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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The March 2 byelection in the outer suburban Melbourne seat of Dunkley is the third byelection this term but the first in a Labor-held electorate. It has been caused by the death late last year of Peta Murphy, after a ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Antony Green, Kos Samaras and Tim Costello on Dunkley contest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/politics-with-michelle-grattan-antony-green-kos-samaras-and-tim-costello-on-dunkley-contest-223961/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Antony Green, Kos Samaras and Tim Costello on Dunkley contest">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanjoy Paul, Associate Professor, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney To hear the Woolworths and Coles chief executives speak on Four Corners this week, you’d think their industry was highly competitive. For instance, Woolies’ chief Brad Banducci said: this community over here, there will be three ... <a title="8 ways Woolworths and Coles squeeze their suppliers and their customers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/8-ways-woolworths-and-coles-squeeze-their-suppliers-and-their-customers-223857/" aria-label="Read more about 8 ways Woolworths and Coles squeeze their suppliers and their customers">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University In The Light Photography/Shutterstock The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent “wild birth”, or free birth, last week has prompted fresh concerns about giving birth without a ... <a title="‘Free birthing’ and planned home births might sound similar but the risks are very different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/free-birthing-and-planned-home-births-might-sound-similar-but-the-risks-are-very-different-223852/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Free birthing’ and planned home births might sound similar but the risks are very different">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chiara Palmieri, Professor, The University of Queensland This week, disturbing news emerged about mulch containing asbestos in parks, schools and homes across New South Wales (and possibly Canberra). So far, the discussion has focused on the risks to human health. But the incidents have prompted me to ... <a title="Did your dog dig in asbestos-laden mulch? Here are the risks – and what to do next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/did-your-dog-dig-in-asbestos-laden-mulch-here-are-the-risks-and-what-to-do-next-223862/" aria-label="Read more about Did your dog dig in asbestos-laden mulch? Here are the risks – and what to do next">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Australia’s naval surface combatant fleet is in trouble. The eight Anzac frigates are worn out after three decades of Middle Eastern adventures and hard to crew. The Anzac’s replacements, the much-criticised Hunter Class frigates, are late – the ... <a title="The government has unveiled its Navy of the future. Will it solve our current problems – or just create new ones?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/the-government-has-unveiled-its-navy-of-the-future-will-it-solve-our-current-problems-or-just-create-new-ones-223846/" aria-label="Read more about The government has unveiled its Navy of the future. Will it solve our current problems – or just create new ones?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Dobson, Professor and Dean of Education and the Arts, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock Do you remember what it was like to discover the magic of a city for the first time? Do you remember the noises, smells, flashing lights and pulsating crowds? Or do you mostly remember ... <a title="The art of ‘getting lost’: how re-discovering your city can be an antidote to capitalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/the-art-of-getting-lost-how-re-discovering-your-city-can-be-an-antidote-to-capitalism-221606/" aria-label="Read more about The art of ‘getting lost’: how re-discovering your city can be an antidote to capitalism">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vahid Pooryousef, PhD candidate in Human Computer Interaction, Monash University OpenAI Late last week, OpenAI announced a new generative AI system named Sora, which produces short videos from text prompts. While Sora is not yet available to the public, the high quality of the sample outputs published ... <a title="What is Sora? A new generative AI tool could transform video production and amplify disinformation risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/what-is-sora-a-new-generative-ai-tool-could-transform-video-production-and-amplify-disinformation-risks-223850/" aria-label="Read more about What is Sora? A new generative AI tool could transform video production and amplify disinformation risks">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world’s species of animals, birds, plants and insects – between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian ... <a title="New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/new-ecosystems-unprecedented-climates-more-australian-species-than-ever-are-struggling-to-survive-222375/" aria-label="Read more about New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Wolf, Associate Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University Cristy Roberts/ANU, CC BY-NC Scientists have no reported evidence of the true conditions in Hell, perhaps because no one has ever returned to tell the tale. Hell has been imagined as a supremely uncomfortable place, hot and ... <a title="The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/the-brightest-object-in-the-universe-is-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-star-a-day-222612/" aria-label="Read more about The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia On February 20 and 21, Julian Assange will ask the High Court of England and Wales to reverse a decision from June last year allowing the United Kingdom to extradite him to the United States. There he faces ... <a title="After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/after-years-of-avoiding-extradition-julian-assanges-appeal-is-likely-his-last-chance-heres-how-it-might-unfold-and-how-we-got-here-221217/" aria-label="Read more about After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here)">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago Despite inheriting positive bilateral ties with Australia and the US, New Zealand’s coalition government has indicated it wants an even closer alignment with traditional allies. In what has been described as “the most challenging strategic environment for ... <a title="Moving closer to Australia is in New Zealand’s strategic interest – joining AUKUS is not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/moving-closer-to-australia-is-in-new-zealands-strategic-interest-joining-aukus-is-not-223843/" aria-label="Read more about Moving closer to Australia is in New Zealand’s strategic interest – joining AUKUS is not">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wallwork, Post-doctoral Researcher, University of South Australia Keenan Constance/Unsplash Back pain is common. One in thirteen people have it right now and worldwide a staggering 619 million people will have it this year. Chronic pain, of which back pain is the most common, is the world’s ... <a title="How long does back pain last? And how can learning about pain increase the chance of recovery?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/how-long-does-back-pain-last-and-how-can-learning-about-pain-increase-the-chance-of-recovery-222513/" aria-label="Read more about How long does back pain last? And how can learning about pain increase the chance of recovery?">Read more</a>
