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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ozgur Gocer, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Flexible work has become the new norm, despite the best efforts of companies calling workers back to the office. Some employers assume that a return to the old ways of working is both possible and desirable. But for many workers, ... <a title="Office design isn’t keeping up with post-COVID work styles – here’s what workers really want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/office-design-isnt-keeping-up-with-post-covid-work-styles-heres-what-workers-really-want-254997/" aria-label="Read more about Office design isn’t keeping up with post-COVID work styles – here’s what workers really want">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University Watching elections over the decades, one thing that has struck me is that results are invariably hyperbolised in the first blush of the people’s verdict. The achievement of the winners is over-egged in the commentary, as is the scale ... <a title="The ‘feminisation’ of Labor is a key reason Australians embraced it – and Anthony Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/the-feminisation-of-labor-is-a-key-reason-australians-embraced-it-and-anthony-albanese-255883/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘feminisation’ of Labor is a key reason Australians embraced it – and Anthony Albanese">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Richardson, Research Associate in Climate Science, UNSW Sydney Climate change is lengthening fire seasons across much of the world. This means the potential for wildfires at any time of the year, in both hemispheres, is increasing. That poses a problem. Australia regularly shares firefighting resources with ... <a title="Australia and North America have long fought fires together – but new research reveals that has to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/australia-and-north-america-have-long-fought-fires-together-but-new-research-reveals-that-has-to-change-254790/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and North America have long fought fires together – but new research reveals that has to change">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eve Warburton, Research Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, and Director, Indonesia Institute, Australian National University Last week, the Trump administration signed a deal with Ukraine that gives it privileged access to Ukraine’s natural resources. Some news outlets described the deal as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ... <a title="Why Zelensky – not Trump – may have ‘won’ the US-Ukraine minerals deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/why-zelensky-not-trump-may-have-won-the-us-ukraine-minerals-deal-255875/" aria-label="Read more about Why Zelensky – not Trump – may have ‘won’ the US-Ukraine minerals deal">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Stace, Senior Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington FotoDax/Shutterstock People coming out of prison in New Zealand face multiple hurdles reintegrating into society – starting with one of the most fundamental elements of modern life: getting a bank account. Not having a bank ... <a title="Locked up then locked out: how NZ’s bank rules make life for ex-prisoners even harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/locked-up-then-locked-out-how-nzs-bank-rules-make-life-for-ex-prisoners-even-harder-255110/" aria-label="Read more about Locked up then locked out: how NZ’s bank rules make life for ex-prisoners even harder">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jay Deagon, Senior Lecturer of Home Economics, CQUniversity Australia Alexanderstock23/Shutterstock One moment, your spaghetti is happily bubbling away in the pot. A minute later, after busying yourself with something else, you turn around to find a hot mess all over your stove. Boiling liquid can rocket up ... <a title="Can a wooden spoon really stop a pot from boiling over? Here’s the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/can-a-wooden-spoon-really-stop-a-pot-from-boiling-over-heres-the-science-252519/" aria-label="Read more about Can a wooden spoon really stop a pot from boiling over? Here’s the science">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Roman mosaics discovered in Sicily show women playing different sports. David Pineda Svenske/Shutterstock It’s almost impossible to go a day without seeing or hearing about sport. Walk around any city or town and you ... <a title="How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/how-did-sport-become-so-popular-the-ancient-history-of-a-modern-obsession-254057/" aria-label="Read more about How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia Reihaneh Golpayegani / Better Images of AI, CC BY An estimated 90% of the training data for current generative AI systems stems from English. However, English is an international ... <a title="AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/ai-systems-are-built-on-english-but-not-the-kind-most-of-the-world-speaks-249710/" aria-label="Read more about AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Yates, Lecturer, Project Management, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Ever tried to explain why a sausage would be referred to as a “snag” while overseas, or why the toilet is the “dunny”? If you found this challenging, spare a thought for large language models (LLMs) such as ... <a title="Crikey, ChatGPT’s gone bush! How AI is learning the art of Aussie slang" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/crikey-chatgpts-gone-bush-how-ai-is-learning-the-art-of-aussie-slang-253939/" aria-label="Read more about Crikey, ChatGPT’s gone bush! How AI is learning the art of Aussie slang">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Abdel Shaheed, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease, affecting more than 3 million Australians and over 500 million people worldwide. The knee is the most commonly affected joint, but osteoarthritis can also affect other joints including ... <a title="What are the key risk factors for developing knee osteoarthritis? We reviewed the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/what-are-the-key-risk-factors-for-developing-knee-osteoarthritis-we-reviewed-the-evidence-253722/" aria-label="Read more about What are the key risk factors for developing knee osteoarthritis? We reviewed the evidence">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Associate Professor of Accounting and Financial Planning, Western Sydney University With a convincing win for a second term of government, the pressure is now on the new Labor government to deliver the economic policies central to its win. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is wary of ... <a title="We’ve heard the promises. Now it’s up to Labor to deliver its housing, wages and other economic policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/weve-heard-the-promises-now-its-up-to-labor-to-deliver-its-housing-wages-and-other-economic-policies-255865/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve heard the promises. Now it’s up to Labor to deliver its housing, wages and other economic policies">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Dan Breckwoldt/Shutterstock Labor’s historic election victory means the Albanese government has a rare opportunity to pursue a big, bold reform agenda. The scale of the victory all but guarantees a third term in office after the next election ... <a title="Labor has the chance to do something big in its second term. What policy reforms should it take on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/labor-has-the-chance-to-do-something-big-in-its-second-term-what-policy-reforms-should-it-take-on-255849/" aria-label="Read more about Labor has the chance to do something big in its second term. What policy reforms should it take on?">Read more</a>
