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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eldrede Kahiya, Associate Professor – Strategy and International Business, University of Canterbury Nikolai Diadechkin/Shutterstock With the goal of doubling exports over the next ten years, the National Party’s Boosting Growth Through Trade policy is now central to the coalition government. The government hopes to achieve this through ... <a title="NZ government has promised to double exports (again) – but as history shows, this is easier said than done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/nz-government-has-promised-to-double-exports-again-but-as-history-shows-this-is-easier-said-than-done-244907/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government has promised to double exports (again) – but as history shows, this is easier said than done">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Having compulsory super should help create a comfortable and stress-free retirement. But Australia’s super system is too complex for retirees to navigate. This can leave them stressed and lacking the confidence to spend their ... <a title="Superannuation is complicated. A guaranteed government income in retirement would be simpler" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/superannuation-is-complicated-a-guaranteed-government-income-in-retirement-would-be-simpler-247383/" aria-label="Read more about Superannuation is complicated. A guaranteed government income in retirement would be simpler">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Byrne, Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne Should a US president by judged by what they achieved, or by what they failed to do? Joe Biden’s administration is over. Though we have an extensive record, it is difficult to assess ... <a title="Joe Biden’s presidency will be remembered as one that did not match the times, and a leader who failed to realise it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/18/joe-bidens-presidency-will-be-remembered-as-one-that-did-not-match-the-times-and-a-leader-who-failed-to-realise-it-246320/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden’s presidency will be remembered as one that did not match the times, and a leader who failed to realise it">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney The acclaimed American filmmaker David Lynch has died at the age of 78. While a cause of death has yet to be publicly announced, Lynch, a lifelong tobacco enthusiast, revealed in 2024 he was suffering ... <a title="‘The complicated zone where the beautiful and the damned collide’: remembering David Lynch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/the-complicated-zone-where-the-beautiful-and-the-damned-collide-remembering-david-lynch-242904/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The complicated zone where the beautiful and the damned collide’: remembering David Lynch">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monika Ferguson, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, University of South Australia People presenting at emergency with mental health concerns are experiencing the longest wait times in Australia for admission to a ward, according to a new report from the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine. But with half ... <a title="What should I do if I can’t see a psychiatrist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/what-should-i-do-if-i-cant-see-a-psychiatrist-247453/" aria-label="Read more about What should I do if I can’t see a psychiatrist?">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University We’re nearing the halfway point of this year’s Australian Open and players like the United States’ Reilly Opelka (ranked 170th in the world ) and France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (ranked 30th) captured plenty of attention despite early-round exits. These ... <a title="Taller tennis players have a natural advantage – but shorter athletes shouldn’t despair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/taller-tennis-players-have-a-natural-advantage-but-shorter-athletes-shouldnt-despair-247460/" aria-label="Read more about Taller tennis players have a natural advantage – but shorter athletes shouldn’t despair">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin T. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia In his farewell address, outgoing US President Joe Biden warned “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy”. The comment suggests that, under Donald Trump’s second term ... <a title="What is an oligarchy, and is the United States poised to become one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/what-is-an-oligarchy-and-is-the-united-states-poised-to-become-one-247566/" aria-label="Read more about What is an oligarchy, and is the United States poised to become one?">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hrvoje Tkalčić, Professor, Head of Geophysics, Director of Warramunga Array, Australian National University A map showing the ‘Martian dichotomy’: the southern highlands are in yellows and oranges, the northern lowlands in blues and greens. NASA / JPL / USGS Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery ... <a title="Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? ‘Marsquakes’ may have just revealed the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/why-is-one-half-of-mars-so-different-to-the-other-marsquakes-may-have-just-revealed-the-answer-246575/" aria-label="Read more about Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? ‘Marsquakes’ may have just revealed the answer">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madelaine Gamble Rosevear, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania The front of the Ross Ice Shelf floats in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Matt Siegfried/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CC BY-NC The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on ... <a title="How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/how-is-antarctica-melting-exactly-crucial-details-are-beginning-to-come-into-focus-245660/" aria-label="Read more about How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Associate Professor of Screen Media | Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Victoria University Screenshot/YouTube The 2025 Australian Open (AO) broadcast may seem similar to previous years if you’re watching on the television. However, if you’re watching online via the official Australian Open TV ... <a title="Why the Australian Open’s online tennis coverage looks like a Wii sports game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/why-the-australian-opens-online-tennis-coverage-looks-like-a-wii-sports-game-247350/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Australian Open’s online tennis coverage looks like a Wii sports game">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruth McHugh-Dillon, Assistant Health Editor Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock A new report by a GP listing company made headlines this week showing low rates of bulk billing for GP visits across Australia. Bulk billing means the consultation is free for the patient and the GP accepts what Medicare covers ... <a title="Should we aim to bulk-bill everyone for GP visits? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/should-we-aim-to-bulk-bill-everyone-for-gp-visits-we-asked-5-experts-247223/" aria-label="Read more about Should we aim to bulk-bill everyone for GP visits? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Transdisciplinary Researcher & Knowledge Broker, CSIRO ‘Cod logs’ placed in the Mary River can give fish a safe place to shelter. © Caitlin Jones, Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) Australia’s natural environment is changing rapidly as the world warms, and many species are struggling to ... <a title="From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/from-cod-logs-to-frog-bogs-we-catalogued-400-ways-to-help-species-survive-a-warmer-world-247107/" aria-label="Read more about From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world">Read more</a>
