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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic and Visitor, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology Noam Chomsky, the revered and reviled genius once famously described as “the most important intellectual alive”, turns 95 today. He is a monumental figure in modern linguistics, and only a slightly lesser deity ... <a title="Noam Chomsky turns 95: the social justice advocate paved the way for AI. Does it keep him up at night?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/noam-chomsky-turns-95-the-social-justice-advocate-paved-the-way-for-ai-does-it-keep-him-up-at-night-218034/" aria-label="Read more about Noam Chomsky turns 95: the social justice advocate paved the way for AI. Does it keep him up at night?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Mircea Moira/Shutterstock Last week two young Australian women spoke candidly to the ABC about being sexually assaulted while on holidays. The alleged incidents occurred in Greece in 2022 and in Hawaii in 2019. Both women ... <a title="What is needle spiking, and how can I protect myself?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/what-is-needle-spiking-and-how-can-i-protect-myself-219003/" aria-label="Read more about What is needle spiking, and how can I protect myself?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Andrew, Professor of Entomology, Southern Cross University Christian Mueller/Shutterstock Cabbage white butterflies – Pieris rapae – are one of the most common garden visitors across southern and eastern Australia. The butterfly looks elegant in white with black dots on its wings: females have a pair of ... <a title="A great year to be a cabbage white butterfly: why are there so many and how can you protect your crops?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/a-great-year-to-be-a-cabbage-white-butterfly-why-are-there-so-many-and-how-can-you-protect-your-crops-217794/" aria-label="Read more about A great year to be a cabbage white butterfly: why are there so many and how can you protect your crops?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tets Kimura, Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University © 2023 Studio Ghibli Much about Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heron, remained a mystery until its premiere in Japanese theatres on July 14. The title Kimi tachi wa do ikiruka, or How do you live?, ... <a title="The Boy and the Heron is an autobiographical reflection by Hayao Miyazaki in the twilight of his life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/the-boy-and-the-heron-is-an-autobiographical-reflection-by-hayao-miyazaki-in-the-twilight-of-his-life-219117/" aria-label="Read more about The Boy and the Heron is an autobiographical reflection by Hayao Miyazaki in the twilight of his life">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Peterie, Research Fellow, University of Sydney After a week of non-stop headlines, the government’s preventative detention legislation is being debated in the lower house, just in time for the end of the sitting year. It’s likely to pass on Thursday. The new laws will allow former ... <a title="What is the government’s preventative detention bill? Here’s how the laws will work and what they mean for Australia’s detention system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/07/what-is-the-governments-preventative-detention-bill-heres-how-the-laws-will-work-and-what-they-mean-for-australias-detention-system-219226/" aria-label="Read more about What is the government’s preventative detention bill? Here’s how the laws will work and what they mean for Australia’s detention system">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has promised extra funding for health and to extend its top-up of the GST, in exchange for the states undertaking more of the heavy lifting on disability to help curb the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s cost blowout. ... <a title="States agree to do more heavy lifting on disability, in exchange for extra health and GST funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/states-agree-to-do-more-heavy-lifting-on-disability-in-exchange-for-extra-health-and-gst-funding-219321/" aria-label="Read more about States agree to do more heavy lifting on disability, in exchange for extra health and GST funding">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leena Adel, PhD Candidate, Political Science and International Relations, Curtin University In recent days, three Israeli-linked commercial vessels were targeted by ballistic missiles and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, marking a clear escalation in maritime attacks in the critical Bab el Mandab strait between the Red ... <a title="Why Yemen’s Houthis are getting involved in the Israel-Hamas war and how it could disrupt global shipping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/why-yemens-houthis-are-getting-involved-in-the-israel-hamas-war-and-how-it-could-disrupt-global-shipping-219220/" aria-label="Read more about Why Yemen’s Houthis are getting involved in the Israel-Hamas war and how it could disrupt global shipping">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Shutterstock The national accounts released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show economic growth slid to a measly 0.2% in the last quarter. That’s well down from a low 0.4% in the June quarter. Of course, economic growth is ... <a title="The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/the-7-charts-that-show-australians-struggling-as-saving-falls-to-near-zero-218924/" aria-label="Read more about The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Connor, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Australians woke up this morning to discover they had a nature repair market, after the legislation passed late last night. Except it won’t be called a market, after amendments by the Greens, and it won’t include biodiversity offsets. Many ... <a title="Can the government’s new market mechanism help save nature? Yes – if we get the devil out of the detail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/can-the-governments-new-market-mechanism-help-save-nature-yes-if-we-get-the-devil-out-of-the-detail-218713/" aria-label="Read more about Can the government’s new market mechanism help save nature? Yes – if we get the devil out of the detail">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily Hospers, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australia is braced for a hot, dry summer. El Nino is back, and this year it will occur alongside an Indian Ocean dipole, a climate pattern which will further amplify this hot and dry effect. Hot weather can place ... <a title="It’s extremely hot and I’m feeling weak and dizzy. Could I have heat stroke?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/its-extremely-hot-and-im-feeling-weak-and-dizzy-could-i-have-heat-stroke-215084/" aria-label="Read more about It’s extremely hot and I’m feeling weak and dizzy. Could I have heat stroke?">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder in the Western Australian desert. CSIRO Supermassive black holes reside in some of the biggest galaxies in the universe. They tend to be billions of times more massive that our Sun, ... <a title="Astronomers finally caught radio waves from 40 large galaxies in the nearby universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/astronomers-finally-caught-radio-waves-from-40-large-galaxies-in-the-nearby-universe-219205/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers finally caught radio waves from 40 large galaxies in the nearby universe">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Baker, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Auckland It was scarcely mentioned during the election campaign, but we will undoubtedly be hearing more about “social investment”. As the National Party’s election platform stated, it will be the “organising framework” for funding and delivering social services. ... <a title="The government hopes private investors will fund social services – the evidence isn’t so optimistic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/06/the-government-hopes-private-investors-will-fund-social-services-the-evidence-isnt-so-optimistic-218512/" aria-label="Read more about The government hopes private investors will fund social services – the evidence isn’t so optimistic">Read more</a>
