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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Professor, Australian National University President Donald Trump is trying to unravel the signature climate policy of his predecessor Joe Biden, the Inflation Reduction Act, as part of a sweeping bid to dismantle the United States’ climate ambition. The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, is a ... <a title="A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/a-reversal-in-us-climate-policy-will-send-renewables-investors-packing-and-australia-can-reap-the-benefits-258388/" aria-label="Read more about A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Higher productivity has quickly emerged as an economic reform priority for Labor’s second term. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has laid down some markers for a productivity round table in August, saying he wants it to build the “broadest possible ... <a title="‘Hard to measure and difficult to shift’: the government’s big productivity challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/hard-to-measure-and-difficult-to-shift-the-governments-big-productivity-challenge-257968/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Hard to measure and difficult to shift’: the government’s big productivity challenge">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milena Bojovic, Lecturer, Sustainability and Environment, University of Technology Sydney Australia’s dairy industry is in the middle of a crisis, fuelled by an almost perfect storm of challenges. Climate change and extreme weather have been battering farmlands and impacting animal productivity, creating mounting financial strains and mental ... <a title="Extreme weather could send milk prices soaring, deepening challenges for the dairy industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/extreme-weather-could-send-milk-prices-soaring-deepening-challenges-for-the-dairy-industry-258175/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme weather could send milk prices soaring, deepening challenges for the dairy industry">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Schweinberger, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The University of Queensland Our brains swear for good reasons: to vent, cope, boost our grit and feel closer to those around us. Swear words can act as social glue and play meaningful roles in how people communicate, connect and express ... <a title="201 ways to say ‘fuck’: what 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/201-ways-to-say-fuck-what-1-7-billion-words-of-online-text-shows-about-how-the-world-swears-257815/" aria-label="Read more about 201 ways to say ‘fuck’: what 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University An illustration from a 15th-century manuscript showing the coronation of the first king of Poland, Boleslaw I. Chronica Polonorum by Mathiae de Mechovia For two centuries, scholars have sparred over the roots of the Piasts, Poland’s first documented royal ... <a title="Were the first kings of Poland actually from Scotland? New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/were-the-first-kings-of-poland-actually-from-scotland-new-dna-evidence-unsettles-a-nations-founding-myth-258579/" aria-label="Read more about Were the first kings of Poland actually from Scotland? New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Docking, Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University wedmoments.stock/Shutterstock Timely access to high-quality medical imaging can be lifesaving and life-altering. Radiology can confirm a fractured bone, give us an early glimpse of our baby or detect cancer. But behind the x-ray, ultrasound, ... <a title="Medical scans are big business and investors are circling. Here are 3 reasons to be concerned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/medical-scans-are-big-business-and-investors-are-circling-here-are-3-reasons-to-be-concerned-257820/" aria-label="Read more about Medical scans are big business and investors are circling. Here are 3 reasons to be concerned">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Leslie, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a focus on Educational Psychology, University of Southern Queensland Klaus Vedfelt/ Getty Images Bullying is sadly a common experience for Australian children and teenagers. It is estimated at least 25% experience bullying at some point in their schooling. The ... <a title="‘Microaggressions’ can fly under the radar in schools. Here’s how to spot them and respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/microaggressions-can-fly-under-the-radar-in-schools-heres-how-to-spot-them-and-respond-258684/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Microaggressions’ can fly under the radar in schools. Here’s how to spot them and respond">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Two long-running television current affairs programs are coming to an end at the same time, driving home the fact that no matter what the format, they have a shelf life. The Project on Channel ... <a title="Q+A follows The Project onto the scrap heap – so where to now for non-traditional current affairs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/q-a-follows-the-project-onto-the-scrap-heap-so-where-to-now-for-non-traditional-current-affairs-258690/" aria-label="Read more about Q+A follows The Project onto the scrap heap – so where to now for non-traditional current affairs?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Whyte, Scientia Associate Professor of Philosophy and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney The Australian government is imposing financial and travel sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers: Itamar Ben-Gvir (the national security minister) and Bezalel Smotrich (finance minister). This is a significant development. While Australia has previously ... <a title="Sanctioning extremist Israeli ministers is a start, but Australia and its allies must do more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/sanctioning-extremist-israeli-ministers-is-a-start-but-australia-and-its-allies-must-do-more-258688/" aria-label="Read more about Sanctioning extremist Israeli ministers is a start, but Australia and its allies must do more">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Aspect Drones/Shutterstock Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases spread by mosquitoes. Each year, hundreds of millions of people worldwide are infected and half a million people die from the disease. While mainland Australia was ... <a title="Malaria has returned to the Torres Strait. What does this mean for mainland Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/malaria-has-returned-to-the-torres-strait-what-does-this-mean-for-mainland-australia-258289/" aria-label="Read more about Malaria has returned to the Torres Strait. What does this mean for mainland Australia?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney ymgerman/Shutterstock The Albanese government has a new mantra to describe the housing crisis, which is showing no signs of abating: homes have simply become “too hard to build” in Australia. The prime minister and senior ministers ... <a title="Is regulation really to blame for the housing affordability crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/is-regulation-really-to-blame-for-the-housing-affordability-crisis-258077/" aria-label="Read more about Is regulation really to blame for the housing affordability crisis?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images Next week is “scrutiny week” in parliament – one of two weeks each year when opposition MPs can hold ministers accountable for their actions, or lack thereof. For us, it’s a good time to take stock ... <a title="NZ’s goal is to get smoking rates under 5% for all population groups this year – here’s why that’s highly unlikely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/nzs-goal-is-to-get-smoking-rates-under-5-for-all-population-groups-this-year-heres-why-thats-highly-unlikely-258592/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s goal is to get smoking rates under 5% for all population groups this year – here’s why that’s highly unlikely">Read more</a>
