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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia has failed to win an exemption from Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on aluminium and steel, but the government has vowed to fight on for a carve out. The White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, told Australian media in Washington “there ... <a title="Australia – like everyone else – fails to win exemption from Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and steel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/australia-like-everyone-else-fails-to-win-exemption-from-trumps-tariffs-on-aluminium-and-steel-251623/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – like everyone else – fails to win exemption from Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and steel">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ryan, Postdoctoral CERC Fellow, Human Health, CSIRO Farknot Architect/Shutterstock The age-old saying “you are what you eat” rings true – diet quality affects our health from the inside out. While a healthy diet can improve health and wellbeing, a poor diet increases the risk of chronic ... <a title="Fresh fruit down, junk food up: our modelling suggests Australians’ diets will get worse by 2030" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/fresh-fruit-down-junk-food-up-our-modelling-suggests-australians-diets-will-get-worse-by-2030-250406/" aria-label="Read more about Fresh fruit down, junk food up: our modelling suggests Australians’ diets will get worse by 2030">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock For over a decade, there has been an increase in calls for multinational corporations to be forced to disclose tax information publicly. The idea is that enhanced transparency reduces tax ... <a title="‘Benevolent’ bosses are also more generous with their company tax information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/benevolent-bosses-are-also-more-generous-with-their-company-tax-information-251372/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Benevolent’ bosses are also more generous with their company tax information">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Maisey, Postdoctoral research fellow, Research Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University Miles Clifford Triniman/Shutterstock In wet forests of southeastern Australia, superb lyrebirds engage in extraordinary behaviour – tilling the soil to create habitats for their prey to flourish. The superb lyreird scratches through the leaf ... <a title="Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/australias-superb-lyrebirds-farm-the-forest-floor-to-increase-their-prey-a-behaviour-rarely-seen-in-nature-247908/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Tookey, Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology New Zealand is struggling to stay ahead of its vital infrastructure needs, and the numbers show it. The New Zealand Infrastructure Commission recently identified NZ$204 billion of required infrastructural spend, most of which is currently unfunded. At ... <a title="Hey big spenders: what foreign investors will really want from the infrastructure summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/hey-big-spenders-what-foreign-investors-will-really-want-from-the-infrastructure-summit-251798/" aria-label="Read more about Hey big spenders: what foreign investors will really want from the infrastructure summit">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Smith, Lecturer in Sociology, University of the Sunshine Coast Last Monday, March 3, the Bureau of Meteorology warned residents of Queensland and New South Wales that Tropical Cyclone Alfred was coming their way. The storm was expected to hit the coast on Thursday or Friday. By ... <a title="Why conspiracy theories and misinformation spread in the long wait for Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/11/why-conspiracy-theories-and-misinformation-spread-in-the-long-wait-for-cyclone-alfred-251899/" aria-label="Read more about Why conspiracy theories and misinformation spread in the long wait for Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University Shortly after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, the new government led by rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa pledged to unite Syrians and establish a “civil peace” in the country. In recent days, this fragile peace has ... <a title="After mass killings in Syria, can a fragmented country stay united?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/11/after-mass-killings-in-syria-can-a-fragmented-country-stay-united-251903/" aria-label="Read more about After mass killings in Syria, can a fragmented country stay united?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiran Hardy, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University The recent discovery of a caravan full of explosives in Dural, in Sydney’s northwest, caused significant fear about the possibility of a mass casualty attack. On Monday, the Australian Federal Police declared it and 14 antisemitic attacks a ... <a title="Is ‘fake’ terrorism still terrorism? Here’s what the Sydney caravan incident tells us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/11/is-fake-terrorism-still-terrorism-heres-what-the-sydney-caravan-incident-tells-us-251908/" aria-label="Read more about Is ‘fake’ terrorism still terrorism? Here’s what the Sydney caravan incident tells us">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Jones, Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is the latest in a succession of extreme rainfall events to wreak havoc on coastal communities in New South Wales and Queensland. Over 500 kilometres of coastline has been affected, with extreme rainfall and flooding reaching inland ... <a title="In the wake of Alfred, how do we think about and measure the cost of catastrophes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/11/in-the-wake-of-alfred-how-do-we-think-about-and-measure-the-cost-of-catastrophes-251704/" aria-label="Read more about In the wake of Alfred, how do we think about and measure the cost of catastrophes?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney While some parts of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales are still on alert for flooding, others are starting the difficult clean-up process as flood waters recede. Stagnant water after floods provides the perfect ... <a title="First wind, then rain. Next come the mozzies – here’s how to reduce your risk of bites and infections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/11/first-wind-then-rain-next-come-the-mozzies-heres-how-to-reduce-your-risk-of-bites-and-infections-251260/" aria-label="Read more about First wind, then rain. Next come the mozzies – here’s how to reduce your risk of bites and infections">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Javier Leon, Associate Professor in Physical Geography, University of the Sunshine Coast For many people, the most visible impact of Cyclone Alfred was the damage big waves and storm surge did to their local beaches. Beaches in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales are now scarred ... <a title="Beloved beaches were washed offshore by Cyclone Alfred – but most of this sand will return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/11/beloved-beaches-were-washed-offshore-by-cyclone-alfred-but-most-of-this-sand-will-return-251599/" aria-label="Read more about Beloved beaches were washed offshore by Cyclone Alfred – but most of this sand will return">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tania King, Associate Professor in Social Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne A freeze on aid entering the Gaza Strip, imposed by Israel last week, means once again tons of urgent medical supplies and medicines are stuck at the border, with delivery uncertain. But supplies are only one ... <a title="Health-care workers should not be a target. In Gaza, their detention and death affect the entire population" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/11/health-care-workers-should-not-be-a-target-in-gaza-their-detention-and-death-affect-the-entire-population-251146/" aria-label="Read more about Health-care workers should not be a target. In Gaza, their detention and death affect the entire population">Read more</a>
