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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock When booking a flight, do you ever think about which seat will protect you the most in an emergency? Probably not. Most people book seats for comfort, such as leg room, or convenience, such as easy access to toilets. ... <a title="Which seat on a plane is the safest? We asked an aviation expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/which-seat-on-a-plane-is-the-safest-we-asked-an-aviation-expert-198672/" aria-label="Read more about Which seat on a plane is the safest? We asked an aviation expert">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby Rumpff, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne David Crosling/AAP The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 were cataclysmic: a landmark in Australia’s environmental history. They burnt more than 10 million hectares, mostly forests in southeast Australia. Many of our most distinctive, ancient and vulnerable species were ... <a title="200 experts dissected the Black Summer bushfires in unprecedented detail. Here are 6 lessons to heed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/200-experts-dissected-the-black-summer-bushfires-in-unprecedented-detail-here-are-6-lessons-to-heed-198989/" aria-label="Read more about 200 experts dissected the Black Summer bushfires in unprecedented detail. Here are 6 lessons to heed">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Grové, Fulbright Scholar and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Monash University Anete Lusina/Pexels School attendance levels in Australia are a massive issue according to Education Minister Jason Clare. As he told reporters last week, he hopes to talk to state colleagues about the issue at a meeting later ... <a title="You can’t fix school refusal with ‘tough love’ but these steps might help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/you-cant-fix-school-refusal-with-tough-love-but-these-steps-might-help-199095/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t fix school refusal with ‘tough love’ but these steps might help">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute Revising the generous fuel tax credits given to businesses should be a priority for the Albanese government, because keeping them would conflict with two other pressing priorities: reducing carbon emissions and repairing the budget. Fuel tax exemptions have ... <a title="How to save $4 billion a year: reform a fuel tax credit scheme with no real rationale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/how-to-save-4-billion-a-year-reform-a-fuel-tax-credit-scheme-with-no-real-rationale-198999/" aria-label="Read more about How to save $4 billion a year: reform a fuel tax credit scheme with no real rationale">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s Reserve Bank is set to push up rates once again at its first meeting for the year on Tuesday, according to all but two of the 29 leading economists ... <a title="Higher interest rates, falling home prices and real wages, but no recession: top economists’ forecasts for 2023" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/05/higher-interest-rates-falling-home-prices-and-real-wages-but-no-recession-top-economists-forecasts-for-2023-198975/" aria-label="Read more about Higher interest rates, falling home prices and real wages, but no recession: top economists’ forecasts for 2023">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Enshrining a constitutional Voice to parliament will bring better practical outcomes and give the best chance for Closing the Gap, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will say in a major address on the referendum on Sunday. Albanese will also flatly reject ... <a title="Enshrining the Voice gives best chance for Closing the Gap, Albanese says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/05/enshrining-the-voice-gives-best-chance-for-closing-the-gap-albanese-says-199259/" aria-label="Read more about Enshrining the Voice gives best chance for Closing the Gap, Albanese says">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute There was a lot of build-up to today’s National Cabinet meeting. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has long said Medicare is in the worst shape it has ever been, and the premiers said health reform should be ... <a title="Medicare reform is off to a promising start. Now comes the hard part" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/medicare-reform-is-off-to-a-promising-start-now-comes-the-hard-part-197914/" aria-label="Read more about Medicare reform is off to a promising start. Now comes the hard part">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Shutterstock Indigenous Australians are respectfully advised that the following includes the names and images of some people who are now deceased. The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced that Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait ... <a title="It’s tradition: Indigenous designs have been on Australian money since decimalisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/its-tradition-indigenous-designs-have-been-on-australian-money-since-decimalisation-199091/" aria-label="Read more about It’s tradition: Indigenous designs have been on Australian money since decimalisation">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that sometime between August and November this year, the Australian people will go to a referendum for the first time since 1999. We’ll be asked whether we support changing the Constitution to recognise ... <a title="The Voice referendum: how did we get here and where are we going? Here’s what we know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/the-voice-referendum-how-did-we-get-here-and-where-are-we-going-heres-what-we-know-198299/" aria-label="Read more about The Voice referendum: how did we get here and where are we going? Here’s what we know">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images The heated (and often confused) debate about “co-governance” in Aotearoa New Zealand inevitably leads back to its source, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. But, as its long-contested meanings demonstrate, very little in the Treaty of Waitangi is straightforward. ... <a title="Waitangi Day 2023: why Article 3 of the Treaty deserves more attention in the age of ‘co-governance’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/waitangi-day-2023-why-article-3-of-the-treaty-deserves-more-attention-in-the-age-of-co-governance-198976/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi Day 2023: why Article 3 of the Treaty deserves more attention in the age of ‘co-governance’">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Jodie Hutchinson/Red Stitch Review: Wittenoom, directed by Susie Dee, Red Stitch Deep in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, the town of Wittenoom lies empty, desolate … and contaminated. Wittenoom is on Banjima country. It was officially ... <a title="More than 2,000 people from Wittenoom died of asbestos-related diseases. A powerful and compelling requiem brings their story to the stage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/more-than-2-000-people-from-wittenoom-died-of-asbestos-related-diseases-a-powerful-and-compelling-requiem-brings-their-story-to-the-stage-198779/" aria-label="Read more about More than 2,000 people from Wittenoom died of asbestos-related diseases. A powerful and compelling requiem brings their story to the stage">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Bown, Postdoctoral fellow, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock The past few years have seen an explosion in applications of artificial intelligence to creative fields. A new generation of image and text generators is delivering impressive results. Now AI has also found applications in music, too. Last week, a ... <a title="Text-to-audio generation is here. One of the next big AI disruptions could be in the music industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/text-to-audio-generation-is-here-one-of-the-next-big-ai-disruptions-could-be-in-the-music-industry-193956/" aria-label="Read more about Text-to-audio generation is here. One of the next big AI disruptions could be in the music industry">Read more</a>
