CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Bradbury, Emeritus Professor of Complex Systems Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Speaking at a summit in San Diego on Monday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a decades-long strategy to deliver the most costly defence project in Australia’s history. New details ... <a title="Progress in detection tech could render submarines useless by the 2050s. What does it mean for the AUKUS pact?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/progress-in-detection-tech-could-render-submarines-useless-by-the-2050s-what-does-it-mean-for-the-aukus-pact-201187/" aria-label="Read more about Progress in detection tech could render submarines useless by the 2050s. What does it mean for the AUKUS pact?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Munt, Associate Professor, Media Arts & Production, University of Technology Sydney Focus Films In a recent interview on her portrayal of a renowned (fictional) female conductor, the autocratic maestro Lydia Tár, Cate Blanchett noted ways in which orchestral music-making is not a democratic enterprise. Neither is ... <a title="The full credit list featured at the beginning of Tár is a nod to the hidden hierarchies of labour in screen production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/the-full-credit-list-featured-at-the-beginning-of-tar-is-a-nod-to-the-hidden-hierarchies-of-labour-in-screen-production-199781/" aria-label="Read more about The full credit list featured at the beginning of Tár is a nod to the hidden hierarchies of labour in screen production">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanglin Ma, Associate Professor of Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images An increasing number of people are using mobile devices – their smartphone, a smartwatch or tablet – to pay for goods and services. Mobile devices allow people to complete transactions without using cash or a ... <a title="China’s experience with mobile payments highlights the pros and cons of a cashless society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/chinas-experience-with-mobile-payments-highlights-the-pros-and-cons-of-a-cashless-society-201177/" aria-label="Read more about China’s experience with mobile payments highlights the pros and cons of a cashless society">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Mesaglio, PhD candidate, UNSW Sydney The first online photograph of Wurmbea dilatata, a small perennial herb found along the west coast of Western Australia Thomas Mesaglio, Author provided For hundreds of years, botanists have collected plants to describe species and keep in herbaria across the world. ... <a title="Thousands of our native plants have no public photographs available. Here’s why that matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/thousands-of-our-native-plants-have-no-public-photographs-available-heres-why-that-matters-199100/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of our native plants have no public photographs available. Here’s why that matters">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Whittaker, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Mahatma Gandhi said: The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Yet we often hear of animals being treated poorly in Australia, ... <a title="As the states consider animal welfare law reform, what changes would curb cruelty against animals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/as-the-states-consider-animal-welfare-law-reform-what-changes-would-curb-cruelty-against-animals-201089/" aria-label="Read more about As the states consider animal welfare law reform, what changes would curb cruelty against animals?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Germany’s Deadliest Weeks since World War Two? – Spiralling Deaths in Germany The four weeks ending 8 January 2023 have seen easily the most deaths in Germany of any four‑week period since 2015. The worst week was the week ending Christmas Day, with 28,481 deaths. While it’s hard to compare with pre-1990 ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Germany’s Deadliest Weeks since World War Two?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/keith-rankin-analysis-germanys-deadliest-weeks-since-world-war-two/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Germany’s Deadliest Weeks since World War Two?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour’s refocus is working Labour’s shift in focus is working. Under Jacinda Ardern they were a party and government focused on the voters and ideologies of liberal Grey Lynn and Wellington Central. Now under Prime Minister Chris Hipkins Labour has a laser-like focus directed at the working class politics ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s refocus is working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-refocus-is-working/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s refocus is working">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Kendall Hawkins, Philosopher, University of New England Shutterstock Most people are familiar with the deluge of artificial intelligence (AI) apps that seem designed to make us more efficient and creative. We’ve got apps that take text prompts and generate art, and the controversial ChatGPT, which raises ... <a title="Futurists predict a point where humans and machines become one. But will we see it coming?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/futurists-predict-a-point-where-humans-and-machines-become-one-but-will-we-see-it-coming-196293/" aria-label="Read more about Futurists predict a point where humans and machines become one. But will we see it coming?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Morris, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab, Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University We asked our readers what they would like to know about the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In the lead-up to the referendum, our expert authors will answer those ... <a title="With 11 Indigenous politicians in parliament, why does Australia need the Voice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/with-11-indigenous-politicians-in-parliament-why-does-australia-need-the-voice-200910/" aria-label="Read more about With 11 Indigenous politicians in parliament, why does Australia need the Voice?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Middleton, Associate Lecturer, Flinders University Pexels, CC BY Eating together regularly as a family has long been promoted as a simple solution for improving health and wellbeing. We have been told that to achieve these proposed benefits we must follow an idealistic, age-old formula: all family ... <a title="Are we overthinking family meals? 5 realistic tips to ease the pressure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/are-we-overthinking-family-meals-5-realistic-tips-to-ease-the-pressure-200731/" aria-label="Read more about Are we overthinking family meals? 5 realistic tips to ease the pressure">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Le, Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne Cultivated meat burger Mosa Meat, CC BY-SA It didn’t get much attention when US President Joe Biden launched a biomanufacturing initiative last September. But it should have. Biomanufacturing is about harnessing nature’s factories – cells – to make just about anything. ... <a title="If we perfect cultivated meat, we could hedge against food shortages as climate chaos intensifies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/if-we-perfect-cultivated-meat-we-could-hedge-against-food-shortages-as-climate-chaos-intensifies-191417/" aria-label="Read more about If we perfect cultivated meat, we could hedge against food shortages as climate chaos intensifies">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh, Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University Michael Burrows/Pexels International students are a hugely important part of Australia’s university system and its economy. In 2019, before COVID, international education was worth about A$40.3 billion to the Australian economy. As of 2022, international students are worth ... <a title="‘Very few companies are open for international students’: South Asian graduates say they need specific support to find jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/14/very-few-companies-are-open-for-international-students-south-asian-graduates-say-they-need-specific-support-to-find-jobs-200739/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very few companies are open for international students’: South Asian graduates say they need specific support to find jobs">Read more</a>