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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Thompson, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Winston Peters had only just been sworn in as deputy prime minister when his long-standing antipathy to the news media emerged in the form of a serious accusation. Referring to the Public ... <a title="Is Winston Peters right to call state-funded journalism ‘bribery’ – or is there a bigger threat to democracy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/is-winston-peters-right-to-call-state-funded-journalism-bribery-or-is-there-a-bigger-threat-to-democracy-218782/" aria-label="Read more about Is Winston Peters right to call state-funded journalism ‘bribery’ – or is there a bigger threat to democracy?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A parliamentary inquiry has delivered a scathing indictment of Australia’s employment services, finding it does not serve the interests of job seekers or employers and urging the privatised system be partially wound back. A rigid approach to mutual obligation is ... <a title="Parliamentary report slams mutual obligation, calling for total overhaul of employment services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/parliamentary-report-slams-mutual-obligation-calling-for-total-overhaul-of-employment-services-218807/" aria-label="Read more about Parliamentary report slams mutual obligation, calling for total overhaul of employment services">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stacy Carter, Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used in health care. AI can look for patterns in medical images to help diagnose disease. It can help predict who in a hospital ... <a title="Artificial intelligence is already in our hospitals. 5 questions people want answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/artificial-intelligence-is-already-in-our-hospitals-5-questions-people-want-answered-217374/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial intelligence is already in our hospitals. 5 questions people want answered">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Salles, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Earth’s surface is the living skin of our planet – it connects the physical, chemical and biological systems. Over geological time, this surface evolves. Rivers fragment the landscape into an environmentally diverse range of habitats. These rivers also transfer sediments ... <a title="New unified theory shows how past landscapes drove the evolution of Earth’s rich diversity of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/new-unified-theory-shows-how-past-landscapes-drove-the-evolution-of-earths-rich-diversity-of-life-217286/" aria-label="Read more about New unified theory shows how past landscapes drove the evolution of Earth’s rich diversity of life">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT was unleashed onto an unsuspecting public exactly one year ago. It quickly became the fastest-growing app ever, in the hands of 100 million users by the end of the second ... <a title="A year of ChatGPT: 5 ways the AI marvel has changed the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/a-year-of-chatgpt-5-ways-the-ai-marvel-has-changed-the-world-218805/" aria-label="Read more about A year of ChatGPT: 5 ways the AI marvel has changed the world">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Dunning, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, there has been a pronounced – and mostly unnoticed – escalation in violence against Palestinians in the ... <a title="Since the Gaza war began, violence against Palestinians has also surged in the West Bank – and gone virtually unnoticed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/since-the-gaza-war-began-violence-against-palestinians-has-also-surged-in-the-west-bank-and-gone-virtually-unnoticed-218236/" aria-label="Read more about Since the Gaza war began, violence against Palestinians has also surged in the West Bank – and gone virtually unnoticed">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne As the COP28 climate summit gets underway in the oil production hub of the United Arab Emirates today, Australia’s climate minister Chris Bowen will detail our progress in meeting emissions cut targets and updated projections. The second ... <a title="COP28: How will Australia navigate domestic climate wins and fossil fuel exports at the negotiating table?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/cop28-how-will-australia-navigate-domestic-climate-wins-and-fossil-fuel-exports-at-the-negotiating-table-218697/" aria-label="Read more about COP28: How will Australia navigate domestic climate wins and fossil fuel exports at the negotiating table?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jemma Skeat, Associate Professor, Director of Speech Pathology, Deakin University, Deakin University Zen Chung/Pexels , CC BY-SA ChatGPT is one year old today. Depending on who you ask, this technology either spells great doom or great opportunity for education. With ChatGPT capable of passing graduate-level exams, there ... <a title="Australian uni students are warming to ChatGPT. But they want more clarity on how to use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/australian-uni-students-are-warming-to-chatgpt-but-they-want-more-clarity-on-how-to-use-it-218429/" aria-label="Read more about Australian uni students are warming to ChatGPT. But they want more clarity on how to use it">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Pace, Associate Lecturer, Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney Miljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock Australia is experiencing a fresh wave of COVID, seeing increasing cases, more hospitalisations and a greater number of prescriptions for COVID antivirals dispensed over recent months. In the early days of the pandemic, the only ... <a title="COVID wave: what’s the latest on antiviral drugs, and who is eligible in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/covid-wave-whats-the-latest-on-antiviral-drugs-and-who-is-eligible-in-australia-218423/" aria-label="Read more about COVID wave: what’s the latest on antiviral drugs, and who is eligible in Australia?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne Australia’s net-zero transition is struggling. Despite the government’s efforts, announced last week, to revive flagging investment in renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions from existing industry are still rising. Yet ... <a title="What is a ‘just’ transition to net zero – and why is Australia struggling to get there?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/what-is-a-just-transition-to-net-zero-and-why-is-australia-struggling-to-get-there-218706/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘just’ transition to net zero – and why is Australia struggling to get there?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Bonsai Films Bona fide Christmas films usually fit into one of the following categories. There are the sardonic comedies poking fun at the consumerist undertones of the holiday (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Gremlins). There are ... <a title="Christmess is undoubtedly one of the best Christmas films to emerge – from anywhere – in recent years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/christmess-is-undoubtedly-one-of-the-best-christmas-films-to-emerge-from-anywhere-in-recent-years-218435/" aria-label="Read more about Christmess is undoubtedly one of the best Christmas films to emerge – from anywhere – in recent years">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Extreme weather seasons are putting Australia’s energy systems more at risk of sabotage, the government’s annual Climate Change Statement warns. These events place increased strain on the energy networks, and the resulting fragility could be exploited by “hostile actors”. “The ... <a title="Extreme weather leaves energy networks vulnerable to ‘hostile actors’, Climate Statement warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/30/extreme-weather-leaves-energy-networks-vulnerable-to-hostile-actors-climate-statement-warns-218815/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme weather leaves energy networks vulnerable to ‘hostile actors’, Climate Statement warns">Read more</a>
