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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark A Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University robert paul van beets/Shutterstock People could soon make mobile calls and send SMS text messages from the remotest parts of Australia, under a new election promise from the federal Albanese government to overhaul the country’s mobile phone ... <a title="Calling 000 for help in an emergency doesn’t work in parts of Australia – but a new plan could change that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/calling-000-for-help-in-an-emergency-doesnt-work-in-parts-of-australia-but-a-new-plan-could-change-that-250762/" aria-label="Read more about Calling 000 for help in an emergency doesn’t work in parts of Australia – but a new plan could change that">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Unaffordable GP visits has become a pressing issue amid the increasing cost-of-living crisis. About 30% of Australians delayed or didn’t see a GP in 2023–24. To solve this problem, Labor has proposed extending bulk billing ... <a title="The major parties want 9 in 10 GP visits bulk billed by 2030. Here’s why we shouldn’t aim for 100%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/the-major-parties-want-9-in-10-gp-visits-bulk-billed-by-2030-heres-why-we-shouldnt-aim-for-100-249605/" aria-label="Read more about The major parties want 9 in 10 GP visits bulk billed by 2030. Here’s why we shouldn’t aim for 100%">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dirk Baur, Professor of Finance, The University of Western Australia The gold price has surged to a new all-time high above US$2,900 (A$4,544) an ounce this month. It has risen by 12% since the start of the year and clearly outperformed US and Australian stock markets. The ... <a title="The gold price has surged to record highs. What’s behind the move?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/the-gold-price-has-surged-to-record-highs-whats-behind-the-move-250391/" aria-label="Read more about The gold price has surged to record highs. What’s behind the move?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Carriage, Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University The multi-Grammy award winner Roberta Flack has passed away at 88. Her approach and sound were a unique combination of soul, folk, rhythm and blues, jazz, pop and musicianship, and arranging skills so broad she had had a ... <a title="Remembering Roberta Flack, a spellbinding virtuoso of musical interpretation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/remembering-roberta-flack-a-spellbinding-virtuoso-of-musical-interpretation-250763/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Roberta Flack, a spellbinding virtuoso of musical interpretation">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Collin, Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Ahead of the Australian election, candidates, advisers and political parties might be paying attention to what young people think. And if they’re not, they should be. This election will be the first in which Gen ... <a title="What do young people want to see in politics? More than 20,000 pieces of their writing hold some answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/what-do-young-people-want-to-see-in-politics-more-than-20-000-pieces-of-their-writing-hold-some-answers-250062/" aria-label="Read more about What do young people want to see in politics? More than 20,000 pieces of their writing hold some answers">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago Piyaset/Shutterstock Climate change is no longer a distant threat. It’s here, it’s real and it increasingly affects us all. But predicting climate change and its associated costs, particularly over long periods of time, is inherently uncertain. And ... <a title="Calculating the economic cost of climate change is tricky, even futile – it’s also a distraction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/calculating-the-economic-cost-of-climate-change-is-tricky-even-futile-its-also-a-distraction-248862/" aria-label="Read more about Calculating the economic cost of climate change is tricky, even futile – it’s also a distraction">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yi Li, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Macquarie University udra11, Shutterstock When you’re deciding what to eat for lunch or dinner, do you consider the meal’s greenhouse gas emissions? How do you compare the carbon footprint of a beef sandwich with that of a falafel wrap? Most people ... <a title="Want a side of CO₂ with that? Better food labels help us choose more climate-friendly foods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/want-a-side-of-co-with-that-better-food-labels-help-us-choose-more-climate-friendly-foods-250513/" aria-label="Read more about Want a side of CO₂ with that? Better food labels help us choose more climate-friendly foods">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Cavosie, Senior lecturer, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University A view of the Utopia Planitia region on Mars which is believed to be the site of an ancient ocean. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA In the 1970s, images from the NASA Mariner 9 orbiter ... <a title="Scientists have discovered a 3 billion-year-old beach buried on Mars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/scientists-have-discovered-a-3-billion-year-old-beach-buried-on-mars-250496/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists have discovered a 3 billion-year-old beach buried on Mars">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Valeria Maria Rigobon, Lecturer in Literacy, Australian Catholic University Serwin365/Unsplash, CC BY It is common for Australian children to grow up with languages other than English in their family lives. More than one-fifth of Australians report speaking a language other than English at home. But when it ... <a title="Do you speak other languages at home? This will not hold your child back at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/do-you-speak-other-languages-at-home-this-will-not-hold-your-child-back-at-school-250405/" aria-label="Read more about Do you speak other languages at home? This will not hold your child back at school">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrei Lux, Lecturer of Leadership and Research Cluster Lead, Edith Cowan University Dictatorships would appear to be on the rise. Russian president Vladimir Putin, US president Donald Trump and even un-elected tech entrepreneur, Elon Musk are ruling by decree like “kings”. Some might naively call these leaders ... <a title="Trump, Putin and Musk all share a leadership style – we’ve figured out what it is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/trump-putin-and-musk-all-share-a-leadership-style-weve-figured-out-what-it-is-250502/" aria-label="Read more about Trump, Putin and Musk all share a leadership style – we’ve figured out what it is">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victor Dieriks, Research Fellow in Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Shutterstock/sfam_photo A form of Parkinson’s disease caused by mutations in a gene known as PINK1 has long been labelled rare. But our research shows it’s anything but – at least for some populations. Our ... <a title="Studies of Parkinson’s disease have long overlooked Pacific populations – our work shows why that must change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/studies-of-parkinsons-disease-have-long-overlooked-pacific-populations-our-work-shows-why-that-must-change-250366/" aria-label="Read more about Studies of Parkinson’s disease have long overlooked Pacific populations – our work shows why that must change">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Mainey, Senior Nursing Lecturer, CQUniversity Australia PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock In Australia, around one in four people who are able to get pregnant will have a medical or surgical abortion in their lifetime. Both options are safe, legal and effective. The choice between them usually comes ... <a title="What’s the difference between medical abortion and surgical abortion?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/25/whats-the-difference-between-medical-abortion-and-surgical-abortion-249839/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between medical abortion and surgical abortion?">Read more</a>
