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August 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Stone, Credit Union SA Chair of Economics, University of South Australia Most market economists oppose the idea of large corporate bailouts, where taxpayer funds are used to provide failing companies with financial assistance. Despite this, Australia, and many other economies, seem to be embarking on a ... <a title="Taxpayer bailouts are common, yet rarely make economic sense. Here’s how to strike a better balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/21/taxpayer-bailouts-are-common-yet-rarely-make-economic-sense-heres-how-to-strike-a-better-balance-263024/" aria-label="Read more about Taxpayer bailouts are common, yet rarely make economic sense. Here’s how to strike a better balance">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Watkins, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, University of Otago Fertnig/Getty Images Media headlines, industry figures and research confirm what many parents suspect: marketing to children has not only grown in scale but also in sophistication. It now happens in a wider variety of contexts, both physical ... <a title="Commodifying childhood: NZ children see marketing for unhealthy products 76 times a day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/21/commodifying-childhood-nz-children-see-marketing-for-unhealthy-products-76-times-a-day-263418/" aria-label="Read more about Commodifying childhood: NZ children see marketing for unhealthy products 76 times a day">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Moutiez, Doctorante en Architecture et Enseignante à l’École d’architecture de Paris Val-de-Seine, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières Bathing on a hot day in Paris, 1932. Agence Rol / Gallica / BNF As the 2024 Olympic Games drew near, the promise of being able to ... <a title="Swimming in the Seine: an old pastime resurfaces in the age of global warming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/21/swimming-in-the-seine-an-old-pastime-resurfaces-in-the-age-of-global-warming-263386/" aria-label="Read more about Swimming in the Seine: an old pastime resurfaces in the age of global warming">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Goodboy Picture Company/Getty Images Mark Butler, the minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), today announced a new plan to “secure the future” of the NDIS. Central to this plan is that children under nine with ... <a title="‘Thriving Kids’ could help secure the future of the NDIS. But what will the program mean for children and families?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/thriving-kids-could-help-secure-the-future-of-the-ndis-but-what-will-the-program-mean-for-children-and-families-263532/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Thriving Kids’ could help secure the future of the NDIS. But what will the program mean for children and families?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s too early to make a judgement about how productive the government’s economic reform (also known as productivity roundtable) will be, but the fact it’s behind closed doors is making it a rather amorphous affair to follow. Its sessions are ... <a title="View from The Hill: Everyone wants a slice of the productivity action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/view-from-the-hill-everyone-wants-a-slice-of-the-productivity-action-263431/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Everyone wants a slice of the productivity action">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Ireland-Piper, Associate Professor of Law, National Security College, Australian National University Israeli politician Simcha Rothman Gil Cohen-Magan/Getty The Australian government has cancelled the visa of Israeli politician Simcha Rothman, setting off a diplomatic falling out that’s escalated over the course of the week. Rothman is a ... <a title="Granting visas to enter Australia is a delicate balancing act – whether you’re a politician or not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/granting-visas-to-enter-australia-is-a-delicate-balancing-act-whether-youre-a-politician-or-not-263528/" aria-label="Read more about Granting visas to enter Australia is a delicate balancing act – whether you’re a politician or not">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The peak body of Australian Jewry has delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as strongly chastising Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in letters to the two leaders. The Executive Council of Australia Jewry has told ... <a title="Australian Jewish representatives deliver stinging rebukes to Netanyahu and Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/australian-jewish-representatives-deliver-stinging-rebukes-to-netanyahu-and-albanese-263430/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Jewish representatives deliver stinging rebukes to Netanyahu and Albanese">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics; President, Economic Society of Australia (SA); Deputy Chair, Women in Economics Network, University of Adelaide Productivity is the buzzword at this week’s economic reform roundtable in Canberra. It’s about how effectively we turn our time, skills and resources into goods and ... <a title="Productivity is the buzzword of the week, but we’re not making the most of half the workforce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/productivity-is-the-buzzword-of-the-week-but-were-not-making-the-most-of-half-the-workforce-263187/" aria-label="Read more about Productivity is the buzzword of the week, but we’re not making the most of half the workforce">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milena Heinsch, Professor and Head of Social Work, University of Tasmania Milan Markovic/Getty Talking about suicide can feel scary. But new data has found one in three Australian teenagers have thought about, planned or attempted suicide in the last 12 months – so starting the conversation is ... <a title="1 in 3 teens has thought about suicide this year. Here’s what to look for – and where to get help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/1-in-3-teens-has-thought-about-suicide-this-year-heres-what-to-look-for-and-where-to-get-help-263422/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 3 teens has thought about suicide this year. Here’s what to look for – and where to get help">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelvin (Shiu Fung) Wong, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Personality tests have become increasingly popular in daily life. From hiring to dating, they promise to help us understand who we are and how we are similar, or different, to others. But do ... <a title="Are you really an ISFJ? The truth about personality tests – and why we keep taking them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/are-you-really-an-isfj-the-truth-about-personality-tests-and-why-we-keep-taking-them-261183/" aria-label="Read more about Are you really an ISFJ? The truth about personality tests – and why we keep taking them">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Law Lecturer, University of Sydney Jane Khomi/Getty A small Australian trial that used psychedelic-assisted therapy to improve the mental health and wellbeing of terminally ill patients is in the news today. The results are based on research conducted in Melbourne involving 35 people. All had ... <a title="Two years on from Australia’s bold psychedelic experiment, here are our concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/two-years-on-from-australias-bold-psychedelic-experiment-here-are-our-concerns-261367/" aria-label="Read more about Two years on from Australia’s bold psychedelic experiment, here are our concerns">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University The South Australian Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence has released its final report. Led by Royal Commissioner Natasha Stott Despoja, the 700-page report presents findings from extensive consultations, including more than 380 written ... <a title="South Australia’s domestic and sexual violence royal commission recommendations should be embraced across the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/south-australias-domestic-and-sexual-violence-royal-commission-recommendations-should-be-embraced-across-the-country-263521/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia’s domestic and sexual violence royal commission recommendations should be embraced across the country">Read more</a>
