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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martien Lubberink, Associate Professor of Accounting and Capital, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images It would be hard to think of an industry less obviously “woke” than banking, but that’s how coalition partner NZ First has characterised certain practices within the finance sector. ... <a title="Collateral damage: how the war on ‘woke banking’ could backfire on New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/collateral-damage-how-the-war-on-woke-banking-could-backfire-on-new-zealand-249930/" aria-label="Read more about Collateral damage: how the war on ‘woke banking’ could backfire on New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason M. Gibson, DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University Cliffy Tommy working on the _rrpwamper_ (common brushtail possum) ground painting sculpture. Georges Petitjean, CC BY A ground painting is known in Anmatyerr as Ahelh Anety-irrem, meaning “broken” or perhaps even “transformed ground”. ... <a title="The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/the-desert-among-the-snow-how-anmatyerr-ceremony-men-came-to-create-ground-paintings-in-switzerland-246985/" aria-label="Read more about The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ASIO chief Mike Burgess has warned that over the next five years Australia’s security environment will become more dynamic, diverse and degraded, with “more security surprises” in the second half of the decade than in the first. In his Annual ... <a title="ASIO boss expects more communal violence in worsening security environment in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/asio-boss-expects-more-communal-violence-in-worsening-security-environment-in-australia-250276/" aria-label="Read more about ASIO boss expects more communal violence in worsening security environment in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Oliver, Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Marco Iaccobucci Epp/Shutterstock Pope Francis has been in hospital for more than a week with what some media reports are now calling “double pneumonia”. The Vatican released a statement on Tuesday evening saying laboratory tests, chest ... <a title="What is ‘double pneumonia’, the condition that’s put Pope Francis in hospital?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/what-is-double-pneumonia-the-condition-thats-put-pope-francis-in-hospital-250256/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘double pneumonia’, the condition that’s put Pope Francis in hospital?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank den Hartog, Professor of Information Systems, Research Chair in Critical Infrastructure, University of Canberra A few weeks ago, word started to come out that the newly minted United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had acquired unprecedented access to multiple US government computer systems. DOGE employees ... <a title="Insider threat: cyber security experts on giving Elon Musk and DOGE the keys to US government IT systems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/insider-threat-cyber-security-experts-on-giving-elon-musk-and-doge-the-keys-to-us-government-it-systems-250046/" aria-label="Read more about Insider threat: cyber security experts on giving Elon Musk and DOGE the keys to US government IT systems">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Gumbariya/Shutterstock The Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates for the first time in four years has triggered a round of celebration. Mortgage holders are cheering the fact their monthly repayments are now slightly lower, while the Albanese government hopes ... <a title="Official interest rates have been cut, but not everyone is a winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/official-interest-rates-have-been-cut-but-not-everyone-is-a-winner-250140/" aria-label="Read more about Official interest rates have been cut, but not everyone is a winner">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Housing supply in Australia will be a key battleground in the election campaign. With home ownership more and more out of reach for young and not so young Australians, red tape and low productivity are strangling the builder industry just ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Danielle Wood on how to trim back housing regulations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/politics-with-michelle-grattan-danielle-wood-on-how-to-trim-back-housing-regulations-250260/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Danielle Wood on how to trim back housing regulations">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Korolev, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, UNSW Sydney The United States and Russia agreed to work on a plan to end the war in Ukraine at high-level talks in Saudi Arabia this week. Ukrainian and European representatives were pointedly not invited to take part. ... <a title="Trump wants to do a deal for Ukraine’s critical minerals. Will Zelensky give him what he wants – or will Putin?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/trump-wants-to-do-a-deal-for-ukraines-critical-minerals-will-zelensky-give-him-what-he-wants-or-will-putin-250064/" aria-label="Read more about Trump wants to do a deal for Ukraine’s critical minerals. Will Zelensky give him what he wants – or will Putin?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenton Prosser, Professor of Public Policy and Leadership, UNSW Sydney Although Australia has a strong and proud democracy, it nonetheless faces important challenges. Among these, youth democratic engagement and civics education have been matters of national concern for more than two decades. With the latest national curriculum ... <a title="Civics education is at an all-time low in Australia. Mapping our ‘civic journeys’ may help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/civics-education-is-at-an-all-time-low-in-australia-mapping-our-civic-journeys-may-help-250138/" aria-label="Read more about Civics education is at an all-time low in Australia. Mapping our ‘civic journeys’ may help">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University BaLL LunLa/Shutterstock Sleep is the holy grail for new parents. So no wonder many tired parents are looking for something to help their babies sleep. A TikTok trend claims giving your baby a tablespoon or ... <a title="Feeding your baby butter won’t help them sleep through the night, whatever TikTok says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/feeding-your-baby-butter-wont-help-them-sleep-through-the-night-whatever-tiktok-says-249699/" aria-label="Read more about Feeding your baby butter won’t help them sleep through the night, whatever TikTok says">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ranjana Gupta, Senior Lecturer, Accounting Department, Auckland University of Technology Jirsak/Shutterstock The profit made on every breakfast bowl of weet-bix is tax exempt, giving Sanitarium Health Food Company, owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, an advantage over other breakfast food companies. But this could be about to ... <a title="With billions in ‘profit’ exempt from tax, changes to NZ’s charity rules are long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/with-billions-in-profit-exempt-from-tax-changes-to-nzs-charity-rules-are-long-overdue-249575/" aria-label="Read more about With billions in ‘profit’ exempt from tax, changes to NZ’s charity rules are long overdue">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francesca Perugia, Senior Lecturer, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University Australia’s housing crisis has created a push for fast-tracked construction. Federal, state and territory governments have set a target of 1.2 million new homes over five years. Increasing housing supply is essential. However, the ... <a title="Yes, Australia needs new homes – but they must be built to withstand disasters in a warmer world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/19/yes-australia-needs-new-homes-but-they-must-be-built-to-withstand-disasters-in-a-warmer-world-249702/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Australia needs new homes – but they must be built to withstand disasters in a warmer world">Read more</a>
