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April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Mills, Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney More than two weeks in, we know one thing for sure. This time, the election campaign does matter. In decades past, when voters were more loyally rusted on to the major parties, news ... <a title="Half way through the campaign, how are the major party leaders faring?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/half-way-through-the-campaign-how-are-the-major-party-leaders-faring-254387/" aria-label="Read more about Half way through the campaign, how are the major party leaders faring?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anam Bilgrami, Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University On his campaign trail, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged A$200 million to upgrade St John of God Midland Public Hospital in Perth. He promised more beds and operating theatres, and a redesigned obstetrics ... <a title="Safe seat syndrome? Why some hospitals get upgrades and others miss out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/safe-seat-syndrome-why-some-hospitals-get-upgrades-and-others-miss-out-253750/" aria-label="Read more about Safe seat syndrome? Why some hospitals get upgrades and others miss out">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Thomas, PhD candidate in Environmental Policy, The University of Queensland Cynthia A Jackson, Shutterstock Queensland is widely known as the land clearing capital of Australia. But what’s not so well known is many of the cleared trees can grow back naturally. The latest state government figures ... <a title="Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/allowing-forests-to-regrow-and-regenerate-is-a-great-way-to-restore-habitat-254325/" aria-label="Read more about Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kat Bolstad, Associate professor, Auckland University of Technology The colossal squid was first described in 1925 based on specimens from the stomach of a commercially hunted sperm whale. A century later, an international voyage captured the first confirmed video of this species in its natural habitat – ... <a title="A century after its discovery, scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/a-century-after-its-discovery-scientists-capture-first-confirmed-footage-of-a-colossal-squid-in-the-deep-254584/" aria-label="Read more about A century after its discovery, scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate E. Williams, Professor of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast MalikNalik/ Shutterstock Many teachers and parents know neuroscience, the study of how the brain functions and develops, is important for children’s education. Brain development is recommended as part of teacher education in universities. Neuroscience is even ... <a title="Students are neither left or right brained: how some early childhood educators get this ‘neuromyth’ and others wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/students-are-neither-left-or-right-brained-how-some-early-childhood-educators-get-this-neuromyth-and-others-wrong-248888/" aria-label="Read more about Students are neither left or right brained: how some early childhood educators get this ‘neuromyth’ and others wrong">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Jasmine Waheed/Unsplash Hot cross buns aren’t just a sweet snack that appears around Easter. They carry centuries of storytelling in their dough. From ancient gods to modern supermarkets, these sticky spiced buns have crossed many borders and beliefs. Today, ... <a title="Pagan loaves, Christian bread, a secular treat: a brief history of hot cross buns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/pagan-loaves-christian-bread-a-secular-treat-a-brief-history-of-hot-cross-buns-246782/" aria-label="Read more about Pagan loaves, Christian bread, a secular treat: a brief history of hot cross buns">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niven Winchester, Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Forecasting the potential impact of Donald Trump’s turbulent tariff policies is a fraught business – and fraught for business. The United States president has changed, paused and exempted various categories of goods so often, the only ... <a title="US-China trade war leaves NZ worse off, but still well placed to weather the storm – new modelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/us-china-trade-war-leaves-nz-worse-off-but-still-well-placed-to-weather-the-storm-new-modelling-254469/" aria-label="Read more about US-China trade war leaves NZ worse off, but still well placed to weather the storm – new modelling">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University A news report that Russia has sought to base long-range aircraft in Indonesia caught Australia’s political leaders by surprise during an already hectic election campaign. The military publication Janes ... <a title="Does Russia have military interest in Indonesia? Here’s what we know – and why Australia would be concerned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/does-russia-have-military-interest-in-indonesia-heres-what-we-know-and-why-australia-would-be-concerned-254601/" aria-label="Read more about Does Russia have military interest in Indonesia? Here’s what we know – and why Australia would be concerned">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For a few hours on Tuesday afternoon, it seemed just possible the Russians might be sending their planes to a base very near us. A claim on the military and intelligence site Janes that said the Russians were seeking to ... <a title="Election Diary: for a few hours, it seemed possible the Russians might be coming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/election-diary-for-a-few-hours-it-seemed-possible-the-russians-might-be-coming-254604/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: for a few hours, it seemed possible the Russians might be coming">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology Google Deepmind / Unsplash Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: “vegetative electron microscopy”. This phrase, which sounds technical but is actually nonsense, has become a “digital fossil” – an ... <a title="A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/a-weird-phrase-is-plaguing-scientific-papers-and-we-traced-it-back-to-a-glitch-in-ai-training-data-254463/" aria-label="Read more about A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data">Read more</a>
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April 15, 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 The significant turn-around in the federal polls ahead of the 2025 federal election, with the momentum now moving firmly in Labor’s direction. A national Resolve poll for ... <a title="Labor surges to 7-point lead in Resolve poll, and has sizeable leads in two other national polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/labor-surges-to-7-point-lead-in-resolve-poll-and-has-sizeable-leads-in-two-other-national-polls-254516/" aria-label="Read more about Labor surges to 7-point lead in Resolve poll, and has sizeable leads in two other national polls">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moataz ElQadi, Adjunct Researcher, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Our personal information is more valuable than ever. The most recent government cyber threat report warns that foreign state actors have an “enduring interest” in obtaining sensitive and personally identifiable information about Australians. In recent ... <a title="Renting a home in Australia means handing over too much sensitive info. It’s a national security risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/renting-a-home-in-australia-means-handing-over-too-much-sensitive-info-its-a-national-security-risk-254293/" aria-label="Read more about Renting a home in Australia means handing over too much sensitive info. It’s a national security risk">Read more</a>
