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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI), now an integral part of our everyday lives, is becoming increasingly accessible and ubiquitous. Consequently, there’s a growing trend of AI advancements being exploited for criminal activities. One significant concern is the ... <a title="Deepfake, AI or real? It’s getting harder for police to protect children from sexual exploitation online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/deepfake-ai-or-real-its-getting-harder-for-police-to-protect-children-from-sexual-exploitation-online-232820/" aria-label="Read more about Deepfake, AI or real? It’s getting harder for police to protect children from sexual exploitation online">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilary Bowman-Smart, Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Many of us have found ourselves in a full waiting room to see the GP, looking at a laminated sign about a fee increase taped to the reception desk. Australia is ... <a title="Australia plans to hire more overseas doctors. Is it ethical to recruit from countries with doctor shortages?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/australia-plans-to-hire-more-overseas-doctors-is-it-ethical-to-recruit-from-countries-with-doctor-shortages-230975/" aria-label="Read more about Australia plans to hire more overseas doctors. Is it ethical to recruit from countries with doctor shortages?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Calum Cunningham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pyrogeography, University of Tasmania Wildfires are the new “polar bear”, routinely used by the media to epitomise the climate crisis and the threat of major natural hazards. This is despite most fire on Earth being harmless, even ecologically beneficial. But are ... <a title="Extreme wildfires are on the rise globally, powered by the climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/extreme-wildfires-are-on-the-rise-globally-powered-by-the-climate-crisis-229722/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme wildfires are on the rise globally, powered by the climate crisis">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Rodion Kutsaiev/Unsplash, CC BY A war has erupted around young people’s use social media and it is messy. In the United States, surgeon general Vivek Murthy has recommended cigarette packet-like warnings for platforms like Instagram to ... <a title="We know social media bans are unlikely to work. So how can we keep young people safe online?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/we-know-social-media-bans-are-unlikely-to-work-so-how-can-we-keep-young-people-safe-online-232594/" aria-label="Read more about We know social media bans are unlikely to work. So how can we keep young people safe online?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Nguyen, Lecturer in Fine Arts, Monash University chommaz nantanajankul/Shutterstock Travelling through Southeast Asia, many tourists might notice small roadside shrines and Spirit Houses. Adorning shopfronts and homes, this practice ranges from makeshift shrines to ornate architectural buildings. Depending on regional differences, Spirit Houses might be filled ... <a title="Across Southeast Asia, people paying respect to Spirits living on their Land is a normal part of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/across-southeast-asia-people-paying-respect-to-spirits-living-on-their-land-is-a-normal-part-of-life-228513/" aria-label="Read more about Across Southeast Asia, people paying respect to Spirits living on their Land is a normal part of life">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney hedgehog94/Shutterstock The Australian Senate is set to pass a bill that will see the end of all vape sales – regardless of nicotine content – from general retailers. From July 1, non-nicotine vapes will no longer ... <a title="No more recreational vaping for Australians. From October, vapes will be sold over the counter at pharmacies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/no-more-recreational-vaping-for-australians-from-october-vapes-will-be-sold-over-the-counter-at-pharmacies-233089/" aria-label="Read more about No more recreational vaping for Australians. From October, vapes will be sold over the counter at pharmacies">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Williams, Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney Corona Borealis Studio/Shutterstock You may have heard reports in recent days of a “flesh-eating bacteria” spreading in Japan, referring to an illness that can occur with streptococcal toxic shock ... <a title="Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: should I be worried if I’m travelling to Japan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/streptococcal-toxic-shock-syndrome-should-i-be-worried-if-im-travelling-to-japan-232818/" aria-label="Read more about Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: should I be worried if I’m travelling to Japan?">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Gokhan Y/Shutterstock Not far inland from Port Campbell in Victoria lie three depleted gas fields. These underground sandstone reservoirs now have a second life, as the state’s main gas storage, responsible for 30% of the state’s winter gas demand. ... <a title="Cold snap, low on gas: the possible gas shortage in Victoria is a warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/cold-snap-low-on-gas-the-possible-gas-shortage-in-victoria-is-a-warning-233086/" aria-label="Read more about Cold snap, low on gas: the possible gas shortage in Victoria is a warning">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Worthington, Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology A deal reached between Armaguard, the banks, and Australia’s largest retailers securing the cash-in-transit service’s future, is good news, for now, for those Australians who still use cash. The distribution of bank notes and coins throughout the country faced ... <a title="Future of cash secured for now as banks and retailers bail-out Armaguard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/future-of-cash-secured-for-now-as-banks-and-retailers-bail-out-armaguard-233087/" aria-label="Read more about Future of cash secured for now as banks and retailers bail-out Armaguard">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Fels, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne Suppliers of food and other products have been complaining for years about their treatment at the hands of Woolworths, Coles and Australia’s other big supermarket chains, although rarely to the supermarkets themselves – perhaps, as suggested in a recent ... <a title="Fines of $10 million will force supermarkets to think carefully before exploiting suppliers, but more could have been done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/fines-of-10-million-will-force-supermarkets-to-think-carefully-before-exploiting-suppliers-but-more-could-have-been-done-233084/" aria-label="Read more about Fines of $10 million will force supermarkets to think carefully before exploiting suppliers, but more could have been done">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University New Africa/Shutterstock Recent news about PFAS “forever chemicals” in Australian drinking water supplies has been very confronting. Many people are asking how they can remove these contaminants from their home drinking water. In short, it is ... <a title="Worried about PFAS in your drinking water? Here’s what the evidence says about home filters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/worried-about-pfas-in-your-drinking-water-heres-what-the-evidence-says-about-home-filters-232830/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about PFAS in your drinking water? Here’s what the evidence says about home filters">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Spangaro, Professor of Social Work, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Recent deaths have highlighted the seriousness of intimate partner violence nationally. According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, the number of women killed by partners increased by 28% from 2022 to 2023. While the overall homicide rate ... <a title="Violence towards refugee and migrant women often goes undetected. We’ve found a way to help fix that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/violence-towards-refugee-and-migrant-women-often-goes-undetected-weve-found-a-way-to-help-fix-that-232715/" aria-label="Read more about Violence towards refugee and migrant women often goes undetected. We’ve found a way to help fix that">Read more</a>
