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April 4, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama today condemned a visiting Papua New Guinean member of Parliament for “mocking” the autonomous region’s independence aspirations during a drunken exchange in Buka last week, saying that he must “atone for his blunder”. A video of Ijivitari MP David Arore allegedly abusing security guards and airport staff while ... <a title="Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/bougainville-president-slams-mocking-by-drunken-mp-over-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s Reserve Bank has hit pause on interest rates after ten successive hikes, but for many Australians, the pain it has inflicted is about to begin. The Bank says more ... <a title="Sure, the RBA froze interest rates this time, but there’s plenty of pain to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/sure-the-rba-froze-interest-rates-this-time-but-theres-plenty-of-pain-to-come-203223/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, the RBA froze interest rates this time, but there’s plenty of pain to come">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Watt, Associate Professor in Psychology, University of New England Shutterstock When we think of regional towns in Australia, some of us might think “close-knit”, “conservative”, or “resistant to change”. Our new research flips these stereotypes. Over four years, we examined a regional town’s attitudes before and ... <a title="More than 650 refugees arrived in this regional town. Locals’ welcoming attitudes flipped the stereotype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/more-than-650-refugees-arrived-in-this-regional-town-locals-welcoming-attitudes-flipped-the-stereotype-202140/" aria-label="Read more about More than 650 refugees arrived in this regional town. Locals’ welcoming attitudes flipped the stereotype">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s Reserve Bank hit pause on interest rates after ten successive hikes on Tuesday, but for many Australians, the pain it has inflicted is about to begin. The Bank says ... <a title="Sure, the RBA froze interest rates on Tuesday, but there’s plenty of pain to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/sure-the-rba-froze-interest-rates-on-tuesday-but-theres-plenty-of-pain-to-come-203223/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, the RBA froze interest rates on Tuesday, but there’s plenty of pain to come">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvette Grant, PhD (Dance) Candidate and dance history tutor, The University of Melbourne Exposed by Restless Dance Theatre. Roy Vandervegt/Arts House Staying true to its objectives of representing dance artists from across practices and lineages, the inaugural FRAME Dance Festival offered a diversity of performance styles and ... <a title="Choreographic legacies, human connectivity, and a psychedelic rainbow celebration: FRAME is a joyous festival of dance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/choreographic-legacies-human-connectivity-and-a-psychedelic-rainbow-celebration-frame-is-a-joyous-festival-of-dance-199779/" aria-label="Read more about Choreographic legacies, human connectivity, and a psychedelic rainbow celebration: FRAME is a joyous festival of dance">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodolfo Ocampo, PhD student, Human–AI Creative Collaboration, UNSW Sydney Chuttersnap / Unsplash Is it time to put the brakes on the development of artificial intelligence (AI)? If you’ve quietly asked yourself that question, you’re not alone. In the past week, a host of AI luminaries signed an ... <a title="I used to work at Google and now I’m an AI researcher. Here’s why slowing down AI development is wise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/i-used-to-work-at-google-and-now-im-an-ai-researcher-heres-why-slowing-down-ai-development-is-wise-202944/" aria-label="Read more about I used to work at Google and now I’m an AI researcher. Here’s why slowing down AI development is wise">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Hodgson, Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University Sutterstock Superannuation is never far from the headlines lately, with the government recently calling for views from the public on what the objective of super should be. The basic idea behind super is you set ... <a title="Should I put more money into my super? What are the benefits and can I take it out before retirement if I need it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/should-i-put-more-money-into-my-super-what-are-the-benefits-and-can-i-take-it-out-before-retirement-if-i-need-it-201950/" aria-label="Read more about Should I put more money into my super? What are the benefits and can I take it out before retirement if I need it?">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahima Kalla, Digital Health Transformation Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Hermes Rivera/Unsplash Microaggressions are seemingly innocuous verbal, behavioural or environmental slights against members of minority communities. The term microaggressions was coined by American psychiatrist Chester Pierce in his 1970 essay Offensive Mechanisms. He explained: Most offensive ... <a title="What are microaggressions? And how can they affect our health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/what-are-microaggressions-and-how-can-they-affect-our-health-193309/" aria-label="Read more about What are microaggressions? And how can they affect our health?">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Maier, Head of School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University Tobias Carlsson / Unsplash More than 200 years ago, the English scientist Thomas Young carried out a famous test known as the “double-slit experiment”. He shone a beam of light at a screen with two slits ... <a title="Famous double-slit experiment recreated in fourth dimension by physicists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/famous-double-slit-experiment-recreated-in-fourth-dimension-by-physicists-203060/" aria-label="Read more about Famous double-slit experiment recreated in fourth dimension by physicists">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Lukas Coch/AAP A federal Newspoll, conducted March 29 to April 2 from a sample of 1,500, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since ... <a title="Labor and Albanese gain in Newspoll after Aston byelection triumph" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/labor-and-albanese-gain-in-newspoll-after-aston-byelection-triumph-203123/" aria-label="Read more about Labor and Albanese gain in Newspoll after Aston byelection triumph">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Shutterstock Australia has joined a raft of other countries in banning the popular video sharing app TikTok from government devices, as several outlets have today reported. The move comes after a seven month-long review instigated by ... <a title="Why was TikTok banned on government devices? An expert on why the security concerns make sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/why-was-tiktok-banned-on-government-devices-an-expert-on-why-the-security-concerns-make-sense-202339/" aria-label="Read more about Why was TikTok banned on government devices? An expert on why the security concerns make sense">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Leman, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor of Psychology, University of Waikato GettyI mages Rates of child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand remain stubbornly high, despite the issue being the focus of considerable political attention while Jacinda Ardern was prime minister. In 2022, 120,000 children in New Zealand were ... <a title="Children have a basic understanding of poverty – a more equal society means talking to them about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/children-have-a-basic-understanding-of-poverty-a-more-equal-society-means-talking-to-them-about-it-202820/" aria-label="Read more about Children have a basic understanding of poverty – a more equal society means talking to them about it">Read more</a>
