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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Adams, Professor of Corporate Law & Academic Director of UNE Sydney campus, University of New England Last August, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched legal proceedings against Qantas. The consumer watchdog accused the airline of selling thousands of tickets for domestic and international flights ... <a title="QANTAS has finally settled its ‘ghost flights’ lawsuit for $120 million. What’s next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/qantas-has-finally-settled-its-ghost-flights-lawsuit-for-120-million-whats-next-229368/" aria-label="Read more about QANTAS has finally settled its ‘ghost flights’ lawsuit for $120 million. What’s next?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
In this , the first episode of A View from Afar for 2024, political scientist Paul G Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning focus on an analytical essay titled ‘A moment of friction’ that Paul wrote on how, in 2024, we are living within a decisive moment of world affairs ... a "period where force has become the major arbiter of who rises and who falls in the systemic transitional shuffle.”
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic and Visitor, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology Linus Zoll / Google DeepMind / Unsplash You might have seen viral videos of Wendy’s drive-thru customers in the United States ordering their fast food from the firm’s generative AI bot Wendy’s FreshAI. ... <a title="Can I take your order – and your data? The hidden reason retailers are replacing staff with AI bots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/can-i-take-your-order-and-your-data-the-hidden-reason-retailers-are-replacing-staff-with-ai-bots-229202/" aria-label="Read more about Can I take your order – and your data? The hidden reason retailers are replacing staff with AI bots">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Taylor, Assistant Professor, Bond University Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures At the crux of the critical response to Luca Guadagnino’s new movie Challengers is one word: “sexy”. The film charts a love triangle between three up-and-coming tennis players: Tashi (Zendaya), and her dual (and duelling) admirers. Art ... <a title="The steamiest movie of the year has almost no sex in it. How did Challengers do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/the-steamiest-movie-of-the-year-has-almost-no-sex-in-it-how-did-challengers-do-it-229003/" aria-label="Read more about The steamiest movie of the year has almost no sex in it. How did Challengers do it?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Stewart, Professor of Public Policy, ADFA Canberra, UNSW Sydney For years, First Nations people have been telling governments they want to be listened to. In particular, they want more ownership of the programs and services that are supposed to help them. The Voice referendum may have ... <a title="The Australian public service is letting Indigenous people down. How do we fix it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/the-australian-public-service-is-letting-indigenous-people-down-how-do-we-fix-it-227662/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian public service is letting Indigenous people down. How do we fix it?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Why do trees have bark? Julien, age 6, Melbourne. This is a great question, Julien. We are so familiar with bark on trees, that most of us just take it for granted. ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do trees have bark?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/curious-kids-why-do-trees-have-bark-229276/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do trees have bark?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Nasser, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an important ligament in the knee. It runs from the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia) and helps stabilise the knee joint. Injuries to the ... <a title="Surgery is the default treatment for ACL injuries in Australia. But it’s not the only way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/surgery-is-the-default-treatment-for-acl-injuries-in-australia-but-its-not-the-only-way-229114/" aria-label="Read more about Surgery is the default treatment for ACL injuries in Australia. But it’s not the only way">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne I covered the May 2 United Kingdom local government elections for The Poll Bludger. The Blackpool South parliamentary byelection was also held, at which Labour overturned an ... <a title="UK Tories perform badly at local elections; Labor still narrowly ahead in Australian polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/uk-tories-perform-badly-at-local-elections-labor-still-narrowly-ahead-in-australian-polls-228871/" aria-label="Read more about UK Tories perform badly at local elections; Labor still narrowly ahead in Australian polls">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Matthew Mclaughlin It’s National Road Safety Week and it comes on the back of a year in which 1,286 people died on Australian roads. The rising road toll – up 8.2% for the year to March – ... <a title="Hundreds of cities have achieved zero road deaths in a year. Here’s how they did it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/hundreds-of-cities-have-achieved-zero-road-deaths-in-a-year-heres-how-they-did-it-229127/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of cities have achieved zero road deaths in a year. Here’s how they did it">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Grant-Smith, Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast The federal government has announced a “Commonwealth Prac Payment” to support selected groups of students doing mandatory work placements. Those who are studying to be a teacher, nurse, midwife or social worker will be eligible to receive ... <a title="What does the new Commonwealth Prac Payment mean for students? Will it do enough to end ‘placement poverty’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/what-does-the-new-commonwealth-prac-payment-mean-for-students-will-it-do-enough-to-end-placement-poverty-229280/" aria-label="Read more about What does the new Commonwealth Prac Payment mean for students? Will it do enough to end ‘placement poverty’?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Pacific regionalism academic has called out New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS and says the security deal “raises serious questions for the Pacific region”. Auckland University of Technology academic Dr Marco de Jong said Pasifika voices must be ... <a title="‘Don’t mistake Pacific leaders AUKUS quietness’ as support for NZ, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/dont-mistake-pacific-leaders-aukus-quietness-as-support-for-nz-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t mistake Pacific leaders AUKUS quietness’ as support for NZ, says academic">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nuurrianti Jalli, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies College of Arts and Sciences Department of Languages, Literature, and Communication Studies, Northern State University Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Southeast Asian governments not only have to deal with the virus but also with the false information surrounding it. CC BY ... <a title="Three fact-checking challenges in Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/three-fact-checking-challenges-in-southeast-asia-148738/" aria-label="Read more about Three fact-checking challenges in Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
