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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago GettyImages Getty Images Is it possible to reconcile increased international support for Ukraine with Donald Trump’s plan to end the war? At their recent meeting in London, Christopher Luxon and his British counterpart Keir Starmer seemed to ... <a title="Peace in our time? Why NZ should resist Trump’s one-sided plan for Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/peace-in-our-time-why-nz-should-resist-trumps-one-sided-plan-for-ukraine-255495/" aria-label="Read more about Peace in our time? Why NZ should resist Trump’s one-sided plan for Ukraine">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Gagliano, Research Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Southern Cross University Zenit Arti Audiovisive Earth’s cycles of light and dark profoundly affect billions of organisms. Events such as solar eclipses are known to bring about marked shifts in animals, but do they have the same effect on ... <a title="‘A living collective’: study shows trees synchronise electrical signals during a solar eclipse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/a-living-collective-study-shows-trees-synchronise-electrical-signals-during-a-solar-eclipse-255499/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A living collective’: study shows trees synchronise electrical signals during a solar eclipse">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney While many Australians have already voted at pre-poll stations and by post, the politicking continues right up until May 3. So what’s happened across the country over the past five weeks? Here, six experts analyse how ... <a title="State of the states: the campaign is almost over, so how has it played out across Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/state-of-the-states-the-campaign-is-almost-over-so-how-has-it-played-out-across-australia-253125/" aria-label="Read more about State of the states: the campaign is almost over, so how has it played out across Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Briony Hill, Deputy Head, Health and Social Care Unit and Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Kate Cashin Photography According to a study from the United States, women experience weight stigma in maternity care at almost every visit. We expect this experience to be similar in Australia, where ... <a title="‘No compassion… just blame’: how weight stigma in maternity care harms larger-bodied women and their babies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/no-compassion-just-blame-how-weight-stigma-in-maternity-care-harms-larger-bodied-women-and-their-babies-252725/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No compassion… just blame’: how weight stigma in maternity care harms larger-bodied women and their babies">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magnus Söderberg, Professor & Director, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University Christie Cooper/Shutterstock In an otherwise unremarkable election campaign, the major parties are promising sharply different energy blueprints for Australia. Labor is pitching a high-renewables future powered largely by wind, solar, hydroelectricity and ... <a title="Renewables, coal or nuclear? This election, your generation’s energy preference may play a surprising role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/renewables-coal-or-nuclear-this-election-your-generations-energy-preference-may-play-a-surprising-role-253832/" aria-label="Read more about Renewables, coal or nuclear? This election, your generation’s energy preference may play a surprising role">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula McDonald, Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock US President Donald Trump declared earlier this year he would forge a “colour blind and merit-based society”. His executive order was part of a broader policy directing the US military, federal agencies and other public ... <a title="Trump says diversity initiatives undermine merit. Decades of research show this is flawed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/trump-says-diversity-initiatives-undermine-merit-decades-of-research-show-this-is-flawed-255100/" aria-label="Read more about Trump says diversity initiatives undermine merit. Decades of research show this is flawed">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer This federal election, both major parties have offered a “grab bag” of policy fixes for Australia’s stubborn housing affordability crisis. But there are still two big policy elephants in the room, which neither side wants to touch. The first is negative gearing. ... <a title="Housing affordability is at the centre of this election, yet two major reforms seem all but off-limits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/housing-affordability-is-at-the-centre-of-this-election-yet-two-major-reforms-seem-all-but-off-limits-241262/" aria-label="Read more about Housing affordability is at the centre of this election, yet two major reforms seem all but off-limits">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlette Nhi Do, Sessional Academic, The University of Melbourne Scene from Apocalypse Now (1979) Prime Video The Vietnam War (1955–1975) was more than just a chapter in the Cold War. For some, it was supposed to achieve Vietnam’s right to self-determination. For others, it was an attempt ... <a title="The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today, yet films about the conflict still struggle to capture its complexities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/the-vietnam-war-ended-50-years-ago-today-yet-films-about-the-conflict-still-struggle-to-capture-its-complexities-253837/" aria-label="Read more about The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today, yet films about the conflict still struggle to capture its complexities">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Finance Minister Nicola Willis has warned her 2025 “Growth Budget” will be “one of the tightest budgets in a decade”, with plans to reduce spending by billions. It’s clear New Zealand is following a ... <a title="Willis warns of a ‘tight’ budget to come, but NZ should be going for productivity, not austerity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/willis-warns-of-a-tight-budget-to-come-but-nz-should-be-going-for-productivity-not-austerity-254689/" aria-label="Read more about Willis warns of a ‘tight’ budget to come, but NZ should be going for productivity, not austerity">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Labor leads by between 52–48 and 53–47 in four new national polls from Resolve, Essential, Morgan and DemosAU. While Labor’s vote slumped from a high 55.5–44.5 in ... <a title="Labor maintains clear lead in all polls and is likely to win election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/labor-maintains-clear-lead-in-all-polls-and-is-likely-to-win-election-255426/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains clear lead in all polls and is likely to win election">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor will be encouraged by the Liberals’ victory in Canada’s election, undoubtedly much helped by US President Donald Trump. Trump’s extraordinary attack on the United States’ northern ally, with his repeated suggestion Canada should be the 51st American state, galvanised ... <a title="Election Diary: Albanese will be encouraged by ‘Trump’ effect in helping Canadian Liberals to victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/election-diary-albanese-will-be-encouraged-by-trump-effect-in-helping-canadian-liberals-to-victory-255387/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Albanese will be encouraged by ‘Trump’ effect in helping Canadian Liberals to victory">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology The lights are mostly back on in Spain, Portugal and southern France after a widespread blackout on Monday. The blackout caused chaos for tens of millions of people. It shut down traffic lights and ... <a title="Did ‘induced atmospheric vibration’ cause blackouts in Europe? An electrical engineer explains the phenomenon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/did-induced-atmospheric-vibration-cause-blackouts-in-europe-an-electrical-engineer-explains-the-phenomenon-255497/" aria-label="Read more about Did ‘induced atmospheric vibration’ cause blackouts in Europe? An electrical engineer explains the phenomenon">Read more</a>
