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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Wreford, Professor Applied Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Kerry Marshall/Getty Images Hawke’s Bay, one of New Zealand’s most productive regions and the hub of the fruit-growing sector, is among the areas worst hit by Cyclone Gabrielle and ongoing rain. Horticulture underpins the local economy, with apple ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle hit NZ’s main fruit-growing region hard — now orchardists face critical climate choices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/cyclone-gabrielle-hit-nzs-main-fruit-growing-region-hard-now-orchardists-face-critical-climate-choices-200252/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle hit NZ’s main fruit-growing region hard — now orchardists face critical climate choices">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Branwen Morgan, Research Director and Minimising AMR Mission Lead, CSIRO The next time you need to take antibiotics, they may not work. So you may be prescribed a different antibiotic, which also may not work. Maybe nothing works. This is what happens when bacteria develop resistance to ... <a title="Climate change is fuelling the rise of superbugs. What can we do to save ourselves?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/climate-change-is-fuelling-the-rise-of-superbugs-what-can-we-do-to-save-ourselves-200707/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is fuelling the rise of superbugs. What can we do to save ourselves?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny Liu, Associate Professor in Academic Development and Leadership, University of Sydney Wes Hicks/Unsplash Universities around Australia are starting the academic year under yet another cloud of uncertainty. After surviving the disruptions of COVID, teachers and students begin this semester under the apparent threat of ChatGPT, which ... <a title="As uni goes back, here’s how teachers and students can use ChatGPT to save time and improve learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/as-uni-goes-back-heres-how-teachers-and-students-can-use-chatgpt-to-save-time-and-improve-learning-199884/" aria-label="Read more about As uni goes back, here’s how teachers and students can use ChatGPT to save time and improve learning">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tyler Reysenbach, Research associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The biggest review of Australia’s migration system in decades is due to be delivered to the federal government. Commissioned by the Albanese government last September, its task is to identify reforms that will increase economic productivity, address challenges such as ... <a title="How to improve the migration system for the good of temporary migrants – and Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/how-to-improve-the-migration-system-for-the-good-of-temporary-migrants-and-australia-199520/" aria-label="Read more about How to improve the migration system for the good of temporary migrants – and Australia">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hughes, Professor of Social Work, Southern Cross University Steven Saphore/ AAP World Pride has come to Sydney, with the annual Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday having returned to its Oxford Street home for the first time in three years. The 17-day festival is expected to host ... <a title="For some LGBTQ+ older people, events like World Pride can be isolating – we need to better understand how to support them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/for-some-lgbtq-older-people-events-like-world-pride-can-be-isolating-we-need-to-better-understand-how-to-support-them-200533/" aria-label="Read more about For some LGBTQ+ older people, events like World Pride can be isolating – we need to better understand how to support them">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Elphick, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University Dean Lewins/AAP In 2018, Australians were shocked to learn that religious schools still had the right to discriminate against LGBTQ students and staff. Politicians called it “utter crap”. Polling found 74% of Australians opposed it. Federally, both the then-Coalition ... <a title="Religious schools can build a community of faith without discriminating. The law should reflect that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/religious-schools-can-build-a-community-of-faith-without-discriminating-the-law-should-reflect-that-200532/" aria-label="Read more about Religious schools can build a community of faith without discriminating. The law should reflect that">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Aggar, Associate Professor of Nursing, Southern Cross University Shutterstock Delirium is a sudden decline in a person’s usual mental function. It occurs when signals in the brain aren’t sending and receiving properly, causing confusion in thinking and altered behaviour or levels of consciousness. Delirium isn’t a ... <a title="What is delirium?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/what-is-delirium-194631/" aria-label="Read more about What is delirium?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris R. Reid, ARC Future Fellow, Macquarie University Slime mould navigating a food grid. Chris R. Reid/Macquarie University, Author provided In HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us, human civilisation has fallen in the face of a fungal takeover triggered by climate change. The show’s opening credits ... <a title="This freaky slime mould from HBO’s The Last of Us isn’t a fungus at all – but it is a brainless predator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/this-freaky-slime-mould-from-hbos-the-last-of-us-isnt-a-fungus-at-all-but-it-is-a-brainless-predator-200271/" aria-label="Read more about This freaky slime mould from HBO’s The Last of Us isn’t a fungus at all – but it is a brainless predator">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
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 Paul Braven/Dan Himbrechts/AAP The New South Wales state election will be held in nearly four weeks, on March 25. A Newspoll, conducted February 20-23 from a sample ... <a title="Labor’s lead reduced in a NSW Newspoll four weeks before election; Voice support steady" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/labors-lead-reduced-in-a-nsw-newspoll-four-weeks-before-election-voice-support-steady-200451/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s lead reduced in a NSW Newspoll four weeks before election; Voice support steady">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Wilkinson, Professor of Construction Management, Massey University Getty Images In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins promised to invest billions in disaster-hit communities to “build back better”. But building community and infrastructure resilience will take more than just cash. In our 2018 book, ... <a title="‘Build back better’ sounds great in theory, but does the government really know what it means in practice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/build-back-better-sounds-great-in-theory-but-does-the-government-really-know-what-it-means-in-practice-200514/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Build back better’ sounds great in theory, but does the government really know what it means in practice?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohit Ram, PhD Student, Social Data Science, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Rohit Ram receives funding from the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ideology has always been a critical element in understanding how we ... <a title="Can ideology-detecting algorithms catch online extremism before it takes hold?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/can-ideology-detecting-algorithms-catch-online-extremism-before-it-takes-hold-200629/" aria-label="Read more about Can ideology-detecting algorithms catch online extremism before it takes hold?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Shearer, Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Image: Heather Shearer, Author provided Australia’s coastal cities and surrounding hinterlands have long been popular with tourists, sea-changers and retirees. But they have a darker side. In the early morning you will often find car parks crowded with ... <a title="Tiny houses and alternative homes are gaining councils’ approval as they wrestle with the housing crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/tiny-houses-and-alternative-homes-are-gaining-councils-approval-as-they-wrestle-with-the-housing-crisis-199667/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny houses and alternative homes are gaining councils’ approval as they wrestle with the housing crisis">Read more</a>
