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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Peter Dutton will promise in his Thursday budget reply that a Coalition government would immediately halve the fuel excise on petrol and diesel. The cut, which would take the excise from 50.8 cents a litre to 25.4 cents, ... <a title="Peter Dutton promises $6 billion 12-month halving of petrol and diesel excise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/peter-dutton-promises-6-billion-12-month-halving-of-petrol-and-diesel-excise-250896/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton promises $6 billion 12-month halving of petrol and diesel excise">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the election starter’s gun is about to be fired, Tuesday’s budget announced modest income tax cuts as the government’s latest cost-of-living measure. The Coalition has opposed the tax relief, with Peter Dutton’s Thursday budget reply to put forward his ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jim-chalmers-and-angus-taylor-on-tax-top-ups-and-budget-bottom-lines-253112/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruby Ekkel, PhD student in Australian History, Australian National University Fairfax Corporation (1932) ➡️ View the full interactive version of this article here. Ruby Ekkel does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, ... <a title="‘The bush calls us’: the defiant women who demanded a place on the walking track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/the-bush-calls-us-the-defiant-women-who-demanded-a-place-on-the-walking-track-241126/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The bush calls us’: the defiant women who demanded a place on the walking track">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dileep Sharma, Professor and Head of Discipline – Oral Health, University of Newcastle Jiri Hera/Shutterstock Around one in three Australians delayed their visit to a dentist in the last financial year – or didn’t go at all – due to cost. Given it doesn’t look like dental ... <a title="Going to the dentist is expensive. Here are 3 things you can do to protect your oral health – and 3 things to avoid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/going-to-the-dentist-is-expensive-here-are-3-things-you-can-do-to-protect-your-oral-health-and-3-things-to-avoid-250786/" aria-label="Read more about Going to the dentist is expensive. Here are 3 things you can do to protect your oral health – and 3 things to avoid">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William van Caenegem, Professor of Law, Bond University Zivica Kerkez/Shutterstock The Labor government used this week’s budget to announce it plans to ban non-compete agreements for employees on less than A$175,000 per year, a move that will affect about 3 million Australian workers. Describing them as “unfair”, ... <a title="Non-compete clauses make it too hard to change jobs. Banning them for millions of Australians is a good move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/non-compete-clauses-make-it-too-hard-to-change-jobs-banning-them-for-millions-of-australians-is-a-good-move-253101/" aria-label="Read more about Non-compete clauses make it too hard to change jobs. Banning them for millions of Australians is a good move">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Neal, Senior lecturer in Economics / Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Commentators have branded last night’s federal budget as an attempt to win over typical Australian voters concerned about the cost of living, ahead of what is expected to be a tightly fought ... <a title="The 2025 federal budget fails the millions of voters who want action on Australia’s struggling environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/the-2025-federal-budget-fails-the-millions-of-voters-who-want-action-on-australias-struggling-environment-253099/" aria-label="Read more about The 2025 federal budget fails the millions of voters who want action on Australia’s struggling environment">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Candice Harris, Professor of Management, Auckland University of Technology Black Salmon/Shutterstock For decades, researchers examined work and home life as separate domains. If they were taken together it was usually to study so-called work-life balance. But these days, the reality is more complex. Our work and home ... <a title="Our work and home lives are blending more than ever – how do we navigate this new ‘zigzag’ reality?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/our-work-and-home-lives-are-blending-more-than-ever-how-do-we-navigate-this-new-zigzag-reality-251601/" aria-label="Read more about Our work and home lives are blending more than ever – how do we navigate this new ‘zigzag’ reality?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne beast01/Shutterstock Every day, users ask search engines millions of questions. The information we receive can shape our opinions and behaviour. We are often not ... <a title="What makes a good search engine? These 4 models can help you use search in the age of AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/what-makes-a-good-search-engine-these-4-models-can-help-you-use-search-in-the-age-of-ai-252927/" aria-label="Read more about What makes a good search engine? These 4 models can help you use search in the age of AI">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Yesterday, The Atlantic magazine revealed an extraordinary national security blunder in the United States. Top US government officials had discussed plans for a bombing campaign in Yemen against Houthi rebels in a ... <a title="Leak of US military plans on Signal is a classic case of ‘shadow IT’. It shows why security systems need to be easy to use" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/leak-of-us-military-plans-on-signal-is-a-classic-case-of-shadow-it-it-shows-why-security-systems-need-to-be-easy-to-use-253036/" aria-label="Read more about Leak of US military plans on Signal is a classic case of ‘shadow IT’. It shows why security systems need to be easy to use">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne This week’s budget will come as a relief to Australia’s neighbours in the Indo-Pacific that rely on development assistance. The Albanese government did not follow the lead of US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister ... <a title="Australia stands firm behind its foreign aid in the budget, but the future remains precarious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/australia-stands-firm-behind-its-foreign-aid-in-the-budget-but-the-future-remains-precarious-253028/" aria-label="Read more about Australia stands firm behind its foreign aid in the budget, but the future remains precarious">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin Diemer, Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of Melbourne Journalist and activist Jess Hill’s Quarterly Essay argues Australia’s primary prevention framework to end violence against women isn’t working. Hill says the framework focuses too much on addressing gender inequality and changing attitudes, while overlooking crucial opportunities ... <a title="What works to prevent violence against women? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/what-works-to-prevent-violence-against-women-heres-what-the-evidence-says-252873/" aria-label="Read more about What works to prevent violence against women? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Cutler, Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University Less than two months from an election, the Albanese government last night presented a budget that aims to swing the voting pendulum its way. Headline health expenditure includes: $8.5 billion to encourage more ... <a title="Budget delivers cheaper medicines and more bulk billing but leaves out long-term health reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/budget-delivers-cheaper-medicines-and-more-bulk-billing-but-leaves-out-long-term-health-reform-251921/" aria-label="Read more about Budget delivers cheaper medicines and more bulk billing but leaves out long-term health reform">Read more</a>
