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July 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University bombermoon/Shuttterstock Opposition leader Peter Dutton might have been hoping for an endorsement from economists for his plan to take Australian nuclear. He shouldn’t expect one from The Economist. The Economist is a British weekly news ... <a title="When it comes to power, solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/03/when-it-comes-to-power-solar-is-about-to-leave-nuclear-and-everything-else-in-the-shade-233644/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to power, solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Cooper, Distinguished Professor, Charles Sturt University Aurora over green hills near Thun, Switzerland. Julien Anet The remarkable aurora in early May this year demonstrated the power that solar storms can emit as radiation, but occasionally the Sun does something far more destructive. Known as “solar particle ... <a title="New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/new-study-shows-mysterious-solar-particle-blasts-can-devastate-the-ozone-layer-bathing-earth-in-radiation-for-years-233464/" aria-label="Read more about New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra TierneyMJ/Shutterstock More than 90% of the world’s central banks are looking at introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), to complement existing banknotes. What is a central bank digital currency? A CBDC is ... <a title="Will digital currencies become the norm as the world moves towards a cashless society?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/will-digital-currencies-become-the-norm-as-the-world-moves-towards-a-cashless-society-233069/" aria-label="Read more about Will digital currencies become the norm as the world moves towards a cashless society?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Axel Bruns, Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Thx4Stock team/Shutterstock At a parliamentary hearing late last week, Meta once again suggested it could ban links to news on Facebook and Instagram in Australia. This would repeat the ban it enacted for more than a ... <a title="If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/if-meta-bans-news-in-australia-what-will-happen-canadas-experience-is-telling-233662/" aria-label="Read more about If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney Scherbinator, Shutterstock Every year in Australia, people driving into floodwaters drown and many more are rescued. Do you know what to do when there’s water on the road? We ... <a title="Just 15 centimetres of water can float a car – but we are failing to educate drivers about the dangers of floodwaters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/just-15-centimetres-of-water-can-float-a-car-but-we-are-failing-to-educate-drivers-about-the-dangers-of-floodwaters-233116/" aria-label="Read more about Just 15 centimetres of water can float a car – but we are failing to educate drivers about the dangers of floodwaters">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Orson Elitok/Shutterstock Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Bill Shorten, has proposed a number of policy changes to the scheme. It is hoped these will ensure its sustainability for future generations. ... <a title="First an autism diagnosis then a clinician’s office – how the evidence supports a different approach for families" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/first-an-autism-diagnosis-then-a-clinicians-office-how-the-evidence-supports-a-different-approach-for-families-233106/" aria-label="Read more about First an autism diagnosis then a clinician’s office – how the evidence supports a different approach for families">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney Julie Rrap, Disclosures: A Photographic Construct (detail), 1982, installation view. Julie Rrap: Past Continuous, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2024, black and white archival prints, colour cibachrome prints, Museum of Contemporary Art, purchased 1994. Image courtesy the ... <a title="‘Not just as we are, but as we have been and as we will be’: the time-warping brilliance of Australian artist Julie Rrap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/not-just-as-we-are-but-as-we-have-been-and-as-we-will-be-the-time-warping-brilliance-of-australian-artist-julie-rrap-233094/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not just as we are, but as we have been and as we will be’: the time-warping brilliance of Australian artist Julie Rrap">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University When Robert Menzies was out of office in 1943, in between prime ministerships, he was thinking about the future of non-Labor politics in wartime Australia. He read Edmund Burke’s book Thought on the Present Discontents. In it, Burke ... <a title="With its nuclear energy policy, Peter Dutton seems to have forgotten the Liberal Party’s core beliefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/with-its-nuclear-energy-policy-peter-dutton-seems-to-have-forgotten-the-liberal-partys-core-beliefs-233444/" aria-label="Read more about With its nuclear energy policy, Peter Dutton seems to have forgotten the Liberal Party’s core beliefs">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Kingham, Professor of Human Geography, University of Canterbury georgeclerk/Getty Images Only last year, all the talk was about lowering speed limits to save lives as part of the previous Labour government’s Road to Zero policy. Even motoring advocacy group the Automobile Association was calling for continued ... <a title="Give way: 5 reasons why the government should slow down on raising speed limits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/give-way-5-reasons-why-the-government-should-slow-down-on-raising-speed-limits-233774/" aria-label="Read more about Give way: 5 reasons why the government should slow down on raising speed limits">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation – School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney Darina Belonogova/Pexels Do you struggle to eat your fruits and vegetables? You are not alone. Less than 5% of Australians eat the recommended serves of fresh produce each day (with ... <a title="Can you drink your fruit and vegetables? How does juice compare to the whole food?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/can-you-drink-your-fruit-and-vegetables-how-does-juice-compare-to-the-whole-food-205222/" aria-label="Read more about Can you drink your fruit and vegetables? How does juice compare to the whole food?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Yurchanka Siarhei / Shutterstock Last week, several major record labels filed copyright infringement lawsuits in US courts against the makers of two generative AI music apps, Suno and Udio. The labels allege the AI companies have engaged in ... <a title="Record labels are suing tech companies for copying classic songs – and the results could shape the legal future of generative AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/record-labels-are-suing-tech-companies-for-copying-classic-songs-and-the-results-could-shape-the-legal-future-of-generative-ai-233465/" aria-label="Read more about Record labels are suing tech companies for copying classic songs – and the results could shape the legal future of generative AI">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Douglas, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock We recently surveyed thousands of young Australians about their experiences of strangulation (or choking) during sex and found more than half (57%) reported being strangled by a partner during sex. About half (51%) said they had strangled ... <a title="More than half of Australian young people are using strangulation during sex: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/02/more-than-half-of-australian-young-people-are-using-strangulation-during-sex-new-research-231269/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of Australian young people are using strangulation during sex: new research">Read more</a>
