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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Genauer, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University Since commencing his second term as United States president, Donald Trump has distanced the US from Ukraine and warmed relations with Russia. This presents a predicament for European nations. A changing landscape Europe relies on the US for ... <a title="The strategies and risks European powers must consider when it comes to tackling Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/the-strategies-and-risks-european-powers-must-consider-when-it-comes-to-tackling-trump-251253/" aria-label="Read more about The strategies and risks European powers must consider when it comes to tackling Trump">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ty Ferguson, Research Fellow, University of South Australia Marcos Mesa Sam Wordley/Shutterstock Tossing and turning on sweltering summer nights? You’re not alone. As temperatures rise due to climate change, our sleep is becoming shorter and more disrupted. But it’s not just the heat keeping us awake – ... <a title="Why can’t I sleep? 4 ways climate change could be keeping you up at night and what you can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/why-cant-i-sleep-4-ways-climate-change-could-be-keeping-you-up-at-night-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-250253/" aria-label="Read more about Why can’t I sleep? 4 ways climate change could be keeping you up at night and what you can do about it">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University Visual Generation/Shutterstock The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union for voice actors and creatives, recently circulated a video of voice actor Thomas G. Burt describing the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on his livelihood. Voice actors have ... <a title="‘I can’t be friends with the machine’: what audio artists working in games think of AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/i-cant-be-friends-with-the-machine-what-audio-artists-working-in-games-think-of-ai-248869/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I can’t be friends with the machine’: what audio artists working in games think of AI">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images Extending the length of the parliamentary term is one of those recurring issues in New Zealand politics, emerging from the constitutional shadows every 30 years or so and quickly retreating from the bright ... <a title="NZ governments enjoy an ‘executive paradise’ – a longer parliamentary term won’t change that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/nz-governments-enjoy-an-executive-paradise-a-longer-parliamentary-term-wont-change-that-251139/" aria-label="Read more about NZ governments enjoy an ‘executive paradise’ – a longer parliamentary term won’t change that">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo Imogen Warren/Shutterstock What do the Australian lungfish, ghost bat, sandhill dunnart and southern and central greater gliders have in common? They’re all threatened species that need a formal ... <a title="Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/environment-minister-tanya-plibersek-has-been-taken-to-court-over-11-threatened-species-heres-why-219231/" aria-label="Read more about Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Ludovic Toinel/Unsplash In July last year, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, directed tech companies to develop codes of practice to keep children safe from online porn and harmful content. Now, after ... <a title="Tech companies’ proposed new safety codes won’t protect all kids online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/tech-companies-proposed-new-safety-codes-wont-protect-all-kids-online-251266/" aria-label="Read more about Tech companies’ proposed new safety codes won’t protect all kids online">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Hard on the heels of Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID, the United Kingdom has ripped more than A$12 billion (£6 billion) from its foreign assistance budget. The double hit from two of the globe’s biggest contributors ... <a title="The US and UK have decimated their aid spending. Australia has a unique opportunity to help fill the vacuum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/the-us-and-uk-have-decimated-their-aid-spending-australia-has-a-unique-opportunity-to-help-fill-the-vacuum-251156/" aria-label="Read more about The US and UK have decimated their aid spending. Australia has a unique opportunity to help fill the vacuum">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Wright, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney, University of Technology Sydney Richard White, head of WiseTech Global, is the latest of a small number of charismatic business founders to have captured the public and corporate imagination. The businessman is synonymous with one of Australia’s most successful technology ... <a title="Billionaire entrepreneurs can make for bold businesses but often with fewer checks and balances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/billionaire-entrepreneurs-can-make-for-bold-businesses-but-often-with-fewer-checks-and-balances-250927/" aria-label="Read more about Billionaire entrepreneurs can make for bold businesses but often with fewer checks and balances">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Riddle, Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland The federal government and NSW government have announced a new funding deal for the state’s public schools. This will see the Commonwealth contribution jump from 20% to 25% of the schooling resource standard (on which school funding ... <a title="NSW has finally struck a school funding deal. What does this mean for schools and students?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/nsw-has-finally-struck-a-school-funding-deal-what-does-this-mean-for-schools-and-students-251271/" aria-label="Read more about NSW has finally struck a school funding deal. What does this mean for schools and students?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Chubb, Associate Professor of International Relations, Deakin University Shutterstock This week, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea issued an appeal to the international community. She expressed concern about the future of civil society work on North Korean human rights. The cause ... <a title="Another US funding cut threatens human rights in North Korea – and hands more power to a dictator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/another-us-funding-cut-threatens-human-rights-in-north-korea-and-hands-more-power-to-a-dictator-251239/" aria-label="Read more about Another US funding cut threatens human rights in North Korea – and hands more power to a dictator">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Francis Thrush, Director of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Shutterstock/Danita Delimont For New Zealand, a country with an underwater territory 14 times its landmass, marine ecosystems present a significant opportunity to investigate carbon storage options. Prompted by a 2023 report ... <a title="NZ hopes to store carbon in marine ecosystems – but some are so degraded they’re already a source of emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/nz-hopes-to-store-carbon-in-marine-ecosystems-but-some-are-so-degraded-theyre-already-a-source-of-emissions-248875/" aria-label="Read more about NZ hopes to store carbon in marine ecosystems – but some are so degraded they’re already a source of emissions">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Caillard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology Director Sean Baker has made history by becoming the first person to win four Academy Awards in the same night for the same film – Anora – taking home prizes for original screenplay, film ... <a title="Who is Sean Baker, the indie filmmaker behind Oscar sweeper Anora?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/who-is-sean-baker-the-indie-filmmaker-behind-oscar-sweeper-anora-251272/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Sean Baker, the indie filmmaker behind Oscar sweeper Anora?">Read more</a>
