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January 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lowe, Chair in Contemporary History, Deakin University After many years of heated debate over whether January 26 is an appropriate date to celebrate Australia Day – with some councils and other groups shifting away from it – the tide appears to be turning among some groups. ... <a title="Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/24/support-for-changing-date-of-australia-day-softens-but-remains-strong-among-young-people-new-research-247571/" aria-label="Read more about Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people: new research">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Whiterod, Science Program Manager, Goyder Institute for Water Research Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Research Centre, University of Adelaide Nick Whiterod Murray crayfish once thrived in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The species was found everywhere from the headwaters of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers in ... <a title="The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/24/the-worlds-second-largest-freshwater-crayfish-was-once-plentiful-in-australias-longest-river-were-bringing-it-back-236520/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland There are two verses to Advance Australia Fair, but do you know the second? Probably not. It’s in our citizenship booklet, Our Common Bond, suggesting Aussies know it and new citizens could be questioned on it in their ... <a title="Few Australians know the second verse of our national anthem – or how out of date it is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/24/few-australians-know-the-second-verse-of-our-national-anthem-or-how-out-of-date-it-is-246678/" aria-label="Read more about Few Australians know the second verse of our national anthem – or how out of date it is">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Bridgewater, Adjunct Professor in Conservation, University of Canberra Getty Images/Servais Mont Existing policies to tackle environmental challenges fail to take into account that biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution are intertwined crises and produce compounding and intensifying impacts. Policy measures taken in isolation are likely to ... <a title="We live in times of multiple entwined crises – but our policy responses aren’t keeping up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/24/we-live-in-times-of-multiple-entwined-crises-but-our-policy-responses-arent-keeping-up-247180/" aria-label="Read more about We live in times of multiple entwined crises – but our policy responses aren’t keeping up">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government if re-elected will provide a $10,000 incentive payment to apprentices to work in housing construction. The promise will be announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when he addresses the National Press Club on Friday. The money would ... <a title="Albanese to promise $10,000 for apprentices in housing construction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/24/albanese-to-promise-10-000-for-apprentices-in-housing-construction-248142/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese to promise $10,000 for apprentices in housing construction">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University This week Prince Harry achieved something few before him have: an admission of guilt and unlawful behaviour from the Murdoch media organisation. But he also fell short of his long-stated goal of holding the Murdochs to account in a public ... <a title="Murdoch’s UK newspapers have apologised to Prince Harry. Where does it leave the legally embattled media empire?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/murdochs-uk-newspapers-have-apologised-to-prince-harry-where-does-it-leave-the-legally-embattled-media-empire-248110/" aria-label="Read more about Murdoch’s UK newspapers have apologised to Prince Harry. Where does it leave the legally embattled media empire?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Rowe, Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University As Australian families prepare for term 1, many will receive letters from their public schools asking them to pay fees. While public schools are supposed to be “free”, parents are regularly asked to pay “voluntary” annual contributions. The price ... <a title="Are public schools really ‘free’? Families can pay hundreds of dollars in voluntary fees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/are-public-schools-really-free-families-can-pay-hundreds-of-dollars-in-voluntary-fees-248107/" aria-label="Read more about Are public schools really ‘free’? Families can pay hundreds of dollars in voluntary fees">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney T. Schneider/Shutterstock Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) has been met with dismay in the public health field. Some have called ... <a title="The US intends to leave the World Health Organization. What happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/the-us-intends-to-leave-the-world-health-organization-what-happens-next-247997/" aria-label="Read more about The US intends to leave the World Health Organization. What happens next?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Williamson, Senior Tutor in English, University of Canterbury Disney+ “Motherhood,” the beleaguered stay-at-home mother of Nightbitch tells us in contemplative voice-over, “is probably the most violent experience a human can have aside from death itself”. Increasingly depicted as a source of frustration, resentment and rage, the ... <a title="A new wave of filmmakers are exploring motherhood’s discontents. Nightbitch makes this monstrous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/a-new-wave-of-filmmakers-are-exploring-motherhoods-discontents-nightbitch-makes-this-monstrous-246414/" aria-label="Read more about A new wave of filmmakers are exploring motherhood’s discontents. Nightbitch makes this monstrous">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Schofield, Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong Getty Images Among the blizzard of executive orders issued by Donald Trump on his first day back in the Oval Office was one titled Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness. It unilaterally ... <a title="Yes, Trump can rename the Gulf of Mexico – just not for everyone. Here’s how it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/yes-trump-can-rename-the-gulf-of-mexico-just-not-for-everyone-heres-how-it-works-248009/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Trump can rename the Gulf of Mexico – just not for everyone. Here’s how it works">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lewis Ingram, Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia Undrey/Shutterstock Whether improving your flexibility was one of your new year’s resolutions, or you’ve been inspired watching certain tennis stars warming up at the Australian Open, maybe 2025 has you keen to focus on regular stretching. However, a ... <a title="What is PNF stretching, and will it improve my flexibility?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/what-is-pnf-stretching-and-will-it-improve-my-flexibility-246407/" aria-label="Read more about What is PNF stretching, and will it improve my flexibility?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Armin Chitizadeh, Lecturer, School of Computer Science, University of Sydney Collagery/Shutterstock In one of his first moves as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump announced a new US$500 billion project called Stargate to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the US. The ... <a title="‘Move fast and break things’: Trump’s $500 billion AI project has major risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/move-fast-and-break-things-trumps-500-billion-ai-project-has-major-risks-248007/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Move fast and break things’: Trump’s $500 billion AI project has major risks">Read more</a>
