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Month: March 2025

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The Removalists remains a brutal commentary on Australian masculinity. This new production treats women with empathy

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Varney, Professor of Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne Pia Johnson/MTC The Removalists was first performed in 1971 at La Mama Theatre, Carlton, by the Australian Performing Group, an ensemble of young graduates, artists and friends. A beacon of the New Wave of Australian drama, David ... <a title="The Removalists remains a brutal commentary on Australian masculinity. This new production treats women with empathy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/the-removalists-remains-a-brutal-commentary-on-australian-masculinity-this-new-production-treats-women-with-empathy-252040/" aria-label="Read more about The Removalists remains a brutal commentary on Australian masculinity. This new production treats women with empathy">Read more</a>

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New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable

March 18, 2025

ANALYSIS: By Robert Patman New Zealand’s National-led coalition government’s policy on Gaza seems caught between a desire for a two-state diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and closer alignment with the US, which supports a Netanyahu government strongly opposed to a Palestinian state In the last 17 months, Gaza has been the scene of what ... <a title="New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/new-zealand-and-gaza-confronting-and-not-confronting-the-unspeakable/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable">Read more</a>

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Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out

March 18, 2025

Columbia Journalism School Freedom of the press — a bedrock principle of American democracy — is under threat in the United States. Here at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism we are witnessing and experiencing an alarming chill. We write to affirm our commitment to supporting and exercising First Amendment rights for students, faculty, and ... <a title="Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/free-press-under-threat-in-us-columbia-j-school-speaks-out/" aria-label="Read more about Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out">Read more</a>

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Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Randall Wayth, SKA-Low Senior Commissioning Scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy, Curtin University The first image from an early working version of the SKA-Low telescope, showing around 85 galaxies. SKAO Part of the world’s biggest mega-science facility – the SKA Observatory – is ... <a title="Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/less-than-1-of-the-worlds-biggest-radio-telescope-is-complete-but-its-first-image-reveals-a-sky-dotted-with-ancient-galaxies-252382/" aria-label="Read more about Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies">Read more</a>

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Scientific misconduct is on the rise. But what exactly is it?

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nham Tran, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney PowerUp/Shutterstock German anaesthesiologist Joachim Boldt has an unfortunate claim to fame. According to Retraction Watch, a public database of research retractions, he is the most retracted scientist of all time. To date, 220 of his ... <a title="Scientific misconduct is on the rise. But what exactly is it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/scientific-misconduct-is-on-the-rise-but-what-exactly-is-it-247352/" aria-label="Read more about Scientific misconduct is on the rise. But what exactly is it?">Read more</a>

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Local newspapers are a lifeline in Ukraine, but USAID cuts may force many to close or become biased mouthpieces

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Galyna Piskorska, Associate Professor, Faculty of Journalism, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University (Ukraine) and Honorary Principal Fellow at the Advanced Centre for Journalism, The University of Melbourne Three years into Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, Ukrainian journalists are facing enormously difficult challenges to continue their work. Since Russia’s ... <a title="Local newspapers are a lifeline in Ukraine, but USAID cuts may force many to close or become biased mouthpieces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/local-newspapers-are-a-lifeline-in-ukraine-but-usaid-cuts-may-force-many-to-close-or-become-biased-mouthpieces-250917/" aria-label="Read more about Local newspapers are a lifeline in Ukraine, but USAID cuts may force many to close or become biased mouthpieces">Read more</a>

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I’m avoiding a hearing test because I don’t want chunky hearing aids. What are my options?

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Ekberg, Senior Lecturer, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University Ksenia Shestakova/Shutterstock One in six Australians have hearing loss and, for most adults, hearing starts to decline from middle age onwards. Many of us, however, hesitate to seek help or testing for our hearing. Perhaps ... <a title="I’m avoiding a hearing test because I don’t want chunky hearing aids. What are my options?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/im-avoiding-a-hearing-test-because-i-dont-want-chunky-hearing-aids-what-are-my-options-250925/" aria-label="Read more about I’m avoiding a hearing test because I don’t want chunky hearing aids. What are my options?">Read more</a>

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Why build nuclear power in place of old coal, when you could have pumped hydropower instead?

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Weber, Research Officer for School of Engineering, Australian National University Phillip Wittke, Shutterstock Australia’s energy policy would take a sharp turn if the Coalition wins the upcoming federal election. A Dutton government would seek to build seven nuclear power plants at the sites of old coal-fired ... <a title="Why build nuclear power in place of old coal, when you could have pumped hydropower instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/why-build-nuclear-power-in-place-of-old-coal-when-you-could-have-pumped-hydropower-instead-252017/" aria-label="Read more about Why build nuclear power in place of old coal, when you could have pumped hydropower instead?">Read more</a>

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ASIC puts payday lenders on notice they may be breaching the law

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne Late last week, corporate watchdog the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) issued a warning to lenders that provide high-fee small-amount loans – known as payday lenders – that they may be ... <a title="ASIC puts payday lenders on notice they may be breaching the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/asic-puts-payday-lenders-on-notice-they-may-be-breaching-the-law-252375/" aria-label="Read more about ASIC puts payday lenders on notice they may be breaching the law">Read more</a>

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Streaming, surveillance and the power of suggestion: the hidden cost of 10 years of Netflix

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Associate Professor of Screen Media | Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Victoria University Shutterstock This month marks a decade since Netflix – the world’s most influential and widely subscribed streaming service – launched in Australia. Since then the media landscape has undergone significant ... <a title="Streaming, surveillance and the power of suggestion: the hidden cost of 10 years of Netflix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/streaming-surveillance-and-the-power-of-suggestion-the-hidden-cost-of-10-years-of-netflix-244921/" aria-label="Read more about Streaming, surveillance and the power of suggestion: the hidden cost of 10 years of Netflix">Read more</a>

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Stop waiting for a foreign hero: NZ’s supermarket sector needs competition from within

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Katerina Asher, Retail Academic Researcher, PhD Candidate & Sessional Academic, University of Sydney non c/Shutterstock New Zealand’s concentrated supermarket sector is back in the spotlight after Finance Minister Nicola Willis said she was open to offering “VIP treatment” to a third international player willing to ... <a title="Stop waiting for a foreign hero: NZ’s supermarket sector needs competition from within" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/stop-waiting-for-a-foreign-hero-nzs-supermarket-sector-needs-competition-from-within-251910/" aria-label="Read more about Stop waiting for a foreign hero: NZ’s supermarket sector needs competition from within">Read more</a>

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Bug drugs: bacteria-based cancer therapies are finally overcoming barriers

March 18, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University Lightspring/Shutterstock Imagine a world where bacteria, typically feared for causing disease, are turned into powerful weapons against cancer. That’s exactly what some scientists are working on. And they are beginning to unravel the mechanisms for doing so, using ... <a title="Bug drugs: bacteria-based cancer therapies are finally overcoming barriers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/bug-drugs-bacteria-based-cancer-therapies-are-finally-overcoming-barriers-251278/" aria-label="Read more about Bug drugs: bacteria-based cancer therapies are finally overcoming barriers">Read more</a>