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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Bateman, Associate Professor, Behavioural Ecology, Curtin University William Edge/Shutterstock There are an estimated 1 billion domesticated dogs in the world. Most are owned animals – pets, companions or working animals who share their lives with humans. They are the most common large predator in the world. ... <a title="Good boy or bad dog? Our 1 billion pet dogs do real environmental damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/good-boy-or-bad-dog-our-1-billion-pet-dogs-do-real-environmental-damage-252726/" aria-label="Read more about Good boy or bad dog? Our 1 billion pet dogs do real environmental damage">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Rindert Algra-Maschio, PhD Candidate, Social and Political Sciences, Monash University Election promises are a mainstay of contemporary politics. Governments cite kept commitments as proof they can be trusted, while oppositions pounce on any failure to deliver. But beyond the politics, campaign pledges are also central to ... <a title="Labor made plenty of promises at the last election. Did they deliver?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/labor-made-plenty-of-promises-at-the-last-election-did-they-deliver-251481/" aria-label="Read more about Labor made plenty of promises at the last election. Did they deliver?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University The federal election should be an earnest contest over the fundamentals of Australia’s climate and energy policies. Strong global action on climate change is clearly ... <a title="Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/australia-urgently-needs-to-get-serious-about-long-term-climate-policy-but-theres-no-sign-of-that-in-the-election-campaign-250637/" aria-label="Read more about Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cole, Occupational Hygienist, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Around 10% of underground tunnel workers in Queensland could develop silicosis, our new study has found. Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica dust. You might have heard about it in ... <a title="1 in 10 tunnel workers could develop silicosis, our new research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/1-in-10-tunnel-workers-could-develop-silicosis-our-new-research-shows-252186/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 10 tunnel workers could develop silicosis, our new research shows">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Murphy, Visiting Fellow, Economics (modelling), Australian National University With just over three weeks to go until the federal election, both major parties are trying to position themselves as Australia’s better economic managers. Labor was able to hand down two consecutive budget surpluses in its current term. ... <a title="Here’s how a ‘silent’ tax hike is balancing the budget – with the heaviest burden on the lowest paid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/heres-how-a-silent-tax-hike-is-balancing-the-budget-with-the-heaviest-burden-on-the-lowest-paid-253442/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how a ‘silent’ tax hike is balancing the budget – with the heaviest burden on the lowest paid">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Culinary Arts & Gastronomy, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock Pop quiz: name the world’s most famous trio? If you’re a foodie, then your answer might have been breakfast, lunch and dinner. It’s an almost universally accepted trinity – particularly in the Western ... <a title="Our ancestors didn’t eat 3 meals a day. So why do we?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/our-ancestors-didnt-eat-3-meals-a-day-so-why-do-we-250773/" aria-label="Read more about Our ancestors didn’t eat 3 meals a day. So why do we?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Ann Alabaster, PhD candidate, University of Canterbury skynesher/Getty Images The door to tertiary education will likely close for some students now changes have kicked in for the fees-free policy. In 2017, the Labour government introduced a fee holiday for students’ first year of academic study, or ... <a title="Tripped at the first hurdle: fees-free changes could put some students off tertiary study altogether" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/tripped-at-the-first-hurdle-fees-free-changes-could-put-some-students-off-tertiary-study-altogether-253613/" aria-label="Read more about Tripped at the first hurdle: fees-free changes could put some students off tertiary study altogether">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pascual Berrone, Head of Strategic Management Department and Chair of Sustainability and Business Strategy, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra) London, New York and Paris have been named the world’s most dynamic and liveable cities. This is according to a new ranking of global cities that highlights ... <a title="Europe tops global ranking of dynamic and sustainable cities – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/europe-tops-global-ranking-of-dynamic-and-sustainable-cities-heres-why-253887/" aria-label="Read more about Europe tops global ranking of dynamic and sustainable cities – here’s why">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Perhaps the most compelling moment, at least for non-economists, in Wednesday night’s debate between Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his “shadow” Angus Taylor was when each man was forced to respond to what critics see as their personal flaws. Moderator Ross ... <a title="Election Diary: Chalmers and Taylor quizzed on personal flaws during animated treasurers’ debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/election-diary-chalmers-and-taylor-quizzed-on-personal-flaws-during-animated-treasurers-debate-253734/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Chalmers and Taylor quizzed on personal flaws during animated treasurers’ debate">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Trump ascendancy has forced international economic issues and the future strategic outlook onto the Australian election agenda, even if they are at the margins. This campaign – while dominated by domestic issues, notably the cost of living – is ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Hugh White on what the next PM should tell Trump and defending Australia – without the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/politics-with-michelle-grattan-hugh-white-on-what-the-next-pm-should-tell-trump-and-defending-australia-without-the-us-254197/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Hugh White on what the next PM should tell Trump and defending Australia – without the US">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University A LNG carrier departs Gladstone. Ivan Kuzkin/Shutterstock It surprised many Australians when the Coalition announced a plan straight from the progressive side of politics: force large gas companies to reserve gas for domestic use – at a lower cost ... <a title="The Coalition’s domestic gas plan would lower prices – just not very much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/the-coalitions-domestic-gas-plan-would-lower-prices-just-not-very-much-254194/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition’s domestic gas plan would lower prices – just not very much">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Grosse, Director of the Master of Business Analytics, Senior Lecturer, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney Along with the many benefits of artificial intelligence – from providing real time navigation to early disease detection – the explosion in its use has increased opportunities for fraud and deception. ... <a title="Can you spot a financial fake? How AI is raising our risks of billing fraud" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/can-you-spot-a-financial-fake-how-ai-is-raising-our-risks-of-billing-fraud-253912/" aria-label="Read more about Can you spot a financial fake? How AI is raising our risks of billing fraud">Read more</a>
