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April 7, 2025
RNZ Pacific Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama has condemned the circulation of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video depicting a physical confrontation between him and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape. The clip, first shared on Facebook last week, is generated from the above picture of Toroama and Marape taken at a news conference ... <a title="Bougainville president condemns ‘dangerous’ AI-generated fake video of scuffle with Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/bougainville-president-condemns-dangerous-ai-generated-fake-video-of-scuffle-with-marape/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president condemns ‘dangerous’ AI-generated fake video of scuffle with Marape">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohan Best, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University NOWRA photography/Shutterstock Over the weekend, Labor promised to subsidise home batteries by 30%. This would save about A$4,000 per household up front for an average battery. The scheme has a goal of one million batteries by 2030, costing ... <a title="Batteries for all, not just the rich? Labor’s home battery plan must be properly targeted to be fair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/batteries-for-all-not-just-the-rich-labors-home-battery-plan-must-be-properly-targeted-to-be-fair-253445/" aria-label="Read more about Batteries for all, not just the rich? Labor’s home battery plan must be properly targeted to be fair">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra James, Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University News feeds have been flooded with reactions to Adolescence, Netflix’s newest viral hit. Released in March, the limited series racked up over 66 million views in just two weeks, making it the ... <a title="What our reaction to Adolescence tells us about our fear of boys, sex and the internet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/what-our-reaction-to-adolescence-tells-us-about-our-fear-of-boys-sex-and-the-internet-253746/" aria-label="Read more about What our reaction to Adolescence tells us about our fear of boys, sex and the internet">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sofia Ammassari, Research Fellow, Griffith University Young Australians will shape the upcoming federal election. For the first time, Gen Z and Millennials are the dominant voter bloc, outnumbering Baby Boomers. But over the past couple of years, we’ve heard stories from around the world about how Gen ... <a title="47% of Gen Z mainly vote to avoid a fine. It’s a sign of younger Australians’ discontent with democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/47-of-gen-z-mainly-vote-to-avoid-a-fine-its-a-sign-of-younger-australians-discontent-with-democracy-253120/" aria-label="Read more about 47% of Gen Z mainly vote to avoid a fine. It’s a sign of younger Australians’ discontent with democracy">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne Two men were arrested for allegedly bringing loaded firearms into the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) during Thursday’s AFL match between Collingwood and Carlton. The incident didn’t result in harm but it ... <a title="Do we need a Martyn’s Law for venue security in Australia? The MCG gun scare is a wake-up call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/do-we-need-a-martyns-law-for-venue-security-in-australia-the-mcg-gun-scare-is-a-wake-up-call-253928/" aria-label="Read more about Do we need a Martyn’s Law for venue security in Australia? The MCG gun scare is a wake-up call">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitie Kuempel, Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University As climate change wreaks havoc with the world’s oceans, future production of fish, crustaceans and other aquatic organisms is under threat. Our new research shows how this disturbance will play out for Australia’s prawn industry, which is ... <a title="98% of Queensland prawn areas at risk of inundation by rising seas this century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/98-of-queensland-prawn-areas-at-risk-of-inundation-by-rising-seas-this-century-253330/" aria-label="Read more about 98% of Queensland prawn areas at risk of inundation by rising seas this century">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland @logansfewd via Instagram “Sometimes you need to eat an entire cucumber.” So begins a series of viral videos by TikTok “cucumber guy” Logan Moffitt, who has raked in millions of views for his cucumber salad ... <a title="‘Sometimes you need to eat an entire cucumber’: nutrition experts on the viral TikTok trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/sometimes-you-need-to-eat-an-entire-cucumber-nutrition-experts-on-the-viral-tiktok-trend-253545/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Sometimes you need to eat an entire cucumber’: nutrition experts on the viral TikTok trend">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images When retail executives start swearing during earnings calls, something is clearly amiss. That’s what happened recently when the CEO of United States-based luxury furniture retailer Restoration Hardware saw his company’s share price plunge ... <a title="Looking inward: why Trump’s tariffs highlight the need for NZ to build local capacity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/looking-inward-why-trumps-tariffs-highlight-the-need-for-nz-to-build-local-capacity-253826/" aria-label="Read more about Looking inward: why Trump’s tariffs highlight the need for NZ to build local capacity">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian D Earp, Associate Director, Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy, University of Oxford Cybermagician / Shutterstock “I’m really not sure what to do anymore. I don’t have anyone I can talk to,” types a lonely user to an AI chatbot. The bot responds: “I’m sorry, ... <a title="Friend, tutor, doctor, lover: why AI systems need different rules for different roles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/friend-tutor-doctor-lover-why-ai-systems-need-different-rules-for-different-roles-252302/" aria-label="Read more about Friend, tutor, doctor, lover: why AI systems need different rules for different roles">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aruna Sathanapally, Grattan Institute The 2025 federal election coincides with a period of profound global uncertainty, as the Trump administration wreaks havoc on the free trade system and longstanding alliances. The events of recent months have underscored how, at each election, the voters in a democracy set ... <a title="Reform clock is ticking – the big policy challenges the next government must urgently address" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/reform-clock-is-ticking-the-big-policy-challenges-the-next-government-must-urgently-address-251343/" aria-label="Read more about Reform clock is ticking – the big policy challenges the next government must urgently address">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jialing Lin, Research fellow, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW Sydney Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock MyMedicare is a scheme that encourages patients to register with a regular GP practice to improve their health. But few patients have enrolled. Since its launch in October 2023, only about 10% of ... <a title="MyMedicare promises better health care. But only 1 in 10 patients has signed up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/mymedicare-promises-better-health-care-but-only-1-in-10-patients-has-signed-up-253335/" aria-label="Read more about MyMedicare promises better health care. But only 1 in 10 patients has signed up">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Kearse, Postdoctoral Researcher, Geophysics, Kyoto University Shutterstock/Jakub Maculewicz Rising seas are already affecting coastal communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. On a global average, the sea level is now 18 centimetres higher than it was in 1900, and the annual rate of increase has been accelerating to ... <a title="New satellite data shows NZ’s major cities are sinking – meaning rising seas will affect them sooner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/new-satellite-data-shows-nzs-major-cities-are-sinking-meaning-rising-seas-will-affect-them-sooner-252881/" aria-label="Read more about New satellite data shows NZ’s major cities are sinking – meaning rising seas will affect them sooner">Read more</a>
