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October 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pauline Jones, Associate Professor in Language in Education, University of Wollongong Timur Weber/Pexels, CC BY Many children and young people are anxious about climate change and what it means for their futures. But adults can face the dilemma of how to talk to children about these incredibly ... <a title="6 books to help talk to your child about climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/18/6-books-to-help-talk-to-your-child-about-climate-change-215693/" aria-label="Read more about 6 books to help talk to your child about climate change">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin West, PhD Candidate in Drama and Theatre Studies, The University of Queensland A decade ago, William Shakespeare was the most performed playwright in Australia. In 2024 not one mainstage theatre company in Australia will perform Shakespeare. The only exception will be Bell Shakespeare. This shift has ... <a title="Australian theatre companies are shunning Shakespeare. A much-needed break, or a mistake?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/18/australian-theatre-companies-are-shunning-shakespeare-a-much-needed-break-or-a-mistake-215597/" aria-label="Read more about Australian theatre companies are shunning Shakespeare. A much-needed break, or a mistake?">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Boraman, Lecturer in Politics, Massey University For an election ostensibly fought over a “cost-of-living crisis”, there was a strong unspoken consensus between the two major parties: most people’s living standards needed to reduce to thwart inflation. Regardless of the election result, a form of austerity was ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Labour out, National in – either way, neoliberalism wins again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/18/nz-election-2023-labour-out-national-in-either-way-neoliberalism-wins-again-214723/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Labour out, National in – either way, neoliberalism wins again">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marten Risius, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Grant, has found X (formerly Twitter) guilty of serious non-compliance to a transparency notice on child sex abuse material. The commissioner has issued X with an infringement notice for A$610,500. ... <a title="Australia has fined X Australia over child sex abuse material concerns. How severe is the issue – and what happens now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/australia-has-fined-x-australia-over-child-sex-abuse-material-concerns-how-severe-is-the-issue-and-what-happens-now-215696/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has fined X Australia over child sex abuse material concerns. How severe is the issue – and what happens now?">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
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 With 79% of enrolled voters counted nationally, “no” has won the Voice referendum by a 60.7–39.3 margin. “No” has easily won in every state and territory except ... <a title="Indigenous Australians supported Voice referendum by large margins; Labor retains large Newspoll lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/indigenous-australians-supported-voice-referendum-by-large-margins-labor-retains-large-newspoll-lead-215663/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Australians supported Voice referendum by large margins; Labor retains large Newspoll lead">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mihiri Silva, Paediatric dentist, Senior Lecturer and Clinician-Scientist Fellow, MCRI and University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Shutterstock One in three Australian children have tooth decay by the time they start school. This rises to more than 40% by the time they’re eight or nine. Teeth ... <a title="Worried about your child’s teeth? Focus on these 3 things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/worried-about-your-childs-teeth-focus-on-these-3-things-212870/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about your child’s teeth? Focus on these 3 things">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock If we’re upset about the price of petrol, why do we drive the vehicles we do? SUVs (so-called sport utility vehicles) use more fuel per kilometre than standard cars – according to the International ... <a title="Where did the cars go? How heavier, costlier SUVs and utes took over Australia’s roads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/where-did-the-cars-go-how-heavier-costlier-suvs-and-utes-took-over-australias-roads-215774/" aria-label="Read more about Where did the cars go? How heavier, costlier SUVs and utes took over Australia’s roads">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isa Menzies, Visiting Fellow, Research School of Humanities and the Arts , Australian National University Shutterstock The brumby debate refuses to go away. Nothing seems able to settle this matter. Neither a heritage listing in 2018 nor the 2021 Management Plan brought the issue to a close. ... <a title="The brumby debate will never be settled until we face the role horses played in colonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/the-brumby-debate-will-never-be-settled-until-we-face-the-role-horses-played-in-colonisation-212961/" aria-label="Read more about The brumby debate will never be settled until we face the role horses played in colonisation">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney In conflicts around the world, evacuations have long been used to rescue people from serious harm. During the second world war, for instance, thousands of children across Europe were sent to ... <a title="‘Gaza is being strangled’: why Israel’s evacuation order violates international law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/gaza-is-being-strangled-why-israels-evacuation-order-violates-international-law-215787/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Gaza is being strangled’: why Israel’s evacuation order violates international law">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brandon Michael Sideleau, PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock On January 4 this year, a three-metre saltwater crocodile heaved itself out of the water and up the beach. Nothing unusual about that – except this croc was on Legian Beach, one of Bali’s most ... <a title="Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/saltwater-crocodiles-are-slowly-returning-to-bali-and-java-can-we-learn-to-live-alongside-them-214069/" aria-label="Read more about Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Goldstein, Associate Professor, Dianoia Institute of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University, Australian Catholic University Pexels/Google Deepmind, CC BY-SA In 1950, British computer scientist Alan Turing proposed an experimental method for answering the question: can machines think? He suggested if a human couldn’t tell whether they were speaking ... <a title="AI is closer than ever to passing the Turing test for ‘intelligence’. What happens when it does?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/ai-is-closer-than-ever-to-passing-the-turing-test-for-intelligence-what-happens-when-it-does-214721/" aria-label="Read more about AI is closer than ever to passing the Turing test for ‘intelligence’. What happens when it does?">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Emma Palmer, Senior clinical lecturer in medical genetics, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock They don’t treat you like a person. They treat you like an ‘it’. This was how Richard*, who has an intellectual disability, described his general experiences with medical professionals. He was among 18 adults with ... <a title="‘They treat you like an it’: people with intellectual disability on seeing medical professionals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/they-treat-you-like-an-it-people-with-intellectual-disability-on-seeing-medical-professionals-210889/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They treat you like an it’: people with intellectual disability on seeing medical professionals">Read more</a>
