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October 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mitch Goodwin, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne MidJourney text prompt: ‘HAL the computer approaching through the foggy morning mist’. Author provided Generative art making is flourishing. Algorithms that turn text prompts into images, such as DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, are emerging as viable creative tools. ... <a title="Synthetic futures: my journey into the emotional, poetic world of AI art making" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/10/synthetic-futures-my-journey-into-the-emotional-poetic-world-of-ai-art-making-188533/" aria-label="Read more about Synthetic futures: my journey into the emotional, poetic world of AI art making">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese on Sunday insisted the government’s intention to deliver the Stage 3 tax cuts has not changed, while he reinforced the expectation of deep spending cuts in this month’s budget to attack “waste”. Meanwhile the government on Monday will ... <a title="Albanese insists tax position ‘hasn’t changed’, as the government targets defence delays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/10/albanese-insists-tax-position-hasnt-changed-as-the-government-targets-defence-delays-192155/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese insists tax position ‘hasn’t changed’, as the government targets defence delays">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute If you watch TV or read the paper, you’ve probably seen ads spruiking the achievements of the federal or state government – from the next big transport project to how they’re reducing the cost of living. While some government ads ... <a title="All governments are guilty of running political ads on the public purse. Here’s how to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/09/all-governments-are-guilty-of-running-political-ads-on-the-public-purse-heres-how-to-stop-it-191766/" aria-label="Read more about All governments are guilty of running political ads on the public purse. Here’s how to stop it">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Raymond, Lecturer, Australian National University At least 37 people were killed on Thursday by a lone assailant at a day care centre in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nongbua Lamphu, local police say. Among the dead are at least 24 children, while the alleged gunman also killed ... <a title="Tragic Thai massacre raises issues of mental health, drug use and gun control ahead of next year’s election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/tragic-thai-massacre-raises-issues-of-mental-health-drug-use-and-gun-control-ahead-of-next-years-election-192087/" aria-label="Read more about Tragic Thai massacre raises issues of mental health, drug use and gun control ahead of next year’s election">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Javier Leon, Senior lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast Australians along the east cost are bracing for yet another round of heavy rainfall this weekend, after a band of stormy weather soaked most of the continent this week. The Bureau of Meteorology has alerted southern inland Queensland, ... <a title="The wild weather of La Niña could wipe out vast stretches of Australia’s beaches and sand dunes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/the-wild-weather-of-la-nina-could-wipe-out-vast-stretches-of-australias-beaches-and-sand-dunes-191941/" aria-label="Read more about The wild weather of La Niña could wipe out vast stretches of Australia’s beaches and sand dunes">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Mude, Public Health Lecturer, CQUniversity Australia Around 60 Australian women and children are reported to be living in Syrian detention camps, most of them children under six years of age. This week, the federal government announced plans to rescue these Australians – family members of slain ... <a title="For the traumatised Australian children escaping Syrian detention camps, help here will be life-changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/for-the-traumatised-australian-children-escaping-syrian-detention-camps-help-here-will-be-life-changing-191856/" aria-label="Read more about For the traumatised Australian children escaping Syrian detention camps, help here will be life-changing">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Sciberras, Associate Professor, Deakin University SHVETS production/Pexels, CC BY-SA ADHD coaching has been in the news this week, with the release of new guidelines for diagnosing and managing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The evidence-based clinical guidelines recommend ADHD coaching could be considered for adolescents and adults as ... <a title="What is ADHD coaching and do I really need it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/what-is-adhd-coaching-and-do-i-really-need-it-191948/" aria-label="Read more about What is ADHD coaching and do I really need it?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Pomeroy, Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education, University of Canterbury Getty Images Aotearoa New Zealand’s high school teachers’ union recently approved a policy to end streaming – also known as “ability grouping” – in New Zealand high schools by 2030. The primary teachers’ union NZEI Te Riu ... <a title="NZ’s key teacher unions now reject classroom streaming. So what’s wrong with grouping kids by perceived ability?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/nzs-key-teacher-unions-now-reject-classroom-streaming-so-whats-wrong-with-grouping-kids-by-perceived-ability-192007/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s key teacher unions now reject classroom streaming. So what’s wrong with grouping kids by perceived ability?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Evans, Lecturer, The University of Queensland Daniels Joffe / Unsplash The Nobel Prize in physics this year has been awarded “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”. Read more: Nobel prize: physicists share prize for insights into ... <a title="How philosophy turned into physics – and reality turned into information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/how-philosophy-turned-into-physics-and-reality-turned-into-information-191940/" aria-label="Read more about How philosophy turned into physics – and reality turned into information">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freyja Watters, PhD candidate, University of Adelaide Este Kotze/AP Global demand for exotic pets is increasing, a trend partly caused by social media and a shift from physical pet stores to online marketplaces. The United States is one of the biggest markets for the wildlife trade. And ... <a title="‘Astonishing’: global demand for exotic pets is driving a massive trade in unprotected wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/astonishing-global-demand-for-exotic-pets-is-driving-a-massive-trade-in-unprotected-wildlife-188971/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Astonishing’: global demand for exotic pets is driving a massive trade in unprotected wildlife">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darshana Sedera, Associate Dean (Research), Southern Cross University kkssr/Shutterstock As data storage has become more accessible than ever, the amount of digital “stuff” we all have stashed away is on the rise, too – for many of us, it’s becoming more unwieldy by the day. In a ... <a title="With seemingly endless data storage at our fingertips, ‘digital hoarding’ could be an increasing problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/with-seemingly-endless-data-storage-at-our-fingertips-digital-hoarding-could-be-an-increasing-problem-190356/" aria-label="Read more about With seemingly endless data storage at our fingertips, ‘digital hoarding’ could be an increasing problem">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Kevin LEE/Unsplash, CC BY Mosquitoes are a problem every summer. But the recent arrival of the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus in eastern Australia brings more significant concerns. There are hundreds of different mosquito species in ... <a title="A wet spring and summer means more mosquitoes but now we’ve got Japanese encephalitis virus to worry about too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/a-wet-spring-and-summer-means-more-mosquitoes-but-now-weve-got-japanese-encephalitis-virus-to-worry-about-too-191510/" aria-label="Read more about A wet spring and summer means more mosquitoes but now we’ve got Japanese encephalitis virus to worry about too">Read more</a>
