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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Arrowsmith, Professor, School of Management, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Cuts to the public service, the decision to halt all pay equity claims, and the tight 2025 budget mean public service workers are facing an uncertain future. Nowhere is this more ... <a title="As government cuts bite, public service unions can use ‘soft power’ as well as strikes to win support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/as-government-cuts-bite-public-service-unions-can-use-soft-power-as-well-as-strikes-to-win-support-257006/" aria-label="Read more about As government cuts bite, public service unions can use ‘soft power’ as well as strikes to win support">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Imagine getting a positive pregnancy test and then – just a few days later – learning you’ll be prime minister. In hindsight, being willing and able to deal with the ... <a title="In her memoir, Jacinda Ardern shows a ‘different kind of power’ is possible – but also has its limits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/in-her-memoir-jacinda-ardern-shows-a-different-kind-of-power-is-possible-but-also-has-its-limits-257944/" aria-label="Read more about In her memoir, Jacinda Ardern shows a ‘different kind of power’ is possible – but also has its limits">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University HomeArt/Shutterstock Last month, Google announced SynthID Detector, a new tool to detect AI-generated content. Google claims it can identify AI-generated content in text, image, video or audio. But there are some caveats. One of them ... <a title="Google’s SynthID is the latest tool for catching AI-made content. What is AI ‘watermarking’ and does it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/googles-synthid-is-the-latest-tool-for-catching-ai-made-content-what-is-ai-watermarking-and-does-it-work-257637/" aria-label="Read more about Google’s SynthID is the latest tool for catching AI-made content. What is AI ‘watermarking’ and does it work?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fanny Kuhlin, PhD candidate in Sport Management (Sport Science), Örebro University Ron Alvey/Shutterstock From the horrific Larry Nassar abuse scandal in United States gymnastics to the “environment of fear” some volleyball athletes endured at the Australian Institute of Sport, abuse in sport has been well documented in ... <a title="What parents and youth athletes can do to protect against abuse in sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/what-parents-and-youth-athletes-can-do-to-protect-against-abuse-in-sport-255614/" aria-label="Read more about What parents and youth athletes can do to protect against abuse in sport">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruby Wright, Forrest Fellow in Astrophysics, The University of Western Australia Luc Viatour / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbour. This merger – expected in about 5 billion years ... <a title="Astronomers thought the Milky Way was doomed to crash into Andromeda. Now they’re not so sure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/astronomers-thought-the-milky-way-was-doomed-to-crash-into-andromeda-now-theyre-not-so-sure-257825/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers thought the Milky Way was doomed to crash into Andromeda. Now they’re not so sure">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne lightpoet/Shutterstock Toowong Private Hospital in Brisbane is the latest hospital to succumb to financial pressures and will close its doors next week. The industry association attributes the psychiatric hospital’s closure to insufficient payments from and delayed funding ... <a title="Is the private hospital system collapsing? Here’s what the sector’s financial instability means for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/is-the-private-hospital-system-collapsing-heres-what-the-sectors-financial-instability-means-for-you-257886/" aria-label="Read more about Is the private hospital system collapsing? Here’s what the sector’s financial instability means for you">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott French, Senior Lecturer in Economics, UNSW Sydney Shestakov Dymytro/Shutterstock Just one day after the US Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated the Trump Administration’s Liberation Day tariffs of between 10% and 50% on nearly every country in the world, Trump announced tariffs on all US imports of ... <a title="Trump’s steel tariffs are unlikely to have a big impact on Australia. But we could be hurt by what happens globally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/trumps-steel-tariffs-are-unlikely-to-have-a-big-impact-on-australia-but-we-could-be-hurt-by-what-happens-globally-257959/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s steel tariffs are unlikely to have a big impact on Australia. But we could be hurt by what happens globally">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Murphy, Visiting Fellow, Economics (modelling), Australian National University fizkes/Shutterstock The federal government has proposed an additional tax of 15% on the earnings made on super balances of over A$3 million, the so-called Division 296 tax. This has set off a highly politicised debate that has often ... <a title="Tax concessions on super need a rethink. These proposals would bring much needed reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/tax-concessions-on-super-need-a-rethink-these-proposals-would-bring-much-needed-reform-257716/" aria-label="Read more about Tax concessions on super need a rethink. These proposals would bring much needed reform">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tricia King, Senior Lecturer in Photography, University of the Sunshine Coast Marcia Grimm Older adults are often faced with lifestyle changes that can disrupt their sense of place and purpose. It may be the loss of a partner, downsizing their home, or moving to residential aged care. ... <a title="The surprising power of photography in ageing well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/the-surprising-power-of-photography-in-ageing-well-257344/" aria-label="Read more about The surprising power of photography in ageing well">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Farrier, Professor of Literature and the Environment, University of Edinburgh Some birds use deterrent spikes to make their nests. Chemari/Shutterstock Modern cities are evolution engines. Urban snails in the Netherlands and lizards in Los Angeles have developed lighter shells and larger scales to cope with the ... <a title="What birds can teach us about repurposing waste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/what-birds-can-teach-us-about-repurposing-waste-256519/" aria-label="Read more about What birds can teach us about repurposing waste">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jody Webster, Professor of Marine Geoscience, University of Sydney marcobriviophoto.com In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. It’s expected to rise even further by 2100, as human-induced climate change intensifies. In fact, some studies predict ... <a title="Will surging sea levels kill the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient coral fossils may hold the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/will-surging-sea-levels-kill-the-great-barrier-reef-ancient-coral-fossils-may-hold-the-answer-257830/" aria-label="Read more about Will surging sea levels kill the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient coral fossils may hold the answer">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia Poland’s presidential election runoff will be a bitter pill for pro-European Union democrats to swallow. The nationalist, Trumpian, historian Karol Nawrocki has narrowly defeated the liberal, pro-EU mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, 50.89 to 49.11%. The Polish ... <a title="Pro-Trump candidate wins Poland’s presidential election – a bad omen for the EU, Ukraine and women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/pro-trump-candidate-wins-polands-presidential-election-a-bad-omen-for-the-eu-ukraine-and-women-257617/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Trump candidate wins Poland’s presidential election – a bad omen for the EU, Ukraine and women">Read more</a>
