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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John L. Hopkins, Associate Professor of Management, Swinburne University of Technology The reality of shorter working hours could be one step closer for many Australians, pending the outcome of the federal election. The Greens, who could control crucial cross bench votes in a hung parliament, have announced ... <a title="After a century of Monday to Friday, could the 4-day week finally be coming to Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/after-a-century-of-monday-to-friday-could-the-4-day-week-finally-be-coming-to-australia-252379/" aria-label="Read more about After a century of Monday to Friday, could the 4-day week finally be coming to Australia?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University areeya_ann/Shutterstock From May 1, the oral contraceptive Slinda (drospirerone) will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). This means the price will drop for the more than 100,000 Australian women who currently use it – from around ... <a title="Here’s what’s different about Slinda, the single-hormone contraceptive just added to the PBS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/heres-whats-different-about-slinda-the-single-hormone-contraceptive-just-added-to-the-pbs-252385/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what’s different about Slinda, the single-hormone contraceptive just added to the PBS">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Whitehouse, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology & Public Health, La Trobe University Kaboompics.com/Pexels The 72 hours after the sexual assault of a child can be a crucial window for police to collect biological evidence and document signs of bruising or injury. But this procedure – known ... <a title="‘I felt like I was the one in trouble.’ Collecting evidence after sexual assault can be scary for children – and the system needs to improve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/i-felt-like-i-was-the-one-in-trouble-collecting-evidence-after-sexual-assault-can-be-scary-for-children-and-the-system-needs-to-improve-241902/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I felt like I was the one in trouble.’ Collecting evidence after sexual assault can be scary for children – and the system needs to improve">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kamil Zuber, Senior Industry Research Fellow, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia ShowRecMedia/Shutterstock It’s annoying to open your dishwasher after the cycle is finished only to find half of the dishes still wet. Instead of being able to stack them away, you end up with a ... <a title="Why do plastic containers always come out wet from the dishwasher? Science has the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/why-do-plastic-containers-always-come-out-wet-from-the-dishwasher-science-has-the-answer-250656/" aria-label="Read more about Why do plastic containers always come out wet from the dishwasher? Science has the answer">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilan Noy, Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington STR/AFP via Getty Images Following the Trump administration’s abrupt cuts to USAID funding last month, the online international disaster database EM-DAT (normally funded by USAID) went dark for ... <a title="NZ has no dedicated database to track losses from weather disasters – without it, we’re planning in the dark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/nz-has-no-dedicated-database-to-track-losses-from-weather-disasters-without-it-were-planning-in-the-dark-251224/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has no dedicated database to track losses from weather disasters – without it, we’re planning in the dark">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Varney, Professor of Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne Pia Johnson/MTC The Removalists was first performed in 1971 at La Mama Theatre, Carlton, by the Australian Performing Group, an ensemble of young graduates, artists and friends. A beacon of the New Wave of Australian drama, David ... <a title="The Removalists remains a brutal commentary on Australian masculinity. This new production treats women with empathy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/the-removalists-remains-a-brutal-commentary-on-australian-masculinity-this-new-production-treats-women-with-empathy-252040/" aria-label="Read more about The Removalists remains a brutal commentary on Australian masculinity. This new production treats women with empathy">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Randall Wayth, SKA-Low Senior Commissioning Scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy, Curtin University The first image from an early working version of the SKA-Low telescope, showing around 85 galaxies. SKAO Part of the world’s biggest mega-science facility – the SKA Observatory – is ... <a title="Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/less-than-1-of-the-worlds-biggest-radio-telescope-is-complete-but-its-first-image-reveals-a-sky-dotted-with-ancient-galaxies-252382/" aria-label="Read more about Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nham Tran, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney PowerUp/Shutterstock German anaesthesiologist Joachim Boldt has an unfortunate claim to fame. According to Retraction Watch, a public database of research retractions, he is the most retracted scientist of all time. To date, 220 of his ... <a title="Scientific misconduct is on the rise. But what exactly is it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/scientific-misconduct-is-on-the-rise-but-what-exactly-is-it-247352/" aria-label="Read more about Scientific misconduct is on the rise. But what exactly is it?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Galyna Piskorska, Associate Professor, Faculty of Journalism, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University (Ukraine) and Honorary Principal Fellow at the Advanced Centre for Journalism, The University of Melbourne Three years into Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, Ukrainian journalists are facing enormously difficult challenges to continue their work. Since Russia’s ... <a title="Local newspapers are a lifeline in Ukraine, but USAID cuts may force many to close or become biased mouthpieces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/local-newspapers-are-a-lifeline-in-ukraine-but-usaid-cuts-may-force-many-to-close-or-become-biased-mouthpieces-250917/" aria-label="Read more about Local newspapers are a lifeline in Ukraine, but USAID cuts may force many to close or become biased mouthpieces">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Ekberg, Senior Lecturer, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University Ksenia Shestakova/Shutterstock One in six Australians have hearing loss and, for most adults, hearing starts to decline from middle age onwards. Many of us, however, hesitate to seek help or testing for our hearing. Perhaps ... <a title="I’m avoiding a hearing test because I don’t want chunky hearing aids. What are my options?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/im-avoiding-a-hearing-test-because-i-dont-want-chunky-hearing-aids-what-are-my-options-250925/" aria-label="Read more about I’m avoiding a hearing test because I don’t want chunky hearing aids. What are my options?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Weber, Research Officer for School of Engineering, Australian National University Phillip Wittke, Shutterstock Australia’s energy policy would take a sharp turn if the Coalition wins the upcoming federal election. A Dutton government would seek to build seven nuclear power plants at the sites of old coal-fired ... <a title="Why build nuclear power in place of old coal, when you could have pumped hydropower instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/why-build-nuclear-power-in-place-of-old-coal-when-you-could-have-pumped-hydropower-instead-252017/" aria-label="Read more about Why build nuclear power in place of old coal, when you could have pumped hydropower instead?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne Late last week, corporate watchdog the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) issued a warning to lenders that provide high-fee small-amount loans – known as payday lenders – that they may be ... <a title="ASIC puts payday lenders on notice they may be breaching the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/asic-puts-payday-lenders-on-notice-they-may-be-breaching-the-law-252375/" aria-label="Read more about ASIC puts payday lenders on notice they may be breaching the law">Read more</a>
