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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Coalition is taking a major political gamble with its nuclear power policy, which is facing criticism from a range of experts. The opposition has announced seven proposed sites for power stations but has yet to provide costings and other ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ted O’Brien on reaching for the nuclear button" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/politics-with-michelle-grattan-ted-obrien-on-reaching-for-the-nuclear-button-233879/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ted O’Brien on reaching for the nuclear button">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney A catastrophe involving large crowds at a religious gathering in northern India yesterday resulted in the deaths of over 100 people, with many more injured. The disaster, in the Hathras district southeast of ... <a title="Deadly crowd crush at Indian religious gathering shows how dangerous leaving an event can be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/deadly-crowd-crush-at-indian-religious-gathering-shows-how-dangerous-leaving-an-event-can-be-233864/" aria-label="Read more about Deadly crowd crush at Indian religious gathering shows how dangerous leaving an event can be">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Eszter Szadeczky-Kardoss/Shutterstock If you’re looking to escape the Australian winter for your next holiday, don’t forget where there’s warmth, there will also be mosquitoes. In turn, tropical destinations can be hot spots of mosquito-borne diseases ... <a title="Heading to Bali or somewhere tropical these holidays? Here’s what you need to know about dengue fever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/heading-to-bali-or-somewhere-tropical-these-holidays-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-dengue-fever-233670/" aria-label="Read more about Heading to Bali or somewhere tropical these holidays? Here’s what you need to know about dengue fever">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney NadyaEugene/Shutterstock Photos of Australian children have been used without consent to train artificial intelligence (AI) models that generate images. A new report from the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch has found the personal information, including photos, ... <a title="Photos of Australian kids have been found in a massive AI training data set. What can we do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/photos-of-australian-kids-have-been-found-in-a-massive-ai-training-data-set-what-can-we-do-233868/" aria-label="Read more about Photos of Australian kids have been found in a massive AI training data set. What can we do?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Lecturer of Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Energy and Resources, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock More Australians than ever are riding electric bikes – a fact you may have noticed on the streets of our cities and towns. Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are typically equipped with an ... <a title="Is an electric bike right for you? Here’s what to consider before you buy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/is-an-electric-bike-right-for-you-heres-what-to-consider-before-you-buy-230024/" aria-label="Read more about Is an electric bike right for you? Here’s what to consider before you buy">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sherine Al Shallah, Doctoral Researcher, Refugee Cultural Heritage and Connected Rights Protection | Affiliate, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law | Associate, Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney Cultural heritage has long been targeted during conflict. This includes the destruction of the famous Bamiyan Buddhas by the ... <a title="Cultural heritage is often overlooked when assessing refugee claims. Here’s why this is a mistake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/cultural-heritage-is-often-overlooked-when-assessing-refugee-claims-heres-why-this-is-a-mistake-228384/" aria-label="Read more about Cultural heritage is often overlooked when assessing refugee claims. Here’s why this is a mistake">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Markus Luczak-Roesch, Professor of Informatics and Chair in Complexity Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images New Zealand shifted closer towards digital credentials for access to online services this week with the launch of the Trust Framework Authority. It will determine which organisations ... <a title="NZ is moving closer to digital IDs – it’s time to rethink how we protect our valuable data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/nz-is-moving-closer-to-digital-ids-its-time-to-rethink-how-we-protect-our-valuable-data-233787/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is moving closer to digital IDs – it’s time to rethink how we protect our valuable data">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Williamson, Senior Tutor in English, University of Canterbury Netflix A Family Affair is Netflix’s latest entry in the recently resuscitated rom-com genre. The streaming giant’s film execs have described the revival as a tactical decision to plug – and capitalise on – an identified gap in ... <a title="Netflix’s A Family Affair tries to reject old stories of sexual women being ‘bad mothers’. Too bad it’s a terrible film" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/netflixs-a-family-affair-tries-to-reject-old-stories-of-sexual-women-being-bad-mothers-too-bad-its-a-terrible-film-233777/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s A Family Affair tries to reject old stories of sexual women being ‘bad mothers’. Too bad it’s a terrible film">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Jelena Stanojkovic/Shutterstock Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has announced she’s given the major tech platforms six months to develop enforceable codes for protecting children from online pornography and other “high-impact” content like self ... <a title="Australia is pushing big tech to ‘protect kids from porn’. What can they actually do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/australia-is-pushing-big-tech-to-protect-kids-from-porn-what-can-they-actually-do-233781/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is pushing big tech to ‘protect kids from porn’. What can they actually do?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University I T S/Shutterstock The United Kingdom heads to the polls on July 4, and the widely expected outcome is a defeat for the British Conservative Party after 14 years in power. In the 650-seat House of Commons, ... <a title="Conservatives face a bloodbath at July’s UK election. What are the key issues for voters – and what’s Labour promised?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/conservatives-face-a-bloodbath-at-julys-uk-election-what-are-the-key-issues-for-voters-and-whats-labour-promised-232173/" aria-label="Read more about Conservatives face a bloodbath at July’s UK election. What are the key issues for voters – and what’s Labour promised?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isabella Bower, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Australia Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1984. Museums Victoria, CC BY Can you remember your last in-person exam? You’re waiting outside the venue with your identification, pens and back-up pens. Everyone is nervously looking at their notes or avoiding eye ... <a title="Should we ditch big exam halls? Our research shows how high ceilings are associated with a lower score" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/should-we-ditch-big-exam-halls-our-research-shows-how-high-ceilings-are-associated-with-a-lower-score-233478/" aria-label="Read more about Should we ditch big exam halls? Our research shows how high ceilings are associated with a lower score">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Smith, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Western Sydney University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Momentum is growing for the Australian government to provide universal early childhood education and care – free or very-low-cost childcare for all families. Access to quality, affordable childcare can help parents join or remain in the workforce – ... <a title="Western Sydney’s childcare ‘desert’ locks women out of the workforce. Universal childcare could be a game-changer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/western-sydneys-childcare-desert-locks-women-out-of-the-workforce-universal-childcare-could-be-a-game-changer-233446/" aria-label="Read more about Western Sydney’s childcare ‘desert’ locks women out of the workforce. Universal childcare could be a game-changer">Read more</a>
