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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the Trump age, how the next government, whether Labor or Coalition, will handle foreign affairs, defence and trade is shaping as crucially important. It’s a weird time when your friends become almost as problematic as your potential enemies, but ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Dutton says he could handle Donald Trump, but can any Australian PM?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/grattan-on-friday-dutton-says-he-could-handle-donald-trump-but-can-any-australian-pm-252511/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Dutton says he could handle Donald Trump, but can any Australian PM?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Minson, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, Australian Catholic University PhotoMavenStock/Shutterstock This week, we heard claims of shocking abuse and neglect in Australian childcare centres on ABC’s Four Corners program. While 91% of services met or exceeded the national standards as of February 2025, there have ... <a title="How can you tell if your child’s daycare is good quality?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/how-can-you-tell-if-your-childs-daycare-is-good-quality-252613/" aria-label="Read more about How can you tell if your child’s daycare is good quality?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Brannigan, Associate Professor Theatre and Performance, UNSW Sydney Mass Movement. Morgan Sette/Adelaide Festival I arrived at Stephanie Lake’s premiere of Mass Movement a little late on my first day at Adelaide Festival. Walking down the hill from King William road towards Elder Park, the Torrens River ... <a title="Adelaide Festival gives a hopeful vision for the future of Australian contemporary dance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/adelaide-festival-gives-a-hopeful-vision-for-the-future-of-australian-contemporary-dance-252300/" aria-label="Read more about Adelaide Festival gives a hopeful vision for the future of Australian contemporary dance">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rossana Ruggeri, Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Queensland University of Technology KPNO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURAB / Tafreshi The universe has been expanding ever since the Big Bang almost 14 billion years ago, and astronomers believe a kind of invisible force called dark energy is ... <a title="Cosmic dark energy may be weakening, astronomers say, raising questions about the fate of the universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/cosmic-dark-energy-may-be-weakening-astronomers-say-raising-questions-about-the-fate-of-the-universe-252627/" aria-label="Read more about Cosmic dark energy may be weakening, astronomers say, raising questions about the fate of the universe">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Elms, Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy, Queensland University of Technology Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Steering a large company successfully is no mean feat. As companies grow more complex in an increasingly turbulent business environment – so, too, do the responsibilities of their board members. While they aren’t involved in ... <a title="Company directors can sit on boards for decades. Are term limits the answer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/company-directors-can-sit-on-boards-for-decades-are-term-limits-the-answer-252614/" aria-label="Read more about Company directors can sit on boards for decades. Are term limits the answer?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cosette Saunders, PhD candidate, Sydney Placebo Lab, University of Sydney Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock In 1998, shortly after arriving for work, a Tennessee high-school teacher reported a “gasoline-like smell” and feeling dizzy. Soon after, many students and staff began reporting symptoms of chemical poisoning. Some 38 people had such extreme ... <a title="You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media. But what is it, actually?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/you-can-catch-the-nocebo-effect-from-family-friends-even-social-media-but-what-is-it-actually-249844/" aria-label="Read more about You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media. But what is it, actually?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Brent, Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images A national energy strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand was meant to be ready at the end of last year. As it stands, we’re still waiting for a cohesive, ... <a title="If NZ wants to decarbonise energy, we need to know which renewables deliver the best payback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/if-nz-wants-to-decarbonise-energy-we-need-to-know-which-renewables-deliver-the-best-payback-251819/" aria-label="Read more about If NZ wants to decarbonise energy, we need to know which renewables deliver the best payback">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney US President Donald Trump has exploited American nationalism as effectively as anyone in living memory. What sets him apart is his use of national humiliation as a political emotion. Any presidential ... <a title="Trump is ignoring the power of nationalism at his own peril" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/trump-is-ignoring-the-power-of-nationalism-at-his-own-peril-252299/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is ignoring the power of nationalism at his own peril">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katya Numbers, Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, UNSW Sydney Miljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock Dementia is a growing health problem, affecting more than 55 million people around the world. In Australia, an estimated 433,300 people are living with dementia. This figure is projected to rise ... <a title="More young people are caring for a loved one with dementia. It takes a unique toll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/more-young-people-are-caring-for-a-loved-one-with-dementia-it-takes-a-unique-toll-249361/" aria-label="Read more about More young people are caring for a loved one with dementia. It takes a unique toll">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Whittle, Director, Data61, CSIRO Anton Vierietin/Shutterstock In February this year, Google announced it was launching “a new AI system for scientists”. It said this system was a collaborative tool designed to help scientists “in creating novel hypotheses and research plans”. It’s too early to tell just ... <a title="AI can be a powerful tool for scientists. But it can also fuel research misconduct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/ai-can-be-a-powerful-tool-for-scientists-but-it-can-also-fuel-research-misconduct-246410/" aria-label="Read more about AI can be a powerful tool for scientists. But it can also fuel research misconduct">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Haswell, Professor of Practice (Environmental Wellbeing), Indigenous Strategy and Services, Honorary Professor (Geosciences) at University of Sydney & Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, Queensland University of Technology, University of Sydney Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has indicated a Coalition government would quickly approve a giant gas ... <a title="Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both Labor and the Coalition’s environmental credentials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/woodsides-bid-to-expand-a-huge-gas-project-is-testing-both-labor-and-the-coalitions-environmental-credentials-247340/" aria-label="Read more about Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both Labor and the Coalition’s environmental credentials">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia The Feast of Acheloüs by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1615 The Metropolitan Museum of Art In the modern world, we know good nutrition is essential for our health. Doctors ... <a title="Figs, meat – and not too much sex. A good diet in ancient times was more than what you ate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/figs-meat-and-not-too-much-sex-a-good-diet-in-ancient-times-was-more-than-what-you-ate-249571/" aria-label="Read more about Figs, meat – and not too much sex. A good diet in ancient times was more than what you ate">Read more</a>
