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May 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Pay equity protest outside parliament on budget day, May 22 2025. Getty Images In 1936, when the National Party was created through a merger of the United and Reform parties, there was a recognition ... <a title="NZ Budget 2025: funding growth at the expense of pay equity for women could cost National in the long run" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/23/nz-budget-2025-funding-growth-at-the-expense-of-pay-equity-for-women-could-cost-national-in-the-long-run-257225/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2025: funding growth at the expense of pay equity for women could cost National in the long run">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne At least ten people died in fatal crashes earlier this month in a single 48-hour period on Victorian roads. It was the latest tragic demonstration of the mounting road trauma in ... <a title="Australian roads are getting deadlier – pedestrians and males are among those at greater risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/23/australian-roads-are-getting-deadlier-pedestrians-and-males-are-among-those-at-greater-risk-256994/" aria-label="Read more about Australian roads are getting deadlier – pedestrians and males are among those at greater risk">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Rowe, Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University LBeddoe/Shutterstock Earlier this week, The Sydney Morning Herald reported one of Sydney’s top public high schools had more than 2,000 students for the first time, thanks to the booming population in the area. This follows similar reports of other ... <a title="There is a growing number of ‘super-sized’ schools. Does the number of students matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/23/there-is-a-growing-number-of-super-sized-schools-does-the-number-of-students-matter-257012/" aria-label="Read more about There is a growing number of ‘super-sized’ schools. Does the number of students matter?">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato An Oyster cellar in Leith John Burnet, 1819; National Galleries of Scotland, Photo: Antonia Reeve Oysters and escargot are recognised as luxury foods around the world – but they were once valued by the lower classes ... <a title="From peasant fodder to posh fare: how snails and oysters became luxury foods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/23/from-peasant-fodder-to-posh-fare-how-snails-and-oysters-became-luxury-foods-254299/" aria-label="Read more about From peasant fodder to posh fare: how snails and oysters became luxury foods">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Remember that cliche about the Nationals tail wagging the Liberal dog? That tail wagged very vigorously this week, and smashed a lot of crockery, as it sought to bring Liberal leader Sussan Ley to heel. In a gesture of overreach, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: if Ley and Littleproud find a way to cohabit, it will be a tense household" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/grattan-on-friday-if-ley-and-littleproud-find-a-way-to-cohabit-it-will-be-a-tense-household-256457/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: if Ley and Littleproud find a way to cohabit, it will be a tense household">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piet Filet, Adjunct Industry Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University Heavy rain continues to fall across the Hunter and Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Rivers are bursting their banks and spreading over floodplains, leaving many areas on flood watch. And now, this emergency is heading ... <a title="The deluge in NSW sounds a warning to rural and regional communities elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/the-deluge-in-nsw-sounds-a-warning-to-rural-and-regional-communities-elsewhere-256814/" aria-label="Read more about The deluge in NSW sounds a warning to rural and regional communities elsewhere">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mitchell Sarkies, Senior Lecturer, Horizon Fellow and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Sydney School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney Floodwaters have engulfed large parts of New South Wales, with at least one person dead and almost 50,000 evacuated after days of heavy rainfall in a ... <a title="Floods, fires and even terrorist attacks: how ready are our hospitals to cope when disaster strikes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/floods-fires-and-even-terrorist-attacks-how-ready-are-our-hospitals-to-cope-when-disaster-strikes-257318/" aria-label="Read more about Floods, fires and even terrorist attacks: how ready are our hospitals to cope when disaster strikes?">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Siette, Associate Professor | Deputy Director, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour, and Development, Western Sydney University And-One/Shutterstock A new study has found the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which causes cold sores, may be linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. This idea is ... <a title="Could cold sores increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? A new study is no cause for panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/could-cold-sores-increase-the-risk-of-alzheimers-disease-a-new-study-is-no-cause-for-panic-257140/" aria-label="Read more about Could cold sores increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? A new study is no cause for panic">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Wade, Lecturer in Social Inquiry, La Trobe University The RSPCA has announced this Sunday’s Million Paws Walk will be their last. The event has been celebrated across Australia since 1994, with more than 765,000 people and their 410,000 dogs having “laced up and leashed up” to ... <a title="As the Million Paws Walk takes its last lap, other charity fundraising events face serious challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/as-the-million-paws-walk-takes-its-last-lap-other-charity-fundraising-events-face-serious-challenges-257125/" aria-label="Read more about As the Million Paws Walk takes its last lap, other charity fundraising events face serious challenges">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Vella, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock Around 4 million Australians experience back problems and people are increasingly calling ambulances and presenting to emergency departments to manage back pain. Yet most of these cases of back pain don’t require emergency ... <a title="Too many people with back pain call ambulances or visit the ED. Here’s why that’s a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/too-many-people-with-back-pain-call-ambulances-or-visit-the-ed-heres-why-thats-a-problem-255776/" aria-label="Read more about Too many people with back pain call ambulances or visit the ED. Here’s why that’s a problem">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead (Paramedicine), La Trobe University As unprecedented flooding inundates towns and leaves residents stranded in parts of New South Wales, local first responders have rescued hundreds of people from floodwaters and rooftops. Volunteering Australia estimates more than 400,000 people volunteer as ... <a title="In a flood, first responders balance helping others while their own families are at risk. It’s an impossible choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/in-a-flood-first-responders-balance-helping-others-while-their-own-families-are-at-risk-its-an-impossible-choice-257313/" aria-label="Read more about In a flood, first responders balance helping others while their own families are at risk. It’s an impossible choice">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Australia’s plan to build 1.2 million new homes by 2029 is in trouble. A new report by the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council (NHSAC) shows we are likely to miss this ... <a title="Australia is forecast to fall 262,000 homes short of its housing target. We need bold action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/australia-is-forecast-to-fall-262-000-homes-short-of-its-housing-target-we-need-bold-action-257246/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is forecast to fall 262,000 homes short of its housing target. We need bold action">Read more</a>
