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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University This week parliament acted urgently to disestablish the Māori Health Authority. The hurry was to circumvent an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing on whether the proposal ... <a title="Do the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi really give Māori too much power – or not enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/do-the-principles-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-really-give-maori-too-much-power-or-not-enough-224728/" aria-label="Read more about Do the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi really give Māori too much power – or not enough?">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Kerry, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, James Cook University, Australia and Senior Marine and Climate Scientist, OceanCare, Switzerland, James Cook University Shutterstock The United Nations Environment Assembly this week considered a resolution on solar radiation modification, which refers to controversial technologies intended to mask the heating effect ... <a title="Not such a bright idea: cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight back to space is a dangerous distraction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/not-such-a-bright-idea-cooling-the-earth-by-reflecting-sunlight-back-to-space-is-a-dangerous-distraction-223353/" aria-label="Read more about Not such a bright idea: cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight back to space is a dangerous distraction">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Poole, Associate Professor in Physiology, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock You were probably taught that we have five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. This is not quite right: “touch” is not a single sense, but rather several working together. Our bodies contain a network of sensory ... <a title="We discovered a ‘gentle touch’ molecule is essential for light tactile sensation in humans – and perhaps in individual cells" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/we-discovered-a-gentle-touch-molecule-is-essential-for-light-tactile-sensation-in-humans-and-perhaps-in-individual-cells-224494/" aria-label="Read more about We discovered a ‘gentle touch’ molecule is essential for light tactile sensation in humans – and perhaps in individual cells">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Rees, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO Matthew Rees Foxes and cats kill about 2.6 billion mammals, birds and reptiles across Australia, every year. To save native species from extinction, we need to protect them from these introduced predators. But land managers tend to focus on foxes, which ... <a title="Baiting foxes can make feral cats even more ‘brazen’, study of 1.5 million forest photos shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/baiting-foxes-can-make-feral-cats-even-more-brazen-study-of-1-5-million-forest-photos-shows-223352/" aria-label="Read more about Baiting foxes can make feral cats even more ‘brazen’, study of 1.5 million forest photos shows">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Doyle, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Griffith University Australia’s National Rugby League will launch its 2024 season in Las Vegas this weekend, in the boldest attempt yet to capture the hearts and wallets of Americans. It’s been tried before. In the 1930s, legendary League administrator Harry ... <a title="On Sunday the National Rugby League goes to Vegas. It might just hit the jackpot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/on-sunday-the-national-rugby-league-goes-to-vegas-it-might-just-hit-the-jackpot-224735/" aria-label="Read more about On Sunday the National Rugby League goes to Vegas. It might just hit the jackpot">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney It’s hard to believe March is here. Where did the time go? By now many of us will be well into our regular routine at work or school. Perhaps life’s demands are starting to catch up and ... <a title="Chemical attraction, a whodunit murder mystery and tensions at the mosque: what we’re streaming this March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/chemical-attraction-a-whodunit-murder-mystery-and-tensions-at-the-mosque-what-were-streaming-this-march-224267/" aria-label="Read more about Chemical attraction, a whodunit murder mystery and tensions at the mosque: what we’re streaming this March">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Montgomery, Faculty of Health Research Associate, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Recent reports by the Chief Ombudsman, the Independent Children’s Monitor and the Auditor General have detailed the grim state of affairs for children and whānau in Oranga Tamariki (Ministry for Children) care. ... <a title="Care and protection, or containment and punishment? How state care fails NZ’s most vulnerable young people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/care-and-protection-or-containment-and-punishment-how-state-care-fails-nzs-most-vulnerable-young-people-224629/" aria-label="Read more about Care and protection, or containment and punishment? How state care fails NZ’s most vulnerable young people">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Next week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be back on the international stage – while standing firmly on home ground. The foreign stage is coming to him, with a three-day special summit in Melbourne celebrating 50 years of dialogue partnership ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The voters of Dunkley have government and opposition in a guessing game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/grattan-on-friday-the-voters-of-dunkley-have-government-and-opposition-in-a-guessing-game-224732/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The voters of Dunkley have government and opposition in a guessing game">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Lecturer (Law), Southern Cross University Last night, ASIO boss Mike Burgess made another powerful public statement in delivering the Annual Threat Assessment for 2024. Burgess stated that ASIO has seen “terrorists and spies […] talking about sabotage, researching sabotage, sometimes conducting reconnaissance for sabotage”. ... <a title="Explainer: what is sabotage and why is the ASIO chief worried about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/explainer-what-is-sabotage-and-why-is-the-asio-chief-worried-about-it-224731/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is sabotage and why is the ASIO chief worried about it?">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steph Kershaw, Research Fellow, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney Max kegfire/Shutterstock Methamphetamine, also known as ice or meth, is the drug Australians most associate with a drug problem and the drug they’re most concerned about, according to the latest ... <a title="Meth use is declining in Australia – but the public still sees it as the most worrying drug" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/meth-use-is-declining-in-australia-but-the-public-still-sees-it-as-the-most-worrying-drug-224620/" aria-label="Read more about Meth use is declining in Australia – but the public still sees it as the most worrying drug">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stan Karanasios, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are supercharging the problem of misinformation, disinformation and fake news. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and various image, voice and video generators have made it easier than ever to produce content, while making ... <a title="Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/algorithms-are-pushing-ai-generated-falsehoods-at-an-alarming-rate-how-do-we-stop-this-224626/" aria-label="Read more about Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Thomasson, Associate Lecturer of Law, The University of Western Australia Andriy B/Shutterstock This week, Queensland Supreme Court Justice Glenn Martin declared the state’s COVID vaccine mandate for police officers was unlawful. Martin also found the director-general of Queensland health did not have the power to make ... <a title="Queensland ruling doesn’t mean all COVID vaccine mandates were flawed. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/queensland-ruling-doesnt-mean-all-covid-vaccine-mandates-were-flawed-heres-why-224646/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland ruling doesn’t mean all COVID vaccine mandates were flawed. Here’s why">Read more</a>
