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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>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Warwick, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University Mari_May, Shutterstock Recreational fishing is a popular pastime in Australia’s inland rivers and streams. Unfortunately in the process, many people are unwittingly killing platypuses. The animals can become trapped in nets commonly used to catch yabbies such as “Opera House ... <a title="Yabby traps and discarded fishing tackle can kill platypuses – it’s time to clean up our act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/yabby-traps-and-discarded-fishing-tackle-can-kill-platypuses-its-time-to-clean-up-our-act-224242/" aria-label="Read more about Yabby traps and discarded fishing tackle can kill platypuses – it’s time to clean up our act">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hall, Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington According to independent watchdog Consumer NZ, New Zealand is “rife with greenwashing”, with many companies positioning themselves as “sustainable”. No doubt you’ll have seen such claims on the products in your weekly ... <a title="Greenwashing claims on trial: should NZ ban fossil fuel advertising?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/greenwashing-claims-on-trial-should-nz-ban-fossil-fuel-advertising-219615/" aria-label="Read more about Greenwashing claims on trial: should NZ ban fossil fuel advertising?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Daniel Boud “Can’t move ‘em with a cold thing, like economics.” So says the modernist, Ezra Pound, in the first section of his epic poem, The Cantos. This is something I kept coming back to ... <a title="Can you make a compelling play about economics? The Lehman Trilogy tries – but ultimately comes up short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/can-you-make-a-compelling-play-about-economics-the-lehman-trilogy-tries-but-ultimately-comes-up-short-224271/" aria-label="Read more about Can you make a compelling play about economics? The Lehman Trilogy tries – but ultimately comes up short">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
By Bramo Tingkeo in Port Moresby A disturbing video has surfaced of a female, alleged to be a rape victim, attempting to jump out of the Kuri Dom Lecture Building at the University of Papua New Guinea. UPNG Students Representative Council (SRC) president Joel Rimbu has dispelled this allegation, saying that the female was not ... <a title="UPNG’s student body rejects rape allegations over campus video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/upngs-student-body-rejects-rape-allegations-over-campus-video/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG’s student body rejects rape allegations over campus video">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
A Pasifika health leader says high obesity rates in the Pacific are not new, but an increase in childhood obesity is concerning. A study on worldwide trends in underweight and obesity, just published in The Lancet medical journal showed that the highest rates of obesity for women were in Tonga and American Samoa, and Nauru ... <a title="Food industry, lack of exercise key to childhood obesity, says Sir Collin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/food-industry-lack-of-exercise-key-to-childhood-obesity-says-sir-collin/" aria-label="Read more about Food industry, lack of exercise key to childhood obesity, says Sir Collin">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Rendall, Lecturer in Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University John Gould/Wikimedia, CC BY The eastern barred bandicoot was once found in abundance across the basalt plains of western Victoria. But habitat destruction and predation by introduced red foxes drove the species to ... <a title="Why move species to islands? Saving wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/why-move-species-to-islands-saving-wildlife-as-the-world-changes-means-taking-calculated-risks-223446/" aria-label="Read more about Why move species to islands? Saving wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University CGN089/Shutterstock Before the cost of living hit Australian families hard, a group of consumers were already paying top dollar for their staples. Whether it be gluten free, dairy free or lactose free, people with ... <a title="Why is gluten-free bread so expensive? A food supply chain expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/why-is-gluten-free-bread-so-expensive-a-food-supply-chain-expert-explains-223648/" aria-label="Read more about Why is gluten-free bread so expensive? A food supply chain expert explains">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands, the University of ... <a title="Gravity experiments on the kitchen table: why a tiny, tiny measurement may be a big leap forward for physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/gravity-experiments-on-the-kitchen-table-why-a-tiny-tiny-measurement-may-be-a-big-leap-forward-for-physics-224372/" aria-label="Read more about Gravity experiments on the kitchen table: why a tiny, tiny measurement may be a big leap forward for physics">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Farrelly, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Tasmania This year marks 50 years since Australia established diplomatic ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the political bloc that represents over 650 million people across 10 countries in the region. Over the years, the relationship has benefited ... <a title="‘We take this for granted’: why the ASEAN-Australia relationship needs a jolt of youthful leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/we-take-this-for-granted-why-the-asean-australia-relationship-needs-a-jolt-of-youthful-leadership-224501/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We take this for granted’: why the ASEAN-Australia relationship needs a jolt of youthful leadership">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vikki McLeod, PhD Graduate, Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices, Queensland University of Technology Trong Nguyen/Shutterstock Rooftop solar is Australia’s cheapest source of electricity. The consumer can get electricity from rooftop solar at less than a fifth of the average cost per kwh of buying it ... <a title="The National Electricity Market wasn’t made for a renewable energy future. Here’s how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/the-national-electricity-market-wasnt-made-for-a-renewable-energy-future-heres-how-to-fix-it-215067/" aria-label="Read more about The National Electricity Market wasn’t made for a renewable energy future. Here’s how to fix it">Read more</a>
