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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Baker, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Auckland Getty Images The ink was barely dry on the Green Party’s recently unveiled “Pledge to Renters” – which included annual rent increase limits, a rental warrant of fitness and a national register of landlords – before others ... <a title="Not all rent control policies are the same – the Green Party proposal deserves an open-minded debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/not-all-rent-control-policies-are-the-same-the-green-party-proposal-deserves-an-open-minded-debate-209039/" aria-label="Read more about Not all rent control policies are the same – the Green Party proposal deserves an open-minded debate">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Barron, Professor, Macquarie University James Lee / Unsplash The animal world is full of different types of intelligence, from the simple bodily coordination of jellyfish to the navigation abilities of bees, the complex songs of birds and the imaginative symbolic thought of humans. In an article ... <a title="All animal intelligence was shaped by just 5 leaps in brain evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/all-animal-intelligence-was-shaped-by-just-5-leaps-in-brain-evolution-208753/" aria-label="Read more about All animal intelligence was shaped by just 5 leaps in brain evolution">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren O’Donovan, Senior Lecturer in Administrative Law, La Trobe University On Friday, the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme will submit its final report to the federal government, which is expected to release it to the public shortly thereafter. The report will be the culmination of years ... <a title="‘The culmination of years of suffering’: what can we expect from the robodebt royal commission’s final report?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/the-culmination-of-years-of-suffering-what-can-we-expect-from-the-robodebt-royal-commissions-final-report-202337/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The culmination of years of suffering’: what can we expect from the robodebt royal commission’s final report?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Howard, Research associate, Flinders University A student at Adelaide’s Ngutu College, recently founded to put Aboriginal culture at the centre of learning. Ngutu College. Author supplied. Last week, The Australian newspaper reported some parents have been prompted to start their own schools to give their children ... <a title="Parents have just started their own school in Sydney – this is part of a long tradition in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/parents-have-just-started-their-own-school-in-sydney-this-is-part-of-a-long-tradition-in-australia-208656/" aria-label="Read more about Parents have just started their own school in Sydney – this is part of a long tradition in Australia">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie E. Brice, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton Getty Images There’s little doubt the FIFA Women’s World Cup will deliver spectacle and significant financial rewards when it kicks off in a fortnight. The longer-term rewards, however, are harder to predict. Tens of thousands ... <a title="Long-range goals: can the FIFA World Cup help level the playing field for all women footballers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/05/long-range-goals-can-the-fifa-world-cup-help-level-the-playing-field-for-all-women-footballers-205213/" aria-label="Read more about Long-range goals: can the FIFA World Cup help level the playing field for all women footballers?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
ANALYSIS: By François Dubet, Université de Bordeaux Although they never fail to take us aback, French riots have followed the same distinct pattern ever since protests broke out in the eastern suburbs of Lyon in 1981, an episode known as the “summer of Minguettes”: a young person is killed or seriously injured by the police, ... <a title="French riots follow decades-old pattern of rage, with no resolution in sight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/french-riots-follow-decades-old-pattern-of-rage-with-no-resolution-in-sight/" aria-label="Read more about French riots follow decades-old pattern of rage, with no resolution in sight">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Someone’s got to say it: it’s just not cricket! Prime ministers current and former have stepped up to the crease. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is delivering spinners. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s playing it ... <a title="Cricket’s wicket ways: what the furore over a stumping tells us about Anglo-Australian relations (spoiler: they’ll survive)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/crickets-wicket-ways-what-the-furore-over-a-stumping-tells-us-about-anglo-australian-relations-spoiler-theyll-survive-209026/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket’s wicket ways: what the furore over a stumping tells us about Anglo-Australian relations (spoiler: they’ll survive)">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP The Reserve Bank decided to keep interest rates on hold at 4.1% because it thinks there’s a chance – just a chance – it has lifted them all it needs to. In his ... <a title="The RBA has kept interest rates on hold. Here’s why it’ll be cautious from here on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/the-rba-has-kept-interest-rates-on-hold-heres-why-itll-be-cautious-from-here-on-208917/" aria-label="Read more about The RBA has kept interest rates on hold. Here’s why it’ll be cautious from here on">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Hong Kong activist Nathan Law was one of the eight activists targeted with arrest warrants this week. Here, he is seen taking part in a protest during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Germany in 2020. Markus ... <a title="Bounties on exiled Hong Kong activists show the ambitious reach of China’s political repression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/bounties-on-exiled-hong-kong-activists-show-the-ambitious-reach-of-chinas-political-repression-209029/" aria-label="Read more about Bounties on exiled Hong Kong activists show the ambitious reach of China’s political repression">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seyedali Mirjalili, Professor, Director of Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimisation, Torrens University Australia AI image produced using the prompt ‘hyper-realistic ten hands on a picture with text saying hello’. Midjourney, Author provided Generative AI tools such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2 have astounded ... <a title="If AI image generators are so smart, why do they struggle to write and count?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/if-ai-image-generators-are-so-smart-why-do-they-struggle-to-write-and-count-208485/" aria-label="Read more about If AI image generators are so smart, why do they struggle to write and count?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Harris, Senior Research Fellow, Acting Director, CHETRE, UNSW Sydney The Minns government’s approach to planning Sydney is troubling in terms of direction and substance. The announcement that it will “fold” the Greater Cities Commission back into the Department of Planning raises several red flags for planning ... <a title="By gutting the Greater Cities Commission, the NSW government is setting up itself and Sydney for failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/by-gutting-the-greater-cities-commission-the-nsw-government-is-setting-up-itself-and-sydney-for-failure-208934/" aria-label="Read more about By gutting the Greater Cities Commission, the NSW government is setting up itself and Sydney for failure">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Jean Baker, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University Markus Spiske/Unsplash A new survey of 126 women and non-binary punters and artists working the music industry in Melbourne has found 60% of respondents feel unsafe in music spaces. The survey found sexual violence disempowers female music workers, ... <a title="60% of women and non-binary punters and artists feel unsafe in Melbourne’s music spaces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/60-of-women-and-non-binary-punters-and-artists-feel-unsafe-in-melbournes-music-spaces-205399/" aria-label="Read more about 60% of women and non-binary punters and artists feel unsafe in Melbourne’s music spaces">Read more</a>
