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March 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie Bailie, Senior Research Fellow, The University Centre for Rural Health and The Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney Ex-cyclone Alfred is bringing significant rainfall to southeast Queensland and the Northern Rivers of New South Wales. Flooding has hit Lismore, Ballina, Grafton, Brisbane and ... <a title="Ex-Cyclone Alfred has left flooding in its wake. Here’s how floods affect our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/09/ex-cyclone-alfred-has-left-flooding-in-its-wake-heres-how-floods-affect-our-health-251488/" aria-label="Read more about Ex-Cyclone Alfred has left flooding in its wake. Here’s how floods affect our health">Read more</a>
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March 9, 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 61% of enrolled voters counted in Saturday’s Western Australian election, the ABC is calling 40 of the 59 lower house seats for Labor, five for the ... <a title="Labor wins third successive landslide in WA election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/09/labor-wins-third-successive-landslide-in-wa-election-251721/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wins third successive landslide in WA election">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The “maybe” March 25 budget is now a definite, the government’s hand forced by cyclone Alfred. Anthony Albanese held open his option of calling an April 12 poll this weekend until the battering winds and waves and certain flooding made ... <a title="View from The Hill: Alfred forces Albanese into budget of risks and opportunities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/08/view-from-the-hill-alfred-forces-albanese-into-budget-of-risks-and-opportunities-251622/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Alfred forces Albanese into budget of risks and opportunities">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Cook, Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University Tropical Cyclone Alfred has passed – now downgraded to a tropical low. But do not be lured into a false sense of security. Grave dangers remain. Parts of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales face heavy and ... <a title="Brisbane is bracing for floods yet again. History shows residents should remain on very high alert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/08/brisbane-is-bracing-for-floods-yet-again-history-shows-residents-should-remain-on-very-high-alert-251719/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane is bracing for floods yet again. History shows residents should remain on very high alert">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University Cyclones and floods are terrifying and unpredictable. The stress of ensuring your family’s safety, worrying about what might happen and then coping with the aftermath can feel overwhelming. Some parents are also managing kids and young people through the ... <a title="How can parents talk to their kids about Cyclone Alfred?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/08/how-can-parents-talk-to-their-kids-about-cyclone-alfred-251712/" aria-label="Read more about How can parents talk to their kids about Cyclone Alfred?">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia After a wet and wild night, residents of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales are assessing the damage wrought by Cyclone Alfred, which has been downgraded to a tropical low. While the damaging winds have dissipated, heavy ... <a title="After the winds, now comes the rain and floods. Here’s what you need to know about ex-Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/08/after-the-winds-now-comes-the-rain-and-floods-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ex-cyclone-alfred-251793/" aria-label="Read more about After the winds, now comes the rain and floods. Here’s what you need to know about ex-Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Genauer, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University On March 3, US President Donald Trump paused all US military aid to Ukraine. This move was apparently triggered by a heated exchange a few days earlier between Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ... <a title="The EU will spend billions more on defence. It’s a powerful statement – but won’t do much for Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/the-eu-will-spend-billions-more-on-defence-its-a-powerful-statement-but-wont-do-much-for-ukraine-251710/" aria-label="Read more about The EU will spend billions more on defence. It’s a powerful statement – but won’t do much for Ukraine">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney Social media is awash with images of surfers chasing waves as Cyclone Alfred whips up seas off Australia’s east coast. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has branded beachgoers as “idiots”. ... <a title="‘Don’t be that idiot’: surfing in a cyclone could cost you $16,000 or your life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/dont-be-that-idiot-surfing-in-a-cyclone-could-cost-you-16-000-or-your-life-251706/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t be that idiot’: surfing in a cyclone could cost you $16,000 or your life">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Henderson, Chief Engineer, Cyclone Testing Station, James Cook University People in southeast Queensland and northern NSW have spent days racing to prepare their homes ahead of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, now expected to make landfall over several hours on Saturday. It’s not possible to completely cyclone-proof a ... <a title="How cyclones rip apart houses – and how to boost the chance your home stays standing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/how-cyclones-rip-apart-houses-and-how-to-boost-the-chance-your-home-stays-standing-251709/" aria-label="Read more about How cyclones rip apart houses – and how to boost the chance your home stays standing">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead (Paramedicine), La Trobe University In 2011, as Cyclone Yasi approached the Queensland coast, I sat in my home in the tropical far north of the state and worried what the future would hold. Would my family be OK? Would our ... <a title="Cyclone Alfred is already retraumatising people who’ve lived through other disasters. I’m one of them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/cyclone-alfred-is-already-retraumatising-people-whove-lived-through-other-disasters-im-one-of-them-251701/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Alfred is already retraumatising people who’ve lived through other disasters. I’m one of them">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prema Arasu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, The University of Western Australia David Jara Boguñá / Instagram In February, researchers from conservation organisation Condrik Tenerife were about two kilometres off the coast of Tenerife Island, looking for sharks, when they caught sight of something much ... <a title="‘Icarus of the deep’: how a dying anglerfish became a social media sensation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/icarus-of-the-deep-how-a-dying-anglerfish-became-a-social-media-sensation-251603/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Icarus of the deep’: how a dying anglerfish became a social media sensation">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ramona Zharfpeykan, Lecturer, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Jacob Lund/Shutterstock Despite large multinational companies such as Goldman Sachs, Paramount, Google and others removing their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the evidence is clear: having a diverse team can help businesses make ... <a title="Diversity helps: a new study shows more women on boards can improve how businesses are managed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/diversity-helps-a-new-study-shows-more-women-on-boards-can-improve-how-businesses-are-managed-251473/" aria-label="Read more about Diversity helps: a new study shows more women on boards can improve how businesses are managed">Read more</a>
