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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Sergi, Professor in Criminology, University of Essex In June 1988, the Reagan administration launched the most important United States labour case of the past half century. The government alleged the Italian-American mafia – La Cosa Nostra – had effectively taken over the nation’s largest and most ... <a title="Peter Dutton wants American anti-mafia laws to take on the CFMEU. Could they work in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/peter-dutton-wants-american-anti-mafia-laws-to-take-on-the-cfmeu-could-they-work-in-australia-252643/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton wants American anti-mafia laws to take on the CFMEU. Could they work in Australia?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania Karynf/Shutterstock There is something special about sharing baked goods with family, friends and colleagues. But I’ll never forget the disappointment of serving my colleagues rhubarb muffins that had failed to rise. They were dense, rubbery and an embarrassment ... <a title="What’s the difference between baking powder and baking soda? It’s subtle, but significant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/whats-the-difference-between-baking-powder-and-baking-soda-its-subtle-but-significant-251050/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between baking powder and baking soda? It’s subtle, but significant">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Kaiser, PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania The South African National Antarctic Expedition research base, SANAE IV, at Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Dr Ross Hofmeyr/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Earlier this week, reports emerged that a scientist at South Africa’s SANAE IV Antarctic research ... <a title="Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence. Space stations could face the same challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/antarctic-bases-are-hotbeds-of-stress-and-violence-space-stations-could-face-the-same-challenges-252720/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence. Space stations could face the same challenges">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, Lecturer in Government, Flinders University Every generation thinks they had it tough, but evidence suggests young Australians today might have a case for saying they’ve drawn the short straw. Compared with young adults two or three decades ago, today’s 18–35-year-olds may earn more, but they ... <a title="Every generation thinks they had it the toughest, but for Gen Z, they’re probably right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/every-generation-thinks-they-had-it-the-toughest-but-for-gen-z-theyre-probably-right-249604/" aria-label="Read more about Every generation thinks they had it the toughest, but for Gen Z, they’re probably right">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, Visitor, School of History, Australian National University Fifty years ago, Liberal MPs chose Malcolm Fraser as their leader. Eight months later, he led them into power in extraordinary – some might say reprehensible – circumstances. He governed for seven and a half years, and remains ... <a title="This anniversary wasn’t meant to be easy: Malcolm Fraser and the modern Liberal Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/this-anniversary-wasnt-meant-to-be-easy-malcolm-fraser-and-the-modern-liberal-party-250752/" aria-label="Read more about This anniversary wasn’t meant to be easy: Malcolm Fraser and the modern Liberal Party">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy G Howe, Research Fellow (Entomology), University of the Sunshine Coast Andy Howe, CC BY Playgrounds can host a variety of natural wonders – and, of course, kids! Now some students are not just learning about insects and spiders at school — they are putting them on ... <a title="We found a new wasp! Students are discovering insect species through citizen science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/we-found-a-new-wasp-students-are-discovering-insect-species-through-citizen-science-244960/" aria-label="Read more about We found a new wasp! Students are discovering insect species through citizen science">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliet Chevalier-Watts, Associate Professor, Law School, University of Waikato Ground Picture/Shutterstock There have long been calls for New Zealand’s charity-linked businesses to lose their tax exemption status. Under the current rules, companies such as Sanitarium, which is wholly owned by the Seventh-day Adventist church pay no income ... <a title="The viability of some charities could rest on how they’re taxed – we should be cautious about changing the rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/the-viability-of-some-charities-could-rest-on-how-theyre-taxed-we-should-be-cautious-about-changing-the-rules-251137/" aria-label="Read more about The viability of some charities could rest on how they’re taxed – we should be cautious about changing the rules">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Willis, PhD Candidate, Classics and Ancient History, University of Newcastle djkett/Shutterstock You wake up at night sensing a weight on your legs that you thought was your pet dog – only to remember they died years ago. Or perhaps you know someone who swears they can ... <a title="Vengeful ghost cat, divorce lizard, phantom horse: the animals that haunted Ancient Rome and Greece" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/vengeful-ghost-cat-divorce-lizard-phantom-horse-the-animals-that-haunted-ancient-rome-and-greece-249482/" aria-label="Read more about Vengeful ghost cat, divorce lizard, phantom horse: the animals that haunted Ancient Rome and Greece">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bonny Parkinson, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University The United States pharmaceutical lobby has complained to US President Donald Trump that Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is damaging their profits and has urged Trump to put tariffs on pharmaceutical imports from Australia. ... <a title="Australia’s PBS means consumers pay less for expensive medicines. Here’s how this system works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/australias-pbs-means-consumers-pay-less-for-expensive-medicines-heres-how-this-system-works-252736/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s PBS means consumers pay less for expensive medicines. Here’s how this system works">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parties involved in talks aimed at resolving an impasse over Bougainville’s push for independence are planning to meet several more times before a deadline in June. The leaders of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville have been meeting all week in Port Moresby, with former New Zealand Governor-General ... <a title="PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/png-and-bougainville-to-hold-more-talks-on-independence-issue/" aria-label="Read more about PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Scott, Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Talks of a trade dispute between the United States and Australia over the cost of medicines have no doubt left many Australians scratching their heads. With all this talk ... <a title="Will the US trade war push up the price of medicines in Australia? Will there be drug shortages?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/will-the-us-trade-war-push-up-the-price-of-medicines-in-australia-will-there-be-drug-shortages-252728/" aria-label="Read more about Will the US trade war push up the price of medicines in Australia? Will there be drug shortages?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the Trump age, how the next government, whether Labor or Coalition, will handle foreign affairs, defence and trade is shaping as crucially important. It’s a weird time when your friends become almost as problematic as your potential enemies, but ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Dutton says he could handle Donald Trump, but can any Australian PM?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/grattan-on-friday-dutton-says-he-could-handle-donald-trump-but-can-any-australian-pm-252511/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Dutton says he could handle Donald Trump, but can any Australian PM?">Read more</a>
