncover truths and create new knowledge. But this is not always welcome. Increasingly, scientific findings are being attacked or downplayed. And scientists themselves face intimidation or harassment. In our global ... <a title="Two in five scientists report harassment and intimidation. Often, the perpetrators are inside the institution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/two-in-five-scientists-report-harassment-and-intimidation-often-the-perpetrators-are-inside-the-institution-248013/" aria-label="Read more about Two in five scientists report harassment and intimidation. Often, the perpetrators are inside the institution">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Rowe, Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock This week, updated figures once again showed an increasing number of Australian families are choosing to send their children to private schools. Just over 63% of Australian students are enrolled in government schools. Almost 20% ... <a title="Can you afford a private school? Average fees for Year 12 are at least $15,000" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/can-you-afford-a-private-school-average-fees-for-year-12-are-at-least-15-000-248769/" aria-label="Read more about Can you afford a private school? Average fees for Year 12 are at least $15,000">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martien Lubberink, Associate Professor of Accounting and Capital, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images It would be hard to think of an industry less obviously “woke” than banking, but that’s how coalition partner NZ First has characterised certain practices within the finance sector. ... <a title="Collateral damage: how the war on ‘woke banking’ could backfire on New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/collateral-damage-how-the-war-on-woke-banking-could-backfire-on-new-zealand-249930/" aria-label="Read more about Collateral damage: how the war on ‘woke banking’ could backfire on New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason M. Gibson, DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University Cliffy Tommy working on the _rrpwamper_ (common brushtail possum) ground painting sculpture. Georges Petitjean, CC BY A ground painting is known in Anmatyerr as Ahelh Anety-irrem, meaning “broken” or perhaps even “transformed ground”. ... <a title="The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/the-desert-among-the-snow-how-anmatyerr-ceremony-men-came-to-create-ground-paintings-in-switzerland-246985/" aria-label="Read more about The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ASIO chief Mike Burgess has warned that over the next five years Australia’s security environment will become more dynamic, diverse and degraded, with “more security surprises” in the second half of the decade than in the first. In his Annual ... <a title="ASIO boss expects more communal violence in worsening security environment in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/asio-boss-expects-more-communal-violence-in-worsening-security-environment-in-australia-250276/" aria-label="Read more about ASIO boss expects more communal violence in worsening security environment in Australia">Read more</a>
