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March 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton is a tease when it comes to the fine print of policies. At least that’s the benign explanation. Critics have a harsher take on why we’re always being told to wait for the detail. They would claim his ... <a title="View from The Hill: Dutton has questions to answer on gas; Albanese has supermarket answer still hunting for the problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/30/view-from-the-hill-dutton-has-questions-to-answer-on-gas-albanese-has-supermarket-answer-still-hunting-for-the-problem-253118/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Dutton has questions to answer on gas; Albanese has supermarket answer still hunting for the problem">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia In early 2021, after a decade of political and economic reforms, Myanmar looked like it was finally beginning to shake off the hangover of decades of military rule. Foreign investment was growing, and standards of living were ... <a title="Thousands are feared dead in Myanmar’s quake. Trump’s USAID cuts will cause even more unnecessary deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/29/thousands-are-feared-dead-in-myanmars-quake-trumps-usaid-cuts-will-cause-even-more-unnecessary-deaths-253403/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands are feared dead in Myanmar’s quake. Trump’s USAID cuts will cause even more unnecessary deaths">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridianne O’Dea, Little Heroes Professor of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Flinders University Ground Picture/Shutterstock Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has promised a Coalition government would spend an extra A$400 million on youth mental health services. This is in addition to raising the number of subsidised psychology sessions ... <a title="The Coalition has promised $400m for youth mental health. Young people told us what they need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/the-coalition-has-promised-400m-for-youth-mental-health-young-people-told-us-what-they-need-253328/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition has promised $400m for youth mental health. Young people told us what they need">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fei Gao, Lecturer in Taxation, Discipline of Accounting, Governance & Regulation, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney Tuesday night’s federal budget revealed a sharp drop in what was once a major source of revenue for the government – the tobacco excise. This financial year, the government ... <a title="Tobacco excise revenue has tanked amid a booming black market. That’s a diabolical problem for the government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/tobacco-excise-revenue-has-tanked-amid-a-booming-black-market-thats-a-diabolical-problem-for-the-government-253329/" aria-label="Read more about Tobacco excise revenue has tanked amid a booming black market. That’s a diabolical problem for the government">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation, The Conversation The Conversation, CC BY-SA ➡️ View the full interactive version of this article here Digital Storytelling Team does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and ... <a title="Policy tracker: how will Labor, the Coalition, the Greens and the independents make Australia better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/policy-tracker-how-will-labor-the-coalition-the-greens-and-the-independents-make-australia-better-253345/" aria-label="Read more about Policy tracker: how will Labor, the Coalition, the Greens and the independents make Australia better?">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Windy Soemara/Shutterstock Ants are among nature’s greatest success stories, with an estimated 22,000 species worldwide. Tropical Australia in particular is a global hotspot for ant diversity. Some researchers believe it could hold some of ... <a title="Ants in your house? Here’s how they get everywhere – even high up in tall buildings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/ants-in-your-house-heres-how-they-get-everywhere-even-high-up-in-tall-buildings-250625/" aria-label="Read more about Ants in your house? Here’s how they get everywhere – even high up in tall buildings">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney Julia Suhareva/Shutterstock On March 26 NSW Health issued an alert advising people to be vigilant for signs of measles after an infectious person visited Sydney Airport and two locations in western New South Wales. The ... <a title="Travelling overseas? You could be at risk of measles. Here’s how to ensure you’re protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/travelling-overseas-you-could-be-at-risk-of-measles-heres-how-to-ensure-youre-protected-252802/" aria-label="Read more about Travelling overseas? You could be at risk of measles. Here’s how to ensure you’re protected">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish McCallum, Emeritus Professor, infectious disease ecology, Griffith University Ken Griffiths/Shutterstock Last week, Queensland Health alerted the public about the risk of Australian bat lyssavirus, after a bat found near a school just north of Brisbane was given to a wildlife carer group. The bat later died, ... <a title="What is Australian bat lyssavirus? Can I catch it from bat poo? What if bats roost near me?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/what-is-australian-bat-lyssavirus-can-i-catch-it-from-bat-poo-what-if-bats-roost-near-me-252632/" aria-label="Read more about What is Australian bat lyssavirus? Can I catch it from bat poo? What if bats roost near me?">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan Gaffney, Associate Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology, University of Oxford Tristan Russell, CC BY-SA Owing to its violent political history, West Papua’s vibrant human past has long been ignored. Unlike its neighbour, the independent country of Papua New Guinea, West Papua’s cultural history is poorly understood. But ... <a title="Fitting the ‘missing puzzle pieces’ – research sheds light on the deep history of social change in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/fitting-the-missing-puzzle-pieces-research-sheds-light-on-the-deep-history-of-social-change-in-west-papua-250616/" aria-label="Read more about Fitting the ‘missing puzzle pieces’ – research sheds light on the deep history of social change in West Papua">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Reid, PhD Candidate, School of Cybernetics, Australian National University Amazon Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from the popular devices. Starting today (March 28), Alexa devices will ... <a title="Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon – starting today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/everything-you-say-to-an-alexa-speaker-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-today-252923/" aria-label="Read more about Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon – starting today">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University It seems Britain has one key inducement to offer US President Donald Trump: a state visit hosted by King Charles. One can only imagine what the king thinks of ... <a title="Trump is interested in joining the Commonwealth. It’s not up to him – or even the king" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/trump-is-interested-in-joining-the-commonwealth-its-not-up-to-him-or-even-the-king-253217/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is interested in joining the Commonwealth. It’s not up to him – or even the king">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for an election squarely centred on the cost of living. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Governor-General Sam Mostyn at Yarralumla first thing on Friday morning. Later he told an 8am news ... <a title="Albanese calls May 3 election, with cost of living the central battleground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/albanese-calls-may-3-election-with-cost-of-living-the-central-battleground-250774/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese calls May 3 election, with cost of living the central battleground">Read more</a>
