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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Stephens, Epidemiologist & Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Flinders University Shutterstock Many of us know cranberries as a tasty condiment to have with our Christmas turkey, or the juice that accompanies vodka in a cosmopolitan cocktail. You might have also heard cranberries prevent urinary tract infections ... <a title="Cranberry juice can prevent recurrent UTIs, but only for some people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/cranberry-juice-can-prevent-recurrent-utis-but-only-for-some-people-203926/" aria-label="Read more about Cranberry juice can prevent recurrent UTIs, but only for some people">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth established an Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee in December 2022 to advise the government on ways to ... <a title="Boosting JobSeeker is the most effective way to tackle poverty: what the treasurer’s committee told him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/boosting-jobseeker-is-the-most-effective-way-to-tackle-poverty-what-the-treasurers-committee-told-him-204045/" aria-label="Read more about Boosting JobSeeker is the most effective way to tackle poverty: what the treasurer’s committee told him">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Leisa Shelton/Abbotsford Convent Live performance exists only in the moment it is being performed. Its ephemeral nature means it is transient and impermanent, and cannot be experienced again in precisely the same way. How do artists hold on ... <a title="Live art exists only while it is being performed, and then it disappears. How do we create an archive of the ephemeral?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/live-art-exists-only-while-it-is-being-performed-and-then-it-disappears-how-do-we-create-an-archive-of-the-ephemeral-201939/" aria-label="Read more about Live art exists only while it is being performed, and then it disappears. How do we create an archive of the ephemeral?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University ACMI’s Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion. Eugene Hyland Photography The most fascinating aspect of screen museum ACMI’s new exhibition Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion, and the major contribution it makes, is the way it generates fresh understandings ... <a title="ACMI’s Goddess asks us rethink our gaze – and the bias it contains – when we look upon women on the screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/acmis-goddess-asks-us-rethink-our-gaze-and-the-bias-it-contains-when-we-look-upon-women-on-the-screen-203930/" aria-label="Read more about ACMI’s Goddess asks us rethink our gaze – and the bias it contains – when we look upon women on the screen">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen McPhillips, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle Damien Linnane Bob (Dominoes) 2022. Graphite on paper 42 x 29cm The Lock-Up On entry to Newcastle’s The Lock-Up contemporary art space is a textile artwork by institutional child sexual abuse survivor and artist ... <a title="How can art respond to stories on institutional child sexual abuse?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/how-can-art-respond-to-stories-on-institutional-child-sexual-abuse-203914/" aria-label="Read more about How can art respond to stories on institutional child sexual abuse?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Australia’s first National Electric Vehicle Strategy, released today, details the government’s long-awaited plans to accelerate the adoption of these vehicles. Consultations on the strategy began last September. The climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, then ... <a title="Australia finally has an electric vehicle strategy. How does it stack up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/australia-finally-has-an-electric-vehicle-strategy-how-does-it-stack-up-203897/" aria-label="Read more about Australia finally has an electric vehicle strategy. How does it stack up?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noor Gillani, Technology Editor Shutterstock Artificial intelligence has changed form in recent years. What started in the public eye as a burgeoning field with promising (yet largely benign) applications, has snowballed into a more than US$100 billion industry where the heavy hitters – Microsoft, Google and OpenAI, ... <a title="Will AI ever reach human-level intelligence? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/will-ai-ever-reach-human-level-intelligence-we-asked-5-experts-202515/" aria-label="Read more about Will AI ever reach human-level intelligence? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney NDIS Minister Bill Shorten yesterday announced a “reboot” of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme and six major areas of reform. Getting the NDIS back on track, Shorten said, will require reform across all disability services. It’s a difficult time ... <a title="The NDIS is set for a reboot but we also need to reform disability services outside the scheme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/the-ndis-is-set-for-a-reboot-but-we-also-need-to-reform-disability-services-outside-the-scheme-204041/" aria-label="Read more about The NDIS is set for a reboot but we also need to reform disability services outside the scheme">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australia’s Medicare billing system is overly complicated, bureaucratic and not meeting the needs of a modern health service, potentially leaking billions of dollars. But claims this loss is mostly due to fraudulent billing practices ... <a title="Medicare billing is a problem but our research found many more GPs undercharge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/medicare-billing-is-a-problem-but-our-research-found-many-more-gps-undercharge-203561/" aria-label="Read more about Medicare billing is a problem but our research found many more GPs undercharge">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Eger, Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Sydney Joe Belanger/Shutterstock Underwater forests known as kelp have been sustaining people and cultures for millennia. However, most of us are only vaguely aware of the vibrant masses of seaweed hugging the ocean shores around Earth. Furthermore, we don’t realise how ... <a title="A forgotten and neglected ecosystem covers a third of Earth’s coastlines, with a collective value of $500 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/a-forgotten-and-neglected-ecosystem-covers-a-third-of-earths-coastlines-with-a-collective-value-of-500-billion-203908/" aria-label="Read more about A forgotten and neglected ecosystem covers a third of Earth’s coastlines, with a collective value of $500 billion">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock There are multiple signs the Australian education system is in crisis. This includes declining academic outcomes, teacher shortages, principals facing abuse, and an upswing in school violence. Hanging over these is the Productivity Commission’s January 2023 ... <a title="A new report proposes full public funding for private schools, but there’s a catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/a-new-report-proposes-full-public-funding-for-private-schools-but-theres-a-catch-203840/" aria-label="Read more about A new report proposes full public funding for private schools, but there’s a catch">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images As the strategic rivalry between the United States and China intensifies, the invitation to discuss participation in the AUKUS security agreement presents New Zealand with a potentially momentous decision: how best to secure its own strategic interests ... <a title="Approach with caution: why NZ should be wary of buying into the AUKUS security pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/approach-with-caution-why-nz-should-be-wary-of-buying-into-the-aukus-security-pact-203915/" aria-label="Read more about Approach with caution: why NZ should be wary of buying into the AUKUS security pact">Read more</a>