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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Barker, Head, Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney Sony Music The 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, back in cinemas this week, remains one of the most unique concert documentaries ever recorded by a rock band. The movie captured the band ... <a title="When rock music met ancient archeology: the enduring power of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/when-rock-music-met-ancient-archeology-the-enduring-power-of-pink-floyd-live-at-pompeii-252744/" aria-label="Read more about When rock music met ancient archeology: the enduring power of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Russell, Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia Mick Tsikas/AAP, Joel Carret/AAP, Darren England/AAP, Ihor Koptilin/Shutterstock, The Conversation, CC BY Gambling prevalence studies provide a snapshot of gambling behaviour, problems and harm in our communities. They are typically conducted about every five years. In some Australian states and ... <a title="Gambling in Australia: how bad is the problem, who gets harmed most and where may we be heading?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/gambling-in-australia-how-bad-is-the-problem-who-gets-harmed-most-and-where-may-we-be-heading-252389/" aria-label="Read more about Gambling in Australia: how bad is the problem, who gets harmed most and where may we be heading?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Following some very public protests, including Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata handing back his medal, the government’s announcement of an expanded official definition of the term “veteran” brings some good news for former military personnel ahead ... <a title="Lest we forget? Aside from Anzac Day, NZ has been slow to remember its military veterans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/lest-we-forget-aside-from-anzac-day-nz-has-been-slow-to-remember-its-military-veterans-254684/" aria-label="Read more about Lest we forget? Aside from Anzac Day, NZ has been slow to remember its military veterans">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will promise a Coalition government would boost Australia’s spending on defence to 2.5% of GDP within five years and 3% within a decade. Launching the Coalition’s long-awaited defence policy on Wednesday in Western Australia, Dutton will ... <a title="Dutton promises Coalition would increase defence spending to 3% of GDP ‘within a decade’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/dutton-promises-coalition-would-increase-defence-spending-to-3-of-gdp-within-a-decade-254993/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton promises Coalition would increase defence spending to 3% of GDP ‘within a decade’">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, Visitor, School of History, Australian National University Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have met for the third leaders’ debate of this election campaign, this time on the Nine network. And while the debate traversed much of the same ground as the first two, the quick-fire ... <a title="Leaders trade barbs and well-worn lines in unspectacular third election debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/leaders-trade-barbs-and-well-worn-lines-in-unspectacular-third-election-debate-254941/" aria-label="Read more about Leaders trade barbs and well-worn lines in unspectacular third election debate">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the leaders’ third head-to-head encounter, on Nine on Tuesday, Peter Dutton’s bluntness when pressed on cuts has given more ammunition to Labor’s scare campaign about what a Coalition government might do. “When John Howard came into power, there was ... <a title="Election Diary: Dutton in third debate gives Labor ammunition for its scare about cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/election-diary-dutton-in-third-debate-gives-labor-ammunition-for-its-scare-about-cuts-254990/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Dutton in third debate gives Labor ammunition for its scare about cuts">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fernanda Peñaloza, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies, University of Sydney Pope Francis’ journey from the streets of Flores, a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the Vatican, is a remarkable tale. Born in 1936, Jorge Bergoglio was raised in a middle-class family of Italian Catholic immigrants. ... <a title="To truly understand Pope Francis’ theology – and impact – you need to look to his life in Buenos Aires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/to-truly-understand-pope-francis-theology-and-impact-you-need-to-look-to-his-life-in-buenos-aires-255003/" aria-label="Read more about To truly understand Pope Francis’ theology – and impact – you need to look to his life in Buenos Aires">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University For most of this federal election campaign, politicians have said very little about violence against women and children. Now in the fourth week of the five-week campaign, Labor has released its “commitment to women” announcement. The ... <a title="Australia had a national reckoning over domestic violence, but where’s the focus this election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/australia-had-a-national-reckoning-over-domestic-violence-but-wheres-the-focus-this-election-253718/" aria-label="Read more about Australia had a national reckoning over domestic violence, but where’s the focus this election?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karinna Saxby, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne Lee Charlie/Shutterstock Last week, the federal government announced a $10 million commitment to make Medicare more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ Australians. It aims to improve their access to “inclusive, culturally safe primary ... <a title="The government has pledged $10 million for inclusive LGBTQIA+ health care. Here’s what that means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/the-government-has-pledged-10-million-for-inclusive-lgbtqia-health-care-heres-what-that-means-254611/" aria-label="Read more about The government has pledged $10 million for inclusive LGBTQIA+ health care. Here’s what that means">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Macdonald, Policy Director, Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute and Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University Lordn/Shutterstock The Fair Work Commission has found award pay rates in five industrial awards covering a range of female-dominated occupations and industries do not provide equal pay. This ... <a title="A landmark ruling will tackle the gender pay gap for thousands of workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/a-landmark-ruling-will-tackle-the-gender-pay-gap-for-thousands-of-workers-254798/" aria-label="Read more about A landmark ruling will tackle the gender pay gap for thousands of workers">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthis Auger, Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania NASA ICE via Flickr, CC BY Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of metres below. ... <a title="Tiny dips in sea level reveal flow of climate-regulating underwater waterfalls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/tiny-dips-in-sea-level-reveal-flow-of-climate-regulating-underwater-waterfalls-253940/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny dips in sea level reveal flow of climate-regulating underwater waterfalls">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Carr, Associate Professor, Strategy and Australian Defence Policy, Australian National University In 2024, the National Defence Strategy made deterrence Australia’s “primary strategic defence objective”. With writing now underway for the 2026 National Defence Strategy, can Australia actually deter threats to the nation? Traditionally, our defence strategy ... <a title="What would Australia be willing to go to war over? This needs to be made clear in our defence strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/what-would-australia-be-willing-to-go-to-war-over-this-needs-to-be-made-clear-in-our-defence-strategy-253246/" aria-label="Read more about What would Australia be willing to go to war over? This needs to be made clear in our defence strategy">Read more</a>
