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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Hartley, Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Koshiro K/Shutterstock With the AFL and NRL seasons kicking off, fantasy footy players have been deep in draft mode, carefully building their best teams. Fantasy sports have transformed the way fans engage with many sports, sparking ... <a title="Why are so many people obsessed with fantasy sports?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/why-are-so-many-people-obsessed-with-fantasy-sports-249010/" aria-label="Read more about Why are so many people obsessed with fantasy sports?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tailane Scapin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University World Obesity Federation In many countries, buying food at supermarkets, convenience stores and online has become the norm. But what’s the convenience of modern food shopping doing to our health? Our study, published today with colleagues from UNICEF, looked at ... <a title="We looked at what supermarkets in 97 countries are doing to our waistlines. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/we-looked-at-what-supermarkets-in-97-countries-are-doing-to-our-waistlines-heres-what-we-found-246412/" aria-label="Read more about We looked at what supermarkets in 97 countries are doing to our waistlines. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra Hyejin Kang/Shutterstock Women’s annual earnings are closing in on men’s, with the gender pay gap in Australia’s private sector shrinking from 14.5% to 13.6% in the past year. It’s a steady improvement, down from a 15.4% gap two ... <a title="Women’s annual salaries are narrowing the gap. But men still out-earn women by an average $547 a week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/womens-annual-salaries-are-narrowing-the-gap-but-men-still-out-earn-women-by-an-average-547-a-week-251034/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s annual salaries are narrowing the gap. But men still out-earn women by an average $547 a week">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raffaele F Ciriello, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Have you ever been called a Luddite? We have – usually as an insult, rooted in a popular misconception that Luddites are anti-progress fanatics. Nothing could be further from the truth. The original 19th century ... <a title="Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/digital-luddites-are-rising-they-want-to-democratise-tech-not-destroy-it-251155/" aria-label="Read more about Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miroslav Filipovic, Professor, Western Sydney University Some of the objects captured by ASKAP. Author provided Radio astronomers see what the naked eye can’t. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio signals rather than light, we end up seeing a lot of circles. The newest ... <a title="‘Ghosts of the radio universe’: astronomers have discovered a slew of faint circular objects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/ghosts-of-the-radio-universe-astronomers-have-discovered-a-slew-of-faint-circular-objects-249141/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Ghosts of the radio universe’: astronomers have discovered a slew of faint circular objects">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University The question of how best to eliminate corruption has exercised the minds of philosophers as much as the practical drafters of legislation from Ancient Greek and Roman times. Within the political sphere, the notion of “corruption” has fluctuated ... <a title="Democracy’s bad eggs: corruption, pork-barrelling and abuses of power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/democracys-bad-eggs-corruption-pork-barrelling-and-abuses-of-power-229888/" aria-label="Read more about Democracy’s bad eggs: corruption, pork-barrelling and abuses of power">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Ghezelbash, Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Misinformation is a significant threat to our society. It undermines public discussion, erodes social cohesion, leads to bad policy and weakens democracy. Misinformation on refugee and migrant issues is ... <a title="Misinformation on refugees and migrants is rife during elections. We found 6 ways it spreads – and how to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/misinformation-on-refugees-and-migrants-is-rife-during-elections-we-found-6-ways-it-spreads-and-how-to-stop-it-251035/" aria-label="Read more about Misinformation on refugees and migrants is rife during elections. We found 6 ways it spreads – and how to stop it">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon O’Connor, Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations, United States Studies Centre,, University of Sydney Since returning to the US presidency, Donald Trump has outdone himself, gaining global media headlines and attention with outrageous statements and dramatic decisions. The most consequential decision so far has ... <a title="Donald Trump is picking fights with leaders around the world. What exactly is his foreign policy approach?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/donald-trump-is-picking-fights-with-leaders-around-the-world-what-exactly-is-his-foreign-policy-approach-251238/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump is picking fights with leaders around the world. What exactly is his foreign policy approach?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Mr.paripat niyantang/Shutterstock Small businesses across Australia and New Zealand are facing one of their toughest periods in decades. A flat economy and shifting consumer behaviour have put pressure on already thin operating margins. A 2024 survey ... <a title="A website is not enough: businesses that use digital tools without a strategic plan will struggle in a tough economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/a-website-is-not-enough-businesses-that-use-digital-tools-without-a-strategic-plan-will-struggle-in-a-tough-economy-250633/" aria-label="Read more about A website is not enough: businesses that use digital tools without a strategic plan will struggle in a tough economy">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has signed up New South Wales to its new schools funding agreement, with an extra A$4.8 billion in funding for the state’s public schools over ten years. Queensland remains the only state still to join the agreement, ... <a title="Schools agreement provides NSW $4.8 billion extra for public schools over a decade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/schools-agreement-provides-nsw-4-8-billion-extra-for-public-schools-over-a-decade-251255/" aria-label="Read more about Schools agreement provides NSW $4.8 billion extra for public schools over a decade">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls left New Caledonia at the weekend after a one-week stay which was marked by the resumption of inclusive political talks on the French territory’s future. He has now submitted a “synthetical” working document to be discussed further and promised he ... <a title="French minister wraps up key talks in New Caledonia, returning late March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/french-minister-wraps-up-key-talks-in-new-caledonia-returning-late-march/" aria-label="Read more about French minister wraps up key talks in New Caledonia, returning late March">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taimoor Sohail, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Mongkolchon Akesin, Shutterstock Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current on the planet. It’s five times stronger than the Gulf Stream and more than 100 times ... <a title="Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/03/melting-antarctic-ice-will-slow-the-worlds-strongest-ocean-current-and-the-global-consequences-are-profound-251053/" aria-label="Read more about Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound">Read more</a>
