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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic Dwyer, Director of Public Health Pathology, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, University of Sydney Once more, we’re talking about the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. First the US Department of Energy’s review gave more emphasis to the laboratory leak ... <a title="China’s only now revealed crucial COVID-19 origins data. Earlier disclosure may have saved us 3 years of political argy-bargy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/chinas-only-now-revealed-crucial-covid-19-origins-data-earlier-disclosure-may-have-saved-us-3-years-of-political-argy-bargy-202344/" aria-label="Read more about China’s only now revealed crucial COVID-19 origins data. Earlier disclosure may have saved us 3 years of political argy-bargy">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change warns “there’s going to be a lot of hardship” for people waiting for their crops to grow back as dry rations are distributed to communities. Minister Ralph Regenvanu said the main food push started in the middle of last week, with only a small ... <a title="Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/vanuatu-minister-says-harvests-will-take-time-to-recover-after-cyclones/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Monday’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has given a “final warning” to avert global catastrophe. Pacific cabinet ministers call on all world leaders to urgently transition to renewables. COMMENT: By Ralph Regenvanu and Seve Paeniu The cycle is repeating itself. A tropical cyclone of frightening strength strikes a Pacific island nation, and leaves ... <a title="As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis. The time to end fossil fuel dependence is now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/as-pacific-islanders-we-bear-the-brunt-of-the-climate-crisis-the-time-to-end-fossil-fuel-dependence-is-now/" aria-label="Read more about As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis. The time to end fossil fuel dependence is now">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Productivity Commission’s nine-volume report has a tough central message. It says productivity policy has to focus on the areas that have proven the hardest in the past, rather than those where previously progress has been most readily achieved. One ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael Brennan on Australia’s parlous productivity growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/politics-with-michelle-grattan-michael-brennan-on-australias-parlous-productivity-growth-202436/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael Brennan on Australia’s parlous productivity growth">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An emotional Anthony Albanese, flanked by members of the referendum working group, has released the final proposed wording of the question to be put to Australians to incorporate an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the Constitution. Despite pressure from conservative ... <a title="‘We’re all in’, declares an emotional Albanese as he launches the wording for the Voice referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/were-all-in-declares-an-emotional-albanese-as-he-launches-the-wording-for-the-voice-referendum-202435/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re all in’, declares an emotional Albanese as he launches the wording for the Voice referendum">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University This is a fake AI-generated image. Daniel Kempe via Twitter/Midjourney AI tools can help us create content, learn about the world and (perhaps) eliminate the more mundane tasks in life – ... <a title="AI tools are generating convincing misinformation. Engaging with them means being on high alert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/ai-tools-are-generating-convincing-misinformation-engaging-with-them-means-being-on-high-alert-202062/" aria-label="Read more about AI tools are generating convincing misinformation. Engaging with them means being on high alert">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil G Sipe, Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland According to predictions made nearly a decade ago, we should be riding around in self-driving vehicles today. It’s now clear the autonomous vehicle revolution was overhyped. Proponents woefully underestimated the technological challenges. It turns out developing ... <a title="We were told we’d be riding in self-driving cars by now. What happened to the promised revolution?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/we-were-told-wed-be-riding-in-self-driving-cars-by-now-what-happened-to-the-promised-revolution-201088/" aria-label="Read more about We were told we’d be riding in self-driving cars by now. What happened to the promised revolution?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor emerita, University of Sydney The Albanese government has now released the formal wording of the proposed referendum it will introduce into parliament next week. It had earlier released a draft proposed amendment at the Garma Festival last year, which was intended to start a ... <a title="We now know exactly what question the Voice referendum will ask Australians. A constitutional law expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/we-now-know-exactly-what-question-the-voice-referendum-will-ask-australians-a-constitutional-law-expert-explains-202143/" aria-label="Read more about We now know exactly what question the Voice referendum will ask Australians. A constitutional law expert explains">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kildea, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney On Wednesday night, the Senate passed a bill to amend Australia’s referendum machinery laws, ending a long and sometimes tense debate on the rules that will govern the Voice referendum later this year. Until this week ... <a title="The referendum rules have been decided. What does this mean for the Voice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/the-referendum-rules-have-been-decided-what-does-this-mean-for-the-voice-201372/" aria-label="Read more about The referendum rules have been decided. What does this mean for the Voice?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Newcomb, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock The tragic deaths of two small children in an overheated car in Queensland in 2019 highlight just how flawed our child protection system has become. Darcey and Chloe Conley were known to the child protection system, but repeated warnings ... <a title="Our child protection system is clearly broken. Is it time to abolish it for a better model?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/our-child-protection-system-is-clearly-broken-is-it-time-to-abolish-it-for-a-better-model-200716/" aria-label="Read more about Our child protection system is clearly broken. Is it time to abolish it for a better model?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The Beehive’s revolving door and corporate mateship New Zealanders are uncomfortable with the high level of influence corporate lobbyists have in New Zealand politics, and demands are growing for greater regulation. A recent poll shows 62 per cent of the public support having a two-year cooling off period between ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Beehive’s revolving door and corporate mateship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-beehives-revolving-door-and-corporate-mateship/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Beehive’s revolving door and corporate mateship">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yen Ying Lim, Associate Professor, Monash University Shutterstock Dementia is an umbrella term to describe a progressive neurological condition that affects people’s cognitive abilities, such as memory, language and reasoning. Alzheimer’s is the most common form, but other common forms include vascular dementia, Lewy Body dementia and ... <a title="Why is my loved one with dementia sometimes ‘there’ and sometimes not?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/why-is-my-loved-one-with-dementia-sometimes-there-and-sometimes-not-200439/" aria-label="Read more about Why is my loved one with dementia sometimes ‘there’ and sometimes not?">Read more</a>
