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April 21, 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 With less than two weeks to go now until the federal election, the polls continue to favour the government being returned. Newspoll was steady at 52–48 to ... <a title="Newspoll steady as both leaders’ ratings fall; Labor surging in poll of marginal seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/21/newspoll-steady-as-both-leaders-ratings-fall-labor-surging-in-poll-of-marginal-seats-254715/" aria-label="Read more about Newspoll steady as both leaders’ ratings fall; Labor surging in poll of marginal seats">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University Darryl Fonseka/Shutterstocl What do you think of when it comes to extra terrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings could live on other planets. But when astronomers are searching for extra-terrestrial life, it ... <a title="Indicators of alien life may have been found – astrophysicist explains what the new research means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/20/indicators-of-alien-life-may-have-been-found-astrophysicist-explains-what-the-new-research-means-254843/" aria-label="Read more about Indicators of alien life may have been found – astrophysicist explains what the new research means">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney Tech giant Google has just suffered another legal blow in the United States, losing a landmark antitrust case. This follows on from the company’s loss in a similar case last year. Social media giant Meta ... <a title="Google loses online ad monopoly case. But it’s just one of many antitrust battles against big tech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/19/google-loses-online-ad-monopoly-case-but-its-just-one-of-many-antitrust-battles-against-big-tech-254602/" aria-label="Read more about Google loses online ad monopoly case. But it’s just one of many antitrust battles against big tech">Read more</a>
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April 18, 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 Labor increased its lead again in a YouGov poll, but Freshwater put the party ahead by just 50.3–49.7. This article also covers the final WA upper house ... <a title="Labor’s poll surge continues in YouGov, but it’s barely ahead in Freshwater" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/18/labors-poll-surge-continues-in-yougov-but-its-barely-ahead-in-freshwater-254708/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s poll surge continues in YouGov, but it’s barely ahead in Freshwater">Read more</a>
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April 18, 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 Labor increased their lead again in a YouGov poll, but Freshwater put them ahead by just 50.3–49.7. This article also covers the final WA upper house results ... <a title="Labor’s poll surge continues in YouGov, but they’re barely ahead in Freshwater" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/18/labors-poll-surge-continues-in-yougov-but-theyre-barely-ahead-in-freshwater-254708/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s poll surge continues in YouGov, but they’re barely ahead in Freshwater">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gode Bola, Lecturer in Hydrology, University of Kinshasa The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly in the city, turning it into ... <a title="Why Kinshasa keeps flooding – and why it’s not just about the rain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/18/why-kinshasa-keeps-flooding-and-why-its-not-just-about-the-rain-254411/" aria-label="Read more about Why Kinshasa keeps flooding – and why it’s not just about the rain">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton, now seriously on the back foot, has made an extraordinarily big “aspirational” commitment at the back end of this campaign. He says he wants to see a move to indexing personal income tax – an assault on the ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton’s tax indexation ‘aspiration’ has merit – so why didn’t we hear about it before?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/grattan-on-friday-peter-duttons-tax-indexation-aspiration-has-merit-so-why-didnt-we-hear-about-it-before-254589/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton’s tax indexation ‘aspiration’ has merit – so why didn’t we hear about it before?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Tietz, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney A New South Wales Senate inquiry into public toilets is underway, looking into the provision, design and maintenance of public toilets across the state. Whenever I mention this inquiry, however, everyone nervously laughs and the conversation moves on. ... <a title="Public toilets could be the jewels in our cities’ crowns – if only governments would listen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/public-toilets-could-be-the-jewels-in-our-cities-crowns-if-only-governments-would-listen-253526/" aria-label="Read more about Public toilets could be the jewels in our cities’ crowns – if only governments would listen">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tessa Charles, Accelerator Physicist, Monash University An artist’s impression of the tunnel of the proposed Future Circular Collider. CERN The Large Hadron Collider has been responsible for astounding advances in physics: the discovery of the elusive, long-sought Higgs boson as well as other new exotic particles, possible ... <a title="Why do scientists want to spend billions on a 70-year project in an enormous tunnel under the Swiss Alps?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/why-do-scientists-want-to-spend-billions-on-a-70-year-project-in-an-enormous-tunnel-under-the-swiss-alps-254577/" aria-label="Read more about Why do scientists want to spend billions on a 70-year project in an enormous tunnel under the Swiss Alps?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer McKay, Professor in Business Law, University of South Australia Parkova/Shutterstock Could someone take you to court over an agreement you made – or at least appeared to make – by sending a “👍”? Emojis can have more legal weight than many people realise. A search of ... <a title="Could you accidentally sign a contract by texting an emoji? Here’s what the law says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/could-you-accidentally-sign-a-contract-by-texting-an-emoji-heres-what-the-law-says-252287/" aria-label="Read more about Could you accidentally sign a contract by texting an emoji? Here’s what the law says">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trang Nguyen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Global Food and Resources, University of Adelaide Stokkete, Shutterstock Australians waste around 7.68 million tonnes of food a year. This costs the economy an estimated A$36.6 billion and households up to $2,500 annually. Much of this food is wasted at ... <a title="Why healthy eating may be the best way to reduce food waste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/why-healthy-eating-may-be-the-best-way-to-reduce-food-waste-253852/" aria-label="Read more about Why healthy eating may be the best way to reduce food waste">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Nosaka, Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Do you ever feel like you can’t stop moving after you’ve pushed yourself exercising? Maybe you find yourself walking around in circles when you come off the pitch, or squatting and standing and squatting ... <a title="Why can’t I keep still after intense exercise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/why-cant-i-keep-still-after-intense-exercise-247555/" aria-label="Read more about Why can’t I keep still after intense exercise?">Read more</a>
