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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The National Anti-Corruption Commission will finally investigate whether six people referred to it by the royal commission into Robodebt engaged in corrupt conduct. This follows an independent reconsideration by former High Court judge Geoffrey Nettle, who examined the NACC”s original ... <a title="NACC belatedly to investigate whether six Robodebt referrals engaged in ‘corrupt conduct’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/nacc-belatedly-to-investigate-whether-six-robodebt-referrals-engaged-in-corrupt-conduct-250145/" aria-label="Read more about NACC belatedly to investigate whether six Robodebt referrals engaged in ‘corrupt conduct’">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Last week in Europe, the United States sent some very strong messages it is prepared to upend the established global order. US Vice President JD Vance warned a stunned Munich Security Conference that Europe has an ... <a title="Trump’s view of the world is becoming clear: America’s interests matter more than any set of rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/trumps-view-of-the-world-is-becoming-clear-americas-interests-matter-more-than-any-set-of-rules-250144/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s view of the world is becoming clear: America’s interests matter more than any set of rules">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Reserve Bank has delivered the expected modest rate cut of a quarter of a percentage point, and we’re set for the predictable frenzy of speculation about an April election. The cut is unlikely to be a major vote changer, ... <a title="View from the Hill: will Albanese opt for an April election now a rate cut has him breathing more easily?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/view-from-the-hill-will-albanese-opt-for-an-april-election-now-a-rate-cut-has-him-breathing-more-easily-250136/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: will Albanese opt for an April election now a rate cut has him breathing more easily?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra The Reserve Bank cut official interest rates on Tuesday, the first decrease in four years, saying inflationary pressures are easing “a little more quickly than expected”. However, the central bank said the outlook ... <a title="The Reserve Bank has cut rates for the first time in four years. But it is cautious about future cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/the-reserve-bank-has-cut-rates-for-the-first-time-in-four-years-but-it-is-cautious-about-future-cuts-249704/" aria-label="Read more about The Reserve Bank has cut rates for the first time in four years. But it is cautious about future cuts">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Reserve Bank has delivered the expected modest rate cut of a quarter of a percentage point, and we’re set for the predictable frenzy of speculation about an April election. The cut is unlikely to be a major vote changer, ... <a title="View from the Hill: will Albanese opt for an April election now that a rates cut has him breathing more easily?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/view-from-the-hill-will-albanese-opt-for-an-april-election-now-that-a-rates-cut-has-him-breathing-more-easily-250136/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: will Albanese opt for an April election now that a rates cut has him breathing more easily?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Fels, Professor Allan Fels, Professor of Law, Economics and Business at the University of Melbourne and Monash University., The University of Melbourne Australia is creeping towards adding a divestiture power to its Competition and Consumer Act. Under such a law, the courts, on the recommendation of ... <a title="What is divestiture and how would it stop insurance companies ‘ripping off’ customers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/what-is-divestiture-and-how-would-it-stop-insurance-companies-ripping-off-customers-250036/" aria-label="Read more about What is divestiture and how would it stop insurance companies ‘ripping off’ customers?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arjen Vaartjes, PhD Student, Quantum Physics, UNSW Sydney Dmitriy Rybin / Shutterstock What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world’s population – most of them quantum physicists – up at night for decades. At very small scales, we know ... <a title="New experiments finally prove a long-forgotten theory about how quantum particles spin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/new-experiments-finally-prove-a-long-forgotten-theory-about-how-quantum-particles-spin-250059/" aria-label="Read more about New experiments finally prove a long-forgotten theory about how quantum particles spin">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University Australia’s minister for home affairs announced on Sunday that the federal government has struck a deal with Nauru to “resettle” three non-citizens from what’s come to be known as the “NZYQ cohort”. The NZYQ cohort is a ... <a title="Australia is deporting 3 non-citizens from the ‘NZYQ’ group to Nauru. What could it do instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/australia-is-deporting-3-non-citizens-from-the-nzyq-group-to-nauru-what-could-it-do-instead-250053/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is deporting 3 non-citizens from the ‘NZYQ’ group to Nauru. What could it do instead?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in International History, Flinders University (From left to right): Neville Chamberlain, Édouard Daladier, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano before signing the Munich Agreement, which gave the Sudetenland to Germany. German Federal Archives/Wikimedia Commons Ukraine has not been invited to ... <a title="Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/ukraine-isnt-invited-to-its-own-peace-talks-history-is-full-of-such-examples-and-the-results-are-devastating-250049/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhavna Middha, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University The average Australian household size has decreased from 4.5 people per household in 1911 to 2.5 people in 2024. At the same time, the average house size has increased, from 100 square metres in ... <a title="Australian houses are getting larger. For a more sustainable future, our houses can’t be the space for everything" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/australian-houses-are-getting-larger-for-a-more-sustainable-future-our-houses-cant-be-the-space-for-everything-245476/" aria-label="Read more about Australian houses are getting larger. For a more sustainable future, our houses can’t be the space for everything">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Page Jeffery, Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Sydney suriyachan/Shutterstock When the Australian government passed legislation in November last year banning young people under 16 from social media, it included exemptions for platforms “that are primarily for the purposes of education and health support”. One ... <a title="YouTube hosts a lot of garbage – but the government is right to let kids keep watching it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/youtube-hosts-a-lot-of-garbage-but-the-government-is-right-to-let-kids-keep-watching-it-250050/" aria-label="Read more about YouTube hosts a lot of garbage – but the government is right to let kids keep watching it">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leslie Roberson, Postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland If you’ve ever been stopped by quarantine officers at the airport, you might think Australia’s international border is locked down like a fortress. But when it comes to trade in seafood, it’s ... <a title="Fish and chips shouldn’t come with a catch: how Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/fish-and-chips-shouldnt-come-with-a-catch-how-australia-can-keep-illegal-seafood-off-our-plates-249481/" aria-label="Read more about Fish and chips shouldn’t come with a catch: how Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates">Read more</a>
