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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Shutterstock/chayanuphol At the start of this month, when denicotinisation would have been due to come into effect in Aotearoa New Zealand (had the government not repealed smokefree laws), Australia introduced innovative smokefree policies to change the look, ingredients ... <a title="Australia’s innovative new policies are designed to cut smoking rates – here are 6 ideas NZ could borrow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/australias-innovative-new-policies-are-designed-to-cut-smoking-rates-here-are-6-ideas-nz-could-borrow-253717/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s innovative new policies are designed to cut smoking rates – here are 6 ideas NZ could borrow">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock While Australia was busy defending the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme against threats from the United States in recent weeks, another issue related to the supply and trade of medicines was flying under the radar. ... <a title="Trump has Australia’s generic medicines in his sights. And no-one’s talking about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/trump-has-australias-generic-medicines-in-his-sights-and-no-ones-talking-about-it-253836/" aria-label="Read more about Trump has Australia’s generic medicines in his sights. And no-one’s talking about it">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacquelyn Harverson, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology, Deakin University Alex Segre/ Shutterstock Once upon a time, children fought for control of the remote to the sole family television. Now the choice of screen-based content available to kids seems endless. There are computers, tablets, phones and gaming consoles ... <a title="New research shows digital technology is linked to reduced wellbeing in young kids. So what can parents do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/new-research-shows-digital-technology-is-linked-to-reduced-wellbeing-in-young-kids-so-what-can-parents-do-253637/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows digital technology is linked to reduced wellbeing in young kids. So what can parents do?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Zigres/Shutterstock About 14% of Australians experienced personal fraud last year. Of these, 2.1 million experienced credit card fraud, 675,300 were caught in a scam, 255,000 had their identities stolen and 433,000 were impersonated online. According ... <a title="3.5 million Australians experienced fraud last year. This could be avoided through 6 simple steps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/3-5-million-australians-experienced-fraud-last-year-this-could-be-avoided-through-6-simple-steps-253623/" aria-label="Read more about 3.5 million Australians experienced fraud last year. This could be avoided through 6 simple steps">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Knowles, Lecturer, Western Civilisation Program, Australian Catholic University Getty The New York Times Connections game asks players to categorise 16 words into four groups of four. For example, in one collection of 16, a category included “blow”, “cat”, “gold” and “sword”: these are all words that ... <a title="What do medieval puzzles and the New York Times Connections have in common?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/what-do-medieval-puzzles-and-the-new-york-times-connections-have-in-common-250155/" aria-label="Read more about What do medieval puzzles and the New York Times Connections have in common?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Associate Professor, Information and Communications Technology, CQUniversity Australia berdiyandriy/Shutterstock You’re about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even reset the device to factory settings. You probably think your sensitive data is now safe. ... <a title="Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/selling-your-old-laptop-or-phone-you-might-be-handing-over-your-data-too-251613/" aria-label="Read more about Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University Much of the world is finding out it’s a very difficult time to be a friend and ally of the United States. That includes the major parties vying for power at the May ... <a title="Donald Trump has gatecrashed the federal election. It’s creating huge challenges for Australia’s next government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/donald-trump-has-gatecrashed-the-federal-election-its-creating-huge-challenges-for-australias-next-government-251912/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump has gatecrashed the federal election. It’s creating huge challenges for Australia’s next government">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Amid the chaos of the tariff crisis and the dark clouds internationally, there is a potential silver lining for Australian mortgage holders. Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday pointed out that the markets were expecting several cuts in Australia’s interest rates ... <a title="Election Diary: Jim Chalmers highlights expectations of May interest rate cut – after the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/election-diary-jim-chalmers-highlights-expectations-of-may-interest-rate-cut-after-the-election-253733/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Jim Chalmers highlights expectations of May interest rate cut – after the election">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chen Zhao, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania LouieLea, Shutterstock One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica’s deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what’s driving its ice loss. A vast network of lakes and streams lies beneath the ... <a title="Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/antarcticas-hidden-threat-meltwater-under-the-ice-sheet-amplifies-sea-level-rise-250780/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland Tijana Simic/Shutterstock Australians are being urged to roll up their sleeves for a flu vaccine amid rising cases of influenza. It’s an opportune time to think about other vaccines too, particularly because some vaccines can be ... <a title="Do I need another COVID booster? Which one should I choose? Can I get it with my flu shot?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/do-i-need-another-covid-booster-which-one-should-i-choose-can-i-get-it-with-my-flu-shot-252914/" aria-label="Read more about Do I need another COVID booster? Which one should I choose? Can I get it with my flu shot?">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Hartigan, Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney Financial markets around the world have been slammed by the Trump adminstration’s sweeping tariffs on its trading partners, and China’s swift retaliation. Share markets have posted their biggest declines since the COVID pandemic hit in 2020, as fears of ... <a title="Financial markets are tanking. Here’s why it’s best not to panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/financial-markets-are-tanking-heres-why-its-best-not-to-panic-253929/" aria-label="Read more about Financial markets are tanking. Here’s why it’s best not to panic">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Percy, Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Australia faces crisis-level workforce shortfalls in security and defence. Recruiting more people to the defence force is now an urgent matter of national security. So, comments – such as those recently made by a Liberal candidate that ... <a title="Without women, Australia’s defence force will struggle to recruit enough people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/without-women-australias-defence-force-will-struggle-to-recruit-enough-people-253844/" aria-label="Read more about Without women, Australia’s defence force will struggle to recruit enough people">Read more</a>
