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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Ogden, Associate Professor in Global Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Some have said Christopher Luxon’s pledge to get a free trade deal between New Zealand and India over the line in his first term as prime minister was overly optimistic. But not all trade ... <a title="Luxon meets Modi: why a ‘good’ NZ-India trade deal is preferable to a ‘perfect’ one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/luxon-meets-modi-why-a-good-nz-india-trade-deal-is-preferable-to-a-perfect-one-252036/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon meets Modi: why a ‘good’ NZ-India trade deal is preferable to a ‘perfect’ one">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Peter Cronau for Declassified Australia Australia is caught in a jam, between an assertive American ally and a bold Chinese trading partner. America is accelerating its pivot to the Indo-Pacific, building up its fighting forces and expanding its military bases. As Australia tries to navigate a pathway between America’s and Australia’s national ... <a title="Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/australias-defence-navigating-us-china-tensions-in-changing-world/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
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 Freshwater poll for The Financial Review, conducted March 13–15 from a sample of 1,051, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead by respondent preferences, a one-point ... <a title="Gains for Labor as they lead in three of last five polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/gains-for-labor-as-they-lead-in-three-of-last-five-polls-252016/" aria-label="Read more about Gains for Labor as they lead in three of last five polls">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olga Boichak, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA fellow, University of Sydney More than three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a 30-day ceasefire between the two warring countries may be imminent. But much more needs to happen before a just and lasting ... <a title="Three years after Russia’s invasion, a global online army is still fighting for Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/three-years-after-russias-invasion-a-global-online-army-is-still-fighting-for-ukraine-251480/" aria-label="Read more about Three years after Russia’s invasion, a global online army is still fighting for Ukraine">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shamit Saggar, Executive Director, Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success and Professor of Public Policy, Curtin University Two months out from an Australian federal election, the polling is pointing to a very tight race between the two major parties. This means, if the polls are correct, ... <a title="Australia’s next government may well be in minority. Here’s how that can be a good outcome for the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/australias-next-government-may-well-be-in-minority-heres-how-that-can-be-a-good-outcome-for-the-country-252162/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s next government may well be in minority. Here’s how that can be a good outcome for the country">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock One of the most enduring questions humans have is how long we’re going to live. With this comes the question of how much of our lifespan is shaped by our environment and choices, and how much is predetermined by ... <a title="How long will you live? New evidence says its much more about your choices than your genes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/how-long-will-you-live-new-evidence-says-its-much-more-about-your-choices-than-your-genes-251054/" aria-label="Read more about How long will you live? New evidence says its much more about your choices than your genes">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Casino operator Star Entertainment has been under financial pressure for some time. The company’s share price has tanked, and the business, with its three casino properties, has been bleeding money. Last year’s opening of ... <a title="Whatever happens to Star, the age of unfettered gambling revenue for casinos may have ended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/whatever-happens-to-star-the-age-of-unfettered-gambling-revenue-for-casinos-may-have-ended-251248/" aria-label="Read more about Whatever happens to Star, the age of unfettered gambling revenue for casinos may have ended">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Davey, PhD Candidate, Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University Andra C Taylor Jr/Unsplash Including pronouns in introductions, your email signature or your social media bio may seem like a minor detail. Pronouns are just small words we use in place of names ... <a title="Chinese only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender-inclusive one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/chinese-only-introduced-a-feminine-pronoun-in-the-1920s-now-it-might-adopt-a-gender-inclusive-one-221013/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender-inclusive one">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Greenslade-Yeats, Research Fellow in Management, Auckland University of Technology THEBILLJR/Shutterstock When two junior employees bump into each other in the corridor and start chatting about their manager’s overbearing manner, it’s typically considered gossip. But what about when two managers have an off-record catch-up to discuss an ... <a title="When is workplace chat ‘just gossip’ and when is it ‘sharing information’? It depends who’s doing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/when-is-workplace-chat-just-gossip-and-when-is-it-sharing-information-it-depends-whos-doing-it-251242/" aria-label="Read more about When is workplace chat ‘just gossip’ and when is it ‘sharing information’? It depends who’s doing it">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Cyclone Alfred will cost the March 25 budget at least A$1.2 billion, hit growth and put pressure on inflation, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says. In a Tuesday speech previewing the budget, Chalmers will also say that on preliminary estimates, the cyclone’s immediate ... <a title="Cyclone Alfred to cost budget $1.2 billion, hit growth and push up inflation: Chalmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/cyclone-alfred-to-cost-budget-1-2billion-hit-growth-and-push-up-inflation-chalmers-252171/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Alfred to cost budget $1.2 billion, hit growth and push up inflation: Chalmers">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A former US diplomat, Nabeel Khoury, says President Donald Trump’s decision to launch attacks against the Houthis is misguided, and this will not subdue them. “For our president who came in wanting to avoid war and wanting to be a man of peace, he’s going about it the wrong way,” he said. ... <a title="Former US envoy slams air attacks on Houthis – NZ protesters recite poetry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/former-us-envoy-slams-air-attacks-on-houthis-nz-protesters-recite-poetry/" aria-label="Read more about Former US envoy slams air attacks on Houthis – NZ protesters recite poetry">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recalled that 20 journalists were killed during the six-year Philippines presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, a regime marked by fierce repression of the press. Former president Duterte was arrested earlier this week as part of an International Criminal Court investigation into crimes against ... <a title="Former Filipino Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/former-filipino-dutertes-arrest-by-the-icc-20-journalists-killed-during-his-presidency/" aria-label="Read more about Former Filipino Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency">Read more</a>
