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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Gibson, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington All levels of research are being changed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Don’t have time to read that journal article? AI-powered tools such as TLDRthis will summarise it for you. ... <a title="Something felt ‘off’ – how AI messed with our human research, and what we learned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/something-felt-off-how-ai-messed-with-our-human-research-and-what-we-learned-225555/" aria-label="Read more about Something felt ‘off’ – how AI messed with our human research, and what we learned">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University India will soon hold the biggest election ever conducted, starting on April 19 and running through early June. Almost 950 million registered voters will be able to cast ballots to elect the 543 members of the Lok Sabha, the ... <a title="Narendra Modi’s economy isn’t booming for India’s unemployed youth. So, why is his party favoured to win another election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/narendra-modis-economy-isnt-booming-for-indias-unemployed-youth-so-why-is-his-party-favoured-to-win-another-election-224868/" aria-label="Read more about Narendra Modi’s economy isn’t booming for India’s unemployed youth. So, why is his party favoured to win another election?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer McCann, Lecturer Nutrition Sciences, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University FotoDuets/Shutterstock Toddler milk is popular and becoming more so. Just over a third of Australian toddlers drink it. Parents spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it globally. Around the world, toddler milk makes ... <a title="Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/why-is-toddler-milk-so-popular-follow-the-money-225668/" aria-label="Read more about Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Pourmousavi Kani, Senior Lecturer of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide Pi-Lens/Shutterstock Billions of dollars are being spent worldwide to modernise electricity grids with smart meters. These meters promise to save households money by making it easier for us to understand and manage our energy ... <a title="Smart meters haven’t delivered the promised benefits to electricity users. Here’s a way to fix the problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/smart-meters-havent-delivered-the-promised-benefits-to-electricity-users-heres-a-way-to-fix-the-problems-225346/" aria-label="Read more about Smart meters haven’t delivered the promised benefits to electricity users. Here’s a way to fix the problems">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Garvin, Adjunct Fellow, Department of Economics, Macquarie University This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. If just one state of Australia, New South Wales, scrapped its stamp duty on real-estate transactions, about 100,000 ... <a title="Stamp duty is holding us back from moving homes – we’ve worked out how much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/stamp-duty-is-holding-us-back-from-moving-homes-weve-worked-out-how-much-225773/" aria-label="Read more about Stamp duty is holding us back from moving homes – we’ve worked out how much">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s top economists are pressing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese not to ape US President Joe Biden’s “think big” approach to clean energy. Biden’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act – dubbed the largest climate investment in ... <a title="Economists say Australia shouldn’t try to transition to net zero by aping the mammoth US Inflation Reduction Act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/17/economists-say-australia-shouldnt-try-to-transition-to-net-zero-by-aping-the-mammoth-us-inflation-reduction-act-225568/" aria-label="Read more about Economists say Australia shouldn’t try to transition to net zero by aping the mammoth US Inflation Reduction Act">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury Credit Ian Routledge. Copyright Lot Film Pty Ltd In the middle of the night, during a terrible thunderstorm, a sodden stranger knocks on Patrick’s door hoping to use a phone. Insomniac Patrick (Brendan Rock) is ... <a title="‘An exceptionally queasy atmosphere’: the unsettling new Aussie horror You’ll Never Find Me" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/an-exceptionally-queasy-atmosphere-the-unsettling-new-aussie-horror-youll-never-find-me-222606/" aria-label="Read more about ‘An exceptionally queasy atmosphere’: the unsettling new Aussie horror You’ll Never Find Me">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruth Wallace, Director, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University The federal and Northern Territory governments have just made a “historic” funding announcement of about A$1 billion for schools in the territory. This includes an extra $737.7 million from the federal government and an extra $350 million from the ... <a title="There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/theres-an-extra-1-billion-on-the-table-for-nt-schools-this-could-change-lives-if-spent-well-225678/" aria-label="Read more about There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Grimmer, Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania Think of some of the world’s biggest brands: Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Apple. With what do you associate them? Are they positive associations? Now consider, do you trust them? Brand trust is a measure of how customers feel ... <a title="Bunnings has toppled Woolworths as Australia’s most “trusted” brand – what makes us trust a brand in the first place?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/bunnings-has-toppled-woolworths-as-australias-most-trusted-brand-what-makes-us-trust-a-brand-in-the-first-place-225578/" aria-label="Read more about Bunnings has toppled Woolworths as Australia’s most “trusted” brand – what makes us trust a brand in the first place?">Read more</a>
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March 15, 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 The Tasmanian state election is on March 23. A uComms poll for The Australia Institute, conducted March 4–5 from a sample of 1,174, gave the Liberals 37.1% ... <a title="Dire polls for Labor in Tasmania and Queensland with elections upcoming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/dire-polls-for-labor-in-tasmania-and-queensland-with-elections-upcoming-225455/" aria-label="Read more about Dire polls for Labor in Tasmania and Queensland with elections upcoming">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taylor Brydges, Research Principal, University of Technology Sydney New Africa, Shutterstock Since the 1990s, fast fashion has enabled everyday people to buy the latest catwalk trends. But the sheer volume of garments being whipped up, sold and soon discarded is contributing to a global sustainability crisis. Now, ... <a title="Ultra-fast fashion is a disturbing trend undermining efforts to make the whole industry more sustainable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/ultra-fast-fashion-is-a-disturbing-trend-undermining-efforts-to-make-the-whole-industry-more-sustainable-224253/" aria-label="Read more about Ultra-fast fashion is a disturbing trend undermining efforts to make the whole industry more sustainable">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Miller, PhD candidate in Politics, University of Otago As the 2024 academic year begins in Australia and New Zealand, optimism over the state of foreign language learning at universities is in short supply. Languages have taken a post-pandemic battering. In 2023 alone, New Zealand’s Victoria University ... <a title="Lost in translation: the geopolitical risks of declining foreign language learning in Australia and NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/lost-in-translation-the-geopolitical-risks-of-declining-foreign-language-learning-in-australia-and-nz-225787/" aria-label="Read more about Lost in translation: the geopolitical risks of declining foreign language learning in Australia and NZ">Read more</a>
