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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorinda Cramer, Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University Netflix Queen Charlotte captured viewers’ attention in the Netflix series Bridgerton as the snuff-sniffing, gossip-greedy, biracial wife of the “mad king” George III. As the spin-off Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – billed as an “epic love story” – launches, ... <a title="Queen Charlotte has her own Bridgerton spinoff on Netflix – but who was she really? And why was she obsessed with Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/queen-charlotte-has-her-own-bridgerton-spinoff-on-netflix-but-who-was-she-really-and-why-was-she-obsessed-with-australia-200077/" aria-label="Read more about Queen Charlotte has her own Bridgerton spinoff on Netflix – but who was she really? And why was she obsessed with Australia?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Bernard Dupont / Flickr Humans make decisions using statistical information every day. Imagine you’re selecting a packet of jellybeans. If you prefer red jellybeans, you will probably try to find a packet that shows the most red (and ... <a title="Research shows giraffes can use statistical reasoning. They’re the first animal with a relatively small brain known to do this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/research-shows-giraffes-can-use-statistical-reasoning-theyre-the-first-animal-with-a-relatively-small-brain-known-to-do-this-204808/" aria-label="Read more about Research shows giraffes can use statistical reasoning. They’re the first animal with a relatively small brain known to do this">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The unpopular ParentsNext program is to be scrapped by the Albanese government from July 1 next year. In the meantime, compulsory requirements for participants in the program, introduced by the Coalition government, are to be paused. Abolishing ParentsNext was recommended ... <a title="Controversial ParentsNext program to be scrapped next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/controversial-parentsnext-program-to-be-scrapped-next-year-205037/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial ParentsNext program to be scrapped next year">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The timing of history. How Anglophile and monarchist Tony Abbott would love to have been the prime minister attending the coronation. To say nothing of John Howard, a key figure in fending off an Australian republic in 1999. Instead it ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese enjoys London limelight while Chalmers sweats in budget spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/grattan-on-friday-albanese-enjoys-london-limelight-while-chalmers-sweats-in-budget-spotlight-205022/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese enjoys London limelight while Chalmers sweats in budget spotlight">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Australia doesn’t need to wait ten or 20 years for its new submarines, or for long-range missiles, to project effective military power against China. It has the ability to use its cyber forces to strike ... <a title="Deterring China isn’t all about submarines. Australia’s ‘cyber offence’ might be its most potent weapon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/deterring-china-isnt-all-about-submarines-australias-cyber-offence-might-be-its-most-potent-weapon-204749/" aria-label="Read more about Deterring China isn’t all about submarines. Australia’s ‘cyber offence’ might be its most potent weapon">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University The first power from the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project may not be delivered until 2028, it was revealed yesterday, triggering a fresh round of criticism over the controversial project. The delay is undoubtedly inconvenient. But, despite speculation, the ... <a title="I’m not an apologist for the Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme – but let’s not obsess over the delays and cost blowouts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/im-not-an-apologist-for-the-snowy-2-0-hydro-scheme-but-lets-not-obsess-over-the-delays-and-cost-blowouts-204915/" aria-label="Read more about I’m not an apologist for the Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme – but let’s not obsess over the delays and cost blowouts">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phill Cassey, Head, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide Colorado River toad Shutterstock The internet has made it easier for people to buy and sell a huge variety of wildlife – from orchids, cacti and fungi to thousands of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and ... <a title="Lickable toads and magic mushrooms: wildlife traded on the dark web is the kind that gets you high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/lickable-toads-and-magic-mushrooms-wildlife-traded-on-the-dark-web-is-the-kind-that-gets-you-high-201180/" aria-label="Read more about Lickable toads and magic mushrooms: wildlife traded on the dark web is the kind that gets you high">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Two weeks ago, 55-year-old Sydney businessman Alexander Csergo was arrested on charges of “recklessly” engaging in foreign interference. Csergo’s case reads like a spy novel. He allegedly met two Chinese people he knew as “Ken” and “Evelyn” ... <a title="Could using open-source information online get you arrested for foreign interference?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/could-using-open-source-information-online-get-you-arrested-for-foreign-interference-204548/" aria-label="Read more about Could using open-source information online get you arrested for foreign interference?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivier Salvado, Lead AI for Mission, CSIRO Shutterstock Debates about AI often characterise it as a technology that has come to compete with human intelligence. Indeed, one of the most widely pronounced fears is that AI may achieve human-like intelligence and render humans obsolete in the process. ... <a title="AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says AI is a new form of intelligence unlike our own. Have we been getting it wrong this whole time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/ai-pioneer-geoffrey-hinton-says-ai-is-a-new-form-of-intelligence-unlike-our-own-have-we-been-getting-it-wrong-this-whole-time-204911/" aria-label="Read more about AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says AI is a new form of intelligence unlike our own. Have we been getting it wrong this whole time?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kobie Boshoff, Senior lecturer, Occupational Therapy, University of South Australia Getty The federal government and National Cabinet has committed to rebooting and fixing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with disabilities. It plans to invest more in the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), which administers ... <a title="The government says NDIS supports should be ‘evidence-based’ – but can they be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/the-government-says-ndis-supports-should-be-evidence-based-but-can-they-be-204763/" aria-label="Read more about The government says NDIS supports should be ‘evidence-based’ – but can they be?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archie Chapman, Senior Lecturer, School of IT and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland CPVA, Author provided There were an estimated 100 million individual solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in Australia at the end of 2022. We estimate this number will likely grow to over 2 billion if ... <a title="Australia is facing a 450,000-tonne mountain of used solar panels. Here’s how to turn it into a valuable asset" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/australia-is-facing-a-450-000-tonne-mountain-of-used-solar-panels-heres-how-to-turn-it-into-a-valuable-asset-204792/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is facing a 450,000-tonne mountain of used solar panels. Here’s how to turn it into a valuable asset">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Renee So, Woman XI 2021, stoneware, 60 × 37 × 26 cm Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London Photo: Angus Mill At first glance it would be easy to presume the artworks in Renee So’s survey exhibition are ... <a title="How the sculpture and ‘knitted paintings’ of Renee So explore colonial legacies, male authority and women’s bodies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/how-the-sculpture-and-knitted-paintings-of-renee-so-explore-colonial-legacies-male-authority-and-womens-bodies-204260/" aria-label="Read more about How the sculpture and ‘knitted paintings’ of Renee So explore colonial legacies, male authority and women’s bodies">Read more</a>
