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April 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Bradshaw, Professor of Marketing, Royal Holloway University of London US alcohol has been removed from sale in the Canadian province of British Columbia. lenic/Shutterstock As politicians around the world scramble to respond to US “liberation day” tariffs, consumers have also begun flexing their muscles. “Boycott USA” ... <a title="Consumers are boycotting US goods around the world. Should Trump be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/05/consumers-are-boycotting-us-goods-around-the-world-should-trump-be-worried-253389/" aria-label="Read more about Consumers are boycotting US goods around the world. Should Trump be worried?">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has announced that the government will ensure the Port of Darwin, currently leased by the Chinese company Landbridge, is returned to Australian hands. “Australia needs to own the Port of Darwin,” the prime minister declared late Friday. Albanese ... <a title="Albanese and Dutton both say they will return the Port of Darwin to Australian hands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/05/albanese-and-dutton-both-say-they-will-return-the-port-of-darwin-to-australian-hands-253735/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese and Dutton both say they will return the Port of Darwin to Australian hands">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Jean Monnet Chair of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide On April 2, United States President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new “reciprocal tariff” regime he says will level the playing field in global trade – ... <a title="No, that’s not what a trade deficit means – and that’s not how you calculate other nations’ tariffs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/no-thats-not-what-a-trade-deficit-means-and-thats-not-how-you-calculate-other-nations-tariffs-253830/" aria-label="Read more about No, that’s not what a trade deficit means – and that’s not how you calculate other nations’ tariffs">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Several of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds have suffered a suspected coordinated cyberattack, with scammers stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of members’ retirement savings. Superannuation funds including Rest, HostPlus, Insignia, Australian Retirement ... <a title="Hackers have hit major super funds. A cyber expert explains how to stop it happening again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/hackers-have-hit-major-super-funds-a-cyber-expert-explains-how-to-stop-it-happening-again-253835/" aria-label="Read more about Hackers have hit major super funds. A cyber expert explains how to stop it happening again">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Trembath, Professor of Speech Pathology, Griffith University Lukas/Pexels If your child is struggling with certain everyday activities – such as playing with other kids, getting dressed or paying attention – you might want to get them assessed to see if they need additional support. Currently, the ... <a title="If a child has extra needs, support can be hard to find. This new approach can help make it easier and quicker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/if-a-child-has-extra-needs-support-can-be-hard-to-find-this-new-approach-can-help-make-it-easier-and-quicker-253339/" aria-label="Read more about If a child has extra needs, support can be hard to find. This new approach can help make it easier and quicker">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meltem Weger, Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland Kampus Productions/Pexels As summer fades into autumn, most Australian states and territories will set their clocks back an hour as daylight saving time ends and standard time resumes. About one-third of the world also adjust ... <a title="Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Why do we change our clocks? And how does it affect our bodies?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/daylight-saving-time-ends-sunday-why-do-we-change-our-clocks-and-how-does-it-affect-our-bodies-252518/" aria-label="Read more about Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Why do we change our clocks? And how does it affect our bodies?">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Roberts, Conjoint Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney Skrypnykov Dmytro/Shutterstock Authorities in New South Wales and Victoria have been warning the public about worrying cases of heroin overdoses after people thought they had taken cocaine or methamphetamine. We ... <a title="Heroin found in cocaine and ‘ice’, and snorting a line can be lethal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/heroin-found-in-cocaine-and-ice-and-snorting-a-line-can-be-lethal-253348/" aria-label="Read more about Heroin found in cocaine and ‘ice’, and snorting a line can be lethal">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne alybaba/Shutterstock Street trees usually grow in appalling soils, have little space for their roots, are rarely watered and often get aggressively trimmed by road authorities or utility companies. If they do ... <a title="It’s not easy being a street tree, but this heroic eucalypt withstands everything we throw at it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/its-not-easy-being-a-street-tree-but-this-heroic-eucalypt-withstands-everything-we-throw-at-it-246040/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not easy being a street tree, but this heroic eucalypt withstands everything we throw at it">Read more</a>
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April 4, 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 federal election will be held in four weeks. A national YouGov poll, conducted March 28 to April 3 from a sample of 1,622, gave Labor a ... <a title="Labor leads in three recent national polls, four weeks from the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/labor-leads-in-three-recent-national-polls-four-weeks-from-the-election-253541/" aria-label="Read more about Labor leads in three recent national polls, four weeks from the election">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University Nuntiya/Shutterstock Tariffs are back in the headlines this week, with United States President Donald Trump introducing sweeping new tariffs of at least 10% on a vast range of goods imported to the US. For some countries and goods, ... <a title="Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/ancient-rome-used-high-tariffs-to-raise-money-too-and-created-other-economic-problems-along-the-way-253752/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Coakley, Senior Research Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland Hakase_420/Shutterstock Earlier this year news broke about doctors in London curing blindness in children with a rare genetic condition. The genetic condition was a severe, albeit rare, form of retinal dystrophy. It causes severe ... <a title="‘Curiosity-driven research’ led to a recent major medical breakthrough. But it’s under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/curiosity-driven-research-led-to-a-recent-major-medical-breakthrough-but-its-under-threat-252298/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Curiosity-driven research’ led to a recent major medical breakthrough. But it’s under threat">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva, Lecturer in Government, Flinders University As he looks to solidify his territorial gains in Ukraine in a potential ceasefire deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has one eye trained on Russia’s southern border – and boosting Russian influence in Central Asia. Following his 2024 re-election, Putin ... <a title="Russia and China both want influence over Central Asia. Could it rupture their friendship?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/russia-and-china-both-want-influence-over-central-asia-could-it-rupture-their-friendship-251023/" aria-label="Read more about Russia and China both want influence over Central Asia. Could it rupture their friendship?">Read more</a>
