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April 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan K Martin, Emeritus Professor in English, La Trobe University Botanic Gardens in Hobart, 1859. Libraries Tasmania Can we justify maintaining water-hungry botanic gardens in an age of climate change and rising water prices? Perhaps such gardens are no longer suited to Australia’s changing climate – if ... <a title="The public history, climate change present, and possible future of Australia’s botanic gardens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/28/the-public-history-climate-change-present-and-possible-future-of-australias-botanic-gardens-198864/" aria-label="Read more about The public history, climate change present, and possible future of Australia’s botanic gardens">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese’s first year as prime minister will, as it happens, be bookended by meetings of the Quad – the gathering of the leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia. After the 2022 election, Albanese rushed to get ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese runs a highly controlled government using gossamer threads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/grattan-on-friday-albanese-runs-a-highly-controlled-government-using-gossamer-threads-204624/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese runs a highly controlled government using gossamer threads">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Boucher, Associate Professor in Public Policy and Political Science, University of Sydney Lukas Coch/AAP The Albanese government’s review of Australia’s migration system offers a blueprint for overhauling the troubled system and addressing at least some of its shortcomings. Touted as the biggest review of immigration since ... <a title="Immigration system set for overhaul in wake of review’s damning findings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/immigration-system-set-for-overhaul-in-wake-of-reviews-damning-findings-203764/" aria-label="Read more about Immigration system set for overhaul in wake of review’s damning findings">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamin Wood, PhD Candidate, Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Ammonia has been in the news because of its suitability as a hydrogen carrier and fuel, in addition to being a vital ingredient in fertiliser. Existing distribution networks and the ease ... <a title="Why green ammonia may not be that green" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/why-green-ammonia-may-not-be-that-green-204363/" aria-label="Read more about Why green ammonia may not be that green">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasiia Zalogina, Postdoctoral researcher, Australian National University Shutterstock High-frequency light is useful. The higher the frequency of light, the shorter its wavelength – and the shorter the wavelength, the smaller the objects and details the light can be used to see. So violet light can show you ... <a title="New nanoparticle source generates high-frequency light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/new-nanoparticle-source-generates-high-frequency-light-204618/" aria-label="Read more about New nanoparticle source generates high-frequency light">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yingying Lu, Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, and Economic Modeller, CSIRO Shutterstock On November 30 2022, OpenAI launched the AI chatbot ChatGTP, making the latest generation of AI technologies widely available. In the few months since then, we have seen ... <a title="AI will increase inequality and raise tough questions about humanity, economists warn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/ai-will-increase-inequality-and-raise-tough-questions-about-humanity-economists-warn-203056/" aria-label="Read more about AI will increase inequality and raise tough questions about humanity, economists warn">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, PhD Candidate, School of History, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP In a television interview with Phillip Adams in 1999, Paul Keating remarked that he retained much influence on the international stage. I still have most of the access […] throughout the ... <a title="Hell hath no fury like a former PM – but it wasn’t always so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-former-pm-but-it-wasnt-always-so-204196/" aria-label="Read more about Hell hath no fury like a former PM – but it wasn’t always so">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prafula Pearce, Associate Professor of Law, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock If you’re thinking about getting a vehicle but don’t have enough money saved, you might be considering a choice between taking out a car loan or a novated lease (also known as “salary sacrificing” to get a ... <a title="What is a novated lease on a car and what do I need to know before signing up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/what-is-a-novated-lease-on-a-car-and-what-do-i-need-to-know-before-signing-up-202746/" aria-label="Read more about What is a novated lease on a car and what do I need to know before signing up?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Yesterday the IRD released its landmark report on the ultra-rich in New Zealand and the tax they pay. It starkly illustrates the extent to which the wealth of the ultra-rich has skyrocketed in recent years. The richest 311 families have a combined wealth of $85 billion, and own a quarter ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why NZ’s regressive tax system is unlikely to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-nzs-regressive-tax-system-is-unlikely-to-change/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why NZ’s regressive tax system is unlikely to change">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Elliffe, Professor of Law, University of Auckland Getty Images If nothing else, the just released Inland Revenue study of the tax rates paid by the wealthiest New Zealanders should put to rest the notion we have a progressive tax system. We don’t. A progressive system ... <a title="Proving the wealthiest New Zealanders pay low tax rates is a good start – now comes the hard part" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/proving-the-wealthiest-new-zealanders-pay-low-tax-rates-is-a-good-start-now-comes-the-hard-part-204532/" aria-label="Read more about Proving the wealthiest New Zealanders pay low tax rates is a good start – now comes the hard part">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hellewell, Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University Patrick Case/Pexels It’s Friday night, your team is playing, and scores are nail-bitingly close. A player intercepts the ball, and bam! A player tackles his opponent ... <a title="Hit your head while playing sport? Here’s what just happened to your brain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/hit-your-head-while-playing-sport-heres-what-just-happened-to-your-brain-203038/" aria-label="Read more about Hit your head while playing sport? Here’s what just happened to your brain">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Timothy Bennett, PhD Student, School of Computing, Australian National University Michael Timothy Bennett/Generated using Midjourney, Author provided To build a machine, one must know what its parts are and how they fit together. To understand the machine, one needs to know what each part does ... <a title="Can machines be self-aware? New research explains how this could happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/can-machines-be-self-aware-new-research-explains-how-this-could-happen-204371/" aria-label="Read more about Can machines be self-aware? New research explains how this could happen">Read more</a>
