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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University The dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is a serious blow to the soft power of the United States and disastrous for many poor countries where it helps provide humanitarian, ... <a title="In Afghanistan, families are forced to sell children to survive. Trump’s USAID cuts will be devastating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/in-afghanistan-families-are-forced-to-sell-children-to-survive-trumps-usaid-cuts-will-be-devastating-249713/" aria-label="Read more about In Afghanistan, families are forced to sell children to survive. Trump’s USAID cuts will be devastating">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Shutterstock/Aliaksandr Barouski New Zealand’s smokefree law was hailed around the world for creating a smokefree generation that would have lifelong protection from smoking’s harms. The smokefree generation would have ended sales of tobacco products to anyone born on ... <a title="We asked young people if they wanted tighter vaping regulation to phase out nicotine – here’s what they said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/we-asked-young-people-if-they-wanted-tighter-vaping-regulation-to-phase-out-nicotine-heres-what-they-said-249456/" aria-label="Read more about We asked young people if they wanted tighter vaping regulation to phase out nicotine – here’s what they said">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Disney, Research Fellow, Social Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne Edwin Tan/Getty Images When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was established in 2013, one of its driving aims was to make disability services and support systems fairer. However, our new research shows significant inequalities remain, with ... <a title="NDIS reforms aim to make the scheme fairer. But we’ve found the groups struggling to gain access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/ndis-reforms-aim-to-make-the-scheme-fairer-but-weve-found-the-groups-struggling-to-gain-access-248562/" aria-label="Read more about NDIS reforms aim to make the scheme fairer. But we’ve found the groups struggling to gain access">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Ground Picture/Shutterstock Living with a pet brings many benefits, including constant presence, love and support. Pet ownership is also linked with a lower long-term risk of early death. Most of us would do anything ... <a title="‘I feel constant anxiety’: how caring for a seriously unwell pet can lead to stress and burnout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/i-feel-constant-anxiety-how-caring-for-a-seriously-unwell-pet-can-lead-to-stress-and-burnout-247329/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I feel constant anxiety’: how caring for a seriously unwell pet can lead to stress and burnout">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With the unembarrassed audacity parties show as an election nears, the government has stolen the opposition’s policy to ban foreign investors buying established homes. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Housing Minister Clare O’Neil have announced foreigners won’t be able to purchase ... <a title="View from The Hill: government nabs Coalition policy on foreigners buying houses, Dutton eyes action on insurance companies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/16/view-from-the-hill-government-nabs-coalition-policy-on-foreigners-buying-houses-dutton-eyes-action-on-insurance-companies-250023/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: government nabs Coalition policy on foreigners buying houses, Dutton eyes action on insurance companies">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cecelia Cmielewski, Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University To be selected as the artist and curator team to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale is considered the ultimate exhibition for an artistic team. To have your selection rescinded, as has now happened to ... <a title="‘A shameful call by Creative Australia’: the arts community reacts to Khaled Sabsabi being dropped from the Venice Biennale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/a-shameful-call-by-creative-australia-the-arts-community-reacts-to-khaled-sabsabi-being-dropped-from-the-venice-biennale-249941/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A shameful call by Creative Australia’: the arts community reacts to Khaled Sabsabi being dropped from the Venice Biennale">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia is bearing down on the northwest coast of Australia and is likely to make landfall early Friday evening. It’s a monster storm of great concern to Western Australia. Port Hedland is the largest town ... <a title="Bracing for a monster: Tropical Cyclone Zelia is bearing down on WA. Here’s what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/bracing-for-a-monster-tropical-cyclone-zelia-is-bearing-down-on-wa-heres-what-to-expect-249947/" aria-label="Read more about Bracing for a monster: Tropical Cyclone Zelia is bearing down on WA. Here’s what to expect">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Ireland-Piper, Associate Professor, ANU National Security College, Australian National University A Victorian government decision to allow dingo culling in the state’s east until 2028 has reignited debate over what has been dubbed Australia’s most controversial animal. Animals Australia, an animal welfare group, has filed proceedings in ... <a title="Dingoes are being culled in Victoria. How much harm to the species is needed to protect commercial profits?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/dingoes-are-being-culled-in-victoria-how-much-harm-to-the-species-is-needed-to-protect-commercial-profits-245759/" aria-label="Read more about Dingoes are being culled in Victoria. How much harm to the species is needed to protect commercial profits?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Overnight, Robert F. Kennedy Jr was confirmed as the secretary of the US Health and Human Services Department. Put simply, this makes him the most influential figure in overseeing the health and wellbeing of more than 330 million Americans. As ... <a title="In Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the US has put a conspiracy theorist in charge of public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/in-robert-f-kennedy-jr-the-us-has-put-a-conspiracy-theorist-in-charge-of-public-health-249601/" aria-label="Read more about In Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the US has put a conspiracy theorist in charge of public health">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne Juris Teivans/Shutterstock In Australia, fatal road crashes are climbing again, especially since the pandemic, and despite years of attempts to reduce road trauma, the numbers remain stubbornly high. Strategies to reduce ... <a title="Suicide or accident? The hidden complexities of intentional road crashes in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/suicide-or-accident-the-hidden-complexities-of-intentional-road-crashes-in-australia-248673/" aria-label="Read more about Suicide or accident? The hidden complexities of intentional road crashes in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Federal parliament has passed the biggest changes to Australia’s electoral funding laws in decades. The Albanese government’s Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024 cleared the Senate on Wednesday night after just two hours of debate on ... <a title="Parliament has passed landmark election donation laws. They may be a ‘stitch up’ but they also improve Australia’s democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/parliament-has-passed-landmark-election-donation-laws-they-may-be-a-stitch-up-but-they-also-improve-australias-democracy-249588/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament has passed landmark election donation laws. They may be a ‘stitch up’ but they also improve Australia’s democracy">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Federal parliament has passed the biggest changes to Australia’s electoral funding laws in decades. The Albanese government’s Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024 cleared the Senate on Wednesday night after just two hours of debate on ... <a title="Parliament has passed landmark election donation laws. They may be a ‘stich up’ but they also improve Australia’s democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/parliament-has-passed-landmark-election-donation-laws-they-may-be-a-stich-up-but-they-also-improve-australias-democracy-249588/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament has passed landmark election donation laws. They may be a ‘stich up’ but they also improve Australia’s democracy">Read more</a>
