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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Roadwarrior Photography/Shutterstock Climate regulation through carbon storage was worth A$43.2 billion to Australia in 2020-21, according to a report released today which seeks to put a monetary value on the benefits flowing from ... <a title="New report slaps an official price tag on Australia’s precious natural assets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/new-report-slaps-an-official-price-tag-on-australias-precious-natural-assets-250623/" aria-label="Read more about New report slaps an official price tag on Australia’s precious natural assets">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gordon Parker, Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney Yuri A/Shutterstock If your summer holiday already feels like a distant memory, you’re not alone. Burnout – a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion following prolonged stress – has been described in workplaces since a 5th century monastery ... <a title="What’s the difference between burnout and depression?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/whats-the-difference-between-burnout-and-depression-250043/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between burnout and depression?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney DGLimages/Shutterstock Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or carer has to face. And the job is getting harder. Commonly used chemical products ... <a title="Head lice are getting harder to kill. Here’s how to break the nit cycle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/head-lice-are-getting-harder-to-kill-heres-how-to-break-the-nit-cycle-250397/" aria-label="Read more about Head lice are getting harder to kill. Here’s how to break the nit cycle">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Cheeseman, PhD Candidate, Marine Ecological Research Centre, Southern Cross University Stock Photos Studios/Shutterstock Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully complex, weaving phrases and themes into masterful compositions. Blue and fin whales richly fill out ... <a title="Whales sing when they’ve had a good meal – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/whales-sing-when-theyve-had-a-good-meal-new-research-250926/" aria-label="Read more about Whales sing when they’ve had a good meal – new research">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Cortis, Associate Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney It’s central to any democracy that citizens receive fair treatment under the law. An important part of this is access to legal advice and representation. But lawyers are expensive. Many people who engage with the justice system ... <a title="Legal aid is a lifeline for vulnerable Australians, but consistent underfunding puts the system at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/legal-aid-is-a-lifeline-for-vulnerable-australians-but-consistent-underfunding-puts-the-system-at-risk-250275/" aria-label="Read more about Legal aid is a lifeline for vulnerable Australians, but consistent underfunding puts the system at risk">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart traces the vote-share of Germany’s establishment political parties: the right-wing CDU/CSU and the now-centre-right SPD (essentially the Christian Democrats, just like National in New Zealand) and the Social Democrats (just like Labour). And it compares Germany with England to show a similar process there. An increasingly stale political centre ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Germany’s stale (and still pale) political mainstream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-germanys-stale-and-still-pale-political-mainstream/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Germany’s stale (and still pale) political mainstream">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Peter Dutton and his Coalition colleagues have dithered for several weeks on their plans for the Commonwealth public sector. While being upfront that public service jobs would be targeted, they’ve made numerous contradictory ... <a title="Dutton hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/dutton-hints-hell-sack-36-000-public-servants-voters-deserve-to-know-what-services-will-be-affected-250797/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Peter Dutton and his Coalition colleagues have dithered for several weeks on their plans for the Commonwealth public sector. While being upfront that public service jobs would be targeted, they’ve made numerous contradictory ... <a title="Peter Dutton strongly hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/peter-dutton-strongly-hints-hell-sack-36-000-public-servants-voters-deserve-to-know-what-services-will-be-affected-250797/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton strongly hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University Debating Australia’s role in world politics is not always high on the political agenda. Elections here are more often fought on economic issues than foreign or defence policy. And while the major parties ... <a title="A middle power with ‘great and powerful friends’: Australia’s changing role in the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/a-middle-power-with-great-and-powerful-friends-australias-changing-role-in-the-region-228897/" aria-label="Read more about A middle power with ‘great and powerful friends’: Australia’s changing role in the region">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allison Kealy, Director, Innovative Planet Institute, Swinburne University of Technology Triff/Shutterstock Quantum technology is no longer confined to the lab – it’s making its way into our everyday lives. Now, it’s about to transform something even more fundamental: how we navigate the world. Imagine submarines travelling beneath ... <a title="Quantum navigation could transform how we travel. So what is it, and how does it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/quantum-navigation-could-transform-how-we-travel-so-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work-250285/" aria-label="Read more about Quantum navigation could transform how we travel. So what is it, and how does it work?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
The re-election of Donald Trump is proof that the Right’s most powerful weapon is media manipulation, ensuring the public sphere is not engaged in rational debate, reports the Independent Australia. COMMENTARY: By Victoria Fielding I once heard someone say that when the Left and the Right became polarised — when they divorced from each other ... <a title="Manipulated media: The weapon of the Right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/manipulated-media-the-weapon-of-the-right/" aria-label="Read more about Manipulated media: The weapon of the Right">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
RNZ Pacific Prime Minister Mark Brown has survived a motion in the Cook Islands Parliament aimed at ousting his government, the second Pacific Island leader to face a no-confidence vote this week. In a vote yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, Cook Islands time), the man who has been at the centre of controversy in the past few ... <a title="Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says Brown – wins confidence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/cook-islands-needs-to-stand-on-our-own-two-feet-says-brown-wins-confidence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says Brown – wins confidence vote">Read more</a>
