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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Lukas Coch/AAP, Shutterstock, X.com, The Conversation As the next federal election came into view before the summer break, concern increased that Labor wouldn’t be honouring its commitment to introduce new restrictions on ... <a title="Will the government’s online gambling advertising legislation ever eventuate? Don’t bet on it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/will-the-governments-online-gambling-advertising-legislation-ever-eventuate-dont-bet-on-it-238084/" aria-label="Read more about Will the government’s online gambling advertising legislation ever eventuate? Don’t bet on it">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie represents the lowest-income Australians, with median weekly earnings of $1,208 a week. In the Australian Capital Territory, where the nation’s highest median weekly earners live, ... <a title="The prime minister earns $607,000 a year. Why does his top public servant earn more than $1 million?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/the-prime-minister-earns-607-000-a-year-why-does-his-top-public-servant-earn-more-than-1-million-250045/" aria-label="Read more about The prime minister earns $607,000 a year. Why does his top public servant earn more than $1 million?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Ayre, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Sydney Health Literacy Lab, University of Sydney Shvets Production/Pexels More people are turning to generative artificial intelligence (AI) to help them in their daily and professional lives. ChatGPT is one of the most well-known and widely available generative AI tools. It ... <a title="More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/more-people-are-asking-generative-ai-questions-about-their-health-but-the-wrong-answer-can-be-risky-249383/" aria-label="Read more about More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hales, Director, Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock The goal of science is to uncover truths and create new knowledge. But this is not always welcome. Increasingly, scientific findings are being attacked or downplayed. And scientists themselves face intimidation or harassment. In our global ... <a title="Two in five scientists report harassment and intimidation. Often, the perpetrators are inside the institution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/two-in-five-scientists-report-harassment-and-intimidation-often-the-perpetrators-are-inside-the-institution-248013/" aria-label="Read more about Two in five scientists report harassment and intimidation. Often, the perpetrators are inside the institution">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Rowe, Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock This week, updated figures once again showed an increasing number of Australian families are choosing to send their children to private schools. Just over 63% of Australian students are enrolled in government schools. Almost 20% ... <a title="Can you afford a private school? Average fees for Year 12 are at least $15,000" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/can-you-afford-a-private-school-average-fees-for-year-12-are-at-least-15-000-248769/" aria-label="Read more about Can you afford a private school? Average fees for Year 12 are at least $15,000">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martien Lubberink, Associate Professor of Accounting and Capital, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images It would be hard to think of an industry less obviously “woke” than banking, but that’s how coalition partner NZ First has characterised certain practices within the finance sector. ... <a title="Collateral damage: how the war on ‘woke banking’ could backfire on New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/collateral-damage-how-the-war-on-woke-banking-could-backfire-on-new-zealand-249930/" aria-label="Read more about Collateral damage: how the war on ‘woke banking’ could backfire on New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason M. Gibson, DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University Cliffy Tommy working on the _rrpwamper_ (common brushtail possum) ground painting sculpture. Georges Petitjean, CC BY A ground painting is known in Anmatyerr as Ahelh Anety-irrem, meaning “broken” or perhaps even “transformed ground”. ... <a title="The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/the-desert-among-the-snow-how-anmatyerr-ceremony-men-came-to-create-ground-paintings-in-switzerland-246985/" aria-label="Read more about The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ASIO chief Mike Burgess has warned that over the next five years Australia’s security environment will become more dynamic, diverse and degraded, with “more security surprises” in the second half of the decade than in the first. In his Annual ... <a title="ASIO boss expects more communal violence in worsening security environment in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/asio-boss-expects-more-communal-violence-in-worsening-security-environment-in-australia-250276/" aria-label="Read more about ASIO boss expects more communal violence in worsening security environment in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Oliver, Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Marco Iaccobucci Epp/Shutterstock Pope Francis has been in hospital for more than a week with what some media reports are now calling “double pneumonia”. The Vatican released a statement on Tuesday evening saying laboratory tests, chest ... <a title="What is ‘double pneumonia’, the condition that’s put Pope Francis in hospital?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/what-is-double-pneumonia-the-condition-thats-put-pope-francis-in-hospital-250256/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘double pneumonia’, the condition that’s put Pope Francis in hospital?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank den Hartog, Professor of Information Systems, Research Chair in Critical Infrastructure, University of Canberra A few weeks ago, word started to come out that the newly minted United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had acquired unprecedented access to multiple US government computer systems. DOGE employees ... <a title="Insider threat: cyber security experts on giving Elon Musk and DOGE the keys to US government IT systems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/insider-threat-cyber-security-experts-on-giving-elon-musk-and-doge-the-keys-to-us-government-it-systems-250046/" aria-label="Read more about Insider threat: cyber security experts on giving Elon Musk and DOGE the keys to US government IT systems">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Gumbariya/Shutterstock The Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates for the first time in four years has triggered a round of celebration. Mortgage holders are cheering the fact their monthly repayments are now slightly lower, while the Albanese government hopes ... <a title="Official interest rates have been cut, but not everyone is a winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/official-interest-rates-have-been-cut-but-not-everyone-is-a-winner-250140/" aria-label="Read more about Official interest rates have been cut, but not everyone is a winner">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Housing supply in Australia will be a key battleground in the election campaign. With home ownership more and more out of reach for young and not so young Australians, red tape and low productivity are strangling the builder industry just ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Danielle Wood on how to trim back housing regulations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/politics-with-michelle-grattan-danielle-wood-on-how-to-trim-back-housing-regulations-250260/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Danielle Wood on how to trim back housing regulations">Read more</a>
