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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin O’Brien, Associate Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University Getty Images When the United States starts a trade war with your country, how do you fight back? For individuals, one option is to wage a personal trade war and boycott products from the US. ... <a title="Trouble at Tesla and protests against Trump’s tariffs suggest consumer boycotts are starting to bite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/trouble-at-tesla-and-protests-against-trumps-tariffs-suggest-consumer-boycotts-are-starting-to-bite-252489/" aria-label="Read more about Trouble at Tesla and protests against Trump’s tariffs suggest consumer boycotts are starting to bite">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers will bring down the federal budget on Tuesday. It’s likely most of the major spending initiatives have already been announced. An extra A$8.5 billion in spending on Medicare will aim ... <a title="This week’s federal budget will focus on cost-of-living measures – and a more uncertain global economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/this-weeks-federal-budget-will-focus-on-cost-of-living-measures-and-a-more-uncertain-global-economy-252515/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s federal budget will focus on cost-of-living measures – and a more uncertain global economy">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexis Weaver, Associate Lecturer in Music Technology, University of Sydney Shutterstock With artificial intelligence programs that can now generate entire songs on demand, you’d be forgiven for thinking AI might eventually lead to the decline of human-made music. But AI can still be used ethically to help ... <a title="I was a music AI sceptic – until I actually used it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/i-was-a-music-ai-sceptic-until-i-actually-used-it-252499/" aria-label="Read more about I was a music AI sceptic – until I actually used it">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor Both Labor and the Coalition are considering an increase to defence spending ahead of the federal election. Defence spending is currently at about 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), or around A$56 billion per year. The Coalition is reportedly eyeing an increase ... <a title="Should Australia increase its defence spending? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/should-australia-increase-its-defence-spending-we-asked-5-experts-252374/" aria-label="Read more about Should Australia increase its defence spending? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janeen Baxter, Director, ARC Life Course Centre and ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellow, The University of Queensland Australia has a gender problem. Despite social, economic and political reform aimed at improving opportunities for women, gender gaps are increasing and Australia is falling behind other countries. The World ... <a title="Despite some key milestones since 2000, Australia still has a long way to go on gender equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/despite-some-key-milestones-since-2000-australia-still-has-a-long-way-to-go-on-gender-equality-250250/" aria-label="Read more about Despite some key milestones since 2000, Australia still has a long way to go on gender equality">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jim Chalmers likes to boast, or marvel, that he is the first treasurer since Ben Chifley to deliver four budgets in a term. If Labor wins the May election, the treasurer will reckon the budget will be done and dusted ... <a title="View from The Hill: 5 things to look for in the budget – and why we really need another budget soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/23/view-from-the-hill-5-things-to-look-for-in-the-budget-and-why-we-really-need-another-budget-soon-252513/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: 5 things to look for in the budget – and why we really need another budget soon">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney As the United States recalibrates its trade policies to combat what the Trump administration sees as “unfair” treatment by other countries, two significant industries have complained to US regulators about their treatment in Australia. The ... <a title="Australia’s ‘coercive’ news media rules are the latest targets of US trade ire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/australias-coercive-news-media-rules-are-the-latest-targets-of-us-trade-ire-252806/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘coercive’ news media rules are the latest targets of US trade ire">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Since the return to power of US President Donald Trump, tariffs have barely left the front pages. While the on-off-on tariff sagas have dominated the headlines, a paper released this week by the government’s Australian Bureau of ... <a title="What are non-tariff barriers – and why is agriculture so exposed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/what-are-non-tariff-barriers-and-why-is-agriculture-so-exposed-252739/" aria-label="Read more about What are non-tariff barriers – and why is agriculture so exposed?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Baka, Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University In a surprisingly emphatic result, 41-year-old Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe’s Sport Minister, was selected as the new ... <a title="How will the history-making new Olympics boss shape sports worldwide, and in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/how-will-the-history-making-new-olympics-boss-shape-sports-worldwide-and-in-australia-252623/" aria-label="Read more about How will the history-making new Olympics boss shape sports worldwide, and in Australia?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Australia’s supermarket sector has endured a long, uncomfortable moment in the spotlight. There have been six comprehensive inquiries into its conduct, pricing practices, and specifically claims of “price gouging”, over the past 18 ... <a title="ACCC finds Australia’s supermarkets are among the world’s most profitable – but doesn’t accuse them of price gouging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/accc-finds-australias-supermarkets-are-among-the-worlds-most-profitable-but-doesnt-accuse-them-of-price-gouging-250503/" aria-label="Read more about ACCC finds Australia’s supermarkets are among the world’s most profitable – but doesn’t accuse them of price gouging">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Wilson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation), Southern Cross University Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special isssue because the peer review process for it was compromised. The case brought into sharp focus broader ... <a title="Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/peer-review-is-meant-to-prevent-scientific-misconduct-but-it-has-its-own-problems-248015/" aria-label="Read more about Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Breen, Professor of Psychology, Curtin University Photo by Daria Kruchkova/Pexels Grief can hit us in powerful and unanticipated ways. You might expect to grieve a person, a pet or even a former version of yourself – but many people are surprised by the depth of sad ... <a title="Why do I grieve my childhood home so much now we’ve sold it? And what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/why-do-i-grieve-my-childhood-home-so-much-now-weve-sold-it-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-251058/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I grieve my childhood home so much now we’ve sold it? And what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
