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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has been awarded $140,000 in his defamation suit against One Nation New South Wales leader Mark Latham over a homophobic tweet. Latham posted the tweet in March 2023 after ... <a title="Alex Greenwich’s defamation win against Mark Latham shows political spite is not above the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/alex-greenwichs-defamation-win-against-mark-latham-shows-political-spite-is-not-above-the-law-238767/" aria-label="Read more about Alex Greenwich’s defamation win against Mark Latham shows political spite is not above the law">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fron Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor and Senior Health Editor Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock One in four Australian children aged two to 17 are classified as above a healthy weight, based on their body mass index (or BMI, which is weight divided by height squared). The Australian College of Nursing says ... <a title="Should school nurses weigh students? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/should-school-nurses-weigh-students-we-asked-5-experts-238779/" aria-label="Read more about Should school nurses weigh students? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney SURKED/Shutterstock When Treasurer Jim Chalmers travels to Beijing later this month, he and his counterpart at China’s peak economic agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, won’t be short on important topics to discuss. ... <a title="Understanding risks for Australia of China’s slowing economy is Chalmers’ top priority at upcoming Beijing talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/understanding-risks-for-australia-of-chinas-slowing-economy-is-chalmers-top-priority-at-upcoming-beijing-talks-238550/" aria-label="Read more about Understanding risks for Australia of China’s slowing economy is Chalmers’ top priority at upcoming Beijing talks">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Blackwood, Lecturer, Media, University of Tasmania Madman Director Paul Goldman’s new Australian film Kid Snow is set in the gritty, male-dominated world of tent boxing in outback Western Australia. The film presents itself as a reflection on the intergenerational violence caused by masculine value systems, as ... <a title="Kid Snow takes a stab at exploring masculinity in the gritty outback, but fails to land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/kid-snow-takes-a-stab-at-exploring-masculinity-in-the-gritty-outback-but-fails-to-land-238212/" aria-label="Read more about Kid Snow takes a stab at exploring masculinity in the gritty outback, but fails to land">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Moon, Professor of History, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images There is power in paper. Anyone who denies the potency of history’s dusty documents needs only look at the current incendiary debates over proposed legislation tackling the “principles” of the Treaty of Waitangi. Documents may be ... <a title="Blowing the dust off NZ’s ‘founding documents’ reveals the hold they still have on today’s Treaty debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/blowing-the-dust-off-nzs-founding-documents-reveals-the-hold-they-still-have-on-todays-treaty-debate-238687/" aria-label="Read more about Blowing the dust off NZ’s ‘founding documents’ reveals the hold they still have on today’s Treaty debate">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW’s Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney arvitalyaart/shutterstock If you’re a paid subscriber to ChatGPT, you may have noticed the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model has recently started to sound more human when you are having audio ... <a title="The latest version of ChatGPT has a feature you’ll fall in love with. And that’s a worry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/the-latest-version-of-chatgpt-has-a-feature-youll-fall-in-love-with-and-thats-a-worry-238073/" aria-label="Read more about The latest version of ChatGPT has a feature you’ll fall in love with. And that’s a worry">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney Shutterstock This is the fourth piece in a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the rest of the series here. We are part-way through the work of the Joint Select Committee ... <a title="How well is the federal government regulating social media in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/how-well-is-the-federal-government-regulating-social-media-in-australia-237991/" aria-label="Read more about How well is the federal government regulating social media in Australia?">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Sanders, Senior Research Fellow on Law and the Future of War, The University of Queensland Thousands of protesters have been out in force in Melbourne this week to disrupt the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition, where defence companies from around the world are showcasing their ... <a title="What we know about Australia’s arms exports: we’ve analysed the data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/what-we-know-about-australias-arms-exports-weve-analysed-the-data-238563/" aria-label="Read more about What we know about Australia’s arms exports: we’ve analysed the data">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility & Resilience, UNSW Sydney alexfan32/Shutterstock The transport sector produces around 19% of Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions. About 85% of transport emissions come from road vehicles burning fossil fuels. In Australia’s Emissions Projections 2023, transport emissions are expected to rise ... <a title="How the ‘rebound effect’ could eat away at the green gains from electric vehicles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/how-the-rebound-effect-could-eat-away-at-the-green-gains-from-electric-vehicles-238304/" aria-label="Read more about How the ‘rebound effect’ could eat away at the green gains from electric vehicles">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Nagel, Associate Professor – Child Development and Learning, University of the Sunshine Coast Lipatova Maryna/Shutterstock , CC BY As someone who has spent most of his professional life studying how children develop, I’m often asked by parents (especially mums) why children (especially boys) are prone to ... <a title="Do your boys fight with sticks, Nerf guns and fake swords all the time? Here’s why they do it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/do-your-boys-fight-with-sticks-nerf-guns-and-fake-swords-all-the-time-heres-why-they-do-it-237976/" aria-label="Read more about Do your boys fight with sticks, Nerf guns and fake swords all the time? Here’s why they do it">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Blaschke, Honorary Research Associate, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Urban green spaces are disappearing from New Zealand cities, at a time when denser housing is being planned in many areas. Overall, the total area of green space is reasonable in New ... <a title="Vital green spaces are disappearing in NZ cities – what can central and local government do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/vital-green-spaces-are-disappearing-in-nz-cities-what-can-central-and-local-government-do-237861/" aria-label="Read more about Vital green spaces are disappearing in NZ cities – what can central and local government do?">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Denniss, Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Apparently, the world is about to get its first trillionaire. A report from the business intelligence agency Informa Connect says, at his present rate of wealth accumulation, tech billionaire Elon Musk is on track to ... <a title="Tech billionaire Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. It’s a sign markets aren’t working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/tech-billionaire-elon-musk-is-on-track-to-become-the-worlds-first-trillionaire-its-a-sign-markets-arent-working-238560/" aria-label="Read more about Tech billionaire Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. It’s a sign markets aren’t working">Read more</a>
