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Grattan on Friday: Albanese and Trump put Australia in holding patterns on election timing and tariffs

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When parliamentarians left Canberra on Thursday after the fortnight sitting, federal politics had the air of an uneasy waiting game. Waiting for the election date, although the campaign has been running for months. Waiting to know whether there will be ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese and Trump put Australia in holding patterns on election timing and tariffs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/grattan-on-friday-albanese-and-trump-put-australia-in-holding-patterns-on-election-timing-and-tariffs-249843/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese and Trump put Australia in holding patterns on election timing and tariffs">Read more</a>

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Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne Public transport in Queensland now costs just 50 cents. Yet in the first six months of the trial, it’s been revealed that thousands of commuters were fined for fare evasion. More ... <a title="Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/heres-why-some-people-still-evade-public-transport-fares-even-when-theyre-50-cents-249739/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents">Read more</a>

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Short-term politics keeps stalling long-term fixes. This bill offers a way forward

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Professor, Griffith Law School, Griffith University Two federal politicians from opposing camps reached across the aisle this week to promote a valuable cause – the wellbeing of future Australian generations. Independent MP Sophie Scamps tabled the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill 2025, which was ... <a title="Short-term politics keeps stalling long-term fixes. This bill offers a way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/short-term-politics-keeps-stalling-long-term-fixes-this-bill-offers-a-way-forward-249598/" aria-label="Read more about Short-term politics keeps stalling long-term fixes. This bill offers a way forward">Read more</a>

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This is Australia’s only icebreaker. Here’s why experts say we need another

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Younger, Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Australia’s Antarctic territory represents the largest sliver of the ice continent. For decades, Australian scientists have headed to one of our three bases – Mawson, Davis and Casey – as ... <a title="This is Australia’s only icebreaker. Here’s why experts say we need another" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/this-is-australias-only-icebreaker-heres-why-experts-say-we-need-another-249714/" aria-label="Read more about This is Australia’s only icebreaker. Here’s why experts say we need another">Read more</a>

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Heads vs tails? A simple coin flip can be enough to change how we treat others

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eliane Deschrijver, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Sydney Circles in a Circle (1923) Wassily Kandinsky / Philadelphia Museum of Art / The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950 Imagine you are asked to give a small amount of money to a stranger. It’s ... <a title="Heads vs tails? A simple coin flip can be enough to change how we treat others" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/heads-vs-tails-a-simple-coin-flip-can-be-enough-to-change-how-we-treat-others-249611/" aria-label="Read more about Heads vs tails? A simple coin flip can be enough to change how we treat others">Read more</a>

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Menopause hormone patches are in short supply. What are they? And how do they compare with other therapies?

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Bushell, Clinical Associate Professor in Pharmacy, University of Canberra DimaBerlin/Shutterstock The federal government yesterday released its response to the Senate inquiry into issues related to menopause. The inquiry recommended the government examine options to make menopause hormone therapy (MHT, or sometimes called hormone replacement therapy) more ... <a title="Menopause hormone patches are in short supply. What are they? And how do they compare with other therapies?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/menopause-hormone-patches-are-in-short-supply-what-are-they-and-how-do-they-compare-with-other-therapies-245166/" aria-label="Read more about Menopause hormone patches are in short supply. What are they? And how do they compare with other therapies?">Read more</a>

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New play Housework is a future Australian classic – a Don’s Party for our time

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia Matt Byrne/STCSA Housework, a new play by Emily Steel, lifts the rock off politics to expose its crawling, ruthless, yet undeniably comic underside. The result is masterful, hilarious and deeply incisive. Housework opens with the day-to-day ... <a title="New play Housework is a future Australian classic – a Don’s Party for our time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/new-play-housework-is-a-future-australian-classic-a-dons-party-for-our-time-249019/" aria-label="Read more about New play Housework is a future Australian classic – a Don’s Party for our time">Read more</a>

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Antarctic research has long been hamstrung by reliance on one icebreaker and sporadic funding. That might be about to change

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Younger, Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Australia’s Antarctic territory represents the largest sliver of the ice continent. For decades, Australian scientists have headed to one of our three bases – Mawson, Davis and Casey – as ... <a title="Antarctic research has long been hamstrung by reliance on one icebreaker and sporadic funding. That might be about to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/antarctic-research-has-long-been-hamstrung-by-reliance-on-one-icebreaker-and-sporadic-funding-that-might-be-about-to-change-249714/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic research has long been hamstrung by reliance on one icebreaker and sporadic funding. That might be about to change">Read more</a>

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Indigenous knowledge merges with science to protect people from fish poisoning in Vanuatu

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Parsons, Associate Professor in Historical Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Wikimedia/Louisa Cass/AusAID, CC BY-SA Ciguatera fish poisoning is the world’s most frequently reported seafood-borne illness. It poses a serious health risk to tropical coastal communities, with some of the highest rates reported in Vanuatu. ... <a title="Indigenous knowledge merges with science to protect people from fish poisoning in Vanuatu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/indigenous-knowledge-merges-with-science-to-protect-people-from-fish-poisoning-in-vanuatu-249469/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous knowledge merges with science to protect people from fish poisoning in Vanuatu">Read more</a>

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‘A house battery you can drive around’: how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Dwyer, Research Director, Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney 24K-Productions Our cars sit unused most of the time. If you have an electric vehicle, you might leave it charging at home or work after driving it. But there’s another step you could take. If you have ... <a title="‘A house battery you can drive around’: how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/a-house-battery-you-can-drive-around-how-a-handful-of-australians-are-selling-power-from-their-cars-back-to-the-grid-249696/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A house battery you can drive around’: how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid">Read more</a>

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You’re playing (or watching) sport and someone blurts out a racial slur. The next 60 seconds are crucial

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aish Ravi, Lecturer in Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education, Monash University In October last year, the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) launched Dealing with the Moment: Anti-Racism in Community Sport, a free online course designed to help community coaches, parents, umpires and players respond to racism in sport. ... <a title="You’re playing (or watching) sport and someone blurts out a racial slur. The next 60 seconds are crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/youre-playing-or-watching-sport-and-someone-blurts-out-a-racial-slur-the-next-60-seconds-are-crucial-248671/" aria-label="Read more about You’re playing (or watching) sport and someone blurts out a racial slur. The next 60 seconds are crucial">Read more</a>

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‘It’s a house battery you can drive around’ – how a handful of Australians are selling power back to the grid from their cars

February 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Dwyer, Research Director, Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney 24K-Productions Our cars sit unused most of the time. If you have an electric vehicle, you might leave it charging at home or work after driving it. But there’s another step you could take. If you have ... <a title="‘It’s a house battery you can drive around’ – how a handful of Australians are selling power back to the grid from their cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/its-a-house-battery-you-can-drive-around-how-a-handful-of-australians-are-selling-power-back-to-the-grid-from-their-cars-249696/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s a house battery you can drive around’ – how a handful of Australians are selling power back to the grid from their cars">Read more</a>