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April 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology A mob set fire to a Waymo self-driving taxi in San Francisco last month as residents’ anger about the cars boiled over. Self-driving “robotaxis” run by Waymo and other operators such as Cruise have been causing ... <a title="Australians are open to self-driving vehicles, but want humans to retain ultimate control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/australians-are-open-to-self-driving-vehicles-but-want-humans-to-retain-ultimate-control-225282/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are open to self-driving vehicles, but want humans to retain ultimate control">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University The indexation of student debt is arguably the federal government’s biggest political problem when it comes to universities. Last June, student debt balances increased by 7.1%, the highest rate in decades. While HELP loans ... <a title="How do we protect students from ballooning HELP debts? A fixed maximum indexation rate would help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/how-do-we-protect-students-from-ballooning-help-debts-a-fixed-maximum-indexation-rate-would-help-226497/" aria-label="Read more about How do we protect students from ballooning HELP debts? A fixed maximum indexation rate would help">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland On April 8 1974, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced to parliament the nation’s new national anthem: Advance Australia Fair. Australia was growing up. We could stop saving “our gracious Queen” and rejoice in being “young” and “girt”. Finding ... <a title="50 years on, Advance Australia Fair no longer reflects the values of many. What could replace it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/50-years-on-advance-australia-fair-no-longer-reflects-the-values-of-many-what-could-replace-it-226737/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years on, Advance Australia Fair no longer reflects the values of many. What could replace it?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Hughes, Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics & UQ College, The University of Queensland Buradaki / Shutterstock If you’ve ever been taught about how Earth orbits around the Sun, you might well think our planet travels along an oval-shaped path that brings it much ... <a title="Earth, the Sun and a bike wheel: why your high-school textbook was wrong about the shape of Earth’s orbit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/earth-the-sun-and-a-bike-wheel-why-your-high-school-textbook-was-wrong-about-the-shape-of-earths-orbit-225200/" aria-label="Read more about Earth, the Sun and a bike wheel: why your high-school textbook was wrong about the shape of Earth’s orbit">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divna Haslam, Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology ABC A special episode of the hit kids show Bluey will premiere on April 14. The episode will run for 28 minutes, which is four times the usual length of a Bluey episode. My kids are excited. In ... <a title="A bumper Bluey episode is about to hit screens. 5 ways to get the most out of watching the show with your kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/a-bumper-bluey-episode-is-about-to-hit-screens-5-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-watching-the-show-with-your-kids-224638/" aria-label="Read more about A bumper Bluey episode is about to hit screens. 5 ways to get the most out of watching the show with your kids">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Australia talks a big game on global tax avoidance. It has prepared draft legislation it says will make sure all companies with global revenue of at least A$1.2 billion, whether headquartered ... <a title="Why is Australia helping to block a move to tax multinational corporations properly?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/why-is-australia-helping-to-block-a-move-to-tax-multinational-corporations-properly-219305/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Australia helping to block a move to tax multinational corporations properly?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Waghorn, Lecturer, School of Education, RMIT University While much attention has been drawn to the detrimental impact of violent video games on children’s developing brains, there has been relatively little discussion regarding the negative effects of news and current affair programs children are exposed to. When ... <a title="Kids and ‘bad’ news: how can parents safely introduce their children to news and current affairs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/kids-and-bad-news-how-can-parents-safely-introduce-their-children-to-news-and-current-affairs-226609/" aria-label="Read more about Kids and ‘bad’ news: how can parents safely introduce their children to news and current affairs?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The food and grocery code of conduct should be made mandatory to help rectify the heavy imbalance between suppliers and supermarkets, an inquiry by former Labor minister Craig Emerson has recommended. Emerson says in his interim report, released Monday, that ... <a title="Inquiry into supermarkets says make voluntary code of conduct mandatory but don’t bring in divestiture power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/08/inquiry-into-supermarkets-says-make-voluntary-code-of-conduct-mandatory-but-dont-bring-in-divestiture-power-227327/" aria-label="Read more about Inquiry into supermarkets says make voluntary code of conduct mandatory but don’t bring in divestiture power">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne At the March 23 Tasmanian state election, the Liberals won 14 of the 35 lower house seats, Labor ten, the Greens five, the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) ... <a title="Liberals will have difficulty forming government after final Tasmanian results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/liberals-will-have-difficulty-forming-government-after-final-tasmanian-results-226906/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals will have difficulty forming government after final Tasmanian results">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne At the March 23 Tasmanian state election, the Liberals won 14 of the 35 lower house seats, Labor ten, the Greens five, the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) ... <a title="Difficult for Liberals to form government after final Tasmanian results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/difficult-for-liberals-to-form-government-after-final-tasmanian-results-226906/" aria-label="Read more about Difficult for Liberals to form government after final Tasmanian results">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy C. Charlton, Associate Professor, University of New England Giorgio Rossi/Shutterstock Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s recent unsuccessful demand to have the central government repay the GST levied on property rates is the latest salvo in the battle over funding for local government in New Zealand. It points ... <a title="There is a ceiling on rate increases. It’s time to look for alternatives to local government funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/there-is-a-ceiling-on-rate-increases-its-time-to-look-for-alternatives-to-local-government-funding-226493/" aria-label="Read more about There is a ceiling on rate increases. It’s time to look for alternatives to local government funding">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University Maria Symchych/Shutterstock Parents are often faced with well-meaning opinions and conflicting advice about what to feed their babies. The latest guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends formula-fed babies can switch to cow’s ... <a title="When can my baby drink cow’s milk? It’s sooner than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/05/when-can-my-baby-drink-cows-milk-its-sooner-than-you-think-227044/" aria-label="Read more about When can my baby drink cow’s milk? It’s sooner than you think">Read more</a>
