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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi has failed to resolve any issues of significance, raising the inescapable question of whether the global trade body has a future. The three-day meeting ... <a title="WTO conference ends in division and stalemate – does the global trade body have a viable future?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/wto-conference-ends-in-division-and-stalemate-does-the-global-trade-body-have-a-viable-future-224948/" aria-label="Read more about WTO conference ends in division and stalemate – does the global trade body have a viable future?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University Shutterstock With the winter AFL and NRL seasons about to start, Australia’s sporting calendar is once again transitioning from its quietest to busiest period. For many, the return of the AFL and NRL competitions is highly anticipated. But ... <a title="Dreading footy season? You’re not alone – 20% of Australians are self-described sport haters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/dreading-footy-season-youre-not-alone-20-of-australians-are-self-described-sport-haters-223733/" aria-label="Read more about Dreading footy season? You’re not alone – 20% of Australians are self-described sport haters">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jay Marlowe, Professor, Co-Director Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau In the looming shadow of a threatened Israeli invasion of Rafah at the onset of Ramadan, New Zealand has the opportunity to extend a lifeline to families trapped in the middle ... <a title="NZ can help people fleeing Gaza with emergency family reunification – will the government act?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/nz-can-help-people-fleeing-gaza-with-emergency-family-reunification-will-the-government-act-224957/" aria-label="Read more about NZ can help people fleeing Gaza with emergency family reunification – will the government act?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohammad Nure Alam, PhD Candidate in Economics, Macquarie University adriaticfoto/Shutterstock Around one in six Australians has some form of hearing loss, ranging from mild to complete hearing loss. That figure is expected to grow to one in four by 2050, due in a large part to the ... <a title="Hearing loss is twice as common in Australia’s lowest income groups, our research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/hearing-loss-is-twice-as-common-in-australias-lowest-income-groups-our-research-shows-223979/" aria-label="Read more about Hearing loss is twice as common in Australia’s lowest income groups, our research shows">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Research Fellow, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania In the four years since the Black Summer bushfires, Australia has become more focused on how best to prepare for, fight and recover from these traumatic events. But one issue has largely flown under the radar: how ... <a title="In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of Australia’s bushfire emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/in-a-dangerously-warming-world-we-must-confront-the-grim-reality-of-australias-bushfire-emissions-224745/" aria-label="Read more about In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of Australia’s bushfire emissions">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. The federal government’s Help to Buy scheme is before the parliament. Both the Coalition and the Greens are opposed ... <a title="The government’s Help to Buy scheme will help but it won’t solve the housing crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/the-governments-help-to-buy-scheme-will-help-but-it-wont-solve-the-housing-crisis-224956/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s Help to Buy scheme will help but it won’t solve the housing crisis">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma King, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies, Australian National University Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures In Dune’s sandswept colonialist dystopia of the distant future, power is a force best handled – and transferred – surreptitiously. In a world of ultra-wealthy spice barons ... <a title="Diplomacy and resistance: how Dune shows us the power of language – including sign language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/diplomacy-and-resistance-how-dune-shows-us-the-power-of-language-including-sign-language-224952/" aria-label="Read more about Diplomacy and resistance: how Dune shows us the power of language – including sign language">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should act urgently to establish an international protection force to safeguard Palestinian civilians and ensure the unobstructed delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza as a last-ditch attempt to prevent imminent, says DAWN. If the UNSC is blocked by a US veto or fails to reach consensus, ... <a title="DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/dawn-calls-on-un-to-set-up-global-protection-force-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will unveil a suite of financial and other incentives to boost Australia’s economic relations with Southeast Asia when he addresses the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit’s CEO forum on Tuesday. A $2 billion Southeast Asia Investment Financing Facility ... <a title="Albanese to announce $2 billion financing facility to boost economic relations with Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/albanese-to-announce-2-billion-financing-facility-to-boost-economic-relations-with-southeast-asia-224964/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese to announce $2 billion financing facility to boost economic relations with Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz). When the First Labour Government came into office in 1935, the new Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage was determined not to live a bourgeois, extravagant lifestyle. Being a representative of workers meant to him that he shouldn’t just take on the material comforts of the ruling ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Analysis – Anger at excessive politician pay and entitlements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/bryce-edwards-analysis-anger-at-excessive-politician-pay-and-entitlements/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Analysis – Anger at excessive politician pay and entitlements">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney Recently, Australia’s internal security agency declared there is a greater threat to Australian security than new terrorist attacks. Instead, it’s systemic and existential. The report read: In 2024, threats to our way of life have surpassed ... <a title="Over-emphasising some things, underplaying others: ASIO’s threat assessment is underpinned by confusing logic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/over-emphasising-some-things-underplaying-others-asios-threat-assessment-is-underpinned-by-confusing-logic-224850/" aria-label="Read more about Over-emphasising some things, underplaying others: ASIO’s threat assessment is underpinned by confusing logic">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margarita Vladimirova, PhD in Privacy Law and Facial Recognition Technology, Deakin University Kitreel/Shutterstock The morning started with a message from a friend: “I used your photos to train my local version of Midjourney. I hope you don’t mind”, followed up with generated pictures of me wearing a ... <a title="Your face for sale: anyone can legally gather and market your facial data without explicit consent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/your-face-for-sale-anyone-can-legally-gather-and-market-your-facial-data-without-explicit-consent-224643/" aria-label="Read more about Your face for sale: anyone can legally gather and market your facial data without explicit consent">Read more</a>
