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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Dempsey, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/donvictorio New Zealand’s North Island features a number of geothermal systems, several of which are used to generate some 1,000 MegaWatts of electricity. But deeper down there may be even more potential. The government is now ... <a title="Hotter and deeper: how NZ’s plan to drill for ‘supercritical’ geothermal energy holds promise and risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/hotter-and-deeper-how-nzs-plan-to-drill-for-supercritical-geothermal-energy-holds-promise-and-risk-252910/" aria-label="Read more about Hotter and deeper: how NZ’s plan to drill for ‘supercritical’ geothermal energy holds promise and risk">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Peng, Lecturer in Accounting, The University of Queensland SeventyFour/Shutterstock When Lisa’s husband passed away unexpectedly, she assumed accessing his superannuation death benefit would be straightforward. Instead, she spent months navigating a bureaucratic maze. She repeatedly sent documents, waited weeks for callbacks and struggled to get answers ... <a title="‘Behind every claim is a grieving family’. Death benefits inquiry demands change but lacks penalties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/behind-every-claim-is-a-grieving-family-death-benefits-inquiry-demands-change-but-lacks-penalties-253419/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Behind every claim is a grieving family’. Death benefits inquiry demands change but lacks penalties">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney hedgehog94/Shutterstock Australia’s horse racing industry is in the spotlight after recent allegations of tranquilliser use on horses so they can be “worked” (exercised) between race days. A recent ABC report stated workers in the Australian racing industry ... <a title="Using tranquillisers on racehorses is ethically questionable and puts horses and riders at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/using-tranquillisers-on-racehorses-is-ethically-questionable-and-puts-horses-and-riders-at-risk-245167/" aria-label="Read more about Using tranquillisers on racehorses is ethically questionable and puts horses and riders at risk">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a top contender for the title of Great American Novel, turns 100 on April 10. A century later, it is invoked to help make sense of a world that ... <a title="The Great Gatsby at 100: the Jazz Age novel that helps explain Trump’s America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/the-great-gatsby-at-100-the-jazz-age-novel-that-helps-explain-trumps-america-247698/" aria-label="Read more about The Great Gatsby at 100: the Jazz Age novel that helps explain Trump’s America">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aya Mousa, Senior Research Fellow in Women’s Cardiometabolic Health, Monash University Maksym Dykha/Shutterstock Good health care depends on evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. They translate the best available research into recommendations that shape diagnosis, treatment, and prevention strategies. But what happens when the studies underpinning these guidelines are ... <a title="Flawed medical studies can end up in doctors’ advice. We developed a tool to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/flawed-medical-studies-can-end-up-in-doctors-advice-we-developed-a-tool-to-stop-it-253213/" aria-label="Read more about Flawed medical studies can end up in doctors’ advice. We developed a tool to stop it">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zareh Ghazarian, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has finally ended weeks of speculation and named the election date for the national parliament. After months of unofficial campaigning, Australians will now be treated to a festival of democracy as promises are ... <a title="Keep an eye on the Senate – the people elected to it this year will have immense power for years to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/keep-an-eye-on-the-senate-the-people-elected-to-it-this-year-will-have-immense-power-for-years-to-come-252899/" aria-label="Read more about Keep an eye on the Senate – the people elected to it this year will have immense power for years to come">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney patpitchaya/Shutterstock New laws come into effect in Australia today that change the look, ingredients, and packaging of tobacco products. The Australian government passed the package of tobacco laws in late 2023, which include: standardised tobacco pack and cigarette ... <a title="Menthol cigarettes will be banned from April 1. Here’s why – and what else is changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/menthol-cigarettes-will-be-banned-from-april-1-heres-why-and-what-else-is-changing-251920/" aria-label="Read more about Menthol cigarettes will be banned from April 1. Here’s why – and what else is changing">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Frew, Lecturer in Mycorrhizal Ecology, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University marian galicia/Shutterstock If you’re walking outdoors, chances are something remarkable is happening under your feet. Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive. These fungi aren’t what you might picture. They ... <a title="From trading nutrients to storing carbon: 5 things you didn’t know about our underground fungi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/from-trading-nutrients-to-storing-carbon-5-things-you-didnt-know-about-our-underground-fungi-252184/" aria-label="Read more about From trading nutrients to storing carbon: 5 things you didn’t know about our underground fungi">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Deane, Professor of Trade Law, Taxation and Climate Change, Queensland University of Technology RobynCharnley/Shutterstock The future of Australia’s key climate policy is uncertain after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said a Coalition government would review the measure, known as the “safeguard mechanism”, which is designed to limit ... <a title="Under a Coalition government, the fate of Australia’s central climate policy hangs in the balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/under-a-coalition-government-the-fate-of-australias-central-climate-policy-hangs-in-the-balance-253426/" aria-label="Read more about Under a Coalition government, the fate of Australia’s central climate policy hangs in the balance">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia Drowning in streaming choices? If so, you’re not alone – as our experts have a particularly wide range of picks this month. From musicals and comedy, to serial killers and twisted fictional corporations, there’s plenty to ... <a title="A child killer, parenting struggles and ‘innies’ running wild: what to stream in April" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/a-child-killer-parenting-struggles-and-innies-running-wild-what-to-stream-in-april-253018/" aria-label="Read more about A child killer, parenting struggles and ‘innies’ running wild: what to stream in April">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Austin-Stewart, Lecturer, School of Music and Screen Arts, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images One year after Video Ezy opened its first store in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Broadcasting Act 1989 was introduced. It established frameworks and funding for local content that largely ... <a title="NZ’s Broadcasting Act is as old as Video Ezy. We need media reform for the streaming age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/nzs-broadcasting-act-is-as-old-as-video-ezy-we-need-media-reform-for-the-streaming-age-252713/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Broadcasting Act is as old as Video Ezy. We need media reform for the streaming age">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This election is already shaping up as very much about energy. But notably, ambitions for and debate about combatting climate change have receded in recent times. Peter Dutton has his proposal for an east coast gas reservation scheme at the ... <a title="Election diary: Energy is in the foreground – but climate change is ‘in the shadows’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/election-diary-energy-is-in-the-foreground-but-climate-change-is-in-the-shadows-253115/" aria-label="Read more about Election diary: Energy is in the foreground – but climate change is ‘in the shadows’">Read more</a>
