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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John McMullan, Screen Production Lecturer, Murdoch University It feels like everything is slowly but surely being affected by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). And like every other disruptive technology before it, AI is having both positive and negative outcomes for society. One of these negative outcomes ... <a title="How AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/how-ai-images-are-flattening-indigenous-cultures-creating-a-new-form-of-tech-colonialism-246972/" aria-label="Read more about How AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Lavers (Métis Nation ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ), Lecturer in Ornithology, Charles Sturt University Ingested plastic recovered from one of the shearwater chicks included in the study. Jennifer Lavers We all know microplastics are bad for the environment and our health, but do we really know how bad? Our new ... <a title="World-first analysis of seabirds who’ve eaten plastic reveals slow, insidious health impacts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/world-first-analysis-of-seabirds-whove-eaten-plastic-reveals-slow-insidious-health-impacts-222893/" aria-label="Read more about World-first analysis of seabirds who’ve eaten plastic reveals slow, insidious health impacts">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Plum, Senior Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology Atstock Productions/Shutterstock Trans and non-binary people in New Zealand and elsewhere can be the targets of harmful rhetoric and violence. Recent research found one in five trans and non-binary people in New Zealand were threatened with physical violence ... <a title="Trans and non-binary New Zealanders earn less and are more likely to be unemployed – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/trans-and-non-binary-new-zealanders-earn-less-and-are-more-likely-to-be-unemployed-new-study-247341/" aria-label="Read more about Trans and non-binary New Zealanders earn less and are more likely to be unemployed – new study">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iris de Ruiter, Postdoctoral Researcher in OzGrav, University of Sydney Artist’s impression of a red dwarf (left) and a white dwarf orbiting each other, resulting in radio pulses. Daniëlle Futselaar/artsource.nl In the past three years, astronomers have discovered a mysterious new type of radio source. We call ... <a title="Mysterious radio pulses from space have been tracked down – and the source is not what astronomers expected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/mysterious-radio-pulses-from-space-have-been-tracked-down-and-the-source-is-not-what-astronomers-expected-250251/" aria-label="Read more about Mysterious radio pulses from space have been tracked down – and the source is not what astronomers expected">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese didn’t mince words in responding to Donald Trump’s refusal to grant Australia an exemption from the United States’ tariff on aluminium and steel. “This is not a friendly act,” the prime minister declared bluntly. It’s hard to think ... <a title="View from The Hill: tariff rebuff feeds into debate about how Australia handles Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/view-from-the-hill-tariff-rebuff-feeds-into-debate-about-how-australia-handles-donald-trump-251624/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: tariff rebuff feeds into debate about how Australia handles Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne The publication by the Newcastle Herald of a political advertisement by Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots party stating “there are only two genders – male and female” has provoked a backlash that has seen ... <a title="Newspapers cannot justify running Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots ads as freedom of speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/newspapers-cannot-justify-running-clive-palmers-trumpet-of-patriots-ads-as-freedom-of-speech-252024/" aria-label="Read more about Newspapers cannot justify running Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots ads as freedom of speech">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The 2022 election catapulted a new movement into Australian federal politics, with the election of six “teals”. The teals are part of a broader wave of “community independents” who are challenging the major parties, especially the Liberals and appealing to ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tina Jackson on the independents to watch this election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tina-jackson-on-the-independents-to-watch-this-election-252022/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tina Jackson on the independents to watch this election">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Toohey, Professor of Law, UNSW Sydney “Unjustified” and “not the way that friends and allies should be treated”. That’s how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have described the latest shot in United States President Trump’s trade war. Effective today, there is a ... <a title="With Australian steel and aluminium set to incur US tariffs, global uncertainty will be our next challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/with-australian-steel-and-aluminium-set-to-incur-us-tariffs-global-uncertainty-will-be-our-next-challenge-252021/" aria-label="Read more about With Australian steel and aluminium set to incur US tariffs, global uncertainty will be our next challenge">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Over the past two years, there has been some progress in improving the JobSeeker payment. But payment levels remain below the poverty line. That’s according to Australia’s Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee’s 2025 report, released this week ... <a title="Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/despite-recent-increases-jobseeker-still-leaves-people-below-the-poverty-line-heres-why-that-affects-us-all-251915/" aria-label="Read more about Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia Michele Ursi/Shutterstock Ice baths have become increasingly popular over the past few years. Fitness enthusiasts and casual exercisers around the world are embracing this trend that was once reserved for elite athletes. Ice baths (also known as ... <a title="Ice baths are popular for exercise recovery and general wellness. But what does the science say?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/ice-baths-are-popular-for-exercise-recovery-and-general-wellness-but-what-does-the-science-say-250649/" aria-label="Read more about Ice baths are popular for exercise recovery and general wellness. But what does the science say?">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Tiffany Garvie/MTC Set in 2042, new play The Robot Dog revolves around Janelle (Kristie Nguy), of Cantonese heritage, and her partner Harry (Ari Maza Long), a First Nations man. Janelle’s mother, Wing Lam (Jing-Xuan Chan as a ... <a title="New play The Robot Dog reminds us there are some knowledges we hold that AI will never have" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/new-play-the-robot-dog-reminds-us-there-are-some-knowledges-we-hold-that-ai-will-never-have-251714/" aria-label="Read more about New play The Robot Dog reminds us there are some knowledges we hold that AI will never have">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Davies, Adjunct Professor of Disaster Risk and Resilience, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/danish4888 The 2019 volcanic explosion on Whakaari/White Island, which killed 22 people touring the crater and severely injured 25, is one of New Zealand’s worst disasters. But an even more devastating catastrophe could happen at ... <a title="Devastating landslides have hit Milford Sound in the past – if it happened today, the impact would dwarf Whakaari/White Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/devastating-landslides-have-hit-milford-sound-in-the-past-if-it-happened-today-the-impact-would-dwarf-whakaari-white-island-251700/" aria-label="Read more about Devastating landslides have hit Milford Sound in the past – if it happened today, the impact would dwarf Whakaari/White Island">Read more</a>
