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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mel Marquis, Deputy Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer in Law, Monash University From the supermarket to the petrol pump, many Australians are concerned about the power of large corporations. Are consumers getting a fair deal? Do they have enough choice? This week, the Australian Competition and Consumer ... <a title="Australia could make it easier for consumers to fight back against anti-competitive behaviour. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/australia-could-make-it-easier-for-consumers-to-fight-back-against-anti-competitive-behaviour-heres-how-250505/" aria-label="Read more about Australia could make it easier for consumers to fight back against anti-competitive behaviour. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Grantham, Lecturer in Communication, Griffith University TikTok Australian podcast listeners have been treated to two appearances by the same guest in the past week: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Yesterday, sports comedy team The Grade Cricketer announced a new podcast, The Circus, in which Albanese was the ... <a title="Politicians are podcasting their way onto phone screens, but the impact may be fleeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/politicians-are-podcasting-their-way-onto-phone-screens-but-the-impact-may-be-fleeting-250793/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians are podcasting their way onto phone screens, but the impact may be fleeting">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Bonsai Films Every so often a film comes along that’s so good that, as we sit in the dark in the cinema, our whole being seems to become charged with electricity and we find ourselves ... <a title="‘One of the best films I’ve seen’: new Australian prison film Inside is an astonishing debut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/one-of-the-best-films-ive-seen-new-australian-prison-film-inside-is-an-astonishing-debut-247206/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One of the best films I’ve seen’: new Australian prison film Inside is an astonishing debut">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In these scrappy days before the prime minister announces the election date, the mud and the personal insults are flying, despite the politicians knowing voters hate this sort of thing. On Wednesday morning TV, shadow finance minister Jane Hume, usually ... <a title="View from The Hill: the mud flies, but will the voters take much notice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/view-from-the-hill-the-mud-flies-but-will-the-voters-take-much-notice-250897/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: the mud flies, but will the voters take much notice?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Debate over the future of Australia’s energy system has erupted again after a federal parliamentary inquiry delivered a report into the deployment of nuclear power in Australia. The report casts doubt on the Coalition’s plan to build ... <a title="New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/new-report-skewers-coalitions-contentious-nuclear-plan-and-reignites-australias-energy-debate-250912/" aria-label="Read more about New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra We see the political parties’ frantic election campaigns, but behind the scenes the Australian Electoral Commisison is working just as hard. An often overlooked part of Australia’s democracy, the AEC is vital in ensuring our elections are both efficient and ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Rogers calls for national digital literacy campaign and more civics teaching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tom-rogers-calls-for-national-digital-literacy-campaign-and-more-civics-teaching-250901/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Rogers calls for national digital literacy campaign and more civics teaching">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland State Library of Victoria It was 2009. John Farnham walked on stage at the disaster relief concert for the most devastating bushfires in Australian history. He belted out You’re The Voice to 36,000 people at the Sydney Cricket ... <a title="Church hymns and social beers: how Australia is reviving the magic of singing together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/church-hymns-and-social-beers-how-australia-is-reviving-the-magic-of-singing-together-250254/" aria-label="Read more about Church hymns and social beers: how Australia is reviving the magic of singing together">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Melatos, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney If you are a member of a super fund, some of your long-term savings are probably invested in private markets. Public markets are familiar to most of us – the stock market and government and corporate bond markets. ... <a title="Your super fund is invested in private markets. What are they and why has ASIC raised concerns?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/your-super-fund-is-invested-in-private-markets-what-are-they-and-why-has-asic-raised-concerns-250788/" aria-label="Read more about Your super fund is invested in private markets. What are they and why has ASIC raised concerns?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Omid Aliasghar, Senior Lecturer, Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau NicoElNino/Shutterstock When it comes to turning research into real-world success, New Zealand has a problem. Despite the country’s NZ$3.7 billion research and development spending in 2023 – a 17% jump from the previous ... <a title="Ignore the ‘ivory tower’ clichés – universities are the innovation partners more Kiwi businesses need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/ignore-the-ivory-tower-cliches-universities-are-the-innovation-partners-more-kiwi-businesses-need-249129/" aria-label="Read more about Ignore the ‘ivory tower’ clichés – universities are the innovation partners more Kiwi businesses need">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Ruse, Clinical Psychologist, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Netflix Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar has renewed interest in Belle Gibson’s infamous wellness scam, reminding us how vulnerable we can be to deception. While Gibson’s scheme eventually collapsed, her story highlights how fraudsters can exploit our psychological and ... <a title="Why do we fall for wellness scams? Our cultural biases and myths are often to blame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/why-do-we-fall-for-wellness-scams-our-cultural-biases-and-myths-are-often-to-blame-250790/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we fall for wellness scams? Our cultural biases and myths are often to blame">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Harkin, Lecturer, Games, School of Design, RMIT University Papergames 24/7 companionship. Spend time with him whenever you want. This is the promise made by Love and Deepspace, a mobile romance game by the Chinese company Papergames. Some think video games are all guns and cars, but ... <a title="Chinese dating simulator Love and Deepspace now has a period tracker – it signals a shift in mobile gaming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/chinese-dating-simulator-love-and-deepspace-now-has-a-period-tracker-it-signals-a-shift-in-mobile-gaming-250497/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese dating simulator Love and Deepspace now has a period tracker – it signals a shift in mobile gaming">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerald Roche, Lecturer in Linguistics, La Trobe University Three days after he was released from prison in December, a Tibetan village leader named Gonpo Namgyal died. As his body was being prepared for traditional Tibetan funeral rites, marks were found indicating he had been brutally tortured in ... <a title="Tibet is one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. This is in danger of extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/tibet-is-one-of-the-most-linguistically-diverse-places-in-the-world-this-is-in-danger-of-extinction-246316/" aria-label="Read more about Tibet is one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. This is in danger of extinction">Read more</a>
