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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Pearce, Associate Professor, Health Economics, University of Sydney Okrasiuk/Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly relevant in many aspects of society, including health care. For example, it’s already used for robotic surgery and to provide virtual mental health support. In recent years, scientists have developed AI ... <a title="Australian women are wary of AI being used in breast cancer screening – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/australian-women-are-wary-of-ai-being-used-in-breast-cancer-screening-new-research-253340/" aria-label="Read more about Australian women are wary of AI being used in breast cancer screening – new research">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alfie Chadwick, PhD Candidate, Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University Australia’s climate and energy wars are at the forefront of the federal election campaign as the major parties outline vastly different plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle soaring power prices. Meanwhile, misinformation about ... <a title="These 3 climate misinformation campaigns are operating during the election run-up. Here’s how to spot them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/these-3-climate-misinformation-campaigns-are-operating-during-the-election-run-up-heres-how-to-spot-them-253441/" aria-label="Read more about These 3 climate misinformation campaigns are operating during the election run-up. Here’s how to spot them">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Hawes, Associate professor of law, University of Technology Sydney Slow Walker/Shutterstock Far from causing trade frictions, an Australian buyout of the Port of Darwin lease may provide a lifeline for its struggling Chinese parent company Landbridge Group. Both Labor and the Coalition have proposed such a ... <a title="Port of Darwin’s struggling Chinese leaseholder may welcome an Australian buy-out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/port-of-darwins-struggling-chinese-leaseholder-may-welcome-an-australian-buy-out-254716/" aria-label="Read more about Port of Darwin’s struggling Chinese leaseholder may welcome an Australian buy-out">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Barker, Head, Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney Sony Music The 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, back in cinemas this week, remains one of the most unique concert documentaries ever recorded by a rock band. The movie captured the band ... <a title="When rock music met ancient archeology: the enduring power of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/when-rock-music-met-ancient-archeology-the-enduring-power-of-pink-floyd-live-at-pompeii-252744/" aria-label="Read more about When rock music met ancient archeology: the enduring power of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Russell, Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia Mick Tsikas/AAP, Joel Carret/AAP, Darren England/AAP, Ihor Koptilin/Shutterstock, The Conversation, CC BY Gambling prevalence studies provide a snapshot of gambling behaviour, problems and harm in our communities. They are typically conducted about every five years. In some Australian states and ... <a title="Gambling in Australia: how bad is the problem, who gets harmed most and where may we be heading?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/gambling-in-australia-how-bad-is-the-problem-who-gets-harmed-most-and-where-may-we-be-heading-252389/" aria-label="Read more about Gambling in Australia: how bad is the problem, who gets harmed most and where may we be heading?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Following some very public protests, including Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata handing back his medal, the government’s announcement of an expanded official definition of the term “veteran” brings some good news for former military personnel ahead ... <a title="Lest we forget? Aside from Anzac Day, NZ has been slow to remember its military veterans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/lest-we-forget-aside-from-anzac-day-nz-has-been-slow-to-remember-its-military-veterans-254684/" aria-label="Read more about Lest we forget? Aside from Anzac Day, NZ has been slow to remember its military veterans">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will promise a Coalition government would boost Australia’s spending on defence to 2.5% of GDP within five years and 3% within a decade. Launching the Coalition’s long-awaited defence policy on Wednesday in Western Australia, Dutton will ... <a title="Dutton promises Coalition would increase defence spending to 3% of GDP ‘within a decade’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/dutton-promises-coalition-would-increase-defence-spending-to-3-of-gdp-within-a-decade-254993/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton promises Coalition would increase defence spending to 3% of GDP ‘within a decade’">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, Visitor, School of History, Australian National University Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have met for the third leaders’ debate of this election campaign, this time on the Nine network. And while the debate traversed much of the same ground as the first two, the quick-fire ... <a title="Leaders trade barbs and well-worn lines in unspectacular third election debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/leaders-trade-barbs-and-well-worn-lines-in-unspectacular-third-election-debate-254941/" aria-label="Read more about Leaders trade barbs and well-worn lines in unspectacular third election debate">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the leaders’ third head-to-head encounter, on Nine on Tuesday, Peter Dutton’s bluntness when pressed on cuts has given more ammunition to Labor’s scare campaign about what a Coalition government might do. “When John Howard came into power, there was ... <a title="Election Diary: Dutton in third debate gives Labor ammunition for its scare about cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/election-diary-dutton-in-third-debate-gives-labor-ammunition-for-its-scare-about-cuts-254990/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Dutton in third debate gives Labor ammunition for its scare about cuts">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fernanda Peñaloza, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies, University of Sydney Pope Francis’ journey from the streets of Flores, a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the Vatican, is a remarkable tale. Born in 1936, Jorge Bergoglio was raised in a middle-class family of Italian Catholic immigrants. ... <a title="To truly understand Pope Francis’ theology – and impact – you need to look to his life in Buenos Aires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/to-truly-understand-pope-francis-theology-and-impact-you-need-to-look-to-his-life-in-buenos-aires-255003/" aria-label="Read more about To truly understand Pope Francis’ theology – and impact – you need to look to his life in Buenos Aires">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist In recent weeks, Bougainville has taken the initiative, boldly stating that it expects to be independent by 1 September 2027. It also expects the PNG Parliament to quickly ratify the 2019 referendum, in which an overwhelming majority of Bougainvilleans supported independence. In a third move, it established a ... <a title="Bougainville takes the initiative in mediation over independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/bougainville-takes-the-initiative-in-mediation-over-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville takes the initiative in mediation over independence">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University For most of this federal election campaign, politicians have said very little about violence against women and children. Now in the fourth week of the five-week campaign, Labor has released its “commitment to women” announcement. The ... <a title="Australia had a national reckoning over domestic violence, but where’s the focus this election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/australia-had-a-national-reckoning-over-domestic-violence-but-wheres-the-focus-this-election-253718/" aria-label="Read more about Australia had a national reckoning over domestic violence, but where’s the focus this election?">Read more</a>