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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivia Groves, Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University Shutterstock We want all students to finish school with the literacy and numeracy skills they need to take advantage of post-school opportunities and to participate fully in society. Currently, in Australia, many students don’t. The problem of not meeting learning ... <a title="Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/fewer-than-1-in-5-students-who-are-behind-in-year-3-catch-up-and-stay-caught-up-211516/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis. Every day the higher price of seemingly everything is mentioned in the news or in conversations with friends and ... <a title="You don’t have to be an economist to know Australia is in a cost of living crisis. What are the signs and what needs to change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/you-dont-have-to-be-an-economist-to-know-australia-is-in-a-cost-of-living-crisis-what-are-the-signs-and-what-needs-to-change-210373/" aria-label="Read more about You don’t have to be an economist to know Australia is in a cost of living crisis. What are the signs and what needs to change?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Giblin, ARC Future Fellow; Professor; Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock For hundreds of years, we’ve been told patents help deliver big new inventions, such as life-saving drugs. They are meant to be a bargain between the inventor and the ... <a title="Patents were meant to reward inventions. It’s time to talk about how they might not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/patents-were-meant-to-reward-inventions-its-time-to-talk-about-how-they-might-not-211518/" aria-label="Read more about Patents were meant to reward inventions. It’s time to talk about how they might not">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shutterstock Australia’s care economy could increase from its present about 8% of GDP to about 15% in 40 years, according to the government’s Intergenerational Report, to be released by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Thursday. The projections say in four decades’ ... <a title="‘Care’ economy to balloon in an Australia of 40.5 million: Intergenerational Report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/care-economy-to-balloon-in-an-australia-of-40-5-million-intergenerational-report-211876/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Care’ economy to balloon in an Australia of 40.5 million: Intergenerational Report">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor this week had its first face-to-face national conference in five years, and it all went Anthony Albanese’s way. He won on AUKUS and rallied the party faithful, who did not rock the government’s boat. For this podcast we caught ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: WA Premier Roger Cook on Labor’s conference and his state’s issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-wa-premier-roger-cook-on-labors-conference-and-his-states-issues-211836/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: WA Premier Roger Cook on Labor’s conference and his state’s issues">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Predictably, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese got his way on AUKUS at Labor’s national conference on Friday. But, ironically, he and his colleagues had to do a good deal more wrangling with the party than Albanese had done when Labor embraced ... <a title="View from The Hill: Labor conference gives Albanese a firm ‘yes’ on AUKUS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/view-from-the-hill-labor-conference-gives-albanese-a-firm-yes-on-aukus-211827/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Labor conference gives Albanese a firm ‘yes’ on AUKUS">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daswin de Silva, Deputy Director of the Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University Shutterstock Artificial intelligence-powered (AI) chatbots are becoming increasingly human-like by design, to the point that some among us may struggle to distinguish between human and machine. This week, Snapchat’s My AI ... <a title="Snapchat’s ‘creepy’ AI blunder reminds us that chatbots aren’t people. But as the lines blur, the risks grow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/snapchats-creepy-ai-blunder-reminds-us-that-chatbots-arent-people-but-as-the-lines-blur-the-risks-grow-211744/" aria-label="Read more about Snapchat’s ‘creepy’ AI blunder reminds us that chatbots aren’t people. But as the lines blur, the risks grow">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Wallace, Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney When we sat down with friends to watch the Matildas take on England, the two of us played it cool through the pre-match period, as if this was a game like any other. There was the usual chatter while ... <a title="‘Wouldn’t want to be on any other team’: the queer joy of watching the Matildas at the ‘outest’ World Cup ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/wouldnt-want-to-be-on-any-other-team-the-queer-joy-of-watching-the-matildas-at-the-outest-world-cup-ever-211681/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Wouldn’t want to be on any other team’: the queer joy of watching the Matildas at the ‘outest’ World Cup ever">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney The federal Labor government today used the ALP national conference to address internal dissent over the controversial AUKUS security pact and its plan for acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. Taxpayers have been asked to fund these subs at ... <a title="The US navy is still more powerful than China’s: more so than the Australian government is letting on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/the-us-navy-is-still-more-powerful-than-chinas-more-so-than-the-australian-government-is-letting-on-208466/" aria-label="Read more about The US navy is still more powerful than China’s: more so than the Australian government is letting on">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saphira Rekker, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Finance, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Rapid reductions in fossil fuel production and use are essential to limit global warming to 1.5℃ compared to pre-industrial levels. Our new research shows most of the world’s major coal, oil and gas companies are ... <a title="Nearly two-thirds of the top fossil fuel producers in Australia and the world aren’t on track for 1.5℃ climate target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/nearly-two-thirds-of-the-top-fossil-fuel-producers-in-australia-and-the-world-arent-on-track-for-1-5-climate-target-211609/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly two-thirds of the top fossil fuel producers in Australia and the world aren’t on track for 1.5℃ climate target">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lea Redfern, Lecturer, Discipline of Media and Communications, University of Sydney Michael Parkinson, who has died at 88, demonstrated the art of the good interview night after night. He practised deep listening, giving his interviewee his full attention, but he was always aware of the audience. While ... <a title="Interested, curious and empathetic, Michael Parkinson helped bridge the gap between Australia and England" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/interested-curious-and-empathetic-michael-parkinson-helped-bridge-the-gap-between-australia-and-england-211824/" aria-label="Read more about Interested, curious and empathetic, Michael Parkinson helped bridge the gap between Australia and England">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Why do babies always cry when they come out of their mum? – Nam, 12, Hanoi, Vietnam When babies are born, they all seem to cry. We see this a ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do babies cry when they come out of their mum?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/curious-kids-why-do-babies-cry-when-they-come-out-of-their-mum-205477/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do babies cry when they come out of their mum?">Read more</a>
