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March 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Goldlust, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University Shutterstock Earlier this month, regulators flagged electricity price rises in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Like many people, you’re probably wondering how you can minimise the financial pain. Getting rid of ... <a title="Want an easy $400 a year? Ditch the gas heater in your home for an electric split system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/24/want-an-easy-400-a-year-ditch-the-gas-heater-in-your-home-for-an-electric-split-system-201941/" aria-label="Read more about Want an easy $400 a year? Ditch the gas heater in your home for an electric split system">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Veal, Adjunct Professor, Business School, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock A little more than a century ago, most people in industrialised countries worked 60 hours a week – six ten-hour days. A 40-hour work week of five eight-hour days became the norm, along with increased paid ... <a title="4-day work week trials have been labelled a ‘resounding success’. But 4 big questions need answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/24/4-day-work-week-trials-have-been-labelled-a-resounding-success-but-4-big-questions-need-answers-201476/" aria-label="Read more about 4-day work week trials have been labelled a ‘resounding success’. But 4 big questions need answers">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xavier Ho, Lecturer in Interaction Design, Monash University Sony Entertainment Mainstream games are embracing openly queer characters – and so are many of their players and fans. The Last of Us, the prestige HBO adaptation of the critically lauded game, has been celebrated (and review-bombed) for delivering ... <a title="The gaming audience is ‘queerer than ever’ – so how are game creators responding?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/24/the-gaming-audience-is-queerer-than-ever-so-how-are-game-creators-responding-199598/" aria-label="Read more about The gaming audience is ‘queerer than ever’ – so how are game creators responding?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Attenborough, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Bioanthropology, Australian National University Kevin Brown, Author provided Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples. Ludwig van Beethoven’s life was ... <a title="We used DNA from Beethoven’s hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/24/we-used-dna-from-beethovens-hair-to-shed-light-on-his-poor-health-and-stumbled-upon-a-family-secret-202440/" aria-label="Read more about We used DNA from Beethoven’s hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra At the end of the emotional news conference in which he unveiled the wording for the Voice referendum, Anthony Albanese touched on a central reason why a “yes” result is vital. Australia would be seen as a better nation by ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: A ‘No’ vote in the Voice referendum would put a serious dent in Australia’s image abroad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/24/grattan-on-friday-a-no-vote-in-the-voice-referendum-would-put-a-serious-dent-in-australias-image-abroad-201157/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: A ‘No’ vote in the Voice referendum would put a serious dent in Australia’s image abroad">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elsa Dominish, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Last month, Victoria banned plastic straws, crockery and polystyrene containers, following similar bans in South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales and the ACT. All states and territories in Australia have now banned lightweight ... <a title="Why bioplastics won’t solve our plastic problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/why-bioplastics-wont-solve-our-plastic-problems-200736/" aria-label="Read more about Why bioplastics won’t solve our plastic problems">Read more</a>
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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
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>
