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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fernanda Peñaloza, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies, University of Sydney Pope Francis’ journey from the streets of Flores, a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the Vatican, is a remarkable tale. Born in 1936, Jorge Bergoglio was raised in a middle-class family of Italian Catholic immigrants. ... <a title="To truly understand Pope Francis’ theology – and impact – you need to look to his life in Buenos Aires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/to-truly-understand-pope-francis-theology-and-impact-you-need-to-look-to-his-life-in-buenos-aires-255003/" aria-label="Read more about To truly understand Pope Francis’ theology – and impact – you need to look to his life in Buenos Aires">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University For most of this federal election campaign, politicians have said very little about violence against women and children. Now in the fourth week of the five-week campaign, Labor has released its “commitment to women” announcement. The ... <a title="Australia had a national reckoning over domestic violence, but where’s the focus this election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/australia-had-a-national-reckoning-over-domestic-violence-but-wheres-the-focus-this-election-253718/" aria-label="Read more about Australia had a national reckoning over domestic violence, but where’s the focus this election?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karinna Saxby, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne Lee Charlie/Shutterstock Last week, the federal government announced a $10 million commitment to make Medicare more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ Australians. It aims to improve their access to “inclusive, culturally safe primary ... <a title="The government has pledged $10 million for inclusive LGBTQIA+ health care. Here’s what that means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/the-government-has-pledged-10-million-for-inclusive-lgbtqia-health-care-heres-what-that-means-254611/" aria-label="Read more about The government has pledged $10 million for inclusive LGBTQIA+ health care. Here’s what that means">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Macdonald, Policy Director, Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute and Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University Lordn/Shutterstock The Fair Work Commission has found award pay rates in five industrial awards covering a range of female-dominated occupations and industries do not provide equal pay. This ... <a title="A landmark ruling will tackle the gender pay gap for thousands of workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/a-landmark-ruling-will-tackle-the-gender-pay-gap-for-thousands-of-workers-254798/" aria-label="Read more about A landmark ruling will tackle the gender pay gap for thousands of workers">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthis Auger, Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania NASA ICE via Flickr, CC BY Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of metres below. ... <a title="Tiny dips in sea level reveal flow of climate-regulating underwater waterfalls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/tiny-dips-in-sea-level-reveal-flow-of-climate-regulating-underwater-waterfalls-253940/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny dips in sea level reveal flow of climate-regulating underwater waterfalls">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Carr, Associate Professor, Strategy and Australian Defence Policy, Australian National University In 2024, the National Defence Strategy made deterrence Australia’s “primary strategic defence objective”. With writing now underway for the 2026 National Defence Strategy, can Australia actually deter threats to the nation? Traditionally, our defence strategy ... <a title="What would Australia be willing to go to war over? This needs to be made clear in our defence strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/what-would-australia-be-willing-to-go-to-war-over-this-needs-to-be-made-clear-in-our-defence-strategy-253246/" aria-label="Read more about What would Australia be willing to go to war over? This needs to be made clear in our defence strategy">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Following the death of Pope Francis, we’ll soon be seeing a new leader in the Vatican. The conclave – a strictly confidential gathering of Roman Catholic cardinals – is due to meet in a matter of weeks to elect ... <a title="How will a new pope be chosen? An expert explains the conclave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/how-will-a-new-pope-be-chosen-an-expert-explains-the-conclave-250506/" aria-label="Read more about How will a new pope be chosen? An expert explains the conclave">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University and Adjunct Professor Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology., Charles Sturt University Te Pāti Māori’s Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke lead a haka with Eru Kapa-Kingi outside parliament, November 19, 2024. Getty ... <a title="Haka in the House: what will Te Pāti Māori’s protest mean for tikanga in parliament?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/haka-in-the-house-what-will-te-pati-maoris-protest-mean-for-tikanga-in-parliament-254772/" aria-label="Read more about Haka in the House: what will Te Pāti Māori’s protest mean for tikanga in parliament?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that would block state laws seeking to tackle greenhouse gas emissions – the latest salvo in his administration’s campaign to roll back United States’ climate action. Under Trump, the ... <a title="Fossil fuel companies ‘poisoned the well’ of public debate with climate disinformation. Here’s how Australia can break free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/fossil-fuel-companies-poisoned-the-well-of-public-debate-with-climate-disinformation-heres-how-australia-can-break-free-251221/" aria-label="Read more about Fossil fuel companies ‘poisoned the well’ of public debate with climate disinformation. Here’s how Australia can break free">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Ian Wallace, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University f11photo/Shutterstock If you’ve ever heard the term “wage slave”, you’ll know many modern workers – perhaps even you – sometimes feel enslaved to the organisation at which they work. But here’s a different way of thinking about it: ... <a title="Is a corporation a slave? Many philosophers think so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/is-a-corporation-a-slave-many-philosophers-think-so-253226/" aria-label="Read more about Is a corporation a slave? Many philosophers think so">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy C. Charlton, Adjunct Associate Professor at Auckland University of Technology and Associate Professor, University of New England Getty Images You might have recently received voting papers for your local body elections. Going by our historically low participation rates, many of those envelopes will remain unopened. This ... <a title="Rates will never be enough – councils need the power to raise money in other ways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/rates-will-never-be-enough-councils-need-the-power-to-raise-money-in-other-ways-252718/" aria-label="Read more about Rates will never be enough – councils need the power to raise money in other ways">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zareh Ghazarian, Senior Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University More than 18 million Australians are enrolled to vote at the federal election on May 3. A fair proportion of them – perhaps as many as half – will take advantage of early voting, which ... <a title="Early voting opens in the federal election – but it brings some problems for voters and parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/22/early-voting-opens-in-the-federal-election-but-it-brings-some-problems-for-voters-and-parties-254172/" aria-label="Read more about Early voting opens in the federal election – but it brings some problems for voters and parties">Read more</a>
