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May 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Housing remains one of Australia’s most pressing issues in both state and federal politics. The RBA keeping rates up and high mortgage repayments have left many Australians struggling. For those Australians who don’t own a home, it’s becoming increasingly hard ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Bragg flags a coalition would use ‘coercion’ of the states to get more new houses built" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-andrew-bragg-flags-a-coalition-would-use-coercion-of-the-states-to-get-more-new-houses-built-230675/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Bragg flags a coalition would use ‘coercion’ of the states to get more new houses built">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Pro-Palestinian protesters dressed in blue “press” vests tonight staged a vigil calling on New Zealand journalists to show solidarity with the media of Gaza who have suffered the highest death toll in any war. They staged the vigil at the Viaduct venue of NZ’s annual Voyager Media Awards. Organised by Palestinian Youth ... <a title="Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/palestine-protesters-call-for-gaza-press-solidarity-at-nz-media-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Scores of people have died in a huge landslide which has struck a remote village in the Papua New Guinean highlands. The landslide reportedly hit Yambali village in Enga Province, about 600 km north-west of Port Moresby. The landslip has buried homes and food gardens, leaving what locals ... <a title="Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/hundreds-feared-dead-after-huge-landslide-in-papua-new-guinea/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Red-Diamond/Shutterstock We’ve now been living with COVID for well over four years. Although there’s still much to learn about SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID) at least one thing seems clear: it’s here to stay. From ... <a title="As COVID cases rise again, what do I need to know about the new FLiRT variants?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/as-covid-cases-rise-again-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-new-flirt-variants-230423/" aria-label="Read more about As COVID cases rise again, what do I need to know about the new FLiRT variants?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Schofield, Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has found countries are obliged to protect the oceans from climate change impacts under the law of the sea. The tribunal’s 21 judges ... <a title="Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our island neighbours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/why-a-new-ruling-on-the-law-of-the-sea-and-climate-change-matters-for-australia-and-especially-our-island-neighbours-230682/" aria-label="Read more about Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our island neighbours">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Thomas Currie, Energy Systems Program Impact Manager, Climateworks, Monash University, Monash University Basilico Studio Stock, Shutterstock Australia has a new National Battery Strategy, unveiled this week as a key part of the government’s Future Made in Australia agenda. The vision is for this country to be ... <a title="The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/the-governments-cash-splash-aims-to-kickstart-australias-battery-industry-has-it-flipped-the-right-switches-230856/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca McGirr, Postdoctoral research fellow, Australian National University Bernhard Staehli/Shutterstock Imagine you’re standing near the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, gazing out over the ocean, when the ice near you starts to melt very rapidly. A surge of meltwater flows into the ocean. Surprisingly, you watch ... <a title="Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/heavy-water-how-melting-ice-sheets-and-pumped-groundwater-can-lower-local-sea-levels-and-boost-them-elsewhere-229503/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney This should be a golden age for Australian soccer. After all, the big picture is good: the Matildas are waltzing, the Socceroos are well supported and Australia was just awarded hosting rights to the 2026 Women’s ... <a title="The Matildas and Socceroos are soaring, while participation is growing – but the A-League is missing its moment to shine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/the-matildas-and-socceroos-are-soaring-while-participation-is-growing-but-the-a-league-is-missing-its-moment-to-shine-230407/" aria-label="Read more about The Matildas and Socceroos are soaring, while participation is growing – but the A-League is missing its moment to shine">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Assuming a Labour win in the UK general election – always a risky assumption given Labour’s proclivity for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory – the “Global Britain” bombast emanating from the United Kingdom will ... <a title="The British election is Labour’s to lose. What would the UK–Australia relationship look like under Keir Starmer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/the-british-election-is-labours-to-lose-what-would-the-uk-australia-relationship-look-like-under-keir-starmer-230775/" aria-label="Read more about The British election is Labour’s to lose. What would the UK–Australia relationship look like under Keir Starmer?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland King Ropes Access, Shutterstock The Australian mining industry was promised billions of dollars in last week’s federal budget to boost critical minerals such as lithium, copper and rare earth metals. This includes ... <a title="A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most remote and disadvantaged communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/a-rush-on-critical-minerals-is-coming-for-our-most-remote-and-disadvantaged-communities-230768/" aria-label="Read more about A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most remote and disadvantaged communities">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Shutterstock OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, and News Corp, the international media conglomerate, have signed a deal that will let OpenAI use and learn from News Corp’s content. In practical terms, this means when a ... <a title="What OpenAI’s deal with News Corp means for journalism (and for you)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/what-openais-deal-with-news-corp-means-for-journalism-and-for-you-230773/" aria-label="Read more about What OpenAI’s deal with News Corp means for journalism (and for you)">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaimon Kelly, Senior Research Fellow in Telehealth delivered health services, The University of Queensland Shutterstock/Nils Versemann For many Australians the emergency department (ED) is the physical and emblematic front door to accessing urgent health-care services. But health-care services are evolving rapidly to meet the population’s changing needs. ... <a title="What is a virtual emergency department? And when should you ‘visit’ one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/what-is-a-virtual-emergency-department-and-when-should-you-visit-one-228098/" aria-label="Read more about What is a virtual emergency department? And when should you ‘visit’ one?">Read more</a>
