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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristen Sobeck, Research Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Miha Creative/Shutterstock Labor’s tax changes this week do not tackle tax reform, or why we desperately need it. They only address the amount collected from personal income tax, which is ... <a title="This budget’s tax tinkering isn’t the same as meaningful tax reform. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/this-budgets-tax-tinkering-isnt-the-same-as-meaningful-tax-reform-heres-why-253121/" aria-label="Read more about This budget’s tax tinkering isn’t the same as meaningful tax reform. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Prudence Upton Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is widely regarded as one of America’s greatest playwrights. A prolific and unabashedly autobiographical writer, Williams’ career spanned four decades of the 20th century. The Glass Menagerie, which premiered in ... <a title="The Glass Menagerie: the haunting beauty of Tennessee Wiliams’ play endures in this Sydney revival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/the-glass-menagerie-the-haunting-beauty-of-tennessee-wiliams-play-endures-in-this-sydney-revival-252293/" aria-label="Read more about The Glass Menagerie: the haunting beauty of Tennessee Wiliams’ play endures in this Sydney revival">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Keneally, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Microbiology, University of Adelaide Darcy Whittaker, CC BY You might know South Australia’s iconic Coorong from the famous Australian children’s book, Storm Boy, set around this coastal lagoon. This internationally important wetland is sacred to the Ngarrindjeri people and a ... <a title="When a 1-in-100 year flood washed through the Coorong, it made the vital microbiome of this lagoon healthier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/when-a-1-in-100-year-flood-washed-through-the-coorong-it-made-the-vital-microbiome-of-this-lagoon-healthier-252633/" aria-label="Read more about When a 1-in-100 year flood washed through the Coorong, it made the vital microbiome of this lagoon healthier">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University Department of Defence Australia’s defence spending is on the rise. The future defence budget has already been increased to 2.4% of GDP. There is pressure from the new Trump administration in the United States to raise this ... <a title="Defence spending: our research shows how Australia can stop buying weapons for the wars of the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/defence-spending-our-research-shows-how-australia-can-stop-buying-weapons-for-the-wars-of-the-past-242788/" aria-label="Read more about Defence spending: our research shows how Australia can stop buying weapons for the wars of the past">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodrigo Rossi Nogueira Rizzo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia Monika Wisniewska/Shutterstock Jason, a 42-year-old father of two, has been battling back pain for weeks. Scrolling through his phone, he sees ad after ad promising relief: chiropractic alignments, acupuncture, back braces, vibrating massage guns and herbal patches. ... <a title="Do any non-drug treatments help back pain? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/do-any-non-drug-treatments-help-back-pain-heres-what-the-evidence-says-253122/" aria-label="Read more about Do any non-drug treatments help back pain? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Martin-Hughes, Senior Research Fellow, Burnet Institute CI Photos/Shutterstock In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding for foreign aid. Among other issues, this has significant effects on US funding for HIV. The United States has been the world’s biggest donor to ... <a title="Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030 – and almost 3 million extra deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/foreign-aid-cuts-could-mean-10-million-more-hiv-infections-by-2030-and-almost-3-million-extra-deaths-253017/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030 – and almost 3 million extra deaths">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Mussell, Senior Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury Paremoremo Maximum Security Prison near Auckland. Getty Images With the government’s Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill about to become law within days, New Zealand’s already high incarceration rate will almost certainly climb even higher. The new ... <a title="New sentencing laws will drive NZ’s already high imprisonment rates – and budgets – even higher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/new-sentencing-laws-will-drive-nzs-already-high-imprisonment-rates-and-budgets-even-higher-253119/" aria-label="Read more about New sentencing laws will drive NZ’s already high imprisonment rates – and budgets – even higher">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Andrews, Senior Manager, Policy & Engagement, Australian National University The year 2000 marked an inflection point for many Western countries, including Australia, in their outlook towards the world. The focus began to shift away from the peacekeeping interventions that had dominated the previous decade to one ... <a title="Australia may no longer be a ‘deputy sheriff’, but its reliance on the US has only grown deeper since 2000" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/australia-may-no-longer-be-a-deputy-sheriff-but-its-reliance-on-the-us-has-only-grown-deeper-since-2000-252501/" aria-label="Read more about Australia may no longer be a ‘deputy sheriff’, but its reliance on the US has only grown deeper since 2000">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Chernika 888/Shutterstock In the wild, dogs spend a lot of their time chewing on bones, carcasses, sticks and kernels. For example, Australian dingoes can feed for up to 108 minutes in a single session. But most domestic ... <a title="Happy dogs make happy humans, and 9 other reasons science says dogs need to chew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/happy-dogs-make-happy-humans-and-9-other-reasons-science-says-dogs-need-to-chew-244028/" aria-label="Read more about Happy dogs make happy humans, and 9 other reasons science says dogs need to chew">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Changyan He, Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Newcastle Photo supplied. Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access hard-to-reach areas or tumours. It’s invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover. We have developed new, tiny ... <a title="Tiny robot tools powered by magnets could one day do brain surgery without cutting open the skull" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/tiny-robot-tools-powered-by-magnets-could-one-day-do-brain-surgery-without-cutting-open-the-skull-253042/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny robot tools powered by magnets could one day do brain surgery without cutting open the skull">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hobbs, Associate Professor and Transforming Lives Fellow in Spatial Data Science and Planetary Health, Sheffield Hallam University Getty Images Exposure to air pollution in early life could have lasting effects on child development and mental health in adolescence, according to our recent study. We integrated air ... <a title="Early exposure to air pollution could affect brain development and mental health later in life: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/early-exposure-to-air-pollution-could-affect-brain-development-and-mental-health-later-in-life-new-research-252644/" aria-label="Read more about Early exposure to air pollution could affect brain development and mental health later in life: new research">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute adriaticfoto/Shutterstock Labor has committed A$690 million over four years to cut the maximum cost of medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to $25. The Coalition has matched the promise, which is estimated to save Australians $200 ... <a title="60-day scripts were supposed to save time and money. So why are we still waiting for cheaper medicines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/60-day-scripts-were-supposed-to-save-time-and-money-so-why-are-we-still-waiting-for-cheaper-medicines-250061/" aria-label="Read more about 60-day scripts were supposed to save time and money. So why are we still waiting for cheaper medicines?">Read more</a>
