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Year: 2024

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Celebrities, influencers, loopholes: online gambling advertising faces an uncertain future in Australia

March 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gianluca Di Censo, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide Sports betting is most popular among Australian young people than any other age group, and this trend has only increased over the past 15 years. Young males, in particular, are the group most likely to participate in sports betting ... <a title="Celebrities, influencers, loopholes: online gambling advertising faces an uncertain future in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/celebrities-influencers-loopholes-online-gambling-advertising-faces-an-uncertain-future-in-australia-226315/" aria-label="Read more about Celebrities, influencers, loopholes: online gambling advertising faces an uncertain future in Australia">Read more</a>

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We have revealed a unique time capsule of Australia’s first coastal people from 50,000 years ago

March 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Veth, Laureate Professor in Archaeology, The University of Western Australia West coast of Barrow Island, overlooking the submerged northwestern shelf. Kane Ditchfield Barrow Island, located 60 kilometres off the Pilbara in Western Australia, was once a hill overlooking an expansive coast. This was the northwestern shelf ... <a title="We have revealed a unique time capsule of Australia’s first coastal people from 50,000 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/we-have-revealed-a-unique-time-capsule-of-australias-first-coastal-people-from-50-000-years-ago-225792/" aria-label="Read more about We have revealed a unique time capsule of Australia’s first coastal people from 50,000 years ago">Read more</a>

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Labor drops to a 51–49 lead in Newspoll; Labor chooses to concede Tasmanian election

March 25, 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 A national Newspoll, conducted March 18–22 from a sample of 1,223, gave Labor a 51–49 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll, four ... <a title="Labor drops to a 51–49 lead in Newspoll; Labor chooses to concede Tasmanian election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/labor-drops-to-a-51-49-lead-in-newspoll-labor-chooses-to-concede-tasmanian-election-226463/" aria-label="Read more about Labor drops to a 51–49 lead in Newspoll; Labor chooses to concede Tasmanian election">Read more</a>

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Mike Treen – US-imposed austerity in Cuba

March 25, 2024

By Mike Treen, Spokesperson for the Auckland Cuba Friendship Society Over the last few weeks, the Western news media has been full of stories of “unrest” in Cuba including protests over food and fuel shortages. From Western media reports, you would think that the Government of Cuba was neglectful and unresponsive to the needs of ... <a title="Mike Treen – US-imposed austerity in Cuba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/mike-treen-us-imposed-austerity-in-cuba/" aria-label="Read more about Mike Treen – US-imposed austerity in Cuba">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Opinion – Tax Cuts?

March 25, 2024

Opinion by Keith Rankin. Do we need real income-tax cuts this year? Probably not. Do we need nominal income-tax cuts? Yes, we do. The government should go ahead with its proposed tax cuts, but only to low and middle income earners. The tax cuts should compensate for the inflationary component of the cost of living ... <a title="Keith Rankin Opinion – Tax Cuts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/keith-rankin-opinion-tax-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Opinion – Tax Cuts?">Read more</a>

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We’ve taken smoking from ‘normal’ to ‘uncommon’ and we can do the same with vaping – here’s how

March 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Holbrook, Associate Professor in History, Deakin University Vaping is a pressing public health issue. While adult smoking rates continue to fall, vaping rates are rising. Seven per cent of adults now vape daily, up nearly three-fold since 2019. Most alarmingly, the rate of daily vaping among ... <a title="We’ve taken smoking from ‘normal’ to ‘uncommon’ and we can do the same with vaping – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/weve-taken-smoking-from-normal-to-uncommon-and-we-can-do-the-same-with-vaping-heres-how-226117/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve taken smoking from ‘normal’ to ‘uncommon’ and we can do the same with vaping – here’s how">Read more</a>

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‘The ghost has taken the spirit of the Moon’: how Torres Strait Islanders predict eclipses

March 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duane Hamacher, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Total Lunar Eclipse Peter Lieverdink, CC BY It’s eclipse season. The Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned so it’s possible for the Earth and Moon to cast each other into shadow. A faint lunar eclipse will occur on March ... <a title="‘The ghost has taken the spirit of the Moon’: how Torres Strait Islanders predict eclipses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/the-ghost-has-taken-the-spirit-of-the-moon-how-torres-strait-islanders-predict-eclipses-226005/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The ghost has taken the spirit of the Moon’: how Torres Strait Islanders predict eclipses">Read more</a>

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We created a VR tool to test brain function. It could one day help diagnose dementia

March 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Siette, Research Theme Fellow in Health and Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Kampus Production/Pexels If you or a loved one have noticed changes in your memory or thinking as you’ve grown older, this could reflect typical changes that occur with ageing. In some cases though, it might ... <a title="We created a VR tool to test brain function. It could one day help diagnose dementia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/we-created-a-vr-tool-to-test-brain-function-it-could-one-day-help-diagnose-dementia-220946/" aria-label="Read more about We created a VR tool to test brain function. It could one day help diagnose dementia">Read more</a>

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Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

March 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Associate Professor of Finance, RMIT University Dr. Victor Wong/Shutterstock Corporate Australia loves a big merger. And amid a growing flurry of them across the business scene, a new blockbuster has emerged. All eyes are on two titans of the pharmacy industry – Chemist Warehouse and ... <a title="Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/australias-biggest-chemist-is-merging-with-a-giant-wholesaler-could-we-soon-be-paying-more-226002/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?">Read more</a>

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Time to get in quick for the fast looming deadline for Pacific media conference

March 25, 2024

Asia Pacific Report Time is running out for media people and academics wanting to tell their innovative story or present research at the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference in July. Organisers say the deadline is fast approaching for registration in less than two weeks. Many major key challenges and core problems facing Pacific media are ... <a title="Time to get in quick for the fast looming deadline for Pacific media conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/time-to-get-in-quick-for-the-fast-looming-deadline-for-pacific-media-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Time to get in quick for the fast looming deadline for Pacific media conference">Read more</a>

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Albanese government to Fair Work Commission: Don’t let real wages go backwards for the low paid

March 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government will tell the Fair Work Commission it should ensure the real wages of low paid workers do not go backwards. In its submission to the Annual Wage Review, the government stresses the July 1 tax cut should ... <a title="Albanese government to Fair Work Commission: Don’t let real wages go backwards for the low paid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/albanese-government-to-fair-work-commission-dont-let-real-wages-go-backwards-for-the-low-paid-226474/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government to Fair Work Commission: Don’t let real wages go backwards for the low paid">Read more</a>

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West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently

March 25, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua’s suffering, laying bare the horrifying reality faced by its people. We must confront this grim truth — what we witness is not an isolated incident but a glaring demonstation of ... <a title="West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/west-papuan-wounds-of-suffering-diplomatic-pressure-on-indonesia-needed-urgently/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently">Read more</a>