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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By M. Reza Hosseini, Senior Lecturer in Construction, Deputy Director, Mediated Intelligence in Design (MInD) Research Lab, Deakin University Shutterstock Architecture, engineering and construction employ 1.2 million people in Australia and account for 9% of GDP. But our biggest services sector also produces roughly 40% of landfill waste ... <a title="Building activity produces 18% of emissions and a shocking 40% of our landfill waste. We must move to a circular economy – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/building-activity-produces-18-of-emissions-and-a-shocking-40-of-our-landfill-waste-we-must-move-to-a-circular-economy-heres-how-206188/" aria-label="Read more about Building activity produces 18% of emissions and a shocking 40% of our landfill waste. We must move to a circular economy – here’s how">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images Anyone trying to follow the latest political debate over housing, urban intensification and development can be forgiven for feeling confused. The National Party’s newly announced housing policy would allow local councils to opt out of the Medium ... <a title="Housing and heritage aren’t mutually exclusive – a few basic rules can help get the balance right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/housing-and-heritage-arent-mutually-exclusive-a-few-basic-rules-can-help-get-the-balance-right-206291/" aria-label="Read more about Housing and heritage aren’t mutually exclusive – a few basic rules can help get the balance right">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Cullen, Associate lecturer, University of Newcastle In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four children. She has now been released from prison, 20 years later, after being pardoned by the Attorney General of New South Wales. While Folbigg received an unconditional pardon, her conviction ... <a title="Kathleen Folbigg is free. But people pardoned and exonerated of crimes face unique challenges when released from prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/kathleen-folbigg-is-free-but-people-pardoned-and-exonerated-of-crimes-face-unique-challenges-when-released-from-prison-207017/" aria-label="Read more about Kathleen Folbigg is free. But people pardoned and exonerated of crimes face unique challenges when released from prison">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ang Li, Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Australia, the world’s driest inhabited continent, is particularly vulnerable to climate-related disasters such as droughts, bushfires, storms and floods. In ... <a title="Climate-related disasters leave behind trauma and worse mental health. Housing uncertainty is a major reason why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/climate-related-disasters-leave-behind-trauma-and-worse-mental-health-housing-uncertainty-is-a-major-reason-why-206861/" aria-label="Read more about Climate-related disasters leave behind trauma and worse mental health. Housing uncertainty is a major reason why">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. Seeing is no longer believing. Surprisingly realistic – yet fake – images created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are here. To date, most have seemed more like curiosities than genuine deception attempts. Last month, it was revealed that New Zealand’s National Party had used the AI image generation app Midjourney to produce ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: How fake AI images could stoke tensions in the Indo-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-how-fake-ai-images-could-stoke-tensions-in-the-indo-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: How fake AI images could stoke tensions in the Indo-Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Labour will regret hatchet job on contraception Tracy Watkins (Stuff): How low will this election campaign go? Fran O’Sullivan: (Herald): National must make it ... <a title="Newsletter: June 06 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/newsletter-june-06-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: June 06 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruby E. Stephens, PhD Candidate, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Ruby E Stephens, Author provided Plants existed on Earth for hundreds of millions of years before the first flowers bloomed. But when flowering plants did evolve, more than 140 million years ago, they were a huge ... <a title="The world’s first flowers were pollinated by insects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/the-worlds-first-flowers-were-pollinated-by-insects-206988/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s first flowers were pollinated by insects">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Harrison, PhD Candidate, The University of Western Australia Breeding threatened mammals in fenced, predator-free areas is a common conservation strategy in Australia. The method is designed to protect vulnerable species and breed animals for release into the wild. But our research – involving a cute, digging ... <a title="‘Too small and carefree’: endangered animals released into the wild may lack the match-fitness to evade predators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/too-small-and-carefree-endangered-animals-released-into-the-wild-may-lack-the-match-fitness-to-evade-predators-206927/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Too small and carefree’: endangered animals released into the wild may lack the match-fitness to evade predators">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Frew, Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Western Sydney University Mycorrhizal fungi growing with a plant root Dr Yoshihiro Kobae, Author provided Beneath our feet, remarkable networks of fungal filaments stretch out in all directions. These mycorrhizal fungi live in partnership with plants, offering nutrients, water and ... <a title="Hidden carbon: Fungi and their ‘necromass’ absorb one-third of the carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels every year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/hidden-carbon-fungi-and-their-necromass-absorb-one-third-of-the-carbon-emitted-by-burning-fossil-fuels-every-year-206674/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden carbon: Fungi and their ‘necromass’ absorb one-third of the carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels every year">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Roberts, Associate professor (Curriculum Inquiry / Rural Education), University of Canberra Shutterstock Major international and national tests show rural students, on average, do not do as well at school as their city peers. This includes lower scores on NAPLAN and the Programme for International Student Assessment ... <a title="Australian students in rural areas are not ‘behind’ their city peers because of socioeconomic status. There is something else going on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/australian-students-in-rural-areas-are-not-behind-their-city-peers-because-of-socioeconomic-status-there-is-something-else-going-on-207007/" aria-label="Read more about Australian students in rural areas are not ‘behind’ their city peers because of socioeconomic status. There is something else going on">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The exploitation of migrants is widespread in Australia. Our recent report for the Grattan Institute, Short-changed, found that as many as one in six migrant workers are paid less than the national minimum wage, which is meant to ... <a title="Labor plans to stamp out the exploitation of migrant workers, but it won’t succeed until we treat it like tax avoidance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/labor-plans-to-stamp-out-the-exploitation-of-migrant-workers-but-it-wont-succeed-until-we-treat-it-like-tax-avoidance-207019/" aria-label="Read more about Labor plans to stamp out the exploitation of migrant workers, but it won’t succeed until we treat it like tax avoidance">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Portolan, PhD student, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University TikTok TikTok is one of the most prevalent social media platforms for trend-setting and trend-spotting – particularly within the relationship space. From trends and concepts like #DatingStoryTime to numbering the five stages of a relationship, ... <a title="From being mildly late to sucking on people’s tears – what is a ‘beige flag’ on TikTok?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/from-being-mildly-late-to-sucking-on-peoples-tears-what-is-a-beige-flag-on-tiktok-206408/" aria-label="Read more about From being mildly late to sucking on people’s tears – what is a ‘beige flag’ on TikTok?">Read more</a>
