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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Davis, Chair of Women’s Health, Monash University SpeedKingz/Shutterstock The federal government has recently pledged to create a new Medicare rebate for menopause health assessments. It’s due to be available from July 1. The announcement featured in the government’s response to the Senate inquiry into menopause, released ... <a title="Australian women will soon be eligible for a menopause health check. Here’s what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/australian-women-will-soon-be-eligible-for-a-menopause-health-check-heres-what-to-expect-249499/" aria-label="Read more about Australian women will soon be eligible for a menopause health check. Here’s what to expect">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Subha Parida, Lecturer in Property, University of South Australia Carl Oberg/Shutterstock Houses and fire do not mix. The firestorm which hit Los Angeles in January destroyed nearly 2,000 buildings and forced 130,000 people to evacuate. The 2019–20 Australian megafires destroyed almost 2,800 homes. This summer, houses and ... <a title="More than half of Australia’s homes were built before fire standards came in. Here are 5 ways to retrofit them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/more-than-half-of-australias-homes-were-built-before-fire-standards-came-in-here-are-5-ways-to-retrofit-them-249490/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of Australia’s homes were built before fire standards came in. Here are 5 ways to retrofit them">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Tasmania has been burning for more than two weeks, with no end in sight. Almost 100,000 hectares of bushland in the northwest has burned to date. This includes the Tarkine rainforest and alpine ecosystems of Cradle ... <a title="More dry lightning in Tasmania is sparking bushfires – challenging fire fighters and land managers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/more-dry-lightning-in-tasmania-is-sparking-bushfires-challenging-fire-fighters-and-land-managers-250063/" aria-label="Read more about More dry lightning in Tasmania is sparking bushfires – challenging fire fighters and land managers">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney This week, the Productivity Commission released its much-awaited report into productivity growth in Australia’s housing construction sector. It wasn’t a glowing appraisal. The commission found physical productivity – the total number of houses built per hour worked ... <a title="Here’s why increasing productivity in housing construction is such a tricky problem to solve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/heres-why-increasing-productivity-in-housing-construction-is-such-a-tricky-problem-to-solve-250048/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why increasing productivity in housing construction is such a tricky problem to solve">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cristóbal Castro Barrientos, PhD candidate, NZ Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology Max Dallocco/Shutterstock Despite Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s reassurance that “some green shoots” are starting to show in the economy, including a 50 point cut in the official cash rate expected to be announced later ... <a title="Economic ‘green shoots’ and lower interest rates disguise worrying trends in NZ’s job market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/economic-green-shoots-and-lower-interest-rates-disguise-worrying-trends-in-nzs-job-market-249685/" aria-label="Read more about Economic ‘green shoots’ and lower interest rates disguise worrying trends in NZ’s job market">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pascale Lubbe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Ecology, University of Otago Royal spoonbills are among several new species that have crossed the Tasman and naturalised in New Zealand. JJ Harrison/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn ... <a title="Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age – we’re witnessing a similar process now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/loss-of-forests-brought-new-birds-to-nz-during-the-last-ice-age-were-witnessing-a-similar-process-now-248523/" aria-label="Read more about Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age – we’re witnessing a similar process now">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Stone, Principal Research Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Having dense breasts is a clear risk factor for breast cancer. It can also make cancers hard to spot on mammograms. Yet you might not be aware you have dense ... <a title="Having dense breasts is linked to cancer. But advice about breast density can depend on where you live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/having-dense-breasts-is-linked-to-cancer-but-advice-about-breast-density-can-depend-on-where-you-live-249863/" aria-label="Read more about Having dense breasts is linked to cancer. But advice about breast density can depend on where you live">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The National Anti-Corruption Commission will finally investigate whether six people referred to it by the royal commission into Robodebt engaged in corrupt conduct. This follows an independent reconsideration by former High Court judge Geoffrey Nettle, who examined the NACC”s original ... <a title="NACC belatedly to investigate whether six Robodebt referrals engaged in ‘corrupt conduct’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/nacc-belatedly-to-investigate-whether-six-robodebt-referrals-engaged-in-corrupt-conduct-250145/" aria-label="Read more about NACC belatedly to investigate whether six Robodebt referrals engaged in ‘corrupt conduct’">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Last week in Europe, the United States sent some very strong messages it is prepared to upend the established global order. US Vice President JD Vance warned a stunned Munich Security Conference that Europe has an ... <a title="Trump’s view of the world is becoming clear: America’s interests matter more than any set of rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/trumps-view-of-the-world-is-becoming-clear-americas-interests-matter-more-than-any-set-of-rules-250144/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s view of the world is becoming clear: America’s interests matter more than any set of rules">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Reserve Bank has delivered the expected modest rate cut of a quarter of a percentage point, and we’re set for the predictable frenzy of speculation about an April election. The cut is unlikely to be a major vote changer, ... <a title="View from the Hill: will Albanese opt for an April election now a rate cut has him breathing more easily?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/view-from-the-hill-will-albanese-opt-for-an-april-election-now-a-rate-cut-has-him-breathing-more-easily-250136/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: will Albanese opt for an April election now a rate cut has him breathing more easily?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra The Reserve Bank cut official interest rates on Tuesday, the first decrease in four years, saying inflationary pressures are easing “a little more quickly than expected”. However, the central bank said the outlook ... <a title="The Reserve Bank has cut rates for the first time in four years. But it is cautious about future cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/the-reserve-bank-has-cut-rates-for-the-first-time-in-four-years-but-it-is-cautious-about-future-cuts-249704/" aria-label="Read more about The Reserve Bank has cut rates for the first time in four years. But it is cautious about future cuts">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Reserve Bank has delivered the expected modest rate cut of a quarter of a percentage point, and we’re set for the predictable frenzy of speculation about an April election. The cut is unlikely to be a major vote changer, ... <a title="View from the Hill: will Albanese opt for an April election now that a rates cut has him breathing more easily?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/view-from-the-hill-will-albanese-opt-for-an-april-election-now-that-a-rates-cut-has-him-breathing-more-easily-250136/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: will Albanese opt for an April election now that a rates cut has him breathing more easily?">Read more</a>
