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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University India and Pakistan are once again at a standoff over Kashmir. A terror attack last week in the disputed region that killed 26 tourists – mostly ... <a title="India and Pakistan are on war footing. Can they be brought back from the brink?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/india-and-pakistan-are-on-war-footing-can-they-be-brought-back-from-the-brink-255504/" aria-label="Read more about India and Pakistan are on war footing. Can they be brought back from the brink?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Federico Tartarini, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture Design and Planning, University of Sydney New Africa, Shutterstock Many Australians struggle to keep themselves cool affordably and effectively, particularly with rising electricity prices. This is becoming a major health concern, especially for our most vulnerable people such as the ... <a title="Tempted to turn on the aircon? Science says use fans until it’s 27°C" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/tempted-to-turn-on-the-aircon-science-says-use-fans-until-its-27-c-252018/" aria-label="Read more about Tempted to turn on the aircon? Science says use fans until it’s 27°C">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barry Barton, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The Icelandic company Carbfix has developed a technology to store carbon dioxide. Shutterstock/Oksana Bali Newly released documents add more detail to the government’s plans for a regulatory framework to enable carbon capture and storage. But they show indecision on ... <a title="The government plans to regulate carbon capture technologies – but who will be the regulating agency?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/the-government-plans-to-regulate-carbon-capture-technologies-but-who-will-be-the-regulating-agency-254696/" aria-label="Read more about The government plans to regulate carbon capture technologies – but who will be the regulating agency?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona MacDonald, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Northern British Columbia Canada’s 2025 federal election will be remembered as a game-changer. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is projected to have pulled off a dramatic reversal of political fortunes after convincing voters he was the best candidate to fight ... <a title="Game change Canadian election: Mark Carney projected to have lead Liberals to their fourth consecutive win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/game-change-canadian-election-mark-carney-projected-to-have-lead-liberals-to-their-fourth-consecutive-win-253721/" aria-label="Read more about Game change Canadian election: Mark Carney projected to have lead Liberals to their fourth consecutive win">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Any doubts that Australia’s growing housing challenges would be a major focus of the federal election campaign have been dispelled over recent weeks. Both major parties announced strikingly ambitious housing ... <a title="How do the Coalition and Labor plans on housing differ – and what have they ignored?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/how-do-the-coalition-and-labor-plans-on-housing-differ-and-what-have-they-ignored-253337/" aria-label="Read more about How do the Coalition and Labor plans on housing differ – and what have they ignored?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tegan Cohen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Ti Wi / Unsplash Another election, another wave of unsolicited political texts. Over this campaign, our digital mailboxes have been stuffed with a slew of political appeals and promises, many from the new party ... <a title="Why are political parties allowed to send spam texts? And how can we make them stop?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/why-are-political-parties-allowed-to-send-spam-texts-and-how-can-we-make-them-stop-255413/" aria-label="Read more about Why are political parties allowed to send spam texts? And how can we make them stop?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Crosby, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University The Oscars have entered the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Last week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences explicitly said, for the first time, films using generative AI tools will not be disqualified from the awards. ... <a title="The Oscars have rolled out the red carpet for generative AI. And surprisingly, viewers don’t seem to mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/the-oscars-have-rolled-out-the-red-carpet-for-generative-ai-and-surprisingly-viewers-dont-seem-to-mind-255120/" aria-label="Read more about The Oscars have rolled out the red carpet for generative AI. And surprisingly, viewers don’t seem to mind">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Hand, Professor Emeritus, Palaeontology, UNSW Sydney Mary_May/Shutterstock As the world’s only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia’s platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth. They are also very different from each other. The platypus is well adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle, spending ... <a title="Echidna ancestors lived watery lifestyles like platypuses 100 million years ago – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/echidna-ancestors-lived-watery-lifestyles-like-platypuses-100-million-years-ago-new-study-254484/" aria-label="Read more about Echidna ancestors lived watery lifestyles like platypuses 100 million years ago – new study">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Pitt, Senior Research Fellow – Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University David P. Smith/Shutterstock Do something about it before it gets worse. This was a response from a 16-year-old boy in one of our recent studies when asked what he would say to the prime minister ... <a title="‘Do something about it before it gets worse’: young people want government action on gambling reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/do-something-about-it-before-it-gets-worse-young-people-want-government-action-on-gambling-reform-251614/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Do something about it before it gets worse’: young people want government action on gambling reform">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University When refugees flee their home country due to war, violence, conflict or persecution, they are often forced to leave behind their families. For more than 30,000 people who have sought asylum in Australia since arriving more than ... <a title="‘I’m always afraid for the future of my family’: why it’s too hard for some refugees to reunite with loved ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/im-always-afraid-for-the-future-of-my-family-why-its-too-hard-for-some-refugees-to-reunite-with-loved-ones-254710/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m always afraid for the future of my family’: why it’s too hard for some refugees to reunite with loved ones">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Gillespie, Professor of Management; Chair in Trust, Melbourne Business School Matheus Bertelli/Pexels Have you ever used ChatGPT to draft a work email? Perhaps to summarise a report, research a topic or analyse data in a spreadsheet? If so, you certainly aren’t alone. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools ... <a title="Major survey finds most people use AI regularly at work – but almost half admit to doing so inappropriately" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/major-survey-finds-most-people-use-ai-regularly-at-work-but-almost-half-admit-to-doing-so-inappropriately-255405/" aria-label="Read more about Major survey finds most people use AI regularly at work – but almost half admit to doing so inappropriately">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University Stoer Head lighthouse, Scotland. William Gale/Shutterstock We’ve discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously thought. Our results are published today in the journal Geology. This impact now aligns with some ... <a title="1 billion years ago, a meteorite struck Scotland and influenced life on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/1-billion-years-ago-a-meteorite-struck-scotland-and-influenced-life-on-earth-254285/" aria-label="Read more about 1 billion years ago, a meteorite struck Scotland and influenced life on Earth">Read more</a>
