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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny Liu, Associate Professor in Academic Development and Leadership, University of Sydney Wes Hicks/Unsplash Universities around Australia are starting the academic year under yet another cloud of uncertainty. After surviving the disruptions of COVID, teachers and students begin this semester under the apparent threat of ChatGPT, which ... <a title="As uni goes back, here’s how teachers and students can use ChatGPT to save time and improve learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/as-uni-goes-back-heres-how-teachers-and-students-can-use-chatgpt-to-save-time-and-improve-learning-199884/" aria-label="Read more about As uni goes back, here’s how teachers and students can use ChatGPT to save time and improve learning">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tyler Reysenbach, Research associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The biggest review of Australia’s migration system in decades is due to be delivered to the federal government. Commissioned by the Albanese government last September, its task is to identify reforms that will increase economic productivity, address challenges such as ... <a title="How to improve the migration system for the good of temporary migrants – and Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/how-to-improve-the-migration-system-for-the-good-of-temporary-migrants-and-australia-199520/" aria-label="Read more about How to improve the migration system for the good of temporary migrants – and Australia">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hughes, Professor of Social Work, Southern Cross University Steven Saphore/ AAP World Pride has come to Sydney, with the annual Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday having returned to its Oxford Street home for the first time in three years. The 17-day festival is expected to host ... <a title="For some LGBTQ+ older people, events like World Pride can be isolating – we need to better understand how to support them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/for-some-lgbtq-older-people-events-like-world-pride-can-be-isolating-we-need-to-better-understand-how-to-support-them-200533/" aria-label="Read more about For some LGBTQ+ older people, events like World Pride can be isolating – we need to better understand how to support them">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
NBC News Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has revealed that about K100,000 (about NZ$46,000) was paid to the kidnappers for the release of the three remaining hostages in the Bosavi mountains in the Southern Highlands province at the weekend. The three hostages, an Australian-resident New Zealand professor and his two female colleagues, were ... <a title="Marape clarifies kidnappers were paid K100,000 for freeing PNG hostages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/marape-clarifies-kidnappers-were-paid-k100000-for-freeing-png-hostages/" aria-label="Read more about Marape clarifies kidnappers were paid K100,000 for freeing PNG hostages">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Mong Palatino Various stakeholders have warned that the draft National Media Development Policy released by Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on February 5 could undermine media freedom if approved by the government. The DICT asked stakeholders to share their input within 12 days, but this was extended for ... <a title="PNG’s proposed policy could lead to government control of the press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/pngs-proposed-policy-could-lead-to-government-control-of-the-press/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s proposed policy could lead to government control of the press">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Enga Governor Sir Peter Ipatas has told the Papua New Guinean government and national leaders to allow the media to carry out its role “unfettered” and accept public criticism. “You are in a public office. As leaders, we must be prepared for anything. If they write negative reports, let’s ... <a title="‘Leave media alone – let them do their job,’ Ipatas tells PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/leave-media-alone-let-them-do-their-job-ipatas-tells-png/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Leave media alone – let them do their job,’ Ipatas tells PNG">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
By Sri Krishnamurthi Fiji Drua beat Moana Pasifika in both teams’ first match of Super Rugby Pacific 2023 in a pulsating game that went to the wire before Fiji Drua triumphed 36-34 at Mt Smart stadium. There were 11 tries in a fast-paced encounter on Saturday, with the Drua’s sixth score, in the 77th minute ... <a title="Halftime chat fires up Fiji Drua to thrilling win over Moana Pasifika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/halftime-chat-fires-up-fiji-drua-to-thrilling-win-over-moana-pasifika/" aria-label="Read more about Halftime chat fires up Fiji Drua to thrilling win over Moana Pasifika">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
ANALYSIS: By David Robie Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese. On February 7, a militant cell of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), the armed wing of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) — a fragmented organisation that been fighting ... <a title="Two countries, two kidnappings – but Jakarta and Port Moresby responses different with 3 PNG hostages freed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/two-countries-two-kidnappings-but-jakarta-and-port-moresby-responses-different-with-3-png-hostages-freed/" aria-label="Read more about Two countries, two kidnappings – but Jakarta and Port Moresby responses different with 3 PNG hostages freed">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Elphick, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University Dean Lewins/AAP In 2018, Australians were shocked to learn that religious schools still had the right to discriminate against LGBTQ students and staff. Politicians called it “utter crap”. Polling found 74% of Australians opposed it. Federally, both the then-Coalition ... <a title="Religious schools can build a community of faith without discriminating. The law should reflect that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/religious-schools-can-build-a-community-of-faith-without-discriminating-the-law-should-reflect-that-200532/" aria-label="Read more about Religious schools can build a community of faith without discriminating. The law should reflect that">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The Horrific damage caused by forestry slash and vested interests “Capitalists always want to privatise their profits and socialise their losses” – that’s the traditional socialist critique of how businesses are big fans of state intervention when it suits their interests. There seems to be a lot of that ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Horrific damage caused by forestry slash and vested interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-horrific-damage-caused-by-forestry-slash-and-vested-interests/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Horrific damage caused by forestry slash and vested interests">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Aggar, Associate Professor of Nursing, Southern Cross University Shutterstock Delirium is a sudden decline in a person’s usual mental function. It occurs when signals in the brain aren’t sending and receiving properly, causing confusion in thinking and altered behaviour or levels of consciousness. Delirium isn’t a ... <a title="What is delirium?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/what-is-delirium-194631/" aria-label="Read more about What is delirium?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris R. Reid, ARC Future Fellow, Macquarie University Slime mould navigating a food grid. Chris R. Reid/Macquarie University, Author provided In HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us, human civilisation has fallen in the face of a fungal takeover triggered by climate change. The show’s opening credits ... <a title="This freaky slime mould from HBO’s The Last of Us isn’t a fungus at all – but it is a brainless predator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/this-freaky-slime-mould-from-hbos-the-last-of-us-isnt-a-fungus-at-all-but-it-is-a-brainless-predator-200271/" aria-label="Read more about This freaky slime mould from HBO’s The Last of Us isn’t a fungus at all – but it is a brainless predator">Read more</a>
