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June 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Anton Berking, Shutterstock Off the coast of Spain and Portugal, killer whales have been biting boats. And the famous beluga whale nicknamed “Hvaldimir” has popped up again – this time in Sweden. When first spotted in Norway in ... <a title="A Russian ‘spy’ whale? Killer whales biting boats? Here’s how to understand these close encounters of the curious kind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/09/a-russian-spy-whale-killer-whales-biting-boats-heres-how-to-understand-these-close-encounters-of-the-curious-kind-206926/" aria-label="Read more about A Russian ‘spy’ whale? Killer whales biting boats? Here’s how to understand these close encounters of the curious kind">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Pierre Bonnard, French, 1867-1947, Coffee, 1915. Oil on canvas, 73.0 x 106.5 cm. Tate, London. Presented by Sir Michael Sadler through the NACF 1941. Photo © Tate Pierre Bonnard, unlike his older contemporary, Paul Gauguin, never visited ... <a title="Pierre Bonnard: the master of shimmering luminosity, who painted difficult paintings and yet made them lucid and accessible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/09/pierre-bonnard-the-master-of-shimmering-luminosity-who-painted-difficult-paintings-and-yet-made-them-lucid-and-accessible-200735/" aria-label="Read more about Pierre Bonnard: the master of shimmering luminosity, who painted difficult paintings and yet made them lucid and accessible">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra During the election campaign Anthony Albanese repeated, endlessly, that everything was going up except people’s wages. More than a year later, things are still going up, now including some people’s wages. The latter increase is all good, surely? Yes, up ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor caught in pincer movement of fighting inflation and delivering to its constituency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/grattan-on-friday-labor-caught-in-pincer-movement-of-fighting-inflation-and-delivering-to-its-constituency-207302/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor caught in pincer movement of fighting inflation and delivering to its constituency">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Mulgan, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock Labor had pledged to wind back the use of the big four consulting firms by the public service well before the scandal engulfing PricewaterhouseCoopers over the sharing of confidential government information. The policy it took to the May 2022 ... <a title="Blacklisting PwC won’t stop outsourcing: here are 3 reasons it has become embedded in the Australian public service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/blacklisting-pwc-wont-stop-outsourcing-here-are-3-reasons-it-has-become-embedded-in-the-australian-public-service-206772/" aria-label="Read more about Blacklisting PwC won’t stop outsourcing: here are 3 reasons it has become embedded in the Australian public service">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Pope Francis has had an operation this week to remove a hernia, which his surgeon said had been causing him increasingly frequent pain. This planned surgery was to remove a type of hernia caused by scarring ... <a title="Pope Francis is recovering from hernia surgery. But what exactly is a hernia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/pope-francis-is-recovering-from-hernia-surgery-but-what-exactly-is-a-hernia-207294/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis is recovering from hernia surgery. But what exactly is a hernia?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmanuel Kuntsche, Director of the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University Shutterstock From August 2023, Australian beer, wine, spirits and pre-mixed drinks have to warn of the harms of drinking alcohol while pregnant. But they don’t have to mention the other harms of alcohol for ... <a title="Australia should follow Ireland’s lead and add stronger health warning labels to alcohol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/australia-should-follow-irelands-lead-and-add-stronger-health-warning-labels-to-alcohol-206985/" aria-label="Read more about Australia should follow Ireland’s lead and add stronger health warning labels to alcohol">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca J McLeod, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, University of Otago Rebecca McLeod, CC BY-ND Cyclone Gabrielle has highlighted forestry slash as a problematic aspect of relying on plantation forests to draw down carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. While we no doubt must prioritise reducing ... <a title="Blue carbon: could a solution to the climate challenge be buried in the depths of fiords?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/blue-carbon-could-a-solution-to-the-climate-challenge-be-buried-in-the-depths-of-fiords-205639/" aria-label="Read more about Blue carbon: could a solution to the climate challenge be buried in the depths of fiords?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney Some say we should keep sport out of politics. But that seems to be almost impossible in the case of Tasmania. The announcement that Tasmania will get its own AFL team has become the centrepiece of ... <a title="How the Tasmanian AFL team turned into a political football" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/how-the-tasmanian-afl-team-turned-into-a-political-football-205846/" aria-label="Read more about How the Tasmanian AFL team turned into a political football">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Victoria recently announced an end to native forest logging in December 2023, six years earlier than previously announced. Western Australia is ending it from January 2024. The Greens and independent federal MPs are now calling ... <a title="Has time been called on the native forest logging deals of the 1990s? Here’s what the Albanese government can do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/has-time-been-called-on-the-native-forest-logging-deals-of-the-1990s-heres-what-the-albanese-government-can-do-206860/" aria-label="Read more about Has time been called on the native forest logging deals of the 1990s? Here’s what the Albanese government can do">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Dodd, Tutor, School of Communication and the Arts, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Claims the US government has secretly retrieved crashed alien spacecraft and their non-human occupants are hardly new. They are firmly entrenched in post-war American UFO lore and conspiracy theory, inspiring the most famous ... <a title="Alien spacecraft allegations suggest the Pentagon has approved conspiracy theories – about itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/alien-spacecraft-allegations-suggest-the-pentagon-has-approved-conspiracy-theories-about-itself-207205/" aria-label="Read more about Alien spacecraft allegations suggest the Pentagon has approved conspiracy theories – about itself">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Artificial intelligence is a challenging policy area that’s moving towards the centre stage of public and government attention. Some experts emphasise the immense potential of AI, while others are deeply troubled about the ramifications the technology may have on humans. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-industry-minister-ed-husic-on-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-207224/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moses, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Canterbury Defence Minister Andrew Little’s recent announcement that New Zealand would be “willing to explore” participation in military technology sharing – or “pillar two” – under the AUKUS security arrangement has already divided opinion. Proponents have argued participation ... <a title="AUKUS is already trialling autonomous weapons systems – where is NZ’s policy on next-generation warfare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/aukus-is-already-trialling-autonomous-weapons-systems-where-is-nzs-policy-on-next-generation-warfare-207201/" aria-label="Read more about AUKUS is already trialling autonomous weapons systems – where is NZ’s policy on next-generation warfare?">Read more</a>
