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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Since the return to power of US President Donald Trump, tariffs have barely left the front pages. While the on-off-on tariff sagas have dominated the headlines, a paper released this week by the government’s Australian Bureau of ... <a title="What are non-tariff barriers – and why is agriculture so exposed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/what-are-non-tariff-barriers-and-why-is-agriculture-so-exposed-252739/" aria-label="Read more about What are non-tariff barriers – and why is agriculture so exposed?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Baka, Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University In a surprisingly emphatic result, 41-year-old Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe’s Sport Minister, was selected as the new ... <a title="How will the history-making new Olympics boss shape sports worldwide, and in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/how-will-the-history-making-new-olympics-boss-shape-sports-worldwide-and-in-australia-252623/" aria-label="Read more about How will the history-making new Olympics boss shape sports worldwide, and in Australia?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Australia’s supermarket sector has endured a long, uncomfortable moment in the spotlight. There have been six comprehensive inquiries into its conduct, pricing practices, and specifically claims of “price gouging”, over the past 18 ... <a title="ACCC finds Australia’s supermarkets are among the world’s most profitable – but doesn’t accuse them of price gouging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/accc-finds-australias-supermarkets-are-among-the-worlds-most-profitable-but-doesnt-accuse-them-of-price-gouging-250503/" aria-label="Read more about ACCC finds Australia’s supermarkets are among the world’s most profitable – but doesn’t accuse them of price gouging">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Wilson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation), Southern Cross University Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special isssue because the peer review process for it was compromised. The case brought into sharp focus broader ... <a title="Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/peer-review-is-meant-to-prevent-scientific-misconduct-but-it-has-its-own-problems-248015/" aria-label="Read more about Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Breen, Professor of Psychology, Curtin University Photo by Daria Kruchkova/Pexels Grief can hit us in powerful and unanticipated ways. You might expect to grieve a person, a pet or even a former version of yourself – but many people are surprised by the depth of sad ... <a title="Why do I grieve my childhood home so much now we’ve sold it? And what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/why-do-i-grieve-my-childhood-home-so-much-now-weve-sold-it-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-251058/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I grieve my childhood home so much now we’ve sold it? And what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan B. Williams, Professor of Marine Robotics, Australian Centre for Robotics, University of Sydney Armada 7805, similar to the 7806 vessel that will support the new MH370 search. Ocean Infinity More than 11 years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Malaysian government has approved ... <a title="The search for missing plane MH370 is back on. An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/the-search-for-missing-plane-mh370-is-back-on-an-underwater-robotics-expert-explains-whats-involved-252732/" aria-label="Read more about The search for missing plane MH370 is back on. An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Egger, Senior Biostatistician at the Daffodil Centre, Cancer Council NSW, University of Sydney Getty Images E-cigarette companies, including giants such as British American Tobacco, have actively lobbied governments in New Zealand and Australia to weaken existing vape regulations while preventing the introduction of stricter ones. As ... <a title="The tobacco lobby claims vaping is displacing youth smoking – a close look at the evidence tells another story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/the-tobacco-lobby-claims-vaping-is-displacing-youth-smoking-a-close-look-at-the-evidence-tells-another-story-252283/" aria-label="Read more about The tobacco lobby claims vaping is displacing youth smoking – a close look at the evidence tells another story">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Coleman, Post-doctoral Researcher in Plant Ecology, Macquarie University Jakub Maculewicz/Shutterstock More than 8,000 continental islands sit just off the coast of Australia, many of them uninhabited and unspoiled. For thousands of species, these patches of habitat offer refuge from the threats they face on the mainland. ... <a title="We combed through old botanical surveys to track how plants on Australia’s islands are changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/we-combed-through-old-botanical-surveys-to-track-how-plants-on-australias-islands-are-changing-243934/" aria-label="Read more about We combed through old botanical surveys to track how plants on Australia’s islands are changing">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Sergi, Professor in Criminology, University of Essex In June 1988, the Reagan administration launched the most important United States labour case of the past half century. The government alleged the Italian-American mafia – La Cosa Nostra – had effectively taken over the nation’s largest and most ... <a title="Peter Dutton wants American anti-mafia laws to take on the CFMEU. Could they work in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/peter-dutton-wants-american-anti-mafia-laws-to-take-on-the-cfmeu-could-they-work-in-australia-252643/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton wants American anti-mafia laws to take on the CFMEU. Could they work in Australia?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania Karynf/Shutterstock There is something special about sharing baked goods with family, friends and colleagues. But I’ll never forget the disappointment of serving my colleagues rhubarb muffins that had failed to rise. They were dense, rubbery and an embarrassment ... <a title="What’s the difference between baking powder and baking soda? It’s subtle, but significant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/whats-the-difference-between-baking-powder-and-baking-soda-its-subtle-but-significant-251050/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between baking powder and baking soda? It’s subtle, but significant">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Kaiser, PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania The South African National Antarctic Expedition research base, SANAE IV, at Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Dr Ross Hofmeyr/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Earlier this week, reports emerged that a scientist at South Africa’s SANAE IV Antarctic research ... <a title="Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence. Space stations could face the same challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/antarctic-bases-are-hotbeds-of-stress-and-violence-space-stations-could-face-the-same-challenges-252720/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence. Space stations could face the same challenges">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, Lecturer in Government, Flinders University Every generation thinks they had it tough, but evidence suggests young Australians today might have a case for saying they’ve drawn the short straw. Compared with young adults two or three decades ago, today’s 18–35-year-olds may earn more, but they ... <a title="Every generation thinks they had it the toughest, but for Gen Z, they’re probably right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/every-generation-thinks-they-had-it-the-toughest-but-for-gen-z-theyre-probably-right-249604/" aria-label="Read more about Every generation thinks they had it the toughest, but for Gen Z, they’re probably right">Read more</a>
