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December 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Jeffery, Sessional Academic, Discipline of Film Studies, University of Sydney IMDB/Disney Imagine attending a concert including excerpts from Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Dmitri Shostakovich’s 2nd Piano Concerto, Camille Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals, Paul Dukas’ ... <a title="Fantasia 2000: celebrating 25 years of a concertless film in search of a concert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/17/fantasia-2000-celebrating-25-years-of-a-concertless-film-in-search-of-a-concert-244170/" aria-label="Read more about Fantasia 2000: celebrating 25 years of a concertless film in search of a concert">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stacy Carter, Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong Zamrznuti tonovi/Shutterstock Australia’s biggest radiology provider, I-MED, has provided de-identified patient data to an artificial intelligence company without explicit patient consent, Crikey reported recently. The data were images such as X-rays ... <a title="An imaging company gave its patients’ X-rays and CT scans to an AI company. How did this happen?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/17/an-imaging-company-gave-its-patients-x-rays-and-ct-scans-to-an-ai-company-how-did-this-happen-245753/" aria-label="Read more about An imaging company gave its patients’ X-rays and CT scans to an AI company. How did this happen?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Starling, Postdoctoral Researcher in Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Tatiana Kovaleva/Shutterstock Around this time of year, pet owners across the country are scrambling to finalise holiday care arrangements. Some lucky animals go to the home of a familiar family member, pet-sitter or friend. Others may have ... <a title="5 things to know before boarding your dog or cat this summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/17/5-things-to-know-before-boarding-your-dog-or-cat-this-summer-244479/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things to know before boarding your dog or cat this summer">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images After reversing the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration permits, New Zealand’s coalition government is now considering whether to share the risks of exploration with the fossil fuel industry. This could mean taxpayers ... <a title="NZ’s government may ask the public to underwrite the risk of fossil fuel exploration – this could be unlawful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/17/nzs-government-may-ask-the-public-to-underwrite-the-risk-of-fossil-fuel-exploration-this-could-be-unlawful-245267/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s government may ask the public to underwrite the risk of fossil fuel exploration – this could be unlawful">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Larsen, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of New England The shape of Australia’s school system is undergoing a significant change. Enrolments in independent schools are growing, while fewer students are going to public schools. Why are more families choosing an independent or Catholic school, when they ... <a title="More Australian families are choosing private schools – we need to understand why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/17/more-australian-families-are-choosing-private-schools-we-need-to-understand-why-242791/" aria-label="Read more about More Australian families are choosing private schools – we need to understand why">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral researcher in radio astronomy, University of Sydney ESO/Luis Calçada/Herbert Zodet, CC BY When you wish upon a star, Jiminy Cricket told us, your dreams come true. But according to an idea doing the rounds on social media, that may not be the case: ... <a title="When you wish upon a star, is it already dead? An astronomer crunches the numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/17/when-you-wish-upon-a-star-is-it-already-dead-an-astronomer-crunches-the-numbers-244915/" aria-label="Read more about When you wish upon a star, is it already dead? An astronomer crunches the numbers">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, Visitor, School of History, Australian National University At some point, Australians stopped grieving Harold Holt’s death and many started to laugh about it instead. The sudden disappearance of a prime minister at a Victorian beach in December 1967 has furnished many wisecracks and memes. Former ... <a title="Harold Holt is a meme today, but when the prime minister went missing in December 1967, it was no laughing matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/17/harold-holt-is-a-meme-today-but-when-the-prime-minister-went-missing-in-december-1967-it-was-no-laughing-matter-243146/" aria-label="Read more about Harold Holt is a meme today, but when the prime minister went missing in December 1967, it was no laughing matter">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Lam, Founding Director of the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology Cities tackle a vast array of responsibilities – from building transit networks to running schools – and sometimes they can use a little help. That’s why local governments have long ... <a title="How cities are reinventing the public-private partnership − 4 lessons from around the globe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/17/how-cities-are-reinventing-the-public-private-partnership-4-lessons-from-around-the-globe-239155/" aria-label="Read more about How cities are reinventing the public-private partnership − 4 lessons from around the globe">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Bilanol/Shutterstock Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power in Australia has provoked a great deal of discussion and analysis – most of it critical. Experts point out the Coalition’s long-awaited modelling involves both highly optimistic costings and ... <a title="More coal and gas, less renewables: what a nuclear power plan for Australia would really mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/more-coal-and-gas-less-renewables-what-a-nuclear-power-plan-for-australia-would-really-mean-245948/" aria-label="Read more about More coal and gas, less renewables: what a nuclear power plan for Australia would really mean">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Allen, Co-Director Space Technology and Industry Institute, Swinburne University of Technology Artist’s impression of ‘Oumuamua. ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our Solar System. It wasn’t aliens. But artist impressions of the object (called ... <a title="What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/what-is-a-dark-comet-a-quick-guide-to-the-new-kids-in-the-solar-system-245763/" aria-label="Read more about What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A person with long experience in the financial services sector, Marnie Baker, and a distinguished academic economist, Renée Fry-McKibbin, have been appointed to serve on the Reserve Bank’s new monetary policy board: Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday also announced four ... <a title="Chalmers unveils new look Reserve Bank, with women in the majority on both its boards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/chalmers-unveils-new-look-reserve-bank-with-women-in-the-majority-on-both-its-boards-245748/" aria-label="Read more about Chalmers unveils new look Reserve Bank, with women in the majority on both its boards">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Rathbone, Senior Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University Last week, FIFA officially awarded Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup. The Gulf Kingdom was the sole bidder after the Asian Football Confederation made it clear it would not support an Australian bid. Supporters of ... <a title="FIFA has a human rights policy, so how could it award Saudi Arabia the 2034 soccer World Cup?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/fifa-has-a-human-rights-policy-so-how-could-it-award-saudi-arabia-the-2034-soccer-world-cup-245852/" aria-label="Read more about FIFA has a human rights policy, so how could it award Saudi Arabia the 2034 soccer World Cup?">Read more</a>
