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From Taylor Sheesh to The Smyths: why tribute acts can no longer be considered just cheap copies

March 22, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Outhwaite, PhD Candidate, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock The tribute music scene has evolved time and again since it first emerged more than 60 years ago. Beginning with Elvis impersonators, tribute acts garnered somewhat of a “grubby” reputation through the 1970s ... <a title="From Taylor Sheesh to The Smyths: why tribute acts can no longer be considered just cheap copies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/from-taylor-sheesh-to-the-smyths-why-tribute-acts-can-no-longer-be-considered-just-cheap-copies-225788/" aria-label="Read more about From Taylor Sheesh to The Smyths: why tribute acts can no longer be considered just cheap copies">Read more</a>

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Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out

March 22, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Arenas-Castro, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, The University of Queensland D. Kucharski K. Kucharska/Shutterstock For the first time in history, a single language dominates global scientific communication. But the actual production of knowledge continues to be a multilingual enterprise. The use of English as the norm poses ... <a title="Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/prestigious-journals-make-it-hard-for-scientists-who-dont-speak-english-to-get-published-and-we-all-lose-out-226225/" aria-label="Read more about Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out">Read more</a>

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‘I have been ground down’: about 50% of Australian principals and other school leaders are thinking of quitting

March 22, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Australia’s school principals have collective responsibility for nearly 3 million students and staff. But who takes responsibility for them? Since 2011, we have been surveying Australian school leaders – principals and other leadership staff such as deputy ... <a title="‘I have been ground down’: about 50% of Australian principals and other school leaders are thinking of quitting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/i-have-been-ground-down-about-50-of-australian-principals-and-other-school-leaders-are-thinking-of-quitting-225671/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I have been ground down’: about 50% of Australian principals and other school leaders are thinking of quitting">Read more</a>

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Treatments tailored to you: how AI will change NZ healthcare, and what we have to get right first

March 22, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Canterbury Imagine this: a novel virus is rapidly breaking out nationwide, resulting in an epidemic. The government introduces vaccination mandates and a choice of different vaccines is available. But not everyone is getting the same vaccine. When ... <a title="Treatments tailored to you: how AI will change NZ healthcare, and what we have to get right first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/treatments-tailored-to-you-how-ai-will-change-nz-healthcare-and-what-we-have-to-get-right-first-219594/" aria-label="Read more about Treatments tailored to you: how AI will change NZ healthcare, and what we have to get right first">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: Australian PMs did OK under Trump Mark 1. Could Albanese manage Trump Mark 2?

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Kevin Rudd will be sharply aware of the difference between being a politician and a diplomat as he contemplates Donald Trump’s sledge this week. Rudd, the politician, would have let fly after Trump’s attack, which was laced with both insult ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Australian PMs did OK under Trump Mark 1. Could Albanese manage Trump Mark 2?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/grattan-on-friday-australian-pms-did-ok-under-trump-mark-1-could-albanese-manage-trump-mark-2-226316/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Australian PMs did OK under Trump Mark 1. Could Albanese manage Trump Mark 2?">Read more</a>

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A major report recommends more protections for LGBTQ+ students and teachers in religious schools. But this needs parliament’s support to become law

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Moulds, Senior Lecturer of Law, University of South Australia The federal government has just released a major report about anti-discrimination laws and religious schools in Australia. It was done by the Australian Law Reform Commission, which finished its work late last year. It has been keenly ... <a title="A major report recommends more protections for LGBTQ+ students and teachers in religious schools. But this needs parliament’s support to become law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/a-major-report-recommends-more-protections-for-lgbtq-students-and-teachers-in-religious-schools-but-this-needs-parliaments-support-to-become-law-226309/" aria-label="Read more about A major report recommends more protections for LGBTQ+ students and teachers in religious schools. But this needs parliament’s support to become law">Read more</a>

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Social media apps have billions of ‘active users’. But what does that really mean?

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milovan Savic, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Swinburne University of Technology Creative Christians/Unsplash Our digital world is bigger and more connected than ever. Social media isn’t just a daily habit – with more than 5 billion users globally, it’s woven into ... <a title="Social media apps have billions of ‘active users’. But what does that really mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/social-media-apps-have-billions-of-active-users-but-what-does-that-really-mean-226021/" aria-label="Read more about Social media apps have billions of ‘active users’. But what does that really mean?">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Performance: New Zealand versus Japan

March 21, 2024

Analysis by Keith Rankin. In this article, I will simply present the numbers for the key performance indicators (taken from tradingeconomics.com). And then I’ll give an update on GDP (gross domestic product) data, given today’s data release from Statistics New Zealand, and with the definition of ‘recession’ in mind. An important part of the context ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Performance: New Zealand versus Japan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/keith-rankin-analysis-economic-performance-new-zealand-versus-japan/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Performance: New Zealand versus Japan">Read more</a>

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Building remote Indigenous homes well is hard, but they won’t cost $1.5 million each

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Grealy, Senior Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research Liam Grealy, CC BY-ND At the remote Indigenous community of Binjari, south of Katherine in the Northern Territory last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a landmark A$4 billion investment in remote housing across the Territory. He ... <a title="Building remote Indigenous homes well is hard, but they won’t cost $1.5 million each" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/building-remote-indigenous-homes-well-is-hard-but-they-wont-cost-1-5-million-each-225651/" aria-label="Read more about Building remote Indigenous homes well is hard, but they won’t cost $1.5 million each">Read more</a>

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Attempts to access Kate Middleton’s medical records are no surprise. Such breaches are all too common

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Baer Arnold, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra The alleged data breach involving Catherine, Princess of Wales tells us something about health privacy. If hospital staff can apparently access a future queen’s medical records without authorisation, it can happen to you. Indeed it may ... <a title="Attempts to access Kate Middleton’s medical records are no surprise. Such breaches are all too common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/attempts-to-access-kate-middletons-medical-records-are-no-surprise-such-breaches-are-all-too-common-226303/" aria-label="Read more about Attempts to access Kate Middleton’s medical records are no surprise. Such breaches are all too common">Read more</a>

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No, the West is not to blame for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Why this myth – and others – are so difficult to dispel

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tesch, Visiting Fellow at the ANU Centre for European Studies, Australian National University It is no surprise the second anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine generated so much commentary. What is surprising, though, is that Kremlin propaganda remains so prevalent in what purports ... <a title="No, the West is not to blame for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Why this myth – and others – are so difficult to dispel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/no-the-west-is-not-to-blame-for-russias-war-in-ukraine-why-this-myth-and-others-are-so-difficult-to-dispel-226306/" aria-label="Read more about No, the West is not to blame for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Why this myth – and others – are so difficult to dispel">Read more</a>

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Women have been excluded from men’s spaces for centuries. And that’s why the MONA Ladies Lounge matters

March 21, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media, Department of Media, University of Sydney Shutterstock Gender, class, race, culture and religion are all categories used to exclude people in ways that privileged people will never experience. This exclusion can be as blatant as a gang of masked people performing the ... <a title="Women have been excluded from men’s spaces for centuries. And that’s why the MONA Ladies Lounge matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/women-have-been-excluded-from-mens-spaces-for-centuries-and-thats-why-the-mona-ladies-lounge-matters-226308/" aria-label="Read more about Women have been excluded from men’s spaces for centuries. And that’s why the MONA Ladies Lounge matters">Read more</a>