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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Cole, Composer and Lecturer in Screen Composition, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney IMDB In June 1994 the late composer Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou – better known as Vangelis – released his soundtrack for the 1982 film Blade Runner. It would go on to become emblematic ... <a title="Blade Runner soundtrack at 30: how Vangelis used electronic music to explore what it means to be human" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/blade-runner-soundtrack-at-30-how-vangelis-used-electronic-music-to-explore-what-it-means-to-be-human-221604/" aria-label="Read more about Blade Runner soundtrack at 30: how Vangelis used electronic music to explore what it means to be human">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has dropped its Federal Court case against X relating to tweets distributing the footage of the Wakeley church stabbing. In response to the decision, X’s owner, billionaire Elon Musk, tweeted “freedom of speech ... <a title="Elon Musk says he won a battle for free speech in court, but it won’t stop the war for social media regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/elon-musk-says-he-won-a-battle-for-free-speech-in-court-but-it-wont-stop-the-war-for-social-media-regulation-228885/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk says he won a battle for free speech in court, but it won’t stop the war for social media regulation">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manisha Caleb, Lecturer, University of Sydney Shutterstock When astronomers turn our radio telescopes out towards space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of radio waves originating from across the vast expanse of the universe. We call them “radio transients”: some erupt only once, never to be seen again, ... <a title="A strange intermittent radio signal from space has astronomers puzzled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/a-strange-intermittent-radio-signal-from-space-has-astronomers-puzzled-231385/" aria-label="Read more about A strange intermittent radio signal from space has astronomers puzzled">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University Most pundits and exit polls predicted a big win for Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India’s massive six-week election that just came to a close. They were wrong. Instead, many voters in key battleground states cast their ... <a title="Has the tide finally turned for Narendra Modi after his party’s disappointing election result in India?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/has-the-tide-finally-turned-for-narendra-modi-after-his-partys-disappointing-election-result-in-india-229890/" aria-label="Read more about Has the tide finally turned for Narendra Modi after his party’s disappointing election result in India?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Edmond, Professor of Law, UNSW Sydney Bushko Oleksandr/Shutterstock The conviction of Robert Farquharson for the murder of his three sons on Father’s Day 2005 is being questioned in the media, with doubts raised about the reliability of prosecution’s medical, traffic reconstruction and sinking vehicle evidence. This ... <a title="‘Junk science’ is being used in Australian courtrooms, and wrongful convictions are at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/junk-science-is-being-used-in-australian-courtrooms-and-wrongful-convictions-are-at-stake-231480/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Junk science’ is being used in Australian courtrooms, and wrongful convictions are at stake">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The eSafety Commissioner has abandoned the legal case to try to force X – formerly Twitter – to remove footage of the April stabbing attack on a Sydney bishop from the platform worldwide. This follows a federal court ruling in ... <a title="eSafety commissioner drops court effort to force Elon Musk to put international ban on stabbing video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/esafety-commissioner-drops-court-effort-to-force-elon-musk-to-put-international-ban-on-stabbing-video-231701/" aria-label="Read more about eSafety commissioner drops court effort to force Elon Musk to put international ban on stabbing video">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Diepstraten, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Svitlana Hulko/Shutterstock More than 16,000 Australians will be diagnosed with melanoma each year. Most of these will be caught early, and can be cured by surgery. However, for patients with advanced ... <a title="From immunotherapy to mRNA vaccines – the latest science on melanoma treatment explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/from-immunotherapy-to-mrna-vaccines-the-latest-science-on-melanoma-treatment-explained-231595/" aria-label="Read more about From immunotherapy to mRNA vaccines – the latest science on melanoma treatment explained">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management/ Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia Slow Walker/Shutterstock Miami-based cruise operator Carnival Corporation has announced it will retire its P&O Cruises Australia brand in March 2025. The decision marks the end of the line for an iconic cruise ... <a title="End of the line for P&O: why is Australia such a tough market for the cruise ship industry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/end-of-the-line-for-pando-why-is-australia-such-a-tough-market-for-the-cruise-ship-industry-231607/" aria-label="Read more about End of the line for P&O: why is Australia such a tough market for the cruise ship industry?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra The Australian economy came close to a standstill in the first three months of this year. March-quarter economic growth sank to just 0.1%, meaning that, when adjusted for inflation, there was hardly any ... <a title="7 graphs that show economic growth near zero as Australia waits for a budget boost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/7-graphs-that-show-economic-growth-near-zero-as-australia-waits-for-a-budget-boost-231173/" aria-label="Read more about 7 graphs that show economic growth near zero as Australia waits for a budget boost">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University noomcpk/Shutterstock South Australian oil and gas company Santos has been hit with a A$2.75 million fine for breaching its record-keeping obligations. The Federal Court ordered the fine for Santos Direct, a wholly owned subsidiary, for over 4,700 breaches of ... <a title="Santos just copped a large fine. What did the oil and gas company do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/santos-just-copped-a-large-fine-what-did-the-oil-and-gas-company-do-231680/" aria-label="Read more about Santos just copped a large fine. What did the oil and gas company do?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Enzo Palombo, Professor of Microbiology, Swinburne University of Technology AS Foodstudio/Shutterstock Recent outbreaks of bird flu – in US dairy herds, poultry farms in Australia and elsewhere, and isolated cases in humans – have raised the issue of food safety. So can the virus transfer from infected ... <a title="With all this bird flu around, how safe are eggs, chicken or milk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/with-all-this-bird-flu-around-how-safe-are-eggs-chicken-or-milk-231280/" aria-label="Read more about With all this bird flu around, how safe are eggs, chicken or milk?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Rock, Lecturer and Researcher in Criminology, Edith Cowan University Winston, a justice facility dog trained by Guide Dogs WA. David French/Edith Cowan University, CC BY-ND The recent focus on youth crime in Australia may create a perception that all children in court have offended. But of ... <a title="Kids, courts, canines: can justice facility dogs like Winston help children and the broader court system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/kids-courts-canines-can-justice-facility-dogs-like-winston-help-children-and-the-broader-court-system-231291/" aria-label="Read more about Kids, courts, canines: can justice facility dogs like Winston help children and the broader court system?">Read more</a>
