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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Andrews, Senior Manager, Policy & Engagement, Australian National University The year 2000 marked an inflection point for many Western countries, including Australia, in their outlook towards the world. The focus began to shift away from the peacekeeping interventions that had dominated the previous decade to one ... <a title="Australia may no longer be a ‘deputy sheriff’, but its reliance on the US has only grown deeper since 2000" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/australia-may-no-longer-be-a-deputy-sheriff-but-its-reliance-on-the-us-has-only-grown-deeper-since-2000-252501/" aria-label="Read more about Australia may no longer be a ‘deputy sheriff’, but its reliance on the US has only grown deeper since 2000">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Chernika 888/Shutterstock In the wild, dogs spend a lot of their time chewing on bones, carcasses, sticks and kernels. For example, Australian dingoes can feed for up to 108 minutes in a single session. But most domestic ... <a title="Happy dogs make happy humans, and 9 other reasons science says dogs need to chew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/happy-dogs-make-happy-humans-and-9-other-reasons-science-says-dogs-need-to-chew-244028/" aria-label="Read more about Happy dogs make happy humans, and 9 other reasons science says dogs need to chew">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Changyan He, Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Newcastle Photo supplied. Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access hard-to-reach areas or tumours. It’s invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover. We have developed new, tiny ... <a title="Tiny robot tools powered by magnets could one day do brain surgery without cutting open the skull" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/tiny-robot-tools-powered-by-magnets-could-one-day-do-brain-surgery-without-cutting-open-the-skull-253042/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny robot tools powered by magnets could one day do brain surgery without cutting open the skull">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hobbs, Associate Professor and Transforming Lives Fellow in Spatial Data Science and Planetary Health, Sheffield Hallam University Getty Images Exposure to air pollution in early life could have lasting effects on child development and mental health in adolescence, according to our recent study. We integrated air ... <a title="Early exposure to air pollution could affect brain development and mental health later in life: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/early-exposure-to-air-pollution-could-affect-brain-development-and-mental-health-later-in-life-new-research-252644/" aria-label="Read more about Early exposure to air pollution could affect brain development and mental health later in life: new research">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute adriaticfoto/Shutterstock Labor has committed A$690 million over four years to cut the maximum cost of medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to $25. The Coalition has matched the promise, which is estimated to save Australians $200 ... <a title="60-day scripts were supposed to save time and money. So why are we still waiting for cheaper medicines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/60-day-scripts-were-supposed-to-save-time-and-money-so-why-are-we-still-waiting-for-cheaper-medicines-250061/" aria-label="Read more about 60-day scripts were supposed to save time and money. So why are we still waiting for cheaper medicines?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jill Sheppard, Senior Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University With another election campaign unofficially underway, voters may feel it hasn’t been long since they were last at the voting booth. Australia’s Constitution dictates: every House of Representatives shall continue for three years from ... <a title="Every 3 years, we play the election date waiting game. Are fixed terms the solution?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/every-3-years-we-play-the-election-date-waiting-game-are-fixed-terms-the-solution-250273/" aria-label="Read more about Every 3 years, we play the election date waiting game. Are fixed terms the solution?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Peter Dutton will promise in his Thursday budget reply that a Coalition government would immediately halve the fuel excise on petrol and diesel. The cut, which would take the excise from 50.8 cents a litre to 25.4 cents, ... <a title="Peter Dutton promises $6 billion 12-month halving of petrol and diesel excise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/peter-dutton-promises-6-billion-12-month-halving-of-petrol-and-diesel-excise-250896/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton promises $6 billion 12-month halving of petrol and diesel excise">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the election starter’s gun is about to be fired, Tuesday’s budget announced modest income tax cuts as the government’s latest cost-of-living measure. The Coalition has opposed the tax relief, with Peter Dutton’s Thursday budget reply to put forward his ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jim-chalmers-and-angus-taylor-on-tax-top-ups-and-budget-bottom-lines-253112/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruby Ekkel, PhD student in Australian History, Australian National University Fairfax Corporation (1932) ➡️ View the full interactive version of this article here. Ruby Ekkel does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, ... <a title="‘The bush calls us’: the defiant women who demanded a place on the walking track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/the-bush-calls-us-the-defiant-women-who-demanded-a-place-on-the-walking-track-241126/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The bush calls us’: the defiant women who demanded a place on the walking track">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dileep Sharma, Professor and Head of Discipline – Oral Health, University of Newcastle Jiri Hera/Shutterstock Around one in three Australians delayed their visit to a dentist in the last financial year – or didn’t go at all – due to cost. Given it doesn’t look like dental ... <a title="Going to the dentist is expensive. Here are 3 things you can do to protect your oral health – and 3 things to avoid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/going-to-the-dentist-is-expensive-here-are-3-things-you-can-do-to-protect-your-oral-health-and-3-things-to-avoid-250786/" aria-label="Read more about Going to the dentist is expensive. Here are 3 things you can do to protect your oral health – and 3 things to avoid">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William van Caenegem, Professor of Law, Bond University Zivica Kerkez/Shutterstock The Labor government used this week’s budget to announce it plans to ban non-compete agreements for employees on less than A$175,000 per year, a move that will affect about 3 million Australian workers. Describing them as “unfair”, ... <a title="Non-compete clauses make it too hard to change jobs. Banning them for millions of Australians is a good move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/non-compete-clauses-make-it-too-hard-to-change-jobs-banning-them-for-millions-of-australians-is-a-good-move-253101/" aria-label="Read more about Non-compete clauses make it too hard to change jobs. Banning them for millions of Australians is a good move">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Neal, Senior lecturer in Economics / Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Commentators have branded last night’s federal budget as an attempt to win over typical Australian voters concerned about the cost of living, ahead of what is expected to be a tightly fought ... <a title="The 2025 federal budget fails the millions of voters who want action on Australia’s struggling environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/the-2025-federal-budget-fails-the-millions-of-voters-who-want-action-on-australias-struggling-environment-253099/" aria-label="Read more about The 2025 federal budget fails the millions of voters who want action on Australia’s struggling environment">Read more</a>
