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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melita Jazbec, Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Boy Anthony/Shutterstock Australians largely support transforming the economy to increase recycling, repurpose products and reduce waste, according to a new report from the Productivity Commission, but they are being impeded by inconsistent regulations. ... <a title="Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and resuse it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/australians-generate-mountains-of-waste-and-we-need-more-help-to-recycle-and-resuse-it-251354/" aria-label="Read more about Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and resuse it">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to strike densely populated areas of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. Brisbane, home to more than 2.5 million people, is among the places in the storm’s path. Brisbane City Council says almost 20,000 properties in ... <a title="Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/brisbane-on-alert-these-maps-show-the-suburbs-most-likely-to-flood-during-cyclone-alfred-251478/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Australia’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years in the December quarter, boosted by an improvement in household spending and stronger exports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ national accounts report today said the economy grew by 0.6% ... <a title="Australia’s economy has turned the corner, and consumer spending was a big help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/australias-economy-has-turned-the-corner-and-consumer-spending-was-a-big-help-251262/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s economy has turned the corner, and consumer spending was a big help">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University What does an ideal world look like for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump? In a word: ugly. Trump’s embrace of Russia’s dictator, his bullying ... <a title="Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/safe-for-autocracy-the-world-according-to-putin-and-trump-251246/" aria-label="Read more about Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yetta Gurtner, Adjunct senior lecturer, Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University For millions of people in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, Cyclone Alfred will be their first experience living through a cyclone. Alfred is forecast to make landfall about 2am on Friday morning. I ... <a title="‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/dont-panic-do-prepare-why-its-not-too-late-to-plan-for-cyclone-alfred-251463/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Bureau of Meteorology, Himawari-9 satellite, CC BY-SA Tropical Cyclone Alfred is strengthening as it bears down on the coast of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, prompting fears it may become a destructive category 3 cyclone before ... <a title="Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/cyclone-alfred-is-bearing-down-heres-how-it-grew-so-fierce-and-where-its-expected-to-hit-251358/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Ray Bond/Shutterstock How much is your voice worth? It could be as little as roughly A$100. That was how much ABC News Verify recently spent to clone federal senator Jacqui Lambie’s voice – with her permission – using ... <a title="AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/ai-deepfakes-threaten-democracy-and-peoples-identities-personality-rights-could-help-251267/" aria-label="Read more about AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology Phish Photography/Shutterstock If you head to the shops to buy bread, you’ll face a variety of different options. But it can be hard to work out the difference between all the types on sale. For instance, you might ... <a title="What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/whats-the-difference-between-wholemeal-and-wholegrain-bread-not-a-whole-lot-249156/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hemming, Associate Professor of Law, School of Law and Justice, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock After Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at Port Arthur in 1996, Australia made fundamental changes to its gun laws. The use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons ... <a title="Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/police-are-seizing-3d-printed-guns-across-australia-but-our-laws-arent-keeping-up-250255/" aria-label="Read more about Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The aftermath of one of the most undiplomatic – and notorious – White House meetings in recent history reveals a changed world. Having berated Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky for supposedly not wanting peace with Russia and failing to show ... <a title="America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/america-or-europe-why-trumps-ukraine-u-turn-is-a-fork-in-the-road-for-new-zealand-251459/" aria-label="Read more about America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Fire rages in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles in January 2025 eley archives/Shutterstock For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities built largely of wood could – and did – burn. ... <a title="Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/fires-used-to-terrify-city-residents-new-research-suggests-climate-change-could-see-this-fear-return-251056/" aria-label="Read more about Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana McKay, Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft, is one of the world’s richest men. He is also a highly controversial figure. On one hand, he contributes to social, medical and environmental causes through his foundation, making grants worth more ... <a title="Bill Gates’ origin story describes a life of privilege, exposing the DNA of some of the tech industry’s problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/bill-gates-origin-story-describes-a-life-of-privilege-exposing-the-dna-of-some-of-the-tech-industrys-problems-247577/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Gates’ origin story describes a life of privilege, exposing the DNA of some of the tech industry’s problems">Read more</a>
