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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Shutterstock If you’ve been online much recently, chances are you’ve seen some of the fantastical imagery created by text-to-image generators such as Midjourney and DALL-E 2. This includes everything from the naturalistic (think a soccer ... <a title="Ageism, sexism, classism and more: 7 examples of bias in AI-generated images" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/ageism-sexism-classism-and-more-7-examples-of-bias-in-ai-generated-images-208748/" aria-label="Read more about Ageism, sexism, classism and more: 7 examples of bias in AI-generated images">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Sweetman, Research Fellow, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University Shutterstock Martin turns off the light to fall asleep, but his mind quickly springs into action. Racing thoughts about work deadlines, his overdue car service, and his father’s recent surgery occupy his mind. As he ... <a title="How do I stop my mind racing and get some sleep?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/how-do-i-stop-my-mind-racing-and-get-some-sleep-207904/" aria-label="Read more about How do I stop my mind racing and get some sleep?">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Crawford, Worksafe New Zealand Chair in Health and Safety, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/S M Wilkins New Zealand has an abysmal record of work-related deaths. An estimated 10,000 people – men, women and sometimes children – have died from occupational ill health ... <a title="NZ’s statistics on deaths and illness at work are sobering — yet, health and safety training courses are under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/nzs-statistics-on-deaths-and-illness-at-work-are-sobering-yet-health-and-safety-training-courses-are-under-threat-208449/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s statistics on deaths and illness at work are sobering — yet, health and safety training courses are under threat">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Shutterstock If you’ve been online much recently, chances are you’ve seen some of the fantastical imagery created by text-to-image generators such as Midjourney and DALL-E 2. This includes everything from the naturalistic (think a soccer ... <a title="Uncovering 7 examples of bias in AI-generated images" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/uncovering-7-examples-of-bias-in-ai-generated-images-208748/" aria-label="Read more about Uncovering 7 examples of bias in AI-generated images">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Allen, Wildlife ecologist, University of Southern Queensland As long as humans have existed, they’ve killed animals. But the necessity of some types of animal killing are now questioned by many. So can humans ever stop killing animals entirely? And if not, what’s the best way forward? ... <a title="10 reasons humans kill animals – and why we can’t avoid it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/10-reasons-humans-kill-animals-and-why-we-cant-avoid-it-209218/" aria-label="Read more about 10 reasons humans kill animals – and why we can’t avoid it">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zuleyha Keskin, Associate Professor, Charles Sturt University The Australian government may make the Muslim community a target through an ill-informed proposal. New legislation has been introduced to parliament to outlaw the public display of “prohibited symbols”. These include two Nazi symbols and the Islamic State flag. The ... <a title="The Islamic State flag hijacks Muslim words of faith. Banning it could cause confusion and unfair targeting of Muslims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/the-islamic-state-flag-hijacks-muslim-words-of-faith-banning-it-could-cause-confusion-and-unfair-targeting-of-muslims-209042/" aria-label="Read more about The Islamic State flag hijacks Muslim words of faith. Banning it could cause confusion and unfair targeting of Muslims">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Anderson, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University Getty The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to empower and support people with disability. But ten years into the scheme, many participants are finding their encounters with the NDIS dehumanising and burdensome. And, according to the ... <a title="‘On my worst day …’ How the NDIS fosters a deficit mindset and why that should change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/on-my-worst-day-how-the-ndis-fosters-a-deficit-mindset-and-why-that-should-change-208846/" aria-label="Read more about ‘On my worst day …’ How the NDIS fosters a deficit mindset and why that should change">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Stern, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Carbon emissions from China are growing faster now than before COVID-19 struck, data show, dashing hopes the pandemic may have put the world’s most polluting nation on a new emissions trajectory. We compared emissions in China ... <a title="China is pumping out carbon emissions as if COVID never happened. That’s bad news for the climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/china-is-pumping-out-carbon-emissions-as-if-covid-never-happened-thats-bad-news-for-the-climate-crisis-207933/" aria-label="Read more about China is pumping out carbon emissions as if COVID never happened. That’s bad news for the climate crisis">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University Alexis Brown/Unsplash New research released today by The Smith Family shows how leaving school can be a difficult and complex time for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. It also shows how ... <a title="‘I was putting like 20 resumes in a month’: research tracks young Australians’ precarious work and study lives after Year 12" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/i-was-putting-like-20-resumes-in-a-month-research-tracks-young-australians-precarious-work-and-study-lives-after-year-12-209132/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I was putting like 20 resumes in a month’: research tracks young Australians’ precarious work and study lives after Year 12">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Morton, Research Fellow of the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub, Lecturer Taxation, RMIT University Shutterstock So, you’ve bought crypto. You’re not alone. Though the statistics are inexact, some surveys suggest as many as 21% of Australian adults now own crypto assets (and that a further 8% have ... <a title="A tax expert’s tips on claiming crypto losses on tax, and how to work out capital gains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/a-tax-experts-tips-on-claiming-crypto-losses-on-tax-and-how-to-work-out-capital-gains-206675/" aria-label="Read more about A tax expert’s tips on claiming crypto losses on tax, and how to work out capital gains">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Viney, Researcher, Monash University The Australian Women’s Weekly/Trove There are roughly 22 million jars of Vegemite manufactured in the original Melbourne factory every year. According to the Vegemite website, around 80% of Australian households have a jar in the cupboard. The cultural status of Vegemite is ... <a title="A rose in every cheek: 100 years of Vegemite, the wartime spread that became an Aussie icon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/a-rose-in-every-cheek-100-years-of-vegemite-the-wartime-spread-that-became-an-aussie-icon-204917/" aria-label="Read more about A rose in every cheek: 100 years of Vegemite, the wartime spread that became an Aussie icon">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The secrecy surrounding the recommendations for prosecution and other action against those who drove or facilitated the Robodebt scandal threatens to dilute the impact of the strong findings of the royal commission. Commissioner Catherine Holmes has said the report’s secret ... <a title="View from The Hill: The ‘sealed’ chapter of the Robodebt report should be released" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/09/view-from-the-hill-the-sealed-chapter-of-the-robodebt-report-should-be-released-209377/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: The ‘sealed’ chapter of the Robodebt report should be released">Read more</a>
